Description
First edition. An early attempt to translate the main Germanic romances and sagas. On the Antient Teutonic Poetry and Romance; Das Heldenbuch, The Book of Heroes (4 parts); Der Nibelungen Lied, The Song of the Nibelungen; Die Klage, The Lament; Appendices ; Popular Heroic and Romantic Ballads translated from the Northern Languages; Abstract of the Eyrbiggia-Saga; Glossary. 522 pages. With the bookplate of the Orcadian Businessman, author and collector John Davie Manson Robertson Rebound in a fine binding of green half leather with marbled endpapers. In VG+ condition with just a little foxing to title and prelims. An exceptional copy