Author: Various Authors
Title: The Camden Miscellany Volumes I - IV, and VI - VII, with Volume XII of the Third Series
Description: London , The Camden Society, 1847-1910. Cloth. Seven Volumes of The Camden Miscellany published by The Camden Society. A good run of a periodical normally found one volume at a time. Bound in cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. With an armorial namplate for William John Mercer on the front pastedown of Volume I. With an armorial nameplate for Charles Harold Evelyn White on the front pastedown of Volume XII. There are unopened pages in Volume II. The Camden Society, named after the early English historian William Camden, was founded in 1838 in London to publish early historical and literary materials, both unpublished manuscripts and new editions of rare printed books. By the 1880s, the Camden Society was experiencing financial problems, brought about in part by a project to create a general index to its first 100 volumes. In 1896, the Society merged with the Royal Historical Society. Bound in cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. The front inner hinges are strained. There is some mild wear to the extremities, including some mild bumping and rubbing, with slight discolouration. Internally the pages have slight browning and the occasional spot. Very Good . Ill.: N. Very Good .

Keywords: William John Mercer Charles Harold Evelyn White The Camden Society Charles Harold Evelyn White N


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