The Scottish metrical romance of Lancelot du Lak.: Now first printed from a manuscript of the fifteenth century, belonging to the University of Cambridge.
by Lancelot; Joseph Stevenson
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Edinburgh: Printed for the Maitland Club, 1839. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 28 cm; xxiv, 185 pages. Bound in contemporary red half morocco over pebbled boards, edged with gilt rules . Spine decorated and titled in gilt. Marbled endleaves. Moderate wear, especially at extremities, with spine chipped a bit at heel. Two labels removed from pastedowns. A little foxing at front blank, and the pages are not bright, but text is effectively unblemished. Reference: Graesse 4, 92;
First printing of a fifteenth-century Scottish version of the Arthurian romance that was composed for the court of James III. It survived in a unique (and incomplete) manuscript in the Cambridge library. The text was edited by the librarian of Durham Cathedral, Joseph Stevenson, and published by the Maitland Club, an association dedicated to the promotion of Scottish literature and culture.
First printing of a fifteenth-century Scottish version of the Arthurian romance that was composed for the court of James III. It survived in a unique (and incomplete) manuscript in the Cambridge library. The text was edited by the librarian of Durham Cathedral, Joseph Stevenson, and published by the Maitland Club, an association dedicated to the promotion of Scottish literature and culture.
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- Bookseller
- Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4904
- Title
- The Scottish metrical romance of Lancelot du Lak.
- Author
- Lancelot; Joseph Stevenson
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for the Maitland Club
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1839
- Keywords
- King Arthur Maitland Club Scottish Poetry Scottish Language
- Bookseller catalogs
- Renaissance and Early Modern Humanism;
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