The Religious Orders in England [complete in three volumes]

Knowles, Dom David

1950, Various Editions. Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press. Very good cloth copies all in their original dust-jackets, in good condition overall, now mylar sleeved. Some nicks and dust-dulling to the dust-wrappers. Cloth cover of v.1 has some fading and wear to front and to spine. Light foxing to volume edges. Generally tight and clean copies, a well-preserved set overall. Item #450516

Physical description; complete in 3 volumes : illustrations, frontispieces ; 25 cm (v.1 and v.2) 23 cm (v.3). Notes; v.1 is the 1950 first edition, v.2 is the 1961 third printing, v.3 is the 1971 second edition. Cloth cover design is harmonious between all three; dust-wrapper is harmonious between v.2 and v.3, with v.1 differing. Contents; v.1 The old orders. The friars. The monasteries and their world. v.2 The end of the Middle Ages. v.3 The Tudor age. Subjects; Monasticism and religious orders England. Religious communities England.

Price: €65.00