Poems of Love. 18 Sonnets of Courtly Love

CINO DA PISTOIA. Rime d'Amore. 18 sonnets d'amour courtois. Translated from the Tuscan with a biographical note by Régina Barbès. Algiers: Éditions Edmond Charlot, 1945. Fontaine Collection under the direction of Max-Pol Fouchet. In-16°, original publisher's paperback printed in red and black. First edition of this refined French translation of the sonnets of the Stilnovo poet from Pistoia, friend and correspondent of Dante. Limited edition of 670 copies plus 100 S.P.; this copy belongs to the edition on Africa paper. Bears autograph manuscript dedication dated Paris, 5 June 1952: 'to dear K.S. / memory of Paris / from Th.' Scattered foxing, small marginal tear to first leaf, cover slightly browned but solid. Edmond Charlot, the legendary publisher of Camus in Algiers, published this collection during the final years of the Second World War, making accessible to French-speaking readers the classics of medieval Italian lyric poetry. Dedica di Cardazzo e Milena Milani