MEDIEVAL COMIC TALES. Translated

by Peter Rickard, Alan Deyermond, Derek Brewer, David Blamiris, Peter King and Michael Lapridge, with an afterword by Derek Brewer by Peter Rickard

$45 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

Cambridge: D. S. Brewer Ltd, 1972. Octavo, 160 pp., boards. First edition. Translations of French, Spanish, English, Italian, German, Dutch and Medieval Latin tales. Many have supernatural themes. The stories, generally quite short, provided source material for more distinguished authors such as Chaucer and Rabelais. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with light wear at edges. #135040

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