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Title

 Adventure novel about the knight Amadis de Gaule, 1598


Creator

 Dorp, J.C. van (drukker/printer)


Year

 1598


Type

 titelblad, title page


Measurements

 18,2 x 13,5 cm.


Related term

 volksboeken, vertalingen, titelpagina's, houtsnede


Period

 16e eeuw


Classification

 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst, M43: Taalwetenschap, letterkunde: andere Germaanse talen


Content

 The complete chapbook on Amadis de Gaule amounted to twenty-one bulky volumes. The Dutch editions of this romance and adventure novel were faithful translations from the French although the first volumes were originally translated from the Spanish. The authors and translators have remained unknown. The work was very popular with the general public but was also read by the upper classes.


Original

 Het eerste boeck vanden vromen ende doorluchtighen ridder Amadis, sone vanden Coninck Prion van Gaule, ende vande Coninginne Helizene. Nu eerst overgheset in onse Nederlantsche sprake, seer ghenoechlick om te lesen. - Leyden: J.C. van Dorp, 1598, titelpagina


available in

 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 1701 F 8:1


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek