County Edition of Great Domesday Book Surrey Tapa dura - 1988

London: Alecto Historical Editions. 3 volume set (Studies; Introduction & Translation; Folios & Maps). Limited hand-numbed ed. 156/1000. 1987-9. Original cream cloth and brown paper covered boards, in brown paper covered slipcase. All vols. near fine copies in near fine slipcase . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1989.

London: Alecto Historical Editions, 1987, 1988, 1989. First edition, complete in three hardback volumes. Folio (41cm by 28cm), xi, 179pp; [xii, 14pp]; ix, 44pp, [14pp]. 2 large folding maps. Original white cloth spines, brown boards, gilt titling to the spines, card slipcase. Light marks to the front board of the second volume, else the books and the slipcase are in very good condition. Limited to 1000 numbered sets (this set is not numbered). ISBN 094845945X

London: Alecto Historical Editions 1987. Folio. Three volumes in a damaged solander box (splitting to the hinges). Copy no. 536 of an edition limited to 1000 copies. This set is for the county of Surrey. Cream cloth spines over brown boards, in the red solander box. Gilt lettering to spines. 'A new and faithful facsimile of the manuscript, complete translations, extensive indices, text and maps.' The books themselves are in good order, but the box is heavily worn. Without the card lectern. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 094845945x . Good. Hardback. Limited Edition. 1987.

Alecto Historical Editions, London, 1987- 1990, first edition thus. Limited edition of 1000 sets. 3 vols, cloth-backed boards, 41 cm,. Facsimile volume + viii, 72 pp and translation + x, 179 pp. A beautifully produced set of three volumes comprising the County Edition of Domesday Book for Surrey. Volume 1 ("Folios and Maps" comprises a high-quality colour facsimile of the original Surrey section of Domesday Book (Folios 30-36), with a fold-out map of Domesday England and a large scale map of Surrey which has Domesday sites plotted over the modern topography. Volume 2 is a new English translation structured so that each phrase and sentence is perfectly juxtaposed in precisely the same position on each page as the scribe's words. This volume includes a complete introduction to the Surrey section of Domesday Book, as well as indexes of people and places. Volume 3: Domesday Studies, is the commentary volume on Domesday Book as a whole, telling the story of how and why Domesday was created… Leer más