Robert Langton Douglas Introduction (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. NOTE: VOLUME II ONLY (of a 2-Volume set). Text/NEW & Bright. Gilt embossed maroon linen boards/Fine. DJ/None. 1967 reprint of the 1898 edition (translated into English by Geffraie Fenton, anno 1567), with an Introduction by Robert Langton Douglas) from David Nutt, London, U.K. Monk, diplomat & writer Matteo Bandello (1485 - 1561) was born in Milan, Italy, and moved to Agen, France following Spain's 1522 invasion of Milan, where he was made Bishop of Agen. In Agen, he wrote some 214 dramatic, socially sensitive novellas (made available in both French & English), providing, notably, themes to Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet (1594-95),"Much Ado About Nothing" (1598-99), and "Twelfth Night (1601-02)! This Volume II, in 313 pgs., covers Discourses VII through XIII. They are, with lengthy titles: Discourse VII, The Disordered Lyfe of the Countesse of Celant .; VIII, Julya Drowneth Her Selfe .; IX, The Impudent Love of the Ladye of Chabrie .; X, Luchin is Longe in Love wyth a Simple Maide .; XI, The Crueltye of a Wydowe in Enjoynynge her Woer .; XII, Peryllo Suffreth Muche for the Love of Carmosyna .; and XIII, A Wonderful Constancie in Dom Diego . Fine copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. volume 2 No dust jacket. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.