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Author: Bede, the Venerable, Saint
Title: Bedę presbyteri et Fredegarii scholastici Concordia ad senioris Dagoberti definiendam monarchię periodum, atque ad primę totius Regum Francorum stirpis chronologiam stabiliendam. In duas partes divisa, quarum prior continet Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum, cum notis & dissertatione de auctore hujus historię...
Place: Paris
Publisher: Gabrielem Martinum
Date: 1681
Item # : 201621
Sale Number   402
Lot Number   19
Sale Name    
Fine Books & Manuscripts
Sale Date   04/30/2009
Price realized   $ 180
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Description:
2 parts in 1, continuous pagination. [8], [472, [4] pp. Edited by Pierre-Francois Chifflet. (4to) 9¼x7, period calf.
Chifflet's edition of Bede's most famous work, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People), which gained him the title "The Father of English History". With engraved bookplate of Rev. C. Buckeridge.
Condition:
Front cover detached, rear joint cracked; pencil underlinings to title, internally very good.
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