Address to the Members of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire

  • Liverpool: Thomas Brakell, 1867
By Joseph Mayer
Liverpool: Thomas Brakell, 1867. Very Good. Liverpool; Thomas Brakell, 1867 [-1868]. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 14 ;14 ;20pp. Light wear, some foxing and dust soil. Very Good condition.

Three bound pamphlets with identical titles of a regional archaeological society. Topics range from preservation of archaeological finds, future outlook of the field, and the impact of archaeology on society.

Excerpt: "But on approaching the Anglo-Saxon conquest our perplexity grows into helpless confusion. The state of this country after the Roman's departures is a matter of the merest guess; it is an era in which fable and theory claim as their very own, in which reason is struck violently dumb.

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