Bower walter fordun john (17 risultati)

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Condizione: New. In English.

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Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condizione: New.

Condizione: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly .

Hardback. Condizione: Good. No DW. 1st Edition. Old half leather and dark marbled boards. Spines with raised bands. LACKING title labels but impressions of titles survive. Volume nos in gold. Armorial bookplate of Patrick Chambers Auldbar. Leather has stained corners of endpapers. Minimal spotting. Very clean tight texts. Covers rubbed partiuclarly to extremities. All external joints cracked. Front cover (v1) DETACHED. A very good working set. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY (2025) GB £8. Packed weight 4500g. …

Leather. Condizione: Fair. A very scarce two volume chronicle of Scottish history, from ancient times to the fifteenth century. In the original Latin.Combining the 'Scotichronicon' of John of Fordun with extensive supplements and continuations by Walter Bower.It covers the legendary origins of Scotland, the early history of the Picts, the arrival of the Scots from Ireland, and the reigns of various Scottish kings. Fordun's work is considered one of the most important historical sources for early Scottish history, although its accuracy has been questioned by modern historians.Walter Bower later expanded and updated the 'Scotichronicon', continuing the narrative until the reign of King James I.ESTC Citation No. T96013Providing an impressive amount of information on early Scottish history. In half calf bindings, with cloth covered boards. Rubbing to joints, board perimeters and back strip heads and tails. Hinges of volume I and rear hinge of volume II strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Significant damp staining throughout, alongside spotting and discolouration to pages. Significant tears from page 159-313 of volume II, with losses to the text. Further losses to leaf perimeters throughout each volume. Fair. None (illustratore). book.…

Five volume set of this, probably the most important document of Scottish Medieval history. First edition of Thomas Hearnius's vesion of Bower and Fordun's Scotichronicon.\n\nVol.1 Editoris praefatio. Scotichronicon - vol.2 Scotichronicon (cont.) - vol.3 Scotichronicon (cont.) Scotichronici supplementum - vol.4 Scotichronici supplementum (cont.) Scotichronici continuatio, per Walterum Bowerum - vol.5 Appendix. Index auctorum. Index rerum. Operum nostrorum hactenus impressorum catalogus. In Latin.\n\nThe fifth volume includes three plates, correctly placed and a folding chart, all in VG condition.\n\nLaid in loosely is a publisher's advertisement, dated April 26 1722, announcing that the set of books is ready "to be delivered to subscribers about a fortnight hence"\n\nIn full leather bindings with raised bands, slight worming to ther leather. Spines worn and strained at gutters to eps but tight internally. No inscriptions. CCXLIII, [1], 926, [2], 931-1366, [2], 1371-1640 pages\n\nVery scarce - no copies currently available on the internet\n\nAn excellent set of this seminal Scottish historical work.\n\n.…

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