Author: Henry Schliemann, Henry Woodruff, Edwin Freshfield, Alexander Nesbitt, John Brent, Very Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, etc.
Title: Archaeologia or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity, Published by the Society of Antiquities of London, Vol. XLV (45) 1880
Description: Society of Antiquaries of London; Printed by J Nichols, London, 1880. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Red half-leather with black spine-labels and gilt lettering and decoration, leather is rubbed at edges and spine-ends. Clean marbled end-papers, marbled block edges, light foxing to prelims, sound binding. Slight damage to base of spine from no longer present sticker. Volume contains manys black and white plates and photographs, many vignettes and many colour plates. Colour plates facing pages 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, 271, 273, 274, 276, 298, 335 and 403. Contents Includes: I. Antique and Renaissance Gems and Jewels at Windsor Castle by C. Drury E. Fortnum II. Site of Homeric Troy by Henry Schliemann III. Discoveries made in Celtic Tumuli near Dover by Cumberland Henry Woodruff IV. Parish Books of St. Margaret-Lothbury, St. Christopher-le-Stocks and St. Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange in London by Edwin Freshfield V. Holograph Will of Edward Grimston made in 1449 by Joseph Jackson Howard and Charles Spencer Perceval VI. Styles of Pottery found in Ancient Tombs in Cyprus by Thomas B. Sandwith VII. Early Statues of the Cathedral Church of Holy Trinity, Chichester by Mackenzie E. C. Walcott VIII. Criticism of the Life of Rollo as told by Dudo de St. Quentin by Henry H. Howorth IX. Sword found in Catterdale, Yorkshire exhibited by Lord Wharncliffe by Augustus W. Franks X. Wall Decorations in Sectile Work used by the Romans and at Palace of the Bassi at Rome by Alexander Nesbitt XI. Glass Beads with a Chevron Pattern by John Brent XII. Tombs of Richard II and Henry III in Westminster Abbey by Very Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley XIII. Dover Castle; Keep, Roman Pharos and Shafts at the Shot Yard Battery by Lieut. W. Emerson Peck XIV. Flint Workings at Cissbury, Sussex by Ernest Henry Willett XV. Milites Stationarii of the Romans by Henry Salusbury Milman XVI. Ancient Circular Dwelling near Birtley, Northumberland by G. Rome Hall XVII. Alban Necropolis covered up by Volcanic Eruption by Reffaele Garrucci and W. M. Wylie XVIII. Excavations on site of Durham Cathedral Chapter House in 1874 by Rev. J. T. Fowler XIX. Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Frilford with remarks on Cremation in Anglo-Saxon England by George Rolleston XX. Discovery of a Cist and its Contents at Moorhouse Farm, Brougham in Westmoreland by Robert Harkness and Vallance Stalker XXI. Byzantine Origin of the Church of St. Vitalis at Ravenna by Edwin Freshfield XXII. Charters and Documents relating to Robertsbridge Abbey in Sussex by Charles Spencer Percival XXIII. Roman Villa at Holcombe in Devon by John Sackville Swann XXIV. Anglo-Saxon Remains at Desborough, Northamptonshire by Robert Sibley Baker Contains colour and black and white plates. No dust jacket, as published. Stamps for Halifax Antiquarian Society and "Withdrawn" stamp on front end-papers and prelims. Pages of main text and plates (including reverse of plates) are free from stamps. Hand-written reference numbers on end-papers.. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3-4kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40119031154. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.. ISBN: 8370067085

Keywords: BZDB4 Archaeology; Architecture; Church & Ecclesiastical History; British History. Henry Schliemann, Henry Woodruff, Edwin Freshfield, Alexander Nesbitt, John Brent, Very Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, etc. Archaeologia or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to A


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