The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. Abridged from Malory’s Morte D’Arthur. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: Macmillan and Co., 1917. First Edition. Pp xiv, 509. Publisher’s gilt-decorated smooth buckram boards. A fine bright copy.

With sixteen coloured plates in brilliant subdued hues and seven in black & white by Arthur Rackham. Each colour plate with titled tissue guard.

Sir Thomas Malory (1405 – 1471) collected all the ancient tales of the mythical Arthur and published them under the title Le Morte D’Arthur.

The characters are familiar: Lancelot and Guinevere, and Tristan and Isolde, here in the definitive account of the Arthurian legends. The vigorous, eloquent epic tale of valour is noted for having been written in the best English prose of the Fifteenth Century.

Include 5-page detailed glossary.