Ricardi de Cirencestria Speculum historiale de gestis regum Angliæ. From the copy in the public library, Cambridge. Edited by John E. B. Mayor, M.A., Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge […] Vol II A.D. 872-1066

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Full title: Ricardi de Cirencestria Speculum historiale de gestis regum Angliæ. From the copy in the public library, Cambridge. Edited by John E. B. Mayor, M.A., Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge. Published by the authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasure, under the direction of the Master of the Rolls. Vol. II. A.D. 872-1066. Second of 2 volumes in 4to. pp. CLXXII, 415. Signatures: a-m8 A-Z8 2A-2C8. Includes 4 folded facsimiles (some colored). Plate inserted in front: “This volume is presented by the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury to [blank] and will, in the event of the Library being broken up, be returned to the Controller of His Majesty’s Stationery Office, Westminster. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introductory and editorial matter in English; text in Latin. Contains the definitive exposure of Charles Bertram's 'Richard of Cirencester' forgery. The preface is mainly concerned with demonstrating the forgery by Charles Bertram of De situ britanniae, attributed by Bertram to Richard of Cirencester (see Bib# 4103111/Fr# 396 in this collection). Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.