Author: Schlumberger, L?on Gustave:

Title: L'?pop?e Byzantine ? la Fin du Dixi?me Si?cle: Jean Tzimisc?s. Les jeunes ann?es de Basile II, le tueur de Bulgares (969-989).

Publication: [Paris]: Hachette & cie, 1896.

Description: 4to, pp. vi, 799, [I] + coloured frontispiece map + large folding map opposite p.202 + 9 further plates. Additional title-page on translucent paper, with similar leaf at rear. Many illustrations in the text, some of which are full page. Half brown sheep, spine gilt with raised bands, title tooled directly, brown marbled boards, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. A bit rubbed, endcaps and bands worn, some peeling at corners, light scratching and chipping to marbled paper, still very good. Illegible ownership inscription dated 1943 to endpaper.

First, stand-alone volume in a sequence of three volumes on Byzantine epic poetry with the Series title: L'?pop?e Byzantine ? la Fin du Dixi?me Si?cle. The final volume was published in 1905.

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Reference Number: [54402]

Price: £125

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