It’s always an occasion when a new manuscript of the Roman de La Rose appears on the market because although there are 348 known copies, very few remain in private hands. This one is distinguished by two features: its illustration by a husband-and-wife team of illuminators Richard and Jeanne de Montbaston in Paris and its relatively large number of illuminations, most by the wife Jeanne. Their animated and colorful Gothic style tells the story of the author-dreamer who seeks his lady love, a Rose, which he eventually plucks in a bawdy finale.



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