Morris william tranlslators (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Presumed First Edition Thus. Undated c1910. Presumed first edition thus. lii, 276pp. and a 16-page catalogue. Top edge gilt. The Völsunga saga is a legendary saga, a late 13th-century prose rendition in Old Norse of the origin and decline of the Völsung clan (including the story of Sigurd and Brunhild and the destruction of the Burgundians). It is one of the most famous legendary sagas and an example of a "heroic saga" that deals with Germanic heroic legend. The Middle High German epic poem the Nibelungenlied is related in content. The book also contains songs from the the Poetic Edda, or Elder Edda, an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poems in alliterative verse (known as Eddic poems). The book is bound in the original green cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine and gold corner decoration on the corners of the front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with some shelf wear to the boards and light bumping to the spine ends. The contents are tight and clean with several pages having faint traces of erased pencil underlining. There is some light foxing to the endpapers and a thin split on the top 1" of the spine gutter of the front endpapers has been repaired with short strips of clear tape. There is no inscription.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Presumed First Edition Thus. Undated c1910. Presumed first edition thus. lii, 276pp. and a 16-page catalogue. Top edge gilt. The Völsunga saga is a legendary saga, a late 13th-century prose rendition in Old Norse of the origin and decline of the Völsung clan (including the story of Sigurd and Brunhild and the destruction of the Burgundians). It is one of the most famous legendary sagas and an example of a "heroic saga" that deals with Germanic heroic legend. The Middle High German epic poem the Nibelungenlied is related in content. The book also contains songs from the the Poetic Edda, or Elder Edda, an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poems in alliterative verse (known as Eddic poems). The book is bound in the original green cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine and gold corner decoration on the corners of the front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with some shelf wear to the boards and light bumping to the bottom of the spine. The contents are tight and clean with browning to the free endpapers. There is no inscription.…