[Guillaume de LORRIS and Jean de MEUNG]. Le Rommant de la Rose nouvellement Revueu et corrige oultre les precedentes Impressions. Small in-8, red morocco with floral medallion in small irons on the boards, spine with 5 ornate nerves, duck blue morocco lining decorated with a floral garland with roses in the surround, double endpapers, edges gilt on marbling (Cuzin-Maillard gilt). Brunet, III-1174 // Tchemerzine-Scheler, IV-229. (8 f.)-CCCIIIf.-(1 f.) / [ ]8, a-z8, &8, ?8, A-Z8, aa-bb8, cc4 / 86 x 137 mm. First edition in round letters of this essential novel, of which there were many Gothic editions before. Begun around 1230 by Guillaume de Lorris, the novel was interrupted at verse 4028 (or 4058) and then continued by Jean de Meung around 1270. The first part of Lorris is a courtly quest for initiation, but allegorised, telling the story of a young hero who, at the sight of the reflection of a rose in the fountain of Narcissus, is struck by the arrows of love and his initiation into love strewn with pitfalls and hope. The second part of Meung is a philosophical reflection on the relationship between man and nature, on the function of desire and pleasure, on creation and procreation (En français dans le texte, no. 18), through a series of adventures at the end of which the hero finally picks his rose. It is the most famous work of the Middle Ages. The edition is illustrated with 51 small woodcut vignettes, some of which are repeated. It is particularly well produced and highly sought-after. A superb copy in lined morocco by Cuzin with perfectly adapted gilding by Maillard.