Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History, Comprising the History of England from the Descent of the Saxons to AD 1235 (2 Vol Set)
Author:
PARIS, MATTHEW & GILES, J A (Trans)
Title:
Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History, Comprising the History of England from the Descent of the Saxons to AD 1235 (2 Vol Set)
Publisher:
Henry G Bohn 1849
Description:
2 VOL SET, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, blind stamp decoration to spines & boards, folding frontis to vol 1, vol 1- viii + 568pp + ads to front & rear, vol 2- ii + 614pp + ads to front & rear, G+ (spine of vol 2 mostly missing, spine of vol 1 heavily chipped & cracked- partially detached & fragile, heavy tanning to spines, minor scuffing to board corners, moderate chafing & discolouration to boards, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, ex-libris plates [historic] to front pastedowns of each vol, moserate tanning to eps, heavy cracking to gutters- boards shaky, moderate foxing sporadically throughout but contents still relatively clean)
Keywords:
history England English Roger of Wendover medieval English translation