De Vita Caroli Magni et Rolandi Historia
CIAMPI, Sebastiano
From Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since July 25, 1997
From Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since July 25, 1997
About this Item
First edition. 154pp, folding illustration. Contemporary half polished calf and marbled papercovered boards. Original extra-gilt spine laid down. Foxing, edgewear to the corners of the boards, a good or better copy. A pseudo-history of the life of Charlemagne and Roland, a 12th century chronicle of legendary material about Charlemagne's alleged conquest of Spain supposedly written by Charlemagne's contemporary Turpin, the Archbishop of Reims, but found out as a forgery in the Renaissance. The work was extremely popular, and served as a major source of material on Charlemagne in chronicles, fiction and iconography throughout Medieval Europe. Matthew Arnold's copy with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Seller Inventory # 339257
Bibliographic Details
Title: De Vita Caroli Magni et Rolandi Historia
Publisher: Josephum Molini, Florentiae
Publication Date: 1822
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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