Legends of the Grail
by Barber, Richard; Illustrated by Simon Brett
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
EB. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Published by The Folio Society Ltd. , 44 Eagle Street, London, UK. 2007. 512 pgs. Issued in slipcase. Slipcase lightly scuffed and worn. Bound in 1/2 leather and illustrated paper boards with silver titles present to the spine and decoration present to the front board. Boards lightly rubbed and worn. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. Composed by an unknown author in early thirteenth-century France, The Quest of the Holy Grail is a fusion of Arthurian legend and Christian symbolism, reinterpreting ancient Celtic myth as a profound spiritual fable. It recounts the quest of the knights of Camelot - the simple Perceval, the thoughtful Bors, the rash Gawain, the weak Lancelot and the saintly Galahad - as they journey through danger and temptation to reach the elusive Holy Grail. But only one of them is judged worthy to see the mysteries within the sacred vessel, and look upon the ineffable. Enfused with tragic grandeur and an aura of mysticism, The Quest is an absorbing and radiant allegory of man's perilous search for divine grace, and had a profound influence on later Arthurian romances and versions of the Grail legend. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68659
- Title
- Legends of the Grail
- Author
- Barber, Richard; Illustrated by Simon Brett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Place of Publication
- EB
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