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Le Saint-Graal ou Le Joseph d'Arimathie
by Hucher, Eugene
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Au Mans: Ed. Monnover, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 4 volumes. 8vo. 530;lx,571,(1)309,(1);311-831,(1)pp. Three volumes in 4. Contemporary brown cloth, gilt spine titles. Decorative as well as typeset title pages in each of the three volumes ( the last contains no title as it is a continuation of volume 3). Large folding facsimile of the manuscript in Volume 2 as a frontispiece; facsimile of the end of the manuscript at the end of Vol. 3, part 1. Important transcription and commentary of the Le Mans Grail romance sometimes attributed to Gautier Map (Walter Map), a Welsh monk who lived from 1140-c.1210. Ribbon bookmarks. Bookplate of David Douglas and neat signature E. H. Loyd dated 1907 on the front pastedowns of each volume. Cloth lightly darkened and soiled, occasional light foxing but a very good set.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18537
- Title
- Le Saint-Graal ou Le Joseph d'Arimathie
- Author
- Hucher, Eugene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Ed. Monnover
- Place of Publication
- Au Mans
- Date Published
- 1875
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arthurian;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
Thorn Books offers antiquarian, rare and out-of-print books. Frequently updated catalogues are available online in our specialty areas: King Arthur; Early Britain; Western Americana; California; Literature; and Rare Books. We are open by appointment only. Thorn Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers of American (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Independent League of Online Booksellers (IOBA).
Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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