Tolkien, illustrated encyclopedia

série: Heroic-Fantasy
éditeur: BCA 1991
auteur: Ray David
classement: biblio619
année: 1991
format: hardbook with dust jacket
état: TBE
valeur: 15 €
critère: *
remarques: Tolkien, the illustrated encyclopedia
consisting of five parts:

1) history
guide divided into 8 major epochs
from the creation of the world
to the Third Age of the Sun
which ended shortly after the war
for the ring

2) geography
A to Z of the cities, countries,
mountain ranges, forests, rivers,
lakes and seas
from Aglarond (the great cavern)
to Zirak-Zigil (the misty mountains)

3) sociology
guide to all the peoples of middle-earth
and the undying lands
from Aimur (the elves), dwarves, orcs
to the Woses (primitive folk)

4) nature
from Alfirin (sad song), dragons, eagles,
ents = forest giants, goblins,
neekerbreekers (insects), spiders, trolls
to Yrch = evil beings

5) biography
from Amroth (a king), Aragorn, Gandalf,
the hobbits: Frodo Baggins, Bilbo Baggins
Meriadoc Brandybuck and Perregrin Took,
the Gollum = former hobbit = ghoulish,
the wizard Saruman, Sauron the dark lord
Smaug the golden dragon to Yavanna (a queen)

>> a good documentation
with interesting illustrations
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