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‎Saga‎

‎La saga des Burrus 1820-1996. ‎

‎Genève, Slatkine, 2018. Grand in-8 broché, couverture à rabats. Incription sur garde, léger pli de lecture au dos. Abondamment illustré en noir et en couleurs. ‎

‎"La saga des Burrus 1820-1996 Cet ouvrage invite le lecteur à se plonger dans la saga d'une étonnante famille du canton du Jura, les Burrus, réputée pour ses célèbres marques de tabac. Des générations de Suisses ont connu la populaire « Parisienne » ou le fameux « Burrus bleu » pour la pipe, produits à Boncourt. Mais peu ont en mémoire l'histoire captivante de cette famille franco-suisse qui a oeuvré pour l'essor économique, la paix sociale et l'engagement humanitaire depuis le XIXe siècle. Les Burrus se sont notamment illustrés en organisant le plus incroyable sauvetage d'enfants entre la France et la Suisse de toute la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Avec le concours de la Croix-Rouge, 15 000 enfants ont trouvé refuge dans des familles d'accueil en terre helvétique." ‎

‎Christendoms Saga. Hliodane um thad hvornenn Christen Tru kom fyrst a Island/ at forlage thes haloflega Herru/ Olufs Tryggvason ar Noregs Kongs. Cum gratia & Privilegio Sacrae Regiae Maiestatis Daniae & Norvegiae. - [ONE OF THE FIRST SAGAS PRINTED ON ICELAND]‎

‎Skalhollt, Hendrik Kruse, 1688. 4to. Bound in a nice newer, simple full limp vellum binding. Very light brownspotting. An excellent, clean, and fresh copy. Title-page with wide woodcut ornamental border, verso with full-page woodcut portrait of Olav Tryggvason. (4), 25, (2) pp. ‎

‎The rare editio princeps of 'Christendoms Saga' or 'Kristni saga', constituting one of the very first sagas printed on Iceland. The printing of 'Christendoms Saga' in 1688 was a significant event in the history of Icelandic literature and culture. The saga is a historical narrative of the introduction of Christianity to Iceland in the 10th century and had been orally transmitted for centuries. The printing of the saga in 1688 allowed for wider dissemination of the story and cemented the saga's place in Icelandic literary tradition. Iceland's first - and, until 1773, only active - printing press was established around 1530 in Holar, the island's northern episcopal, where it operated until the late seventeenth century. The press came into the private possession of Bishop Gudbrandur Thorlaksson (ca. 1542-1627) and his descendants, several of whom became bishops as well.The printing in Holar was solely centered on religious texts and are of the utmost scarcity and are never found in the trade. In 1648, Brynjolfur Sveinsson (1605-1675), bishop of Iceland's southern diocese Skalholt asked the Danish authorities for permission to establish another printing press to print historical texts and sagas alongside religious books. Not wanting the competition, his northern colleague in Holar intervened to halt this initiative, and nothing came of the plan for a second press nor of the printing of historical subject-matter for the time being. After Thordur Torlaksson (1637-1697), great-grandson of Bishop Gudbrandur Thorlaksson, became bishop in 1674, a monopoly from the King was granted, on April 7th, 1688, to print historical books on Iceland. Shortly after, namely the same year that the grant was given, the present work as well as ""Landnamabok"" and ""Islendingabok"" was printed - all three works being of the utmost scarcity. The printing press remained the sole press in Iceland until 1773. The ""Christendoms Saga"" is a significant piece of literature that provides valuable insights into the social, cultural, and religious transformation of Iceland during that period. The saga begins with the arrival of two Christian missionaries, Thorvald Konradsson and Thangbrandur, who are sent to Iceland by the Norwegian king Olaf Tryggvason. The missionaries face stiff resistance from the pagan chieftains who see Christianity as a threat to their traditional way of life ""Whereas many accounts of Iceland's conversion to Christianity occur within the context of longer works, lives of Olaf Tryggvason or Sagas of Icelanders, Kristni saga (i.e. ""Christendoms Saga"") sets out to tell the history of Icelandic Christianity independently, as its opening sentence explicitly states: Nú hefr þat, hversu kristni kom á Ísland 'Now this is the beginning of how Christianity came to Iceland"". (Duke, kristni saga and its sources: some revaluations)""Kristni saga is the only work in which the missions to Iceland form the main subject of the narrative and the organisational principle of the whole"" it shares with Bede’s Ecclesiastical History the distinction of being one of the few works in the Middle Ages which can justly be described as ‘missionary’ history""."" (Grønlie, Introduction to ""Kristni saga, the book of the icelanders""). The present work is based on Jón Erlendsson's copy (AM 105) of Hauksbók (AM 371), a manuscript from the first decade of the 14th century, which is the only version of it preserved, whose main theme is kristnitaka, that is, the beginnings of Christianity in Iceland and the activity of Ísleifur Gissurarson and Gissur Ísleifsson, who were bishops of Skálholt, between 1056-1080 and 1082-1111.Pre-Eighteenth-Century Icelandic prints are in general very rare and are almost never found in the trade. The Skalhollt-prints are of special interest since they were the first in Iceland to print secular and historical works including the sagas thereby making a seminal contribution to preserving the Icelandic cultural heritage. Klose 5485Fiske p. 331, IcF64AA112‎

‎Hobb R. Complete set in advertising semi-super. Cycles: 1. The Saga of the See‎

‎Hobb R. Complete set in advertising semi-super. Cycles: 1. The Saga of the Seer (Book 2). 2. The Saga of the Living Ships (Book 3). 3. The Saga of Fitz and the Shooter (Book 3). 4. The Saga of the Shooter and the Killer (Book 3). 5. The Chronicles of the Rain of Chatches (Book 4). 6. The Son of a Soldier (Book 3). In Russian /Khobb R. Polnyy komplekt v reklamnykh polusuperakh. Tsikly: 1. Saga o vidyashchikh (2 kn). 2. Saga o zhivykh korablyakh (3 kn). 3. Saga o Fittse i Shute (3 kn). 4. Saga o Shute i Ubiytse (3 kn). 5. Khroniki dozhdevy chashchob (4 kn). 6. Syn Soldata (3 kn). Masters of Sword and Magic by M. Eksmo 2010-2022. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb47f9dcc2401f256f.‎

‎The Egil Saga: The Nyala Saga In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Saga ob Egile. Sag‎

‎The Egil Saga: The Nyala Saga In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Saga ob Egile. Saga o N'yale. Short description: In Russian (ask us if in doubt).Alexandria 2017 808s. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalbe4e3ab6ea7db68ae‎

‎La saga de la Bibliothèque Rose. ‎

‎ Hachette, 2006. In-8 broché, couverture. . . rose, décorée, avec quelques marques. ‎

‎"150 ans d'histoire... La petite madeleine pour tant de générations ! Nostalgie, nostalgie... Mais aussi une collection bien vivante, une des plus connues encore aujourd'hui, des plus aimées... et des plus achetées ! A partir de 1856, la comtesse de Ségur assure son succès avec les aventures de Sophie, Camille, Madeleine et Marguerite. Les Voyages Extraordinaires de Jules Verne inaugurent, en 1924, le lancement de la Bibliothèque Verte. Dans les années 50, c'est Alice et le Club des Cinq qui débarquent, bientôt rejoints par Oui-Oui, Fantômette, Michel, et d'autres compagnons... En 2006, les filles sont à l'honneur avec Sam, Clover, Alex, Will, Charlotte et toutes leurs amies. De Lucky Luke à Kid Paddle, en passant par Titeuf, les garçons aussi ont leurs héros. La Saga de la Bibliothèque Rose, un livre pas comme les autres, historique et affectif. Une farandole d'auteurs et de séries... Un panorama brossé de main de maître par Armelle Leroy, spécialiste de la littérature pour la jeunesse, passionnée par les petits livres roses depuis des années." ‎