Domesday Book Studies: Wiltshire

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Verlag: Alecto Historical Editions 1987-89, London, 1987

A splendid limited edition on the Wiltshire folios of Domesday Book, complete with illustrations, a folding map and a facsimile of the work, as well as studies and examinations of it. This work was intended as a collection of studies to accompany the numerous County Editions by Alecto Historical Editions.Comprising a general introduction to Domesday Book by H. R. Loyn, covering its making, value and contents, followed by special studies by various authors, covering the manuscript, its annotations, agriculture of late-anglo saxon England, how land was held before and after the Norman Conquest, weights and measures, the castles of the conquest and numerous other subjects.Volume II comprises an introduction to the Wiltshire Domesday, with a bibliography, indices and translation of the Wiltshire folios.Volume III comprises a colour facsimile of the Wiltshire folios.The primary volume is lavishly illustrated with diagrams and images throughout the text. The folios and maps volume is complete with a large folding map held in a pocket to the front pastedown.Complete in three volumes presented in a slipcase.A limited edition, this being No. 42 of one thousand copies. In the publisher's original quarter cloth bindings. Externally very smart; a little minor general wear. Slipcase has a little general wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 805R32

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Domesday Book Studies: Wiltshire
Verlag: Alecto Historical Editions 1987-89, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1987
Einband: Cloth
Illustrator: Not Stated
Zustand: Near Fine
Art des Buches: book