The Lais of Marie de France, Hardcover, 1978, Poetry Book

This is a prose translation of the lais or poems attributed to Marie de France. Little is known of her but she was probably the Abbess of the abbey at Shaftesbury in the late 12th century, illegitimate daughter of Geoffrey Plantagenet and hence the half-sister of Henry II of England.

This rare hardcover with dust jacket from 1978 is in good condition.