Glossarium Archaiologicum Spelman, Henry Collectibles::Posters

Glossarium Archaiologicum: Continens Latino-Barbara, Peregrina, Oblolera, 7 Novatae Significationis Vocabula; Quae Post Labefactatas A Gothis, Vandalisque Res Europaeas In Ecclesiasticis, Profanisque Scriptoribus; Variorum Item Gentium Legibus Antiquis Municipalibus, Chatis, & Formulis Occurant, Scholiis & Commentariis Illustrate: In Quibus Prisci Ritus Quam-Plurimi, Magistratus, Dignitates, Munera, Official, Mores, Leges Ipsae, & Consuetudines Enarrantur Chancery Lane, London, Thom. Braddyll & Georg. Pawlett & Guil. Freeman. 1687 (3rd and best edition with the life of the author). Pp. [22], 576. Frontispiece engraved portrait of the author.Title in red and black, text in double columns, and includes a life of the author. Contemporary calf boards and later calf binding, sympathetically integrated. Complete and v. good internal condition. Spelman (1562-1641) was an ecclesiatical and legal historian. The Glossarium was completed after his death by William Dugdale, and comprises an extensive glossary of Anglo-saxon and Latin terms. A clean and handsome copy of this edition in large paper format.