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The Tournament: or, Days of Chivalry
by Anonymous
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-/None
- Seller
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Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Item Price
£244.92£208.18
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About This Item
First edition of this rare colour plate book in the medieval chivalric genre.
With 24 handcoloured copperplates attributed to Thomas Rowlandson, and doggerel verse in the style of frequent collaborator William Combe. Probably inspired by the success of Walter Scott's Ivanhoe published in 1819 and the Regency craze for all things medieval Gothic.
A ripping yarn with Sir Ethelbert romancing the fair Adelaide, despite the evil machinations of rival knight Gondibert. The plates depict knights in armour in combat at tournaments, sword-fighting duels, dastardly deeds, pageantry and courtly love.
Condition: Both plates and text with spots of foxing, title page with closed tear, 2cm hole in text page 37, childish scribbling on rear of Plate 13, general signs of use throughout. Binding with gilt decoration on spine, red title label, five raised bands. some scuffing to edges.
Printed for William Sams, bookseller to H.R.H. the Duke of York, 1 St James's-Street, 1823. His plate books such as A Tour Through Paris and The Life of a Soldier were noted for their fine hand-colouring.
Ticket of Myers & Co., print and bookdealers or 80 New Bond Street, London.
With 24 handcoloured copperplates attributed to Thomas Rowlandson, and doggerel verse in the style of frequent collaborator William Combe. Probably inspired by the success of Walter Scott's Ivanhoe published in 1819 and the Regency craze for all things medieval Gothic.
A ripping yarn with Sir Ethelbert romancing the fair Adelaide, despite the evil machinations of rival knight Gondibert. The plates depict knights in armour in combat at tournaments, sword-fighting duels, dastardly deeds, pageantry and courtly love.
Condition: Both plates and text with spots of foxing, title page with closed tear, 2cm hole in text page 37, childish scribbling on rear of Plate 13, general signs of use throughout. Binding with gilt decoration on spine, red title label, five raised bands. some scuffing to edges.
Printed for William Sams, bookseller to H.R.H. the Duke of York, 1 St James's-Street, 1823. His plate books such as A Tour Through Paris and The Life of a Soldier were noted for their fine hand-colouring.
Ticket of Myers & Co., print and bookdealers or 80 New Bond Street, London.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Florilegius
(JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Flo134
- Title
- The Tournament
- Author
- Anonymous
- Illustrator
- Thomas Rowlandson
- Format/Binding
- Half leather and cloth boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Sams
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1823
- Size
- Octavo, 25 x 16cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- illustrated, chivalry, medieval, Thomas Rowlandson, The Tournament
- Bookseller catalogs
- Caricature;
Terms of Sale
Florilegius
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Florilegius
Biblio member since 2019
Tokyo, Tokyo
About Florilegius
Tokyo-based bookseller specializing in European illustrated books from the 18th to 19th century, mainly botanical, zoological, costume and travel. Also Japanese ukiyo-e and woodblock botanicals, flower arrangement, etc.
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