A Glossary Or Collection Of Words Phrases Names And Allusions To Customs Proverbs Etc Which Have

by Robert Nares

$400 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

London: John Russell Smith, 1859. 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. ix, 476; 2 , 477 -981; contemporary full calf, red and black morocco labels on spines; some rubbing and scuffing, but a good and sound set. Nares' Glossary was originally published in 1822 in quarto size, passing through only one edition in England. Considered indispensable to the readers of the literature of the Elizabethan period and the best and most useful work... for explaining and illustrating

• Binding: Leather

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