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The Age of the Saints in Cornwall: A Monograph of Early Christianity in Cornwall with the Legends of the Cornish Saints and an Introduction Illustrative of the Ethnology of the District
by William Copeland Borlase
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Good+
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About This Item
Original 1893 First Cornish Edition Blue Hardcover Good+. Numerous b/w drawings 208 pp. Light pencil underlines, scuffed cover made harsh under camera and some annotation by a 19th century scholar from Truro. His signature prevalent.(Scanned) NOT a library copy. Complete and solid. Comprehensive for it's time and still living folklore lore of the Early Medieval Cornish Christian mission. Story of Irish, Welsh and Breton Saints working there and Cornishmen abroad. Even Arthur Pendragon's Brewer! Great illus. Gilt spine titling. See all six Three Geese In Flight Scans of Edition and some pages with annotations. Rare treasure at a fair price.
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- Title
- The Age of the Saints in Cornwall: A Monograph of Early Christianity in Cornwall with the Legends of the Cornish Saints and an Introduction Illustrative of the Ethnology of the District
- Author
- William Copeland Borlase
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Joseph Pollard
- Place of Publication
- Cornwall
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- cornish saints padstow cornish literature kernow cornish language noav padstow celtic language kernow cornish medieval cornwall celtic christianity tintagel truro welsh saints itish saints scottish saints cornish beehive huts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arthurian Legend; Welsh; Irish; Scottish; Celtic Studies; Medieval and Early Medieval; Cornish/Brittany/Isle Of Man; Celtic Christianity;
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