King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon version of the Compendious history of the world by Orosius.
Subtitle: Containing,--facsimile specimens of the Lauderdale and Cotton mss., a preface describing these mss., etc., an introduction--on Orosius and his work; the Anglo-Saxon text; notes and various readings; a literal English translation, with notes; Mr. Hampson's Essay on King Alfred's geography, and a map of Europe, Asia, and Africa, according to Orosius and Alfred.
Contributors: Alfred, King of England, 849-899, tr.; Bosworth, Joseph, 1789-1876, ed.; Hampson, Robert Thomas, 1793-1858. [from old catalog]
Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
Published: 1859
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198