EPICS AND ROMANCES OF THE MIDDLE AGES ADAPTED FROM W. WAGNER 1896 ILLUSTRATED

[WAGNER, Dr. Wilhelm; MACDOWALL, M.W.; ANSON, W.S.W. (editor)]. Epics and Romances of the Middle Ages. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1896.

Eighth edition (stated verso title-page). Cloth-bound. Hardcover. Octavo (220 x 140 x 40 mm). Pp. 488. English text. Adapted from the work of Dr. W. Wägner by M.W. Macdowall, and edited by W.S.W. Anson. Bound in publisher's original decorative cloth. Top edge gilt. Initial and terminal blanks plus half-title present. Profusely illustrated by Vogel. Rear index in double columns. The work divided into three parts:- part first - The Amelung and Kindred Legends - I. Langorbardian Legends, II. The Amelungs, III. Dietrich of Bern:- Part second - The Nibelung and Kindred Legends - I. The Nibelung Hero, II. The Nibelungs' Woe, III. The Hegeling Legend, IV. Beowulf:- Part third - I. The Carolingian Legends, II. Legends of King Arthur and the Holy Grail, III. Tannhauser. Condition: GOOD to VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure with the hinges intact. Slight rubbing to spine ends and points, the covers largely very clean. Interior well-preserved, a few leaves with slight creasing to fore edges, and light browning to endpapers. Prize plate to front pastedown. A scarce title.