The British history

Title

The British history

Alternative Title

Full Title: The British history : translated into English from the Latin of Jeffrey of Monmouth. With a large preface concerning the authority of the History / by Aaron Thompson, late of Queen's College, Oxon.

Creator

Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154, author

Publisher

London : Printed for J. Bowyer at the Rose in Ludgate-Street , H. Clements at the Half-Moon, and W. and J. Innys at the Princes-Arms in St. Paul's Church-Yard

Date

MDCCXVIII 1718

Description

Head- and tail-pieces, initials;
printer's device [?] of castle with three towers on page before last., With a list of subscribers and a final errata leaf.

Provenance

Bookplate: Ex Libris Daniel Robert Woolf, FRSC,
Binding: full antique panelled calf, re-backed with original back-strip laid down with raised bands, gilt decorations in compartments, all edges speckled,
Bookseller's description removed to item file.

Contributor

Gift of Daniel Woolf,
Thompson, Aaron, 1681 or 1682, translator, writer of preface

Language

English

Identifier

DA140 .G3513 1718,
English Short Title Catalogue, T146343

Files

DA140G35131718.jpg

Citation

Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154, author, “The British history,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed May 5, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/904.