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The Anglo-Saxon Library
by Lapidge, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0199267227
- ISBN 13
- 9780199267224
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Oxford: Oxford University Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 0199267227 . Xiv, 407 pp. Bibliography, index of manuscripts, general index. Dark red glossy dust jacket is clean, minor shelf wear. Book itself has old owner inscript marked out on first blank, otherwise clean and fresh, tight, a very nice copy. Includes inventories of Latin books from Anglo-Saxon libraries, 8th century inventories of Latin books from the area of the Anglo-Saxon Mission in Germany, 9th century manuscripts having pre-conquest English provenance, Latin books cited by principal Anglo-Saxon authors, and a catalogue of classical and patristic authors and works composed before AD 700 and known in Anglo-Saxon England. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 422 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Leaf and Stone Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9955
- Title
- The Anglo-Saxon Library
- Author
- Lapidge, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0199267227
- ISBN 13
- 9780199267224
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- 0199267227, Anglo-saxons, Early Libraries, Vanished Libraries
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medieval Studies; Language-Old/Early English;
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About the Seller
Leaf and Stone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
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- First Edition
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- Shelf Wear
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- Jacket
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