Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Leather-bound Classics)

This Leather-bound book is beautifully presented. With quality red Leather and Gold Gilded pages and a ribbon place marker. Weird maybe but it smells amazing (love the smell of Leather.) The paper is quality too, slightly yellow but thick stock. A volume that is built to last and will compliment any library. That said I've hundreds of books but this is only my second Leather-bound book and I'm very impressed. This book was written a century before Shakespeare and personally I love the prose. If you've ever read a King James Version of the Bible you'll easily get to grips with the style of writing. If not, don't worry you'll soon find the rhythm of it and it's easy to understand. The introduction is thorough and harder to understand in my opinion than the book itself! Get ready to experience some Great British aventures Mythology with King Arthur and his Knights Of The Round Table. The illustration work in this edition is outstanding. Highly recommended

The Arthurian legend is a very fascinating part of mythology. We don't actually know how much of it is actually myth and if any of it is real. It's some true old fashioned story telling and this version was an interesting way to go about reading it. The experience was one of the most unique reading experiences I've had reading a book. This version that I bought was the Knickerbocker Classics edition. A beautiful looking book with a gorgeous outer hard case, some lovely illustrations and other features. The text is that of William Caxton, which was first published in 1485. The original material was written Thomas Malory, supposedly when he was in jail. I no doubt could have found a more modern edition, with more up to date spelling, grammar etc. But I didn't want that and was looking for a more authentic take. That is something I definitely got out of this book and to describe my opinions on it is quite difficult. What I mean by that is that well, I didn't find the book difficult to understand. Even if it reads like a drunken loon lying in the street corner re-telling a story to any passer by who'd listen. There were a lot of terms, phrases etc that I found alien to me. But it was easy to understand them after a quick definition search and the the context in which they were used through out the book. It was the way it was laid out that got me. The chapters (books or whatever they're called) are organised into large walls of text. What is in these walls of text is easy to understand but my eyes struggled to focus on such a mass of words. There are no paragraphs or structure to the text and it's all clumped together into one big mess. It's this that I found was truly hard to focus on. At times it gave me eye strain making it hard to follow my progress and which line I was on. That is the part I felt was over whelming. I had to take a break over the winter whilst I was in the middle of the book. Eye strain is one thing (an excuse to have a nice cup of tea) and I can easily take my time with it, but I found it even more difficult to keep track of my progress when distracted by sniffles, coughs, headaches etc. The story itself, I thought it was utterly fantastic. The characters were all very well detailed and there were so many. I loved the fact that they developed slowly over time and the more you read the book, the more personal it became with the likes of Tristram and Lancelot etc. It also made it more tragic when the stories came to a close and we learn the fates of our gallant knights. Despite the strange way it was written, there's a lot of information to take in and it painted a wonderful picture in my mind. One that I really can't see me forgetting. I could mention some of the tales that I enjoyed the most, but there are so many. It's hard to recommend this book to people. The story itself is fantastic and I don't think it's hard to understand (as mentioned above). But the way it is laid out might be a bit intimidating and I can fully understand it. But why I'd recommend, it's simply because this is one of the most important stories of our land. Things like this need to be taught in school, in my opinion. It needs to be read by people to understand cultural references going back hundreds of years. It's very important to our part of the world and needs to be treated as such. I would definitely recommend reading it one "book" or chapter at a time, or whatever stops you feeling over whelmed like I did. But I also recommend making the effort in general. It's a piece of history, a piece of culture and one that should be in all our collections.

These books look really good. I have a few of them now. They feel and look much more expensive than they are. I read on my kindle but want a good looking bookshelf too however these books are well made and not just for display.

lovely edition, nice hardback, gold pages, lovely pictures spread throughout the book, written in full 'olde worlde' text. starting off with a negative: the 'olde worlde' text is rather dense and difficult to read - unless you are an expert olde worlde text you will, at times, have to re-read and guess the meaning of certain passages. it's not impossible, but it just takes effort. some words i just have to gloss over, and generally go for the rough impression. however, that said - once you accept this approach, then the book begins to open up and share its secrets, and you begin to be rewarded. perhaps my initial mistake was to begin at page 1, and try to read chronologically through (as i would normally) but that hasn't worked for me. instead, i am now occaisioanlly taking the book, chosing a random 'book' (there are nearly 800 pages containing 21 books, and simply reading one particular thread out of many. and i am finding that i like it very much. probably this book will take me a couple of years to read, as i dip in and dip out. but i think its worthwhile as i begin to uncover the secrets of King Arthur and the world(e) of the Knights of the Round Table.

As other reviewers have noted this is a beautifully presented book. However, be warned that if you are seeking Aubrey Beardsley's 'illustrations and ornaments' this volume has none of the chapter headings and little of the feel of the Dent original. Good for Mallory but the jury is out on the Beardsley

This book is absolutely stunning. The book is very well made and the quality of the paper is good. They feature illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley which it says in the introduction that the was a late Victorian artist and this was his first commissioned works he did. The introduction talks about the early history of king Arthur and Celtic folklore when the Roman Empire left as the empire fell which lead to the dark ages with any history documents being written which leads to the myth of King Authur. The book is split into twenty one books with small chapters which makes it easier for me to read as I can not read for a long period of time. It also has a page marker where you can save your place in the book and it is blue and soft to touch. I really like this book as it looks like a meadevil manuscript and on the spine it has those ridges to give it a magical look. The cover is really well designed as the back as well with gold guilding. I am not sure if it is real gold leaf as I am not a expert on that but it gives it character. The title "Le Morte d'Arthur" is a shorted from the original title "The whole book of King Arthur and his noble knights of the round table" if you are just wondering why it is in French. As is say again a well made book and stands out on my bookshelf and I hope on yours it would do too.

Decoratively embossed, durable and collectible, this book offers hours of pleasurable reading, and is a great addition to any home library. Also looks very good, in the display cabinet.

This is a beautifully presented edition of this ancient text. It was published in 2017, based on the first printing by Caxton in of1485 and subsequent early and late19th century revisions. It is copiously illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. The binding seems of very good quality. The cover is of black and gold fabric, again with Beardsley graphics. The slip case is of Heavy duty card and again illustrated in black, gold and off white with Beardsley graphics and some embossing. The whole package has the feel of late Victorian Arts and Crafts style and love of medievalism. I make no comment on the text itself. If you are interested in Arthurian legend, this is as close to the source as you are likely to get; the source being William Caxton's print. There have been some edits, mostly in terms of modernising some of the 15th century spellings in accordance with Victorian practice.

Great book, well packaged and delivered

É um livro lindo, muito bem feito e de material de qualidade. São poucas ilustrações, mas a diagramação é ótima. Não caia no contos de que a edição de Caxton é inferior ao Manuscrito Winchester... Cervantes leu Caxton e recomendo muito para quem não leu ainda Dom Quixote, que explore o mundo dos ciclos de cavalaria (da vulgata ao ibérico, Palmeirim de Inglaterra, Malory, Tirant lo Blanc, Amadis, Esplandians, Orlando Furioso) antes de ler Cervantes. Recomendo ler algo prévio também aos ciclos de cavalaria, como Geoffrey of Monmouth e Chrétien de Troyes. Todo esse universo, gigantesco, é rico, valioso, profundo e lindo. Para quem tiver medo com relação ao inglês, não é tão desafiador quanto li em algum comentário aqui. Não é inglês medio, é um inglês que (por minha experiência individualmente) parece mais acessível e gosto que ler Senhor dos Anéis ou o Hobbit em inglês. Vai sem medo nessa edição. A edição de Oxford (Manuscrito Winchester vale a pena se quiser uma segunda leitura, essa sim desafiadora). Existem algumas palavras que são antigas por si só, de uso mais especifico, mas nada que em algumas páginas você já não esteja familiarizado. Vale muito a pena. Não existe uma edição em português disponível que valha mais a pena que essa (mas fiquem de olho para uma eventual reimpressão de A Morte de Artur da Nova Fronteira, dificílima de achar em sebos e a unica a altura dessa).

Another awesome leatherbound book by Canterbury Classics, this is the classic story by Sir Thomas Malory. Elegant gilded page edges and a royal blue ribbon marker. This book has a nice twelve page introduction, and black and white illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. The writing style is in old English, and actually quite enjoyable to read when you get used to it. I also have The Story of King Arthur and his Knights from Barnes and Noble, written by Howard Pyle. Being new to King Arthur's ledgend, at first this wasn't quite clear to me, but the two are different enough to have them both. This Thomas Malory edition is a lot more complete and mature, while Howers Pyle's book was originally a children's novel.

Le Morte d'Arthur, de Sir Thomas Malory, edición de lujo en pasta dura en el idioma original, con ilustraciones de Aubrey Beardsley. Recibido a tiempo y en perfecto estado. Cuando comencé a revisarlo no podía creer la calidad y belleza de este libro. Compré hace muchos años esta obra en la edición de Penguin y siempre ha sido una de mis favoritas. Pero tenerla en esta soberbia edición es realmente una pequeña felicidad. Recomendable al 100%

The book itself looks and feels amazing, it was definitely made with love. Unfortunately, someone messed up and it got damaged... There is a tear between one of the first pages and the leather cover :/ There are also ugly scratches on the top edge of the pages. Returned.