Gesta abbatum monasterii Sancti Albani / a Thoma Walsingham, regnante Ricardo Secundo, ejusdem ecclesiæ præcentore, compilata ; edited by Henry Thomas Riley: in three volumes
1867, First Edition. London : Longmans, Green. Good set bound in quarter buckram over paper boards with a gilt blocked title to the spine. Some wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Minor library marks remain. Item #290518
Provenance; from the Bibliotheca Seminarii S. Ioannis with its bookplates and minor library marks. Series; Rerum britannicarum medii aevi scriptores, or, Chronicles and memorials of Great Britain and Ireland during the Middle Ages ; no. 28, v. 4. Physical description; 3 v. : front. (fold. facsims., v. 1) ; 26 cm. Notes; In 3 sections; the first, originally "to a great extent, from the pen of Matthew Paris"; the second, "a compilation by an anonymous hand"; the third, beginning with 1308, "undoubtedly the compilation of Thomas Walsingham". cf. v. 1, p. x. At head of title: Chronica monasterii S. Albani. Includes bibliographical references and index. Latin text; English introduction and notes. Contents; v. 1.( A.D. 793-1290): Introduction. Gesta abbatum monasterii Sancti Albani.
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