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Chronicle of the Cid, from the Spanish.

Chronicle of the Cid, from the Spanish.

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Chronicle of the Cid, from the Spanish.

by Southey, Robert

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Lowell, MA: Daniel Bixby. Good with no dust jacket. 1846. First American Edition. Hardcover. KB17...Xvi, 17-486 pp. 452 numbered as 252, but otherwise complete. Many pages never separated. Tall octavo in original dark brown ribbed cloth with blind ruling and blind-stamped curlicue decorations. Gilt to spine and blind-stamped compartments. Corners and spine tips rubbed, top of spine chipped and a short separation at top joint. Robert Southey (1774 – 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, and Poet laureate from 1813 until his death. "The Chronicle of the Cid is the main web of the present volume. I have omitted such parts as relate to the general history of Spain but have no reference to Ruydiez, and I have incorporated with it whatever additional circumstances, either of fact or costume, are contained in the Cronica general or the Poema del Cid. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 486 pages .

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Bookseller
Leaf and Stone Books CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
11642
Title
Chronicle of the Cid, from the Spanish.
Author
Southey, Robert
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good with no dust jacket
Edition
First American Edition
Publisher
Daniel Bixby
Place of Publication
Lowell, MA
Date Published
1846
Keywords
El-cid, Rodrigo Díaz De Vivar, Medieval Spain, El Campeador, Knights
Bookseller catalogs
Literature,Poetry,Drama; History: Medieval;

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