{"product_id":"the-history-of-chivalry-the-american-school-library-no-26","title":"The History of Chivalry (The American School Library, No. 26)","description":"\u003cp\u003eJames, G. P. R., Esq. \u003cstrong\u003eThe History of Chivalry (The American School Library, No. 26)\u003c\/strong\u003e. New-York: Harper \u0026amp; Brothers, 1839. [12464]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher's black cloth, series title, number, and book title in gilt on spine, the binding is undamaged, but faded and worn, 6 x 4 inches. Bottom corner of ffep (front blank) torn with loss, wood engraving \"Ceremony of Conferring Knighthood\" as frontispiece, with tissue guard. [i]-xvi, [17]-342 pp.; pages with foxing, section in center bumped at the top corner. Good. Hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I wished to write upon Chivalry and the Crusades, because I fancied that in the hypotheses of man other authors I had discovered various errors and misstatements, which give a false impression of both the institution and the enterprise; and I have endeavoured, in putting forth my own view of the subject, to advance no one point, however minute, which cannot be justified with indisputable authority. A favourite theory is too often, in historical writing, like the bed of the ancient Greek; and facts are either stretched or lopped away to agree with it: but to ensure as much accuracy as possible, I have taken pains to mark in the margins of the pages the different writers on whose assertions my own statements are founded, with a corresponding figure, by which each particular may be referred to its authority.\" - Preface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorge Payne Rainsford James (1799-1860), a prolific English historical writer and novelist, he served as British Counsel in the United States and in Europe.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45256854372418,"sku":"ABE12464","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC08685BackgroundRemoved.png?v=1790093960","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/the-history-of-chivalry-the-american-school-library-no-26","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}