Studies in the Arthurian Legend.
Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. viii + 412pp. Maroon cloth and titling to spine; index. The author was a professor of Celtic at Oxford and most of the chapters are based upon Hibbert Lectures on the delightfully-titled subject of "Celtic Heathendom" which he delivered in 1886. According to the Preface Rhys' "chief object" was "to make Welsh literature help to shed light on the Arthurian Legend ..." Chapter headings: Arthur, Historical and Mythical; Arthur and Airem; Gwenhwyvar and Her Captors; Peredur and Owein; Peredur and the Empress; Peredur and Lancelot; Lancelot and Elayne; Galahad and Gwalchaved; Cuchulainn and Heracles; Urien and His Congeners; Pwyl and Pelles; The Origin of the Holy Grail; Glastonbury and Gower; The Isles of the Dead; Great Britain and Little Britain. Spine slightly leaned and a bit darkened, corners and spine ends lightly bruised and rubbed; endpapers unevenly browned, unmarked. Overall a solid and clean VG+ copy. (no dust jacket - probably none issued). Item #61308
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