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Melusine or the Noble History of Lusignan Facsimile Edition

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Melusine; or, The Noble History of Lusignan is the first printed French edition of Jean d'Arras's celebrated prose romance about the fairy Mélusine and the legendary origins of the Lusignan dynasty. Printed by Adam Steinschaber in Geneva in August 1478, the book is an important witness to the early transmission of the romance from manuscript into print. Its sixty-three woodcuts form an extensive narrative illustration cycle closely related to the imagery developed for earlier German printed editions of the Mélusine story.

We have 2 facsimiles of the manuscript "Melusine or the Noble History of Lusignan":

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#1 Histoire de la Belle Mélusine de Jean d'Arras

Bern: Société suisse des bibliophiles, 1923–1924

  • Commentary (French abstract) by Mejer, W- J.
  • Limited Edition: 300 copies
  • This is a partial facsimile of the original document, Melusine or the Noble History of Lusignan: the facsimile might represent only a part, or doesn't attempt to replicate the format, or doesn't imitate the look-and-feel of the original document.

Monochrome throughout, except for 8 color pages.

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#2 Histoire de la Belle Mélusine de Jean d'Arras

Geneva: Editions du Tricorne, 1978

  • Commentary (French) by Mejer, W. -J.
  • Limited Edition: 500 copies
  • Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, Melusine or the Noble History of Lusignan: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format; the binding might not be consistent with the current document binding.

1 unpaged facsimile volume with color illustrations (27 cm), plus 19-page introductory booklet (24 cm).

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