Aucassin and Nicolette (Dodo Press) by Francis William Bourdillon (Translator) - 2008-11-07

Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1897. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1897. No Edition Remarks. 229 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends with small splits. Notable sunning to spine and edges. Some dark marking overall. Small white mark to rear board. Minor brown staining to edge of front board.

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London:: Macmillan,, 1817. Second edition. Cloth. Very Good +/no DJ. Reproduction of traditional story written between 1150 and 1200. Deckle-edged pages. Interspersed with text are old-fashioned notations of short musical phrases. Gilt lettering and decoration to cover and spine; spine faded somewhat and some fading to covers.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Macmillan and Co., , c.1897. A fine example in period full decorative gilt calf. . Edition: Second Edition, Binding: Original full calf with tooled gilt rules. Spine decorated extensively with tooled gilt design. Gilt dentelles.Marbled pasted and free-end papers.Top edge gilt. Front and bottom edges uncut., Notes: Ex Libris Abel E. Berland.An Old-French Love Story Edited and Translated by Francis William Bourdillon M.A. Second Edition The Text Collated Afresh With The Manuscript At Paris The Translation Revised & The Introduction Rewritten. Aucassin et Nicolette (12th or 13th C) is an anonymous medieval French chantefable, or combination of prose and verse (literally, a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"sung story\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", similar to a prosimetrum).The work probably dates from the late 12th or early 13th century, and is known from only one surviving manuscript, discovered in 1752 by medievalist La Curne de Sainte-Pelaye (BnF, Fonds Français 2168). Stylistically, the chantefable combines elements of many… Read More