Author: George Dennis
Title: The Cid: A Short Chronicle, Founded on the Early Poetry of Spain
Description: London, Charles Knight , 1845. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon work, offering a sketch of the life of Castilian hero, El Cid, alongside verses of 'The Poem of the Cid&apos. The first edition of this uncommon work.  In the original cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates. This volume presents an absorbing sketch of the life of Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (known as El Cid) who was a Castilian hero and knight in medieval Spain. The work is interwoven with verses from the oldest preserved Castilian epic poem 'The Poem of the Cid', which tells of his deeds and takes place during the eleventh century. It is considered a national epic of Spain. George Dennis, a British explorer who is best known for his written account of the Etruscan civilisation, compiled this work with the aim of exciting the British public's interest in the early poetry of Spain. In the original cloth binding. Externally, with rubbing to the extremities, resulting in loss of cloth to the head and tail of spine. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .
Keywords: The Cid Poetry The Poem of the Cid George Dennis Poetry Not Stated
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Title: The Cid: A Short Chronicle, Founded on the Early Poetry of Spain
Description: London, Charles Knight , 1845. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon work, offering a sketch of the life of Castilian hero, El Cid, alongside verses of 'The Poem of the Cid&apos. The first edition of this uncommon work.  In the original cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates. This volume presents an absorbing sketch of the life of Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (known as El Cid) who was a Castilian hero and knight in medieval Spain. The work is interwoven with verses from the oldest preserved Castilian epic poem 'The Poem of the Cid', which tells of his deeds and takes place during the eleventh century. It is considered a national epic of Spain. George Dennis, a British explorer who is best known for his written account of the Etruscan civilisation, compiled this work with the aim of exciting the British public's interest in the early poetry of Spain. In the original cloth binding. Externally, with rubbing to the extremities, resulting in loss of cloth to the head and tail of spine. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .
Keywords: The Cid Poetry The Poem of the Cid George Dennis Poetry Not Stated
Price: GBP 65.00 = appr. US$ 92.82 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 934Y31
- Book number: 934Y31
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