Wynnard hooper (13 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. lxxvi 425pp hardback, textured green cloth gilt, publisher's list at end, Bohn's standard library series, some minor rubbing etc to extremities of spine.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. (Medieval Tales, Christian Literature) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Zustand: New. In English.

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Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

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Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. lxxvi, 425 p ; 19 cm. ; Dewey: 878 UKP ; OCLC: 896755905 ; translated from the Latin by Charles Swan ; revised and corrected by Wynnard Hooper. ; faded sea-green cloth with gold decorations; top edge gilt ; spine sunned ; Contents: A king's daughter, guarded by five soldiers, elopes With a duke. She is. subsequently received back by her father -- Of duty towards parents -- ow that the law punishes, not twice for the same offence -- Of the conflicting claims of mercy and justice -- How a youth, taken by pirates, was left in prison by his father, but released by his captor's daughter -- How that inconsiderate oaths do not continue of force for ever -- How a Unman nobleman had two sons, of whom one married a harlot, and was at first rejected but afterwards received by his father -- Story of a statue with a golden ring, beard, and cloak -- How the son of a certain emperor wished to slay him, but was dissuaded from his purpose -- Of the rings of Memory and Oblivion -- Story of the queen's daughter who was nourished on poison -- Of a wonderful rivulet that flowed through the jaws of a putrid dog -- A queen commits incest, but being penitent is saved -- Story of a son who left his mother and rescued his father -- The life of St. Alexius -- An emperor discovers a sarcophagus with certain words engraved upon it -- Story of Gnido, who rendered six kinds of service to a certain emperor -- How a certain Julian unwittingly killed his parents -- Of the quarrel between Pompey and Caesar, and of the passage of the Rubicon -- How tho Emperor Conrad unconsciously caused the fulfilment of a prophecy which had filled him with anger -- How a king of Lacedsemon sent secret intelligence to his countrymen -- How the Egyptians honoured Isis and Serapis -- Of the burning on the funeral pile of an emperor's body -- Of a magician who enticed his enemies into an enchanted garden and destroyed them -- A lady, whose dominions have been laid waste by a certain king, is defended by a pilgrim, who is slain during the-battle -- Of a queen's illegitimate son, who was clothed in garments half poor, half costly -- How an emperor left his daughter in charge of a seneschal, who disobeyed the orders given him, and was put to a miserable death -- How, through the cunning of an old woman, a youth obtained the love of a noble married lady -- How the skin of a certain unjust judge was nailed on the judgment seat -- How a certain king treated his generals when victorious -- The remarks of certain philosophers on the death of Alexander the Great -- Remark of Seneca on poisoned corpses -- Of a tree on which three successive wives of one man hanged themselves -- Aristotle's advice to Alexander -- How Roman noblemen became reconciled after being at variance -- Discourse of a philosopher before a certain king -- Of the wisdom displayed by an eagle when attacked by the serpent Perna -- A dove brings news to a beleaguered city -- How discord between two brothers was brought to an end -- How a learned clerk discovered the infidelity of the wife of a certain knight -- Of the self-sacrifice of an Athenian king -- A prophecy concerning the fall of Rome -- Of a chasm in the midst of Rome, and how it was closed -- Of an artificer who made gloss as flexible as copper, and of the wickedness of tho Emperor Tiberius -- Of the four reputed sons of a deceased king, and how it was decided which of them was really his -- How a certain man gathered more leaves than he could carry -- Of a Danish king who saw the three kings of Cologne in a vision -- he story of Phalaris of Agrigentum and Perillus -- Of the treachery of the Duchess Rosimila and its reward -- Of the Emperor Zelongus -- Tiberius Caesar's reason for allowing corrupt governors to retain their offices -- Noble conduct of Quintus Fabius Maximus -- Of an old woman who prayed for the long life of Dionysius of Syracuse -- How the Emperor Frederic the Second constructed a gate etc; slight top edge water stain, else G. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 425. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Very good indeed.