The Morte Darthur

Sir Thomas Malory

Published by F.S. Crofts & Co., 1940

About this Item

1940. Presumed First Edition. Large 8vo. 214 pp. Bright green stamped cloth boards. Rubbing to corners and extremities and sunning to edges of front and rear boards. Bookplate to front paste down and signature to FFEP. Pages are clean and bright and binding is tight on this classic. Very Good+ $45.00 Le Morte d'Arthur (originally written as le morte Darthur; inaccurate Middle French for "The Death of Arthur")[1] is a 15th-century Middle English prose reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table, along with their respective folklore. In order to tell a "complete" story of Arthur from his conception to his death, Malory compiled, rearranged, interpreted and modified material from various French and English sources. Today, this is one of the best-known works of Arthurian literature. Many authors since the 19th-century revival of the legend have used Malory as their principal source. Apparently written in prison at the end of the medieval English era, Le Morte d'Arthur was completed by Malory around 1470 and was first published in a printed edition in 1485 by William Caxton. Until the discovery of the Winchester Manuscript in 1934, the 1485 edition was considered the earliest known text of Le Morte d'Arthur and that closest to Malory's original version. Seller Inventory # 585

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Morte Darthur

Publisher: F.S. Crofts & Co.

Publication Date: 1940

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good