COLLINS, MARIE; CAXTON, WILLIAM; HIGDEN, RANULF

Description of Britain: A Modern Rendering

London, England: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0283994363. In Near Fine condition with very ligth spine end bumping. Bright, clean interior. The DJ is unclipped, Very Good, protected by a clear plastic covering. Maps, illustrations, photos, indexed. "William Caxton, perhaps best known as the man who brought the printing industry to England, was also an astute publisher: it was he who made The Description of Britain available to the British public in 1480. Basing his version on a fourteenth-century Middle English translation of the Latin Polychronicon - or universal history - Caxton decided to focus on the chapters describing Britain." ; 10" - 11"; 176 pages. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 26979

Catalogue: Great Britain, History, Medieval

Keywords: 0283994363 Great Britain History Medieval