Brook d f (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 2nd ed. Paperback, 160 pp. B-w maps, index. Traces of use on cover, slight foxing on top edge. Inglesport sticker & gift note in pen on title page. 18,3x12x1,4 cm. Good condition.

272 S. farb. ill. OSupronylHLn mit OUmschl. gestempeltes Leihbuch, Einband foliert. 1. Aufl. dieser Ausgabe.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. A substantial and scholarly late-Victorian study of Scottish ecclesiastical silver. Rev. Thomas Burns's Old Scottish Communion Plate (1892) remains the definitive reference work on the subject, documenting the design, history, and use of communion vessels across Scotland. The volume includes a preface by the Moderator of the General Assembly, James MacGregor, and valuable chronological tables of Scottish hallmarks compiled by Alexander J.S. Brook. Illustrated throughout with numerous plates and engravings, it is both an important work of church history and a key reference for collectors of Scottish silver. Old Scottish Communion Plate, by the Rev. Thomas Burns, F.R.S.E., F.S.A. Scot., Minister of Lady Glendorch's Parish, Edinburgh. With a Preface by The Right Rev. James MacGregor, D.D., St Cuthbert's, Moderator of the General Assembly, and Chronological Tables of Scottish Hall-marks prepared by Alexander J.S. Brook, F.S.A. Scot. Published in Edinburgh by R. & R. Clark, 1892. Limited to 175 copies on large paper. This numbered 69 and is signed by the author. A good hardback in original Publisher's binding - burgundy leather spine and corners with gilt decoration, rules and titles. With red cloth over boards with gilt title and roundel to front cover. The covers with some rubbing, bumping and wear. Outer joints are rubbed, but all soundly bound. Text is bright and clean throughout, with clean and attractive plates. Burgundy endpapers with some rubbing. With gilt top edge to text block. A very usable copy of this substantial and comprehensive work. Text in English. xxx + 651pp + Numerous illustrations and Plates (some with tissue guards). Dimensions: approximately 295mm high x 248mm wide x 72mm. Approximate weight 3.5kg (unpacked). Signed by Author(s).…

Both letters 2pp., 12mo, on bifoliums. Both good, on lightly-aged paper. On both letterheads Brook has cancelled the printed address and the name of the Association's president. ONE: Regarding the renewal of Gunn's membership, 'the guinea entrance fee' being unnecessary in his case. 'I have also noted my enquiry if you will contribute a paper when convenient upon the Saxon works in your district. This will be very acceptable to us.' TWO: He has sent Gunn the proof of his 'interesting little paper with which you favoured us at Caistor'. He asks him to look this over and return it with the manuscript to 'Mr de Gray Birch Esqr. FRSL | British Museum | W2'. In a postscript he again states that the Association will be 'very glad to hear from you on any archaeological or other subjects. Please bear us in mind whenever any discoveries may be made, & especially if any Saxon Churches become known to you.'.…