[Rarebooks] FS: ARTHUR AND THE ROUND TABLE

[Norman Kane]

WE ARE PLEASED TO OFFER:

[MALORY, SIR THOMAS.]  THE HISTORY OF THE RENOWNED PRINCE ARTHUR, KING OF 
BRITAIN; WITH HIS LIFE AND DEATH, AND ALL HIS GLORIOUS BATTLES.  LIKEWISE, 
THE NOBLE ACTS AND HEROIC DEEDS OF HIS VALIANT KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND 
TABLE.  IN TWO VOLUMES.  London: Printed for Walker & Edwards; &c; &c., 
1816.  Old half leather, edge-rubbed, 5 1/2 X 3 inches, name on end papers, 
top edges gilt.  Frontispieces & extra engraved title leaves. (One of 2 
editions published in 1816. It was first printed by Caxton in 1485. This 
edition is based on that of 1634. Important in the revival of interest in 
the Arthurian legend.)   $450.00


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