Radulphi de Coggeshall Chronicon Anglicanum by Josephus Stevenson (editor) - 1875

Longman & Co.. Hardcover. London, 1875. Small quarto, 476 pp. plus publisher's catalog, modern full leather binding. A scarce reprint of the Chronicum Anglicanum, edited by Joseph Stevenson. Also includes the following works, also edited by Stevenson: De Expugnatione Terrae Sanctae per Salidinum Libellus; Magistri Thomae Agnelli, Wellensis Archidiaconi, Sermo de Morte et Sepultura Henri Regis Juniorius; The Legend of Fulco Fitz-Warin; and Exceprta ex Otiis Imperialibus Gervasii Tilebu-Riensis. In 1856 the British Government was making plans for dealing with the national records on a large scale. Stevenson was one of those appointed to report on the subject, and when the new Public Record Office was opened in 1857, he was one of the first editors engaged. He now edited seven volumes for the Rolls Series, seven volumes of Calendars, Foreign Series, and two of the Scottish Series. He had converted to Catholicism on 24 June 1863, and following the death of his wife in 1869 he entered the seminary of St Mary's College, Oscott, and in 1872 was ordained priest by Bishop Ullathorne. Next year he was in Rome searching for documents concerning English history from the Vatican archives, being employed by the British Government to begin the series of "Roman Transcripts" for the Record Office; and he also wrote many reports for the Historical Manuscripts Commission. A scarce collection, in excellent condition with only a few hints of minor foxing, in a fine modern binding. . Fine. 1875. First Edition.