Aelfredi Magni Anglorum Regis Invictissimi Vita Tribus Libris Comprehensa, A Clarissimo Dno Johanne Spelman. Henrici F. Primum Anglice Conscripta, Dein Latine Reddita, & Annotationibus Illustrata. Ab Aelfredi In Collegio Magnae Aulae Universitatis Oxoniensis Alumnis. Oxonii, E Theatro Sheldoniano. Anno Dom. MDCLXXVIII.
The Life of Alfred the Great, Most Invincible King of the English, Comprised in Three Books, by the Most Illustrious Sir John Spelman, Son of Henry. First Written in English, Then Rendered into Latin and Illustrated with Annotations. By Alumni of Alfred’s College, Magdalen Hall, University of Oxford. Oxford, From the Sheldonian Theatre. In the Year of Our Lord 1678.
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Provenance:
Ink ownership inscription dated 1747.
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Condition:
Full frown calf binding, rubbed and scuffed with some scratches and other wear. Lacking tooled label. Lacking headcap and tailcap. Front board detached with the front blank attached to the board. Rear board attached with cracked joint and hinge. Shelf and edge wear. Red spotted page edges dulled. Title page detached. Ink inscriptions to front pastedown and title page. Pastedowns and endpapers prominently foxed. Text block very clean with light edge toning and occasional foxing. Uncollated.
