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Secondhand book for sale[Langland]; Thomas Wright, ed.
The Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman. Edited from a contemporary manuscript, with a historical introduction, notes, and a glossary; second and revised edition.
Published 2 vols., London: Reeves and Turner, 1883.
Series: Library of Old Authors series.
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound; no dustjackets.
History of printing details not given.
Size: 118x178x57mm.
Page count: 621pp plus a 2‑colour foldout frontispiece.
Main languages: Middle English text, introduction & apparatus in modern English.
Overall condition poor to fair: boards & spines rather worn; vol. 1 has the half-title page and frontispiece detached; pages very yellowed and somewhat brittle throughout, with foxing to the endpapers and dirty edges; in vol. 2 the binding is starting to split, though no pages are detached; in vol. 2 only, most of the folios before the glossary are uncut.
This item £12.00
P&P inc. within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)Weight without packaging: 794g.
Also contains a text of The Creed of Piers Ploughman [Piers Ploughman’s Creed].
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See also | Piers Plowman |
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