CHRONICON DE REBUS GESTIS RICARDI PRIMI

London: Sumptibus Societatis, 1838. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth. Rebound. 88p. Cover shows some signs of soiling and shelf wear. Pages edges soiled. Otherwise a clean and tight book in good condition. Item #122716

The Chronicon de rebus gestis Ricardi Primi (1192), by which Richard of Devizes is chiefly known, covers only the first three years of King Richard's reign; it is practically an account of events in England and the Holy Land during the Third Crusade. The narrator of the chronicle is a French Jewish cobbler giving advice to young French Christians intending to visit England.

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