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Aucassin and Nicolete

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Description: A musical adaptation of Chrêtien de Troyes's 12th-century Old French romance.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1917?]
Call number: 607972
Provenance: Purchased from Sanford and Helen Berger, 1999. From the Sanford and Helen Berger Collection.
Dimensions: 25 cm
Associated people: West, Michael,; Mainbocher,; Mansion, Horace,; Paul, Evelyn,; Berger, Sanford,; Berger, Helen,
Associated organizations: Brentano's (Firm),; Camperfield Press,
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An adaptation of Ann Radcliffe's novel 'The Romance of the Forest'. Set at the beginning of the fifteenth century.

mssLA 1014

The Intrigues of a Morning; or, An Hour in Paris

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An adaptation of the French play 'Monsieur de Pourceaugnac,' featuring unrequited love and an impending unwanted marriage.

mssLA 943

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Aucassin and Nicolete / translated and edited with introduction by Harold Child ; illustrated by A. Anderson

Rare Books

This collection contains nearly 600 monographs published by the British publishing firm A & C Black from the late 1800s through the 1950s (bulk 1901-1936). Many of the volumes were published as part of the firm's successful "Colour Books" series and contain color plates and pictorial cloth bindings. The titles in the collection cover a variety of subjects including travel in Great Britain and abroad, antiquities, art, history of various civilizations, social life and customs of various cultures, natural history, literary classics and other literature (especially juvenile), gardening, military art and science, recreation, and transportation. Many of the firm's early 20th century series are represented by items in the collection, including the 20 shilling series; 7s 6d series; Artist's sketch book series; the "Peeps" series including Peeps at Many Lands; Beautiful Britain; Black's Popular Series of Colour Books; and Black's Water-Colour series. The collection also includes two non-A & C Black imprints by William Collins Sons and Co. and J.M. Dent.

499150:028

The Midnight Hour

Manuscripts

Manuscript copy. As stated in the attached application, this was an adaptation of a French source. Includes prologue.

mssLA 775

Next Door Neighbours

Manuscripts

Adaptation of two French dramas in which content was merged. The play was not one of Inchbald's more popular plays. Sir George Splenorville disqualifies himself from his high position in society as he gives money to release Willford from prison in an attempt to seduce Eleanor.

mssLA 912

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The Ordination of Chivalry

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A translation of a 13th century French poem: L'Ordene de Chevalerie.

mssHM 6436

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