First edition, with an Introduction by C. Trice Martin, Assistant Keeper of H.M. Records (xii, 143 pp., 11 b&w illustrations).
In pictorial olive cloth with gilt lettering. Corners, top and bottom spine bumped, minor spotting and rubs; a few foxed pages.
Features helpful, and interesting, discussion on how to read early handwriting in, for example, monastic documents, legal instruments; lists and describes useful books on paleography (e.g., How to Write the History of a Parish, Upon Parish Registers). A hard to find book, especially in this first edition.
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