[Rarebooks] FS: Verstegan's valuable 1634 text on ancient Britain, with one of the 1st Anglo-Saxon dictionaries

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Verstegan, Richard (or, Rowlands, Richard). A RESTITUTION OF DECAYED INTELLIGENCE: in Antiquities. Concerning the Most Noble, and Renowned English Nation. London: Printed for John Norton... 1634. 4to. (24),338,(14)pp. Index. With the final blank. Title printed in red & black. Large copper engraved plate on title and text with about a dozen copper engravings. Cont. calf, nicely rebacked with old red morocco label on spine.    $850.00 (trade discount allowed)
The third edition. A valuable text for knowledge of ancient Britain. It contains one of the first Anglo-Saxon dictionaries (pp. 207-239). The first edition of 1605 is cited as containing the first printing in English of "The Story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin" (found in all editions). STC 21363 (under "Rowlands").

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