The History of the Kings of England and the Modern History of William of Malmesbury by Sharpe, Rev. John (Trans.) - 1815

Excellent Majesty and by Command of Her Majesty] 1848. Folio. Volume 1, all published. 1035 pp. Ex-library copy rebound in a solid modern cloth binding with silver lettering to spine. 27 plates (17 of coins and 10 manuscripts) + folding map. Deckle edge. Minor marking to boards and light bumping to extremities. Some chipping to leaves along fore-edge. Occassional library stamps, both ink and perforated. Limited foxing. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Gilt Lettered Cloth. 1848.

by Command of Her Majesty, 1848. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. HISTORY UP TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST. WITH TWENTY SEVEN PLATES Volume 1, all published, large folio in contemporary diced calf, rounded rubbed edges. Re-spined, old laid down, raised bands, gilt titles. Internally, half title, [8], [3] 4-146, [2], [1], [ii-clxxiii], [1], [12], [1], 2-1035 pp, 27 pls (includes 17 pls on coins), + 1 illustration within text, 1 map (folding, hand coloured in outline, by W Hughes), half title, title and dedication page in red & black inks, ms publishing details to verso fep, modern endpapers. In English, Latin, Old French & Anglo-Saxon. (406*259 mm). Contains first printings of 3 famous Welsh Chronicles - Gildae Sapientis De Excision Brittanniae Historia, Annales Cambriae and Brut Y Twysogion (The Chronicle of the Welsh Princes)

Couverture rigide. Bon/1848. in-folio. London, 1848, in-folio, 6, 146, 2, CLXXIII, 1035pp, Reliure demi-veau à coins, Très bel exemplaire de la bibliothèque d'André Crépin! (Ex-libris). Titres imprimés en rouge et noir, dédicace lithographique en rouge et noir, 17 planches de pièces de monnaie, 10 planches de manuscrits, carte dépliante coloriée à la main, texte en latin, anglais et anglo-saxon; Avec un catalogue descriptif des premières pièces de monnaie et manuscrits anglais. Le premier volume a été achevé en 1835, un grand nombre de documents avaient été recueillis pour un second volume mais le travail a été interrompu sur ordre des commissaires a la publication en raison d'un malentendu entre eux et Petrie et seul le premier volume fût publié, à titre posthume, par Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy, qui avait été formé par Petrie. Titles printed in red and black, lithograph dedication in red and black, 17 plates of coins, 10 plates of manuscripts, folding map hand-colored in… Read More

London: published by Command of Her Majesty, 1848. First and only edition, large folio, pp. [6], 146, [2], clxxiii, [12], 1035; titles printed in red and black, lithograph dedication in red and black, 17 plates of coins, 10 plates of manuscripts, folding map hand-colored in outline, text in Latin, English and Anglo-Saxon; contemporary half tan calf, rubbed, but sound. Contains some of the earliest texts for a history of Britain, including those of Gildas, Bede, Alfred, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, etc., and with a descriptive catalogue of early English coins and manuscripts. Petrie, a close friend of Dibdin, drew up plans and solicited public support for this grand undertaking, which included all the then-known references to Britain in the Greek and Roman writers, in inscriptions, charters, bulls, synods, etc., as well as general histories and annals. The first volume was completed in 1835, and a large body of materials had been collected for a second, but the work was "suspended by an order of the… Read More