Author: Bellay, Jochim Du & Droz, E [introduction]
Title: Les Antiquitez De Rome Et Les Regrets
Description: Librairie Droz, Genève, Librairie Giard, Lille, 1947, 1st edition. Paperback, G+. xxii+162pp, spine & pages a little tanned, a fair copy. Collection Textes Littéraires Français. Paperback , no dustjacket. ¶ Two works by the French poet Joachim du Bellay [ 1522 - 1560 ]. The first Antiquités de Rome is a 47 sonnet series written in the 1550s whilst in Italy, and the second a 191 sonnet series which echo Du Bellay's disappointment at being in Italy & his fondness for France.

Keywords: french literature, renaissance literature, poetry