The Romance of William of Palerne: (Otherwise Known as The Romance of "William and the Werewolf"). Translated from the French at the Command of Sir Humphrey De Bohus, About A.D. 1350; To Which is Added a Fragment of the Alliterative Romance of Alisander; Translated from the Latin by the Same Author, About A.D. 1340; The Former Re-Edited from the Unique MS. In the Library of King's College, Cambridge; The Latter Now First Edited from the Unique MS. in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; By the Rev. Walter W. Skeat, M.A. London: Published for the Early English Text Society, by Kegan Paul, MDCCCLXVII (1867).
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Provenance:
Stamp of "Dorward,".
Pencil ownership inscription dated 1891.
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Size: 155 x 228 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[(2), t.p., 1ff., i-xlvi, 328pp., (3)].
Half brown calf over cloth backed boards. Binding unevenly sunned in places, rubbed and scuffed. Both boards attached with rubbing along joints and hinges cracked, thus somewhat fragile. Shelf and edge wear. Page edges unevenly cut, and toned, top edge darkened. Pencil ownership inscription and stamp to front blank, with a black smudge to the side. Text block fairly clean with light toning and occasional foxing. Occasional pencil marginalia and text notes, some words circled and underlined.
