King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of the Compendium History of the World by Orosius: Containing,--facsimile Specimens of the Lauderdale and Cotton Mss., a Preface Describing These Mss., Etc., an Introduciton--on Orosius and His Work; the Anglo-Saxon Text; Notes and Various Readings; a Literal English Translation, with Notes; Mr. Hampson's Essay on King Alfred's Geography, and a Map of Europe, Asia, and Africa, According to Orosius and AlfredLongman, Brown , Green, and Longmans, 1859 - 253 pages |
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