Dives and Pauper Vol. II Early English Text Society, No. 323
London: Oxford University Press, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Name of former owner on both flyleaves. Gilt lettering on spine and front board, with gilt EECS logo on front board as well. xvii, 359 p. w/ footnotes. Dives and Pauper is a long work by an unknown author, written in the first decade of the 15th c. It discusses the practical meaning of the Ten Commandments, touching on a wide variety of contemporary topics from war to astrology, a sort of compendium. This volume has the long scholarly introduction to the work, the explanatory notes, glossary, bibliography, and indexes to the main body. Very good / very good. Item #19075
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