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Epistle of Gildas in English, 1638
Epistle of Gildas in English, 1638
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Author: Gildas
Title: The Epistle of Gildas, the Most Ancient British Author
Place Published: London
Publisher:Printed by T. Cotes, for William Cooke
Date Published: 1638
Description:


[134], 327 [i.e., 325] pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Gildas by William Marshall. (12mo) 13.7x8 cm (5½x3¼"), bound by C. Lewis in full brown calf, small horse motif stamped in gilt on boards and spine, 6 spine compartments stamped in gilt, morocco spine lettering piece, gilt dentelle inners, all edges gilt. First edition in English.



Anonymous translation by Thomas Habington (or Abington) of De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae (1567), a work by Britain's first historian, first published in 1525. Nice copy of this scarce title. STC 11895; ESTC S103163; Lowndes, p.892.

Condition
Minor scuffs and rubbing to binding and gilt edges, bookplates to front and rear past-downs; text quite clean with just occasional foxing; very good.
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Epistle of Gildas in English, 1638

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