FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo, pp. x, [2], [ix]-xlix, [1], 298; 4 beautifully hand-coloured lithograph plates by the author; slightly later full pebble-grain morocco gilt; boards ruled in blind, with a small decorative gilt motif at each corner and to the spine; extremities rubbed and worn; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt; title in gilt to spine, the spine itself is somewhat faded, but in general still very good and sound, with the half-title. Nicely printed by Charles Whittingham. Includes the work of several obscure French poets, many of whom are presented here with a brief biography. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. Nature instructing the Poet. 2. Portrait of Jean de Meun. 3. Christine de Pise presenting her Book to Charles the 6th of France. 4. Charles, Duke of Orleans.