THE AGE OF FABLE
by BULFINCH, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Small university bookplate on the front pastedown; mild soiling to the spine. Near Fine in a lightly soiled, Very Good slipcase
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1958. Hardcover. Small university bookplate on the front pastedown; mild soiling to the spine. Near Fine in a lightly soiled, Very Good slipcase. Joseph Mugnaini. Quarto (8-1/4" x 11-1/8") bound in vellum-backed decorated boards with the spine stamped in black on gold. Introduction by Dudley Fitts. Illustrated with ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS drawn on the stone by Joseph Mugnaini and printed from the stone by George C. Miller. Copy #1185 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. One of the finest illustrated books from the press during a time when it produced some of its most uninteresting books.
Synopsis
For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity, Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myths, and the age of chivalry have been known. The forerunner of such interpreters as Edith Hamilton and Robert Graves, Thomas Bulfinch wanted to make these stories available to the general reader. A series of private notes to himself grew into one of the single most useful and concise guides to literature and mythology. The stories are divided into three sections: The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes (first published in 1855); The Age of Chivalry (1858), which contains King Arthur and His Knights, The Mabinogeon, and The Knights of English History; and The Legends of Charlemagne or The Romance of the Middle Ages (1863). For the Greek myths, Bulfinch drew on Ovid and Virgil, and for the sagas of the north, from Mallet's Northern Antiquities. provides lively versions of the myths of Zeus and Hera, Venus and Adonis, Daphne and Apollo, and their cohorts on Mount Olympus; the love story of Pygmalion and Galatea; the legends of the Trojan War and the epic wanderings of Ulysses and Aeneas; the joys of Valhalla and the furies of Thor; and the tales of Beowulf and Robin Hood.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017169
- Title
- THE AGE OF FABLE
- Author
- BULFINCH, Thomas
- Illustrator
- Joseph Mugnaini
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Small university bookplate on the front pastedown; mild soiling to the spine. Near Fine in a lightly soiled, Very Good slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Signed, Fables, Limited Editions, Myths, Joseph Mugnaini, Classics, Children's Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Original Lithographs;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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