Author: BENEDICT ABBOT OF PETERBOROUGH (-1193). GILES, JOHN ALLEN (1808-1884). CAXTON SOCIETY (LONDON, ENGLAND)
Title: Benedicti abbatis Petriburgensis de vita et miraculis S. Thomæ Cantuar : The life and miracles of Saint Thomas of Canterbury
Description: London : Printed and published for the Caxton Society. by A. Black 1850. First Edition. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Front board detached. by Benedict. abbat of Peterborough. Now first published from a Paris and Lambeth ms. by the Rev. Dr. Giles. of C.C. College. Oxford. Provenance; from the libraries of Daniel Amon Rock D.D. and the Seminarii S. Ioannis with their respective bookplates. Series; Publications of the Caxton Society ; 5. Physical description; [4]. 11. [2]. 16-281. [1] p. ; 23 cm. Notes; 'Publications of the Caxton Society. 5.' - half-title. Issued in a publisher's series binding of cloth blocked in gold and blind. with the title ('Benedicti de miraculis S. Thomæ Cantuar') on the spine. and the name of the series ('Publications of the Caxton Society') on the front board. Text in Latin; preface in English. Contents; Vita Sancti Thomae Cantuariensis -- Miracula Sancti Thomae Cantuariensis -- Index. Subjects; Thomas à Becket. Saint (1118?-1170). Thomas à Becket. Saint (1118?-1170) — Sources. Thomas Becket Saint. Christian saints — England — Biography. Civilization. Medieval — 12th century — Sources. Bishops — England — Canterbury — Biography. Statesmen — Great Britain — Biography. Great Britain — History — Henry II. (1154-1189) — Biography. Biography. Becket. Saints. Becket. Bishops. Becket. Miracles. Becket. Canterbury. Archbishops. 1162. Weight in Kg appr.:

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