Bede Johannis Smith (1 results)

Cloth green rebind. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. 10 lbs Engravings; Folio 19; 805+ pages; Bede's magnum opus was first printed at Strassburg in c. 1475 but this is the first critical edition, which was only superseded in 1896. John Smith was a prebendary at Durham Cathedral; the proposal for this work was issued in 1710, and after Smith's death in 1715 it was seen through the press by his son George, who had studied Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. Lowndes 143-44: 'The best edition, with learned notes and dissertations. Gucht of the altar of Bede and St. Cuthbert below the east window of Durham cathedral, two full-page eng. Plts. By van der Gucht (Tomb of St. Cuthbert, facing p. 264, & Tomb of the Venerable Bede, facing p. 805) , large engraved Leaves are all VG. , Map of Britannia Saxonica facing p. 654 . Back cover present but detached. Library tape repair to spine, rebound in green library cloth. Text Is firm and clean. No half title present.…