A description of Europe, and the voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan / written in Anglo-Saxon by King Alfred the Great ; containing -- facsimile specimens of the Lauderdale and Cotton mss. -- 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 in the time of Alfred ; by Joseph Bosworth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alfred, King of England, 849-899.

Contributor:

Orosius, Paulus.

Ohthere, active 9th century.

Wulfstan, active 9th century.

Bosworth, Joseph, 1787 or 1788-1876.

Language:

English

Undetermined

Subjects (All):

Europe--Description and travel.

Europe.

Europe--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

3 pages leaves, iv, 8, 4, 26 pages, 1 leaf, 8, 17-63 pages, 1 unnumbered page : facsimiles, map ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855.

Notes:

"An essay on the geography of King Alfred the Great ... by R. T. Hampson." (8, 17-63, [1] (i.e. 56) p. at end) has an error in paging: 9-16 omitted in numbering.

With autograph of Lascelles Abercrombie.

"The description of Europe and the accounts of the voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan, the undoubted compositions of King Alfred, are extracted from the king's Anglo-Saxon version of Orosius." - Preface.

Contains:

Hampson, R. T. (Robert Thomas), 1793-1858.

OCLC:

29118855