NENNIUS

History of the Britons.

Uk, Dodo Press. 2005, Reprint. Softcover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CIRCA 2005, softcover, 40 pages, fine. Fine/No Jacket Issued.

Carmarthenshire Rare Books

Book number: 78299

Catalogue: Recent Purchases

NENNIUS; A. G. VAN HAMEL, ED.

Lebor Bretnach: The Irish Version of the Historia Britonum Ascribed to Nennius

Baile Atha Cliath (Dublin) Oifig an tSolathair (1932) First edition. Thin 4to. xxxix,(1),98pp. Publisher's deep red cloth, gilt spine title. Index. Undated on the title page; the date of publication is taken form the date of the Preface. Text is in Irish with extensive footnotes, and also the text f the Latin 'Historia' runs along the bottom of the page for comparison. Neat ownership name on the front pastedown along with a date (1933). Light wear else a near fine copy. Two sections of the Historia contain some of the earliest references to King Arthur and his battles. Hardcover. Near fine.

Thorn Books

Book number: 18706

Catalogue: Arthurian

Keywords: Arthurian

NENNIUS; JOSEPH STEVENSON

Nennii Historia Britonum Ad Fidem Codicum Manuscriptorum Recensui Josephus Stevenson

Londini Sumptibus Societatis 1838 Early Edition. 8vo. 4,xxxii,80pp. Two page with facsimiles of the original manuscripts lithographed in red, black and blue. Title page in red and black and with an engraved medallion of the English Historical Society, which published this edition. Includes bibliographical references and index. Preface in English; the manuscript recension in Latin. Recently bound to style with vellum spine, white vellum paper boards, vellum corners, marbled paper endpapers; original red leather lettering label, gilt. A fine copy and nicely printed. One of the earliest publications of the works of Nennius, who flourished in the 8th century and has given us some of the first written descriptions of King Arthur and his battles. Hardcover. Fine.

Thorn Books

Book number: 17121