HISTORY

LITERARY

OF THE TROUBADOURS,

CONTAINING

Their lives, extracts from their works, & several details on the customs, the practices, & the history of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

Faint pencil annotations identifying the author and scholar La Curne Sainte-Palaye Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye (1697–1781) was a pioneering French scholar whose research laid the groundwork for the modern study of medieval chivalry and troubadour poetry.

VOLUME ONE.

[Blue ink library stamp] LIBRARY OF EUGENE DE FROBERVILLE Eugene de Froberville (1790–1871) was a noted French traveler, historian, and collector. [Heraldic crest featuring a crown, three stars, and a lion rampant]

A decorative woodcut vignette depicting a woven wicker basket overflowing with various garden flowers and foliage.

IN PARIS,

At the shop of DURAND the younger The French text uses "neveu" (nephew), a common designation for a bookseller who took over a family business from an uncle., Bookseller, Galande Street.

1774.