London : Printed by Joseph Cooper, for Walter Shropshire, No. 158, in New-Bond-Street, MDCCLXXVII-MDCCLXXVIII [1777-1778]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 27 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsDA152 .S77 1777+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Imprint to vol.2: "Printed by Thomas Jones, for Walter Shropshire ...".Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara 1803English short title catalogue, T75215Includes bibliographical references.BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco."... a more ambitious work [than Strutt's The regal and ecclesiastical antiquities of England, and Horda-angel-cynnan], with fewer engravings, intended as a work of reference rather than a narrative history. Six volumes had been initially projected but only the first two were published (1777-8)."--Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Contents:
Volume 1. From the arrival of Julius Caesar to the end of the Saxon heptarchy -- Volume 2. From the accession of Egbert to the Norman conquest.
Subject Terms:
Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449–1066 -- Early works to 1800. | Anglo-Saxons -- History -- Early works to 1800.