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Book Description Limited edition of 1000 sets. 3 vols, cloth-backed boards, 41 cm, Facsimile volume + viii, 48 pp and translation + x, 179 pp. A beautifully produced set of three volumes comprising the County Edition of Domesday Book for Oxfordshire. Volume 1 ("Folios and Maps" comprises a high-quality colour facsimile of the original Oxfordshire section of Domesday Book (Folios 154-161), with a fold-out map of Domesday England and a large scale map of Oxfordshire which has Domesday sites plotted over the modern topography. Volume 2 is a new English translation structured so that each phrase and sentence is perfectly juxtaposed in precisely the same position on each page as the scribe's words. This volume includes a complete introduction to the Oxfordshire section of Domesday Book, as well as indexes of people and places. Volume 3: Domesday Studies, is the commentary volume on Domesday Book as a whole, telling the story of how and why Domesday was created and including 16 articles on related aspects of medieval life. There is also a glossary and general bibliography and the volume is copiously illustrated with maps, drawings and photographs. From the preface: " Set No. 125. Fine set in Near Fine slipcase. Seller Inventory # ABE-27156