Wright thomas 1810 1877 editor (4 risultati)

Condizione: Recent binder's blind boards. boards Recent binder's blind boards 21x17cm, xxiv, 184 pp. Full title reads: "Feudal Manuals of English History, A Series of Popular Sketches of our National History, Compiled at Different Periods, from the Thirteenth Century to the Fifteenth, For the Use of the Feudal Gentry and Nobility. Now First Edited from the Original Mss., by Thomas Wright". The manuals are six in number: three in French, two in Latin, and one in English. No. 1 has English translation at foot of pages. Contents: The First Text of the Model Feudal Manual, in the Possession of Mr. Mayer, in French; The Second Text; The Third Text; The First Latin Roll; The Second Latin Roll; The English Roll.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: Bookplate of William Morris at Kelmscott House. Physical description: 2 preliminary leaves, 13, [v]-xv, 227 pages; 22 cm. Notes: Translation of the author's "Livre pour l'enseignement des ses filles"; the parts wanting in the original supplied from Caxton's translation. Middle English text, English introduction and notes. Translated from the original French in the reign of King Henry VI, and edited for the first time from the unique manuscript in the British Museum. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: The book of the Knight of La Tour-Landry / edited by Thomas Wright -- Old English homilies / edited by Richard Morris -- The historie of ane nobil and wailtheand sqvyer, William Meldrum / edited by David Lindsay. Subjects: La Tour Landry, Geoffroy de active 14th century; British Library. Manuscript. Harley 1764; Conduct of life; Women Education; Women Education, Medieval; Education, Medieval; Women Education ; Early works to 1800; French literature Translations into English; English literature Translations from French. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: Bookplate of William Morris at Kelmscott House. Physical description: 2 preliminary leaves, 13, [v]-xv, 227 pages; 22 cm. Notes: Translation of the author's "Livre pour l'enseignement des ses filles"; the parts wanting in the original supplied from Caxton's translation. Middle English text, English introduction and notes. Translated from the original French in the reign of King Henry VI, and edited for the first time from the unique manuscript in the British Museum. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: The book of the Knight of La Tour-Landry / edited by Thomas Wright -- Old English homilies / edited by Richard Morris -- The historie of ane nobil and wailtheand sqvyer, William Meldrum / edited by David Lindsay. Subjects: La Tour Landry, Geoffroy de active 14th century; British Library. Manuscript. Harley 1764; Conduct of life; Women Education; Women Education, Medieval; Education, Medieval; Women Education ; Early works to 1800; French literature Translations into English; English literature Translations from French. 1 Kg. …

See his long and appreciative entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. Worn and aged, with part of paper mount adhering over half of the reverse. Written in a tight close hand. Begins: 'My dear Jerdan / The inclosed is for you to do what you like with. / I am off to Lord Albert's tomorrow morning - the weather is improving.' He suggests that 'Smith [i.e. the antiquary Charles Roach Smith] will give you give information of what he does at Hartlip, [in Kent, where a Roman villa was being excavated] and give you an opportunity of going, if there is any chance.' He exclaims: 'How the Times has taken us up this morning?' And he ends the letter: 'Try and get the Mayor's speech - I see it is suppressed everywhere.'.…