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A description of Europe, Africa, etc. A description of Europe, and the voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan, written in Anglo-Saxon by King Alfred the Great; with his account of the Mediterranean islands,--of Africa,--and of the history of the world to the year B. C. MCCCCXIII., chiefly taken from Orosius; containing,--a facsimile copy of the whole Anglo-Saxon text from the Cotton manuscript, and also from the first part of the Lauderdale manuscript,--a printed Anglo-Saxon text, based upon these manuscripts, and a literal English translation and notes: by the Rev. Joseph Bosworth ...

Title
A description of Europe, Africa, etc. A description of Europe, and the voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan, written in Anglo-Saxon by King Alfred the Great; with his account of the Mediterranean islands,--of Africa,--and of the history of the world to the year B. C. MCCCCXIII., chiefly taken from Orosius; containing,--a facsimile copy of the whole Anglo-Saxon text from the Cotton manuscript, and also from the first part of the Lauderdale manuscript,--a printed Anglo-Saxon text, based upon these manuscripts, and a literal English translation and notes: by the Rev. Joseph Bosworth ...
Author
Alfred, King of England, 849-899.
Publication
London, Longman and co., 1855 (1854)

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Additional Authors
  • Orosius, Paulus.
  • Bosworth, Joseph, 1789-1876.
  • Ohthere, active 9th century.
  • Wulfstan.
Description
1 p. l., [2], iv p., facsim. (29 p.), 16, 38, 7, [1] p. fold. map.; 39 x 28 cm.
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Note
  • Title and text (except facsimile) within double red line border.
  • Fifty copies "printed at the private press of the Rev. Dr. Giles Bampton, Oxfordshire ..."
Call Number
NEE+ (Alfred. Description of Europe, Africa, etc.)
LCCN
06030102
OCLC
6238828
Author
Alfred, King of England, 849-899.
Title
A description of Europe, Africa, etc. A description of Europe, and the voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan, written in Anglo-Saxon by King Alfred the Great; with his account of the Mediterranean islands,--of Africa,--and of the history of the world to the year B. C. MCCCCXIII., chiefly taken from Orosius; containing,--a facsimile copy of the whole Anglo-Saxon text from the Cotton manuscript, and also from the first part of the Lauderdale manuscript,--a printed Anglo-Saxon text, based upon these manuscripts, and a literal English translation and notes: by the Rev. Joseph Bosworth ...
Imprint
London, Longman and co., 1855 (1854)
Added Author
Orosius, Paulus.
Bosworth, Joseph, 1789-1876.
Ohthere, active 9th century.
Wulfstan.
Research Call Number
NEE+ (Alfred. Description of Europe, Africa, etc.)
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