Parts of several editions of the poem are freely available in Google books. There is vol. 1 of Méon’s 1819 edition; vol. 1 of Michel’s 1864 edition; vol. 3 of the edition of Langlois from 1921 as well as his Origines et sources du Roman de la Rose; vol. 3 of Dufresnoy and Damerey’s 1799 edition; and vol. 5 of the 1880 edition of Croissandeau. There is also a transcription of Hunter 409 in Max Kaluza’s 1891 publication. And finally, Francis William Bourdillon’s book on The early editions of the Roman de la Rose is available in full.
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Excellent post; thanks for the news. And don't forget that the Internet Archive (www.archive.org) appears to have gathered some interesting items. For example, Pierre Marteau's 1878 edition is available (five volumes). Vols 1 and 2 of Francisque Michel's edition are there, along with Vols 2, 3, and 4 of Méon's work. All five volumes of the Langlois SATF edition can be found. And much more (if one is not defeated by the site's quirky design and poorly applied metadata). -wph
Many thanks, wph! This is very useful.