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ANGLO-SAXON

Euphony Cacophony Versification & CompLit

Mitford, William. An inquiry into the principles of harmony in language, and of the mechanism of verse, modern and antient. London: Pr. by L. Hansard ... for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804. 8vo. xv, [1], 343 pp. (lacks the half-title).
$325.00

An essay upon the harmony of language, intended principally to illustrate that of the English language,

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• Recent quarter calf, round spine; raised bands accented with gilt beading, gilt center devices in spine compartments, and two green spine labels. Combed-pattern marbled paper sides. Lacks the half-title, only; occasional light foxing. A very good copy of an interesting and now uncommon book. (22228)

Let’s Learn to

Converse with Beowulf

Somner, William. Vocabularium Anglo-Saxonicum, lexico Gul. Somneri magna parte auctius. Oxoniae: E Theatro Sheldoniano, Impensis Sam. Smith, & Benj. Walford, 1701. 8vo (21.8 cm; 8.5"). Engr. t.-p., [2], [94] ff.
$1000.00

Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum

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The volume’s engraved title-page shows Ancients in a library and the main title-page has a vignette engraving of the Sheldonian Theatre. The text is printed in roman, italic, and Anglo-Saxon type, in double-column format.

• Alston, III, 9; ESTC T101265. Not in O’Neill. Contemporary calf, modestly tooled in blind on covers and spine plain (without label); abraded, with spine leather cracked and peeling. Joints starting, but volume sound. Endpapers gone and early/late blank leaves with off-setting/tattering from exposed leather of turn-ins.

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