Ancient Mysteries Described, especially the English Miracle Plays, founded on Apocryphal New Testament Story, Extant Among the Unpublished Manuscripts in the British Museum; Including Notices of Ecclesiastical Shows.
by William Hone
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
London,: Williams Reeves,, 1823. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Original black blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering at spine. Covers with rubbing to extremities and nicking and chipping to spine ends and edges, otherwise very good. Small ink inscription to endpaper. No date, c.1870, preface dated 1823.
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- Bookseller
- Robin Summers Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C198736
- Title
- Ancient Mysteries Described, especially the English Miracle Plays, founded on Apocryphal New Testament Story, Extant Among the Unpublished Manuscripts in the British Museum; Including Notices of Ecclesiastical Shows.
- Author
- William Hone
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Williams Reeves,
- Place of Publication
- London,
- Date Published
- 1823
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