Medievalbookshop — AAK0029 Burke, History and Vision

Bargain books on the Middle Ages and all related subjects

See also | Romance | Spain |
Secondhand book for sale
Scanned image of the book’s front cover

James F. Burke.
History and Vision: The Figural Structure of the “Libro del Cavallero Zifar”.
Published London: Tamesis, 1972.
Series: Serie A — Monografias XXVIII.
ISBN 0900411589.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: Ediciones Castilla, Madrid.
Size: 165×232×10mm.
Page count: xiii,155pp.
Main language: English; quotations from other languages given without translation.
Overall condition fair to good: covers scuffed, rather worn and discoloured with age at the edges and corners; the spine is a bit wrinkled but not creased from reading, and the text appears to be free of marking.

This item £15.00
P&P inc. within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price £40.00]
Weight without packaging: 257g.

How to order this book

Contents: Zifar as «vision»; Liturgy & allegory; Zifar, structure & meaning; Journey as redemption; Mentón-Paradisus regnum; Mirror of princes; The new Eden.

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 8pp
Index: yes

Bookmark and Share
(please note: this page and image will be deleted when the book is sold)
See the “book descriptions” page for explanations of the criteria used in this listing.

Back to previous page

Return to the used books shopfront

Use these scrollbars to navigate the attic…

You need javascript switched on for these scrollbars to work. If you can't see see them, there's a full set of links below.

Primary sources | anthologies | anononymous | facsimile | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Secondary sources | journals & partworks | author unknown | exhibition guides & ephemera | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | Mc | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z