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There are 21 early ed. (1480-1538) - zext ed. 1735.
H the 1st quarto ed. [1499-1500] total of 7.
-the best as well as the earliest of the 7 ed. of
that size which appeared at Paris within the
1st 30 years of the 16th C.
-all (14) ed. derive from one original text.
-Roman de la Rose - in the succeeding generarions
it became the parent, direct or indirect of
several works of some length + importance, Chief
among which was the Pelerimaige de l'homme,
through the line of which it is possible to say
that the Roman was the ancestor of Pilgrims
Progress
- The intitals to paragraphs are small much
ornamented capitals. The 1st sig is a^2, the last 4^iiii
-Copied from the 4th folio of J. du Pre's.

Lorris 1-4028 lines
Meung 4029-21750
Alain Chartier (1386-c.1450) Le belle dame sans mercy -
hsi best known poetical work. It quickly became
tremendously popular, a sort of appreviated successor
to the Roman de la Rose, after its composition in 1424
for the young monarch Charles VII + his frivolus Court of Love.
the poem breaks off with no hint how it will end or
even how near the end the reader is.
Toman de la Rose - survives in more than 250 MSS, more than
exist for any other work of Old or Middle French literature.
By the end of the 14th C it had been translated into
Italian, Dutch + English.