Tristan: Recueil de ce qui Reste des Poëms Relatifs a Ses Aventures
by Thomas of Britanny; Michel, Francisque, ed
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Publisher's original cloth in a small diaper design. This is clearly Winterbottom's Type 'H' (Tomlinson). Krupp (p.23) ascribes an appearance date of 1836 for this early design; to find it on books published in 1835 is a treat. That it would appear on a Pickering work should be no surprise. Pickering started experimenting with bookcloth as early as 1823 through his binder, Archibald Leighton, who was responsible for many innovations in the design and use of early bookcloth.
The text constitutes mainly the remains of Thomas of Britain's Tristan Romance, composed in the 12th and 13th centuries in Norman French and Greek, here edited and rendered in the originals by Fr. MIchel.
This is a very good set; the printed paper labels are darkened a bit with some wear to their edges. The frontispiece in volume II has a short closed marginal tear (no loss, nor affecting the image of the manuscript). Fairly scarce. A third volume with additional Tristan fragments was issued in 1839, not present her. There is an old note on the front free endpaper indicating that this is one of 250 copies, but we have not been able to confirm that limitation.
This is the first printed edition of Thomas of Britain. It dates from about 1170, and includes Tristan's marriage and the Hall of Statues, his return to Cornwall, and the lovers' deaths, using the motif of the sails. Reiss, Reiss & Taylor, Nrs. 930 and 956. A translation into English was issued by Pickering the same year.
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- Bookseller
- Thorn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20099
- Title
- Tristan: Recueil de ce qui Reste des Poëms Relatifs a Ses Aventures
- Author
- Thomas of Britanny; Michel, Francisque, ed
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Guillaume Pickering
- Place of Publication
- Londres
- Date Published
- 1835
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books; Arthurian;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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