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SPELMAN, SIR JOHN. The Life of Alfred the Great... from the Original Manuscript in the Bodleian Library; with Considerable Additions... by... Thomas
SPELMAN, SIR JOHN. The Life of Alfred the Great... from the Original Manuscript in the Bodleian Library; with Considerable Additions... by... Thomas Hearne, M.A. [8], 238, [9] pages. Printed on thick paper. 8vo, contemporary calf attractively gilt, spine ends chipped, front cover detached; bookplate removed from front pastedown. Oxford: Printed at the Theater for Maurice Atkins, 1709
- Notes: first edition of Spelman's original English text, a Latin translation of which had been published in 1678. According to Lowndes, page 1022, only 12 copies were printed on thick paper. with a presentation inscription in latin from hearne dated 1710 to Charles Viscount Bruce of Ampthill, and the latter's bookplate dated 1712 on title verso.
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