Tirant Lo Blanc.

Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. Paperback First Edition Thus (1996); First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. The hardcover edition was published in 1984. First Edition Thus (1996); First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Good in Wraps: a crease near the upper corner of the front panel and some fainter creasing near the lower corner of same; light wear to the extremities;some faint smudging and soiling to the outside edges of the text block; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound; showing signs of careful use. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.25 x 6.15 x 1.45 inches). xxix, 640 pages. Translated and with a Foreward by David H. Rosenthal. Weight: 32.5 ounces. The hardcover edition was published in 1984. University Press Paperback. Tirant lo Blanc is a chivalric romance written by the Valencian knight Joanot Martorell, finished posthumously by his friend Martí Joan de Galba and published in the city of Valencia in 1490. The title means "Tirant the White" and is the name of the romance's main character who saves the Byzantine Empire. It is one of the best known medieval works of literature in Valencian. It is considered a masterpiece in the Valencian literature and in the literature in Catalan language as a whole, and it played an important role in the evolution of the Western novel through its influence on the author Miguel de Cervantes.