Title: The British History, Translated into English From the Latin of Jeffrey of Monmouth. With a large Preface concerning the Authority of the History. By Aaron Thompson, late of Queen's College, Oxon
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;">8vo. pp. [4] (blank), [ii], cxi, [17], 401, [53], ff. [2] (blank). Signatures: pi4 a-h4 A-Cc8 Dd-Hh4. Calf. Gilt border on boards. Gilt spine on 5 bars with brown lettering panel. Bookplate marked “A Fenwyke a Fenwyke!” (plate of R.C. Fenwyke). Ruled border around title page. Head- and tailpieces, engraved initials. Includes (p. [cxiii-cxxviii]): "A list of the Subscribers to this Book" and (p. [403]-[410]): "An explication of the ancient names of Countries, Cities Rivers, Mountains, &amp;c. mentioned in this History." Index at end (p. [411]-[454]). Printed footnotes.</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;">Aaron Thompson’s English translation of the work of Geoffrey of Monmouth, based on the 1508 (see Bib# 955819/Fr# 144 in this collection) and 1587 editions. See English Short Title Catalogue Online, T146343.</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_4102707" rel="ugc nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a></span></span></p>