Item #245237 Gesta Romanorum, or Entertaining moral stories : invented by the monks as a fireside recreation, and commonly applied in their discourses from the pulpit; whence the most celebrated of our own poets and others, from the earliest times, have extracted their plots / translated from the Latin, with preliminary observations and copious notes, by Charles Swan : volume I (only). Charles Swan.

Gesta Romanorum, or Entertaining moral stories : invented by the monks as a fireside recreation, and commonly applied in their discourses from the pulpit; whence the most celebrated of our own poets and others, from the earliest times, have extracted their plots / translated from the Latin, with preliminary observations and copious notes, by Charles Swan : volume I (only)

1872, First Edition. New York : J.W. Bouton. Poor copy with wear, tear and dust-dulling as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Item #245237

Provenance; from the library of John F. Dillon with his bookplate. Physical description; volume I (only): 388 p. ; 18 cm. Notes; With an introduction by Thomas Wright. Includes bibliographical footnotes. Subjects; Exempla. Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) — Translations into English. Genre; Fiction.

Price: €85.00

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