RESTITUTION OF DECAYED INTELLIGENCE IN ANTIQUITIES, CONCERNING THE MOST NOBLE AND RENOWNED ENGLISH NATION

London: printed for Samuel Mearne, John Martyn, and Henry Herringman, 1673. Hardcover. Octavo, [24], 374, [18] pages; VG; Bound by Jon Robbins in full brown calf, speckled and diced. Spine tanned; edges of boards lightly rubbed. Front free endpaper and title page with archival repairs; title page repairs include a modern reproduction of missing portions of title page. Text block somewhat age-toned; some chipping to edges. Includes index. JR Consignment; shelved Room G. ESTC R9443; Wing V271.; Of value to linguists as an early exploration of the Anglo-Saxon roots of English including a long glossary of "ancient" words and their definitions in the English of the 1670s.;. 1345455. Special Collections.