Nova Legenda Anglie: As collected by John of Tynemouth, John Capgrave, and others, and first printed, with New Lives, by Wynkyn de Worde a.d. mdxui (Two Volumes)

Carl Horstman (ed.)

Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1901

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First and only edition edited by Carl Horstman. 'Now re-edited with fresh material from ms. and printed sources.' Uncommon, complete in two volumes. Cloth with leather to spine which is worn and rubbed, piece missing to head of volume one. Internally clean, slight wear to edge of text-block in volume one (see picture), 68-page Introduction in English, the remaining text in the original Latin. lxviii, 506pp.; 731pp. Measure 22.5cm. x 15cm. John Capgrave (1393 1464) was an English historian, hagiographer and scholastic theologian, remembered chiefly for Nova Legenda Anglie (New Reading from England). This was the first comprehensive collection of lives of the English saints. This is a heavy set (2.5kg.) and will incur considerably more overseas shipping costs. Seller Inventory # 00927

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Nova Legenda Anglie: As collected by John of...
Publisher: Oxford at the Clarendon Press
Publication Date: 1901
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 1st Edition

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