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Cloth. Etat : Very Good. None (illustrateur). A smart set of publications from the Early English Text Society, comprising 'The Bruce' and 'Piers Plowman'. Uniformly bound in half cloth, with marbled paper covered boards. With the original wraps bound in.Comprising two volumes for 'The Bruce', and four volumes for 'The Vision of Piers Plowman', together with 'Parallel Extracts from Forty-five Manuscripts of Piers Plowman' bound to the rear of Part IV.Edited by Rev. Walter W. Skeat, a British philologist and Anglican deacon who was instrumental in developing the English language as a higher education subject in the United Kingdom.The Bruce; or, The Book of the most excellent and noble prince, Robert de Broyss, King of Scots: compiled by Master John Barbour - Part I (reprinted 1888), Part II (1874)Also known as 'The Brus', this Early Scots long narrative poem gives a historic and chivalric account of the actions of Robert the Bruce and Sir James Douglas in the Scottish Wars of Independence.The Vision of William concerning Piers Plowman, Together with Vita de Dowel, Dobet, et Dobest, and Richard the Redeles by William Langland - Part I (1867), Part II (reprinted 1880), Part III (1873), Part IV Section I (1877), Part IV Section II (1884), Parallel Extracts (1866).A Middle English allegorical narrative poem, considered by many critics to be one of the greatest works of English literature of the Middle Ages. Piers Plowman notably contains the first known reference to a literary tradition of 'Robin Hood' tales. Uniformly bound in half cloth with marbled boards. Externally, smart, with darkening to the spines. Rubbing to the extremities. Marks to the spines and library ink inscriptions to the spine tails. With the Chiswick Public Library bookplate to the front pastedowns and the library's check-out card to the front free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. With the Chiswick Library ink impression to the title pages. Very Good. book.