1872 Rare First Edition - Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages by Thomas Bulfinch.
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Author: Thomas Bulfinch.
Title: Legends of CHARLEMAGNE; or Romance of the Middle Ages.
Publisher: Boston, J.E. Tilton and Company, 1872.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8" X 5".
Pages: xx-373 pages.
Binding: Attractive and near fine original gilt decorated full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, ex-libris of previous owners on the first endpaper - as shown, small ink name of a previous owner on the upper margin of title page - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with beautiful chapters vignette illustrations.
Estimate: (USD 200 - USD 300).
The book: Attractive and rare edition of Bulfinch's Legends of Charlemagne - Charlemagne or Charles the Great (Latin: Carolus Magnus; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of the Romans from 800. During the Early Middle Ages, Charlemagne united the majority of western and central Europe. He was the first recognized emperor to rule from Western Europe since the fall of the Western Roman Empire around three centuries earlier.
The author: Thomas Bulfinch (July 15, 1796 – May 27, 1867) was an American writer born in Newton, Massachusetts, best known for the book Bulfinch's Mythology.