The life and miracles of St. wenefrede, Together with her litanies; with some Historical Observations made thereon

[FLEETWOOD, William]

Verlag: Printed for Sam. Buckley, London, 1713

Beschreibung

128pp. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in nineteenth- century speckled calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Rubbed. Marbled endpapers, scattered foxing. Inked gift inscription to verso of FFEP: 'To The Very Rev. Henry Cotton / from his friend / and brother Dean J. T. Letour (?) / July 1839'. Inked inscription of H. Cotton to head of title. The first edition of Anglican clergyman and William Fleetwood's (1656-1723) reworking of The Life and Miracles of St Wenefride, Virgin, Martyr and Abbess, Patroness of Wales (1712), edited by Philip Leigh (1650/51-1717), originally translated by the Jesuit priest John Falconer and printed by the press of the English College at St Omer in 1635. Henry Cotton (1789-1879), Anglo-Irish churchman, ecclesiastical historian, and sometime Dean of Lismore Cathedral. ESTC T28394. Size: 8vo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers AQ25596

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The life and miracles of St. wenefrede, ...

Verlag: Printed for Sam. Buckley, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1713

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: First edition.