Matthaei Paris Monachi Albanensis Angli, Historia Major. PARIS Matthew 1200-1259 Publisher: A. Mearne, T. Dring. B. Tooke, T. Sawbridge, & G. Wells. Publish Year: 1684 Publish Place: Londini Illustrator: Unknown Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 006837 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: 2nd Edition Inscription: Unknown £150 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information Best of the early Latin editions, & edited by William Watts. 2nd ed, 1684, VG, 1 pl 2 illustrations. In early 20c half speckled calf over cloth, corners & edges rubbed. Spine, raised bands, blind tooling, gilt titles. Internally, frontis, [1] ff, A-A4, (a-c4), 1-581, 584-861, [1], 961-1001, 102-107, 1008-1048, 1041-1175, [1]. Vitae Duorum, 1683, [5] ff, A-Aa2, *1-*9 [9] ff, 1 pl, 2 illustrations within text, occasional page miss-numbering. Odd pagination but complete, couple of small worm holes, book label to fpd (Dorothy Whitelock - Cambridge Uni), text block edges reddened. (358*230 mm). (Wing p359. ESTC R25517. Gross/Graves 2941). Based on an earlier work by Roger of Wendover also known as "Flores historiarum", probably based in turn on an earlier St. Albans chronicle. Cf. Vaughan, Richard. Matthew Paris (Cambridge, 1958).
