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Knightly legends of Wales

or, The boy's Mabinogion, being the earliest Welsh tales of King Arthur in the famous red book of Hergest

Also known as The boy's Mabinogion

by Sidney Lanier & Alfred Fredericks

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: FictionJuvenileManuscriptPrimary source

Twelve episodes from the Mabinogion part of the fourteenth century manuscript entitled The red book of Hergest, a collection of medieval Welsh tales recounting the feats and exploits of King Arthur and other powerful kings, princes, and knights

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Folklore”, “Legends”, and “Tales”. Retained metadata contains “Legends” in the title, “Tales” in the subtitle, “Tales” in the description, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

    • Legends· via Internet Archive
    • Tales· via Internet Archive
    • Folklore· via Open Library
    • Legends· via Open Library
    • Tales· via Open Library
    • Legends· in title

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Editions

Open Library reports 16 editions; 3 cataloged here.

The boy's Mabinogion

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1881-01-01T00:00:00ZNew York : ScribnerEnglishPublic digitized item

or, The boy's Mabinogion, being the earliest Welsh tales of King Arthur in the famous Red book of Hergest

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1884-01-01T00:00:00ZNew York : Scribner's sonsEnglishPublic digitized item

Knightly legends of Wales, or, The boy's Mabinogion

1932ScribnerEnglishPublic

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: New York Public Library
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 16 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: nycs10
  • Scanner: nycs6
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL1227872W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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