Letters of Humfrey Wanley Palaeographer, Anglo-Saxonist, Librarian, 1672-1726 [Hardcover]

This collection of 243 letters, only a handful of which have previously appeared in print, covers the years from Wanley's arrival at Oxford until his death and illustrates the full range of his interests as Anglo-Saxonist, palaeographer, librarian, and historian.

An admirable edition....Heyworth has served his subject well, and Humfrey Wanley deserves the best. --Envoi