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VIDAL MAYOR.
by Canellas, Vidal de. Commentary by Antonio Ubieto Arteta, Jesús Delgado Echeverría, Juan Antonio Frago Ducay, María del Carmen Lacarra Ducay
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Both volumes fine in lightly worn slipcase
- ISBN 10
- 8486856183
- ISBN 13
- 9788486856182
- Seller
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About This Item
Huesca: Inst. de Estudios Altoaragoneses, 1989. First edition thus. Hardcover. Both volumes fine in lightly worn slipcase. 2 volumes (facsimile and commentary), folios, green leatherette with gilt title and ornaments; 277 leaves (i.e. 554 pp. facsimile), 166 pp. (commentary), slipcase.
Beautiful facsimile reproduction of the late 13th century illuminated manuscript. Text outlines the new legal code established following the reconquest of Spain from years of Moorish dominance. Text was written by the Bishop of Huesca, Vidal de Canellas for King James I of Aragon and Catalonia. Originally written in Latin this manuscript is a translation into the Navarro-Aragonese vernacular language. The original, the only extant copy of this text, is in the J. Paul Getty Museum. (Shipping weight is approximately 7 kilos or 15.5 pounds and extra shipping charge will be necessary).
Beautiful facsimile reproduction of the late 13th century illuminated manuscript. Text outlines the new legal code established following the reconquest of Spain from years of Moorish dominance. Text was written by the Bishop of Huesca, Vidal de Canellas for King James I of Aragon and Catalonia. Originally written in Latin this manuscript is a translation into the Navarro-Aragonese vernacular language. The original, the only extant copy of this text, is in the J. Paul Getty Museum. (Shipping weight is approximately 7 kilos or 15.5 pounds and extra shipping charge will be necessary).
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- Bookseller
- Chanticleer Books
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- 22781
- Title
- VIDAL MAYOR.
- Author
- Canellas, Vidal de. Commentary by Antonio Ubieto Arteta, Jesús Delgado Echeverría, Juan Antonio Frago Ducay, María del Carmen Lacarra Ducay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Both volumes fine in lightly worn slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- ISBN 10
- 8486856183
- ISBN 13
- 9788486856182
- Publisher
- Inst. de Estudios Altoaragoneses
- Place of Publication
- Huesca
- Date Published
- 1989
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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