MONUMENTA FRANCISCANA; scilicet, I.-Thomas de Eccleston de adventu fratrum minorum in Angliam. II.-Adae de Marisco epistolae. III.-Registrum fratrum minorum Londoniae. Edited by J.S. Brewer.

London: Longman, [et. al.], 1858. 1 (of 2) vols., royal 8vo, pp. 4, cxxxvi-[cxl], 669-[676], 3 [ads]; 2 facsimiles in color (1 folding); ex-library copy with usual markings, small crack in upper hinge, small chip at top of spine, spine and extremities rubbed (one corner extremely so), covers a little scuffed, else a good or better, sound copy in contemporary quarter brown morocco gilt over black paper covered boards. These works are related to the origination of the Franciscan order in England (1226). The first work, by Thomas Eccleston, is a history of the Franciscan order and particularly its settlement and progress in England (ca. 1258). The second is a collection of letters by Adam de Marisco who founded the Franciscan college at Oxford (d. 1257-1258?). The third is a register which records the founding of the Friars Minors in London. The introduction provides a history of the Franciscan order, description of the manuscripts and background for the texts. The first printing of these documents. Item #13754

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