A romance of chivalry. Originally translated from the French by John Bourchier, Lord Berners.
London, printed for White, Cochrane, and Co., Fleet Street, 1814
Illustrated with 25 hand-coloured plates. A lovely copy in burgundy morocco of Bourchier's History of the Valiant Knight Arthur of Little Britain, illustrated with 25 hand-coloured plates by Charles Heath after original manuscript illuminations.
The text is taken from Bourchier's (1467-1533) translation of Artus de la Petite Bretagne, a fourteenth-century prose romance which was first printed in Lyons in 1493, although Bourchier seems to have made use of the second version of 1496 (ODNB). This edition limited to 200 unnumbered copies.
First illustrated edition; 4to (24.5 x 20 cm); 25 hand-coloured plates by Charles Heath after original MS illuminations, bookplates to front pastedown, small tear to upper margin of a1 not affecting text, minor spotting to endpapers; burgundy morocco, covers panelled in gilt with volute corner pieces within double gilt fillet border, spine gilt in 6 compartments, top edge gilt others uncut, small split to upper joint, edges slightly rubbed, small nick to upper panel of spine, otherwise very good; [14], xxvii, [1], 544pp.
The text is taken from Bourchier's (1467-1533) translation of Artus de la Petite Bretagne, a fourteenth-century prose romance which was first printed in Lyons in 1493, although Bourchier seems to have made use of the second version of 1496 (ODNB). This edition limited to 200 unnumbered copies.
First illustrated edition; 4to (24.5 x 20 cm); 25 hand-coloured plates by Charles Heath after original MS illuminations, bookplates to front pastedown, small tear to upper margin of a1 not affecting text, minor spotting to endpapers; burgundy morocco, covers panelled in gilt with volute corner pieces within double gilt fillet border, spine gilt in 6 compartments, top edge gilt others uncut, small split to upper joint, edges slightly rubbed, small nick to upper panel of spine, otherwise very good; [14], xxvii, [1], 544pp.
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