Edité par Printed for Presentation to the Members of the Roxburghe Club, 1977
Vendeur : George Ong Books, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. xv, 31 + 48 plates (8 in color); sm folio, original quarter red morocco with cloth sides, vellum tips, gilt title, t.e.g. The text of a paper read by Prof. Francis Wormald to the Society of Antiquaries in London in 1955 and, subsequent to his death, edited and with notes added by Jonathan Alexander. Lord Harlech's copy, with his name printed in red in the roll of Roxburghe members. Some faint uneven toning on the covers; edges of text block slightly darkened; very good overall. Barker 238.
Edité par Cambridge, 'Printed [at the University Press] for presentation to the Members of the Roxburghe Club', 1977., 1977
Vendeur : Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, Royaume-Uni
Edité par The Roxburghe Club, 1977
Vendeur : Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : New. This ninth-century manuscript was the oldest and most important in the collection formed by Harry Bradfer-Lawrence. The book was begun by Professor Francis Wormald. He discusses the manuscript's antecedents, both Carolingian and Merovingian, and the marked influence of Tours that points to a Breton origin, and notes the Anglo-Saxon additions made in the tenth century. The death of both owner and author left the task unfinished. Harry Bradfer-Lawrence's son, Philip, invited Professor Jonathan Alexander to finish the book. Prof. Alexander added a long note on Breton Gospel books, and points to the Norman invasion of Brittany in 919 as the occasion of the manuscript's removal to England.