Early Chroniclers of Europe: England
Bede, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle etc
Author
James Gairdner
Publisher
SPCK, London, 1879
Printing Details
Undated [1879]. First edition. Hardback, bound in the original brown cloth with gilt titling to spine and upper board. 19 × 12.5cm, viii + 328pp, 16pp publisher's ads.
An account of the early chroniclers of English history, from Bede and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, through to the monks' and friars' writings on the crusades, and writings on London. This book has the bookplate of Edward Ralph Tatham, a clergyman, historian and biographer of Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch).
Condition
A good copy. The spine is tanned and the pages foxed but this book remains in good readable condition.