HUON DE BOURDEAUX.  Here are four editions of this Romance:—­to which I suspect fourscore more might be added.  The first is printed at Paris for Bonfons, in double columns, black letter, with rude wood-cuts.  A fine copy:  from the Colbert Collection.  The second edition is of the date of 1586:  in long lines, roman letter, approaching the ballad-style of printing.  The third edition is “A Troyes, Chez Nicolas Oudot, &c. 1634.” 4to. in double columns, small roman letter.  No cuts, but on the recto and reverse of the frontispiece.  The fourth edition is also “A Troyes Chez Pierre Garnier, 1726,” 4to. in double columns, roman letter.  A very ballad-like production.

LES QUATRE FILZ AYMON, Two. editions.  One. “a Lyon par Benoist Rigaud, 1583,” 4to.  The printing is of the ballad-kind, although there are some spirited wood-cuts, which have been wretchedly pulled.  The generality are as bad as the type and paper.

MABRIAN. &c. “A Troyes, Chez Oudot, 1625,” 4to.  A vastly clever wood-cut frontispiece, but wretched paper and printing.  From the Cat. de Nyon; no. 8135.

MORGANT LE GEANT. “A Troyes, Chez Nicholas Oudot, 1650, 4to.”  A pretty wood-cut frontispiece, and an extraordinary large cut of St. George and the Dragon on the reverse.  There was a previous Edition by the same Printer at Rouen, in 1618, which contains the second book—­wanting in this copy.

GERARD COMTE DE NEVERS, &C. 1526, 4to.  The title is over the arms of France, and the text is executed in a handsome gothic letter, in long lines.  At the end, it appears to have been printed for Philip le Noir.  It is a very small quarto, and the volume is of excessive rarity.  The present is a fine copy, in red morocco binding.

CRONIQUE DE FLORIMONT, &C.  At “Lyons—­par Olivier Arnoullet,” 4to.  At the end is the date of 1529.  This impression is executed in a handsome gothic type, in long lines.

TROYS FILZ DE ROYS.  Printed for “Nicolas Chrestien—­en la Rue neufue nostre Dame,” &c.  Without date, 4to.  The frontispiece displays a large rude wood cut; and the edition is printed in the black letter, in double columns.  All the cuts are coarse.  The book, however, is of uncommon occurrence.

PARIS ET VIENNE:—­“a Paris, Chez Simon Caluarin rue St. Jacques.”  Without date:  in double columns; black letter, coarsely printed.  A pretty wood-cut at the beginning is repeated at the end.  This copy is from the Colbert Library.

PIERRE DE PROVENCE ET LA BELLE MAGUELONNE. 1490. 4to.  The title is over a large wood-cut of a man and woman, repeated on the reverse of the leaf.  The impression is in black letter, printed in long lines, with rather coarse wood-cuts.  I apprehend this small quarto volume to be of extreme rarity.

JEHAN DE SAINTRE—­“Paris, pour Jehan Bonfons,” &c. 4to. Without date.  A neatly printed book, in double columns, in the gothic character.  There is no cut but in the frontispiece.  A ms. note says, “This is the first and rarest edition, and was once worth twelve louis.”  The impression is probably full three centuries old.