BRET

F sharp minor in 3/4, No. 1 of 'Deux Mélodies', words by Théodore de Banville, (1823-1891), set at the court of Margaret's neglectful husband the Dauphin (Louis XI), and describing her famous kiss on the mouth of the poet Alain Chartier (for the poems he had spoken), although the ugliest man of his day, signed and inscribed in French to Mademoiselle Thérèse Roger Respectful Homage, rococo title frame, 1+5+1 sides 13¾ x 10¾, Pfister Frères, Paris, no date, circa