Author: Raynouard, [ François Just Marie ] & Le Prevost, Auguste
Title: Observations Philologiques Et Grammaticales Sur Le Roman De Rou, Et Sur Quelques Règles De La Langue Des Trouvères Au Douzième Siècle [ bound with ] Supplément Aux Notes Historiques Sur Le Roman De Rou
Description: Édouard Frère, Rouen, 1829, 1st edition. Quarter morocco over marbled boards, G. [iv]+vi+122+[iv]+28pp, leather rather rubbed, pages unopend & rather foxed, a working copy. Ex Libris Paget Toynbee with two of his bookplates to the endpapers. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ A study of the language used in Robert Wace's 12th century account of the Dukes of Normandy from the time of Rollo of Normandy to the battle of Tinchebray in 1106. Paget Jackson Toynbee [ 1855 - 1932 ], the most influential Dantean scholar of his time.

Keywords: language, old french, philology, medieval literature