A restitution of decayed intelligence
Subtitle: In antiquities. Concerning the most noble and renowned English Nation. By the studie and travell of R[ichard] V[erstegan]. Dedicated unto the Kings most excellent Maiestie
Publisher: Printed by Iohn John Bill, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie
Published: 1628
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Description: <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">4to. ff. [2] (blank), pp. [22], 338, [12], ff. [2] (blank). Signatures: *-3*⁴ A-2X⁴. Large paper. Red morocco by J. Mackenzie. Gilt boards, double filet, gilt border inside boards, gilt spine and edges. Marbled pastedowns. Signed “C.D. Robertson, Jan. 1906.” Marginalia. Title page printed in black and red ink. Engraved vignette with caption "Nationum origo" on title page. Engraved initials, head- and tailpieces. Includes "Ad D. Ricardum Versteganum, V.C Antiquitatis. Anglicae Nationis et linguae vindicem, Ioannis Romboutii Epigramma", signed by anagram "Mora non vi obstes". Includes index (twelve pages at end). Printed annotations. In English, with some Latin.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">Second (first English) edition of this history of the Saxon invasions, the development of the English language, the formation of its surnames, and general early English lore, with credulous use of Annius, and also of Geoffrey of Monmouth. See G. Parry, The Trophies of Time. English Antiquarians of the Seventeenth Century. Oxford, 1995; W. A. Jackson, F. S. Ferguson, &amp; K. F. Pantzer (eds.), Short-title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, &amp; Ireland, and of English Books Printed Abroad, 1475–1640. 3 vols. London, 1976–91 (2nd ed.), 21362.</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_4102749" rel="ugc nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.
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