Author: John Mitchell Kemble
Title: The Saxons in England. A History of the English Commonwealth Till the Period of the Norman Conquest
Description: London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1849 . First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive work on the Saxons in England, complete in two volumes. First edition in the publisher's original cloth binding. Complete in two volumes. Written by English scholar and historian, John Mitchell Kemble, who is known for his huge contribution to the history of the Anglo-Saxons and the philogy of Old English language. This particular work presents a comprehensive history of the Saxons in England, with focus on Saxon traditions, heathendom, the King's Court and the clergy. With the bookplate of George James Wernham to the front paste down of each volume.With 32 pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of volume II. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Externally, sound with slight rubbing. Slight bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine, causing slight loss to cloth. Damp staining to boards and fading to the spine. Hinges slightly strained but holding firm. Bookplate to front paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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