1891 The Romaunce of The Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras his Sone who conquerede Rome

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Leather Binding, Scarce

A reprint of Part V of The English Charlemagne Romances series, in a half morocco binding with marbled boards.

Bookplate of Carleton Brown (1869-1914), an American philologist and professor of English, known for his research of Middle English manuscripts. He compiled anthologies of thirteenth- to fifteenth-century lyrics, and wrote many articles, mainly on the work of Chaucer. He edited Poems by Sir John Salusbury and Robert Chester (1914) for the Early English Text Society.

A collection of Middle English romances re-edited with an introduction, notes and glossary by the German philologist Emil Hausknecht (1853-1927).This work is Part V of the Early English Text Society's The English Charlemagne Romances series, and is now scarce.

The Early English Text Society (EETS) is a text publication society, dedicated to the publication of early English texts, especially those only available in manuscript.