Author: Walter De Gray Birch
Title: An Ancient Manuscript of the Eighth or Ninth Century: Formerly Belonging to St. Mary&Apos;S Abbey, or Nunnaminster, Winchester.
Description: London, Simpkin and Marshall , 1889. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this translation of an ancient manuscript from the eighth or ninth century. First edition. With a folding frontispiece, being a facsimile of the original manuscript. Collated complete. The text of the original ancient manuscript belonging to St. Mary's Abbey, or Nunnaminster, Winchester. Alongside a detailed history of the Abbey of St. Mary or Nunnaminster, with a history of the manuscript including palaeographical findings and a liturgical accounts. With an index and glossary. Edited by Walter de Gray Birch, an English historian, editor and author. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, excellent with minor wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Scattered spotting and light age toning to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

Keywords: Ancient Manuscript Birch Nunnaminster Manuscript None


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