1901 A Short History of French Literature (From the Earliest Texts to the Close of the Nineteenth Century)

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Leather Binding, Prize Binding

Handsomely bound in a full calf prize binding by Relfe Brothers, Limited, London. 

Sixth edition.

This is an authoritative survey of French literature from the medieval period to the nineteenth century, examining major authors, movements, and forms, from the chansons de geste and Renaissance poets to the classical dramatists and the Romantic generation.

George Saintsbury (1845–1933) was a distinguished literary historian and critic, celebrated for his lucid prose and wide-ranging scholarship on European literature.