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Lejeune Rita

The Legend of Roland in the Middle Ages. COMPLETE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Phaidon, 1971

163.30 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1971
Author
Lejeune Rita
Publishers
Phaidon
Keyword
literature, palaeography, roland, chanson de roland, medieval literature, medieval epics, r. lejeune, bibliography, palaeography, the, legend, roland, the, middle, ages
Languages
English

Description

2 vols., roy. 4to., First English Edition, with titles in red and black, with 63 fine tipped-in coloured plates, 510 plates in monochrome and decorative endpapers, fore-edges very lightly age-soiled; original red holland, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, a very good, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrapper to second volume chipped at headband (just affecting lettering). Nice set of the first English edition of the first detailed study of the iconography of Roland in sculpture, wall painting, the minor arts and, above all, illuminated MSS. First published in Brussels in 1966. Scarce in this condition.
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