Lorris (Guillaume) Sensuyt le rommant de la rose aultrement dit le songe vergier, rare edition

Lorris (Guillaume) & Jean de Meung. Sensuyt le rommant de la rose aultrement dit le songe vergier, collation: a?? b-e?? f?? g-k?? l?? m-p?? q?? r-v?? x?? y z?? [et]?? A B?? C?? D?? E??, double column, lettres bâtarde, 3 small woodcut illustrations in text, woodcut initials and printer's device to foot of final verso, lacking a1 (title) and a8, a2 worming at head of first column, with loss of several letters, v3 small piece form lower blank corner, E5 lower corner torn with loss of some of text of 3 final lines recto and verso, sig. E worming within text and with last 2 ff. with some fraying / chipping (not affecting text), a few ff. working loose, water-stained, stained (mostly in sigs. C-E), occasional spotting, lightly browned, 17th century mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments, head of spine and corners worn, joints starting, but holding firm, rubbed, housed in a modern calf drop-back box, gilt spine in compartments, small 4to (190 x 130mm.), [Paris], [Jehan Janot], [1520-1521]. *** A rare edition of this classic of courtly literature in the form of an allegorical dream. We can trace only two other copies at auction since 1922.Literature: Adams L1516.