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The fifth book of the most pleasant and delectable history of Amadis de Gaule : containing the first part of the most strange, valiant, and worthy acts of Esplandian son to Amadis de Gaule: as his strange sayling in the Great Serpent, the winning of his sword, the conquest of the castle of the defended mountain: his warres with Armato King of Turky, his love to Leonorine daughter to the Emperor of Constantinople, with divers services done in her behalf. The besieging of Constantinople by the Turks and pagans, with their overthrow by the princes: his marriage with Leonorine, his investing in the empire of Greece. And lastly, his inchantment with divers other princes in the pallace of Apollidon devised by Urganda.

Lobeira, Vasco de, -1403, attributed name.; Lobeira, Joâo de, -1386?, attributed name.
1664
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The fifth book of the most pleasant and delectable history of Amadis de Gaule : containing the first part of the most strange, valiant, and worthy acts of Esplandian son to Amadis de Gaule: as his strange sayling in the Great Serpent, the winning of his sword, the conquest of the castle of the defended mountain: his warres with Armato King of Turky, his love to Leonorine daughter to the Emperor of Constantinople, with divers services done in her behalf. The besieging of Constantinople by the Turks and pagans, with their overthrow by the princes: his marriage with Leonorine, his investing in the empire of Greece. And lastly, his inchantment with divers other princes in the pallace of Apollidon devised by Urganda.
Uniform title
Amadís de Gaula (Spanish romance). Book 5. English.
Libro primero de las sergas del muy esforçado cavallero Esplandian hijo del excelente rey Amadís de Gaula. English.
Created/published
London : Printed by T[homas]. J[ohnson]. for Andrew Kembe at St Margarets-Hill in Southwark, and Charls Tyus at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge, 1664.
Description
[272] p. ; (4to)
Associated name
Lobeira, Vasco de, -1403, attributed name.
Lobeira, Joâo de, -1386?, attributed name.
Note
Attributed by Wing to Vasco de Lobeira; also attributed to Joâo de Lobeira.

A translation of: El libro primero de las sergas del muy esforçado cavallero Esplandian hijo del excelente rey Amadís de Gaula.

Signatures: A² B-2L⁴ 2M².
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), L2731
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R12437
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
166- 407q
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: lacking leaves B2 and B3. Stained throughout. Provenance: manuscript marks of ownership throughout, some cut away or crossed out in ink, including on t.p.: "John Dickens his boo[k] Derbyshire"; on A2r: "Nathaniel Gee"; on R3r: "Gusman de Gaule his [...]"; on S2r: "Thomas Bagshaw" and "John Twigge book 1692"; purchased by Folger from Marl. Rare, 31 March 1958