Kanuni I Leke Dukagjinit: The Code of Leke Dukagjini

Dukagjini, Leke; Gjecov, Shtjefen (Leonard Fox, Translator)

ISBN 10: 0962214108 / ISBN 13: 9780962214103

Published by Gjonlekaj Publishing Company, New York, 1989

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Very clean large hardcover book with clean original dust jacket, protected in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Unfaded red cloth boards with gold lettering and decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner inscription on front free endpaper dated 25 Aug 2003 - Kosovo, else all pages and edges are clean and unmarked. 269 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, has one 1/2" closed edge tear. Explains the famous blood code of the Balkans in English language.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Kanuni I Leke Dukagjinit: The Code of Leke Dukagjini
• Publisher: Gjonlekaj Publishing Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0962214108
• ISBN 13: 9780962214103
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
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Synopsis

The Code of Leke Dukagjini translated from the Albanian by Leonard Fox.Hardback with glossy red dust jacket. Title and vignette (showing detail from the Coat of Arms of Leke Dukagjini) on the front cover of dj in black. Red cloth boards with title and vignette in gold gilt.Minimal shelf wear.Translated orally for generations, the laws of the Kanun served for more than five centuries as the foundation of social behavior and self-government for the clans of Northern Albania, even while the region was nominally under Turkish rule. The importance of the Kanun in the history of the Albanian people can scarcely be overestimated, and its precepts continue to exercise a very significant influence on Albanians living in Albania and Kosove, as well as in other countries to which Albanians have emigrated.Collected and arranged by Father Shtjefen Gjecov during the first quarter of the twentieth century, this new edition of the Kanun presents the Albanian text along with a parallel translation by Leonard Fox.A fascinating insight into Albanian culture with sections on marriage, work, the law regarding crimes, the church etc. Internally clean and unmarked.