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The Age of Fable; or Beauties of Mythology
by Thomas Bulfinch
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Book is in Fair condition, with hinges weak, cover spine seems to have been re-glued to binding at some point. Cover has wear, corners bumped/rubbed. Extensive pen and pencil notes/doodles in endpapers. Top edge corner of front endpaper torn off. First page of Preface has notes around margins. Some notes and underlining throughout, text page notes are less extensive, keep to margins. Some discoloration/smudges on some text pages.
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
- Givens Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19788
- Title
- The Age of Fable; or Beauties of Mythology
- Author
- Thomas Bulfinch
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- S. W. Tilton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1855
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- bulfinch, mythology, fable, antique, 1800s, 1855
- Bookseller catalogs
- Folklore/Mythology; 19th and Early 20th Century;
Terms of Sale
Givens Books
Books returned on case-by case basis only. No refund on shipping charges.
About the Seller
Givens Books
Biblio member since 2006
Lynchburg, Virginia
About Givens Books
Givens Books & Little Dickens is a family business that has been selling new, used, and rare books in Lynchburg, Virginia since 1976, and educational toys and teacher supplies since 1989. Our used book department strives to provide quality books on a wide variety of subjects. We also specialize in our local Lynchburg and Virginia history.
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