Lot Essay
Includes chapters on "The Ancient English Tongue," "Etymologies of the Ancient Saxon Proper Names of Men and Women," and "The Sirnames of the Families of England."
Details
[VERSTEGAN, Richard.] A Restitution of decayed Intelligence: In Antiquities. Concerning the most noble, and renowned English Nation, London: by John Norton for Joyce Norton and Richard Whitaker, 1634, 4°, third edition, title in red and black with engraved vignette, 10 engraved illustrations (hole to **4 just affecting text, dampstained throughout in upper half of page, occasional thumb soiling), 18th-century half calf over marbled boards, gilt spine compartments with red morocco lettering-piece (joints cracked, extremities rubbed). [STC 21363] 2764; STC21363]