NOW FIRST TRANSLATED FROM THE MIDDLE FRENCH OF CHRISTINE DE
PISAN WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALICE KEMP-WELCH. THE BALLADS
RENDERED INTO THE ORIGINAL METRES BY LAURENCE BINYON & ERIC R.
D. MACLAGAN
THE MEDIEVAL LIBRARY UNDER
THE GENERAL EDITORSHIP OF
SIR ISRAEL GOLLANCZ, Litt. D., F.B.A.
[Illustration: _The Book Of The Duke Of True Lovers Now First Translated
From the Middle French of Christine de Pisan, by Alice Kemp-Welch.
Chatto and Windus. London MCMVIII._]
The title on the reverse of this page, engraved upon the wood,
was designed by Miss _Blanche C. Hunter_, and embodies the only
authentic portrait of _Christine De Pisan_, engaged in writing,
from the MS. now in the Bibliotheque Royale, Brussels.
[Illustration: _Ci commence le liure du duc des vrays amans._]
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