The Description of Britain, Translated From Richard of Cirencester
Author: Charles Bertram
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-10-09
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780366561483
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from The Description of Britain, Translated From Richard of Cirencester: With the Original Treatise De Situ Britanniæ, and a Commentary on the Itinerary, Illustrated With Maps Richard or cirencester has rendered Such essential service to the 'cultivators of our national antiquities, and his merits have been so Warmly acknowleged, that it may perhaps appear almost sflperfiuous to detain the reader with a few observations in de fence of his work. But unfortunately even the science of antiquities is not without its sects and parties; and if some have extolled 'richard' more than he deserves, others, in ferior indeed in authority, have as strenu ously laboured to degrade him below his true standard. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
