Valentine and Orson
The Two Sons of the Emperour of Greece. Newly Corrected and Amended; With New Pictures, Lively Expressing the History.
- [London]: Printed by A.M. for E. Tracy at the Three Bibles, on London-Bridge, 1700
[London]: Printed by A.M. for E. Tracy at the Three Bibles, on London-Bridge, 1700. RIVIÈRE & SON. . Valentine and Orson. The Two Sons of the Emperour of Greece. Newly Corrected and Amended; With New Pictures, Lively Expressing the History. [London]: Printed by A.M. for E. Tracy at the Three Bibles, on London-Bridge, 1700.
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[ANONYMOUS]. RIVIÈRE & SON, [binder]. Valentine and Orson. The Two Sons of the Emperour of Greece. Newly Corrected and Amended; With New Pictures, Lively Expressing the History. [London]: Printed by A.M. for E. Tracy at the Three Bibles, on London-Bridge, [n.d.c.a. 1700].
Early English translation of the French prose romance "Valentin et Orson," the original of which was written between 1475-1489. Small quarto (7 1/8 x 5 9/16 inches; 181 x 141 mm). [1]-181, [3, table] pp. Date is from ESTC. With an initial advertisement leaf and three final contents pages. With an advertisement at foot of Z4. In this edition, the text is set in roman letter, another edition has the text set in black letter. With a half-page woodcut on title-page, a half-page woodcut on advertisement leaf/frontispiece and fourteen additional woodcuts in the text.
Bound by Rivière & Son in full red morocco. Spine ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Gilt dentelles. Board edges doubled ruled in gilt. All edges gilt. Front outer hinge repaired. Endpapers browned around the edges. Neat paper repair to preliminary advertisement leaf, with a few letters supplied. Neat paper repair to lower corner of G4 affecting a few letters, supplied in facsimile. Two tiny neat repairs in the text on I3, just touching a few letters. paper repair in the lower margin of Y4, touching a few letters. Half-inch closed tear to lower margin of H4, just touching the catchword on the verso. Three previous owner's bookplates to front pastedown including Justin G. Schiller's custom bookplate designed by Maurice Sendak on front pastedown. Overall a very good copy in a handsome binding
"'Valentine and Orson' is a medieval French romance that became a popular English chapbook tale. Middle Dutch, Low German, German, and Old Swedish versions suggest that the original verse version is an early-14th-century French text called 'Valentine and Nameless.' It first appeared in French prose with the author listed as Jac. Maillet in 1489, and was translated into English around 1502 by Henry Watson, who added many plot details, including a helpful dwarf magician and a dragon... Versions vary considerably in content as well as length: from Purfoot on, it was stripped of sexual misdemeanors and Catholicism. The tale also appeared in verse and play forms, which helped extend its popularity into the 19th century" (Elaine Ostry in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature).
ESTC R34690
HBS 69536.
$2,000.
Full Description:
[ANONYMOUS]. RIVIÈRE & SON, [binder]. Valentine and Orson. The Two Sons of the Emperour of Greece. Newly Corrected and Amended; With New Pictures, Lively Expressing the History. [London]: Printed by A.M. for E. Tracy at the Three Bibles, on London-Bridge, [n.d.c.a. 1700].
Early English translation of the French prose romance "Valentin et Orson," the original of which was written between 1475-1489. Small quarto (7 1/8 x 5 9/16 inches; 181 x 141 mm). [1]-181, [3, table] pp. Date is from ESTC. With an initial advertisement leaf and three final contents pages. With an advertisement at foot of Z4. In this edition, the text is set in roman letter, another edition has the text set in black letter. With a half-page woodcut on title-page, a half-page woodcut on advertisement leaf/frontispiece and fourteen additional woodcuts in the text.
Bound by Rivière & Son in full red morocco. Spine ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Gilt dentelles. Board edges doubled ruled in gilt. All edges gilt. Front outer hinge repaired. Endpapers browned around the edges. Neat paper repair to preliminary advertisement leaf, with a few letters supplied. Neat paper repair to lower corner of G4 affecting a few letters, supplied in facsimile. Two tiny neat repairs in the text on I3, just touching a few letters. paper repair in the lower margin of Y4, touching a few letters. Half-inch closed tear to lower margin of H4, just touching the catchword on the verso. Three previous owner's bookplates to front pastedown including Justin G. Schiller's custom bookplate designed by Maurice Sendak on front pastedown. Overall a very good copy in a handsome binding
"'Valentine and Orson' is a medieval French romance that became a popular English chapbook tale. Middle Dutch, Low German, German, and Old Swedish versions suggest that the original verse version is an early-14th-century French text called 'Valentine and Nameless.' It first appeared in French prose with the author listed as Jac. Maillet in 1489, and was translated into English around 1502 by Henry Watson, who added many plot details, including a helpful dwarf magician and a dragon... Versions vary considerably in content as well as length: from Purfoot on, it was stripped of sexual misdemeanors and Catholicism. The tale also appeared in verse and play forms, which helped extend its popularity into the 19th century" (Elaine Ostry in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature).
ESTC R34690
HBS 69536.
$2,000.
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Title
Valentine and Orson
Author
ANONYMOUS
Condition
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Publisher
Printed by A.M. for E. Tracy at the Three Bibles, on London-Bridge: [London]
Date
1700