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Product Description: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 264 is one of the most famous and most sumptuous illuminated manuscripts of the entire Middle Ages. Completed in 1344 in Tournai, in what is now Belgium, the manuscript preserves the fullest version of the interpolated Old French Roman d'Alexandre (Romance of Alexander the Great), and some of the most vivid illustrations of any medieval romance, ranking amongst the greatest achievements of the illuminator's art, its borders in particular offering a panorama of medieval society and imagination...read more

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9781843842804 | Ds Brewer, October 20, 2011, cover price $99.00 | About this edition: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 264 is one of the most famous and most sumptuous illuminated manuscripts of the entire Middle Ages.

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A definitive translation of the memoirs by the powerful Russian queen describes Catherine's youth, her unhappy marriage and life prior to taking the Russian throne, her dealing with the intrigues and betrayals of Russian court life, and her ultimate rise to power. 12,500 first printing.

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9780679642992 | Modern Library, July 5, 2005, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Presents the memoirs of Catherine the Great, empress of Russia, who came to power after her husband was overthrown in a coup d'Ă¢etat and was viewed as an enlightened monarch.

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