Southey, Robert (Trans.). Chronicle of The Cid, From the Spanish. First American Edition. Lowell:, Daniel Bixby, 1846. First U.S. Edition, tall 8vo, in a nice, early 20th c. American binding of polished tan half calf and gilt-marbled boards & endpapers, raised bands, gilt in compartments, black calf labels; pp. xvi+(17)-486. Very small lateral chip from head of spine, lower hinge cracked but sound, contents very fresh and clean. With the bookplate of American collector Edward DeWitt Taylor. First published in London 1808 as translated by Southey, prolific Spanish and Portuguese scholar, from three Spanish editions pre-1605, themselves edited from the earliest manuscript versions written before the close of the 13th c., many culled from Arabic documents. Price: GBP 225.00 other currencies   order no. 16    inquire

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