Author: STAIR ERCUIL. IRISH TEXTS SOCIETY
Title: Stair Ercuil ocus a bás : The life and death of Hercules / edited and translated, with notes, glossary, etc., by Gordon Quin
Description: Dublin : Pub. for the Irish texts society. by the Educational company of Ireland. ltd. 1939. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.Series; Irish Texts Society ; v. 38. Physical description; xl. 263. 1 unnumbered page ; 23 cm. Notes; Irish and English on opposite pages. 'The text.exists.in one manuscript only. that numbered H. 2.7 in the Library of Trinity college. Dublin. The source.is Raoul Lefevre's 'Recueil des histoires de Troyes.' finished.in 1464. The exploits of Hercules occupy part of Book I and the whole of Book II of the 'Recueil.'' -- Introd. p. [xiii]-xv. Includes bibliographical references and index. Irish text with English parallel translation. introd. and notes. Subjects; Hercules (Roman mythological character). Hercules (Roman mythology) in literature. Irish language — Middle Irish. (1100-1550) — Texts. Hercules (Roman mythology). Irish fiction — Early modern. (1550-1700). Irish fiction — Early modern. (1550-1700) — Translations into English. Hercules. Weight in Kg appr.:

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