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(Jt) Bradshaw, Henry, 1831-1886. Jenkinson, Francis, ; 1853-1923 : COLLECTED PAPERS OF HENRY BRADSHAW

Cambridge, University Press,, 1889

Hardcover, large 8vo. , 500 pages.14 plates. Contents include: On the recovery of the Long Lost Waldensian Manuscripts -- Two Lists of Books in the University Library. -- An Early University Statute concerning Hostels -- On two hitherto unknown Poems by John Barbour, Author of the Brus. -- A View of the State of the University in Queen Anne's Reign (with 1 plate) -- On the Earliest English Engravings of the Indulgence known as the 'Image of Pity' -- The Skeleton of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales -- A Classified Index of the Fifteenth Century Books in the DeMeyer Collection sold at Ghent, November 1869 -- On the oldest written remains of the Welsh Language -- On the ABC as an authorized School-book in the Sixteenth Century. SUBJECT(S) : Bibliography. Early printed books. Manuscripts -- England. Libraries -- England -- Cambridge. Cambridge University Library. University of Cambridge. Library. On title page: "comprising 1. 'Memoranda'; 2. 'Communications' read before the Cambridge antiquarian society; together with an article contributed to the 'Bibliographer', and two papers not previously published. Ed. For the Syndics of the University press. With thirteen plates. " Library bookplate, no other markings. Damp stain to some pages. Very Good condition. (BIB-12-7)

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