Monasticon Anglicanum: Or, the History of the Ancient Abbies, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedrals and Collegiate Churches, with their Dependencies, in England and Wales: Also of All Such Scotch, Irish, and French Monasteries as Did in Any Manner Relate to those in England. Illustrated with the Original Cuts of the Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and the Habits of the Religious and Military Orders. First Published in Latin by Sir William Dugdale, to which are now Added, Exact Catalogues of the Bishops of the several Dioceses, to the Year 1717. The Whole Corrected, and Supplied with Many Useful Additions, by an Eminent Hand (John Stevens)

DUGDALE, William & Roger DODSWORTH (ed) STEVENS, John

Edité par D. Browne and J. Smith et al, 1718

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Pagination: xvi,120,*117-*120,121-124,*121-*124,125-244,(1),242-375,(9)pp the last being an index and adverts. Frontis, 102 full page plates, including 17 fold-out. Mild dampstaining, worst on reverse of frontis and title page, then lighter and confined to fore-edge margin, hardly noticeable after p. 100. Attractively rebound in dark brown leather, gilt ruling, raised bands to spine and gilt light brown title strip laid in. Original panelled boards laid down. Old pen correction or annotation to pages v, 7, and 292. New endpapers uncracked at gutters. Title page printed in red & black. Dugdale's Monasticon was first published in Latin in three volumes in 1655, 1661, and 1673. This English translation and abridgement was the work of Captain John Stevens (c. 1662-1726), Jacobite soldier, diarist, and Spanish scholar. Stevens was the son of a gentleman of the bedchamber to Catherine of Braganza and became an ardent Jacobite, fighting in the Williamite War in Ireland under the sixteen-year-old Henry Fitzjames, the second natural son of James II; his journal of his experiences, first published in 1912, is among the most importance sources on the conflict. After his military career, Stevens carved out a career in London as a prolific writer and translator, largely translating from Spanish and Portuguese, but also producing this abridged English translation of the Monasticon in 1718 (also published the same year in large-paper issue). This was the second (and more successful) English translation after a 1693 version by James Wright, also abridged. Stevens' translation of Dugdale was the result of genuine passion: his 'meagre earnings in Grub Street were spent in pursuit of his consuming interest in monastic history', and he was to publish a two-volume supplement to Dugdale in 1722-23 (which we also have available), 'containing some 500 additional monastic charters in English translation' (ODNB). ESTC T149944. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. Size: 36 x 23.5 cm.

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• Titre: Monasticon Anglicanum: Or, the History of the Ancient Abbies, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedrals and Collegiate Churches, with their Dependencies, in England and Wales: Also of All Such Scotch, Irish, and French Monasteries as Did in Any Manner Relate to those in England. Illustrated with the Original Cuts of the Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and the Habits of the Religious and Military Orders. First Published in Latin by Sir William Dugdale, to which are now Added, Exact Catalogues of the...
• Éditeur: D. Browne and J. Smith et al
• Date de parution: 1718
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: Very Good
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