The Life of King Arthur: From Ancient Historians and Authentic Documents

  • Hardcover
  • London: Payne and Foss, 1825
By Ritson, Joseph
London: Payne and Foss, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. xliii, 172pp. Half title present. Early cloth in a drab green, blocked in blind on the boards and with gilt spine titles. Trace of soil and wear to the edges, neat ownership stamp on the front free endpaper else a near fine copy. Scarce scholarly treatise on the life of King Arthur from early, and notably Welsh, sources. Lowndes, p. 2100. New Arthurian Encyclopedia, pp. 404 and 409. The binding is contemporary or near contemporary and could be a publisher's cloth binding; if so, it is a very early instance of such.

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Title

The Life of King Arthur: From Ancient Historians and Authentic Documents

Author

Ritson, Joseph

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

Payne and Foss: London

Date

1825

Edition

First edition


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