The Poems of Francis Villon

A wonderful signed #1 copy of 157 Limited copies. Includes a letter to the Book owner, H. Buxton Forman (see Nameplate) signed by John Payne, the author's initials. Also includes the full presentation signature to Mr. Forman. Book is in VG condition. Strong binding and all pages intact and unmarked. Foxing along page edges but not evident inside book. Also included is the original subscription form in the front of the book from the author for additional copies.

Henry Buxton Forman CB (11 July 1842 – 15 June 1917) was a Victorian-era bibliographer and antiquarian bookseller whose literary reputation is based on his bibliographies of Percy Shelley and John Keats. In 1934 he was revealed to have been in a conspiracy with Thomas James Wise (1859–1937) to purvey large quantities of forged first editions of Georgian and Victorian authors.