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W. J. Johnson. 9022109526 Good+; Hardcover; 1979, W. J. Johnson Publishing; Former library copy with standard library markings; Light wear to covers; Library stamps to endpapers; Text pages clean & unmarked; Good binding with straight spine; Red cloth covers with title in gold lettering on a black background; 338 pages; "A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence (The English experience, its record in early printed books published in facsimile)," by Richard Verstegan. . Good.

London: T. Newcomb for Joshua Kirton, 1655. Hardcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. London: T. Newcomb for Joshua Kirton, 1655. Title-page vignette and ten engravings in-text. [24] 264 [10 table ]pp pp. Hardcover. 12mo. Full brown crushed morocco. 5 raised bands, decorative gilt rules and devices in compartments,with contrasting leather lettering labels; elaborate design in blind on front and rear boards; new endpapers; former period ownerÕs writing to front free endpaper. A nice copy. Very good+/No jacket issued. (Insurance required to ship this item).

London: Printed by Iohn Bill [and John Norton], printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie,, 1628. The origins of England Second edition, the first printed in England following original publication in Antwerp in 1605, of this foundational work of Saxon scholarship. The work contains important material about the Saxons, their language, customs and folklore, some discussion of their Celtic predecessors, and the etymology of Saxon surnames and titles. The first edition contained the earliest recorded telling in English of the tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, which is retained in this edition. Historical scholarship prior to Verstegan continued to propagate foundation myths for England, portraying its appearance in history with the mythic founder Brutus of Troy, and held that its modern culture and language was rooted in the pre-Saxon inhabitants. Verstegan's object was to demonstrate, correctly, the descent of the modern English from the Germanic peoples of northern Europe, and that the English… Leer más