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Sabine Baring-Gould; ed. John Matthews; foreword Cyril Tawney.
Myths of the Middle Ages.
Published London: Blandford/Cassell, 1996.
ISBN 0713726075;
ISBN-13: 9780713726077.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printed in Spain by Bookprint.
Size: 196x250x16mm.
Page count: [iv],153pp.
Main language: English; a few quotations given without translation.
Overall condition fair to good: the dustjacket on this copy is not too heavily worn, but has some remains of medium-sized stickers on its front panel and front flyleaf, half-title page has a roughened patch in the same position; front endpapers have been glued together; page edges starting to yellow slightly with age; previous owner’s rubber stamp on the front endpaper, otherwise appears to be free of marking.

This item £7.00
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Weight without packaging: 683g.

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Adapted from the 1869 edition of Baring-Gould's Curious Myths of the Middle Ages.

Contents: Prester John; Sleepers of Ephesus; The dog Gellert; Antichrist & Pope Joan; Man in the Moon; Mountain of Venus; Terrestrial Paradise; Melusine; The Fortunate Isles; Swan-maidens; Knight of the Swan; The Sangreal.

Illustrations: 12 paintings by Peter Komarnyckyj, printed in full colour
Maps & plans: no

Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 3pp
Index: yes

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