Aelfredi regis res gestae / [John Asser].
- Asser, John, -909.
- Date:
- [1574]
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Publication/Creation
[London] : [John Day], [1574]
Physical description
4 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves, 40 pages, 8 unnumbered pages ; (folio)
Contributors
References note
STC (2nd ed.) 863
ESTC S118080
Luborsky & Ingram. Engl. illustrated books, 1536-1603, 863
STC (2nd ed.), 863
Notes
Edited by Matthew Parker
Imprint from STC
Signatures: pi1[par.]4A-F4
Includes also the Will of Alfred and the preface to his translation of St. Gregory's Pastoral care. The Res gestæ and the Will are in Latin printed in Anglo-Saxon characters, the preface to the Pastoral care is in Anglo-Saxon with an interlinear translation in English, followed by a Latin translation
Preliminary gathering [par.] signed as A2, [par.]3, A4, [par.]1
Leaf D3 incorrectly signed as D4
Title within ornamental border (McKerrow & Ferguson 99); head-piece; tail-pieces; initials, one historiated
Copy 1 Note: Lacks t.p.
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