Lot 150
Domesday
Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 July 2006 at 12:00 BST
Description
Great Domesday Book, 'Penny' Edition. [Alecto Historical Editions, 1986], one of 250 numbered sets, 2 vol., folio, full colour continuous tone offset lithographic facsimile, original calf backed polished antique oak boards, edges untrimmed, 2 coins inset in vol.1 (silver penny of William I, King of England, and proof specimen of 1986 bronze penny of Elizabeth II, Queen of England), together with: Great Domesday: Introduction and contents of the manuscript. 1986, folio, number 155 of 250 numbered sets, signed by baron hailsham and g.h. martin (keeper of public records), original calf backed buckram, original calf and buckram slipcases; Domesday Book: Studies. 1987, folio, illustrations, original buckram backed boards; [Maps] [1987], 28 numbered folding colour maps, key, together with: Notes to the translations of Great Domesday. 1988, folio; Fascicules (separate county translations). [1988-92], vol.3-7, 9, 11, 14, 16-20, 22, 23, 28, folio, 16 vol. (only, of 32) [these were superseded by the 2 bound translation volumes, present here], original wrappers, original calf and buckram case; Indices. 1988-92, folio, 33 parts in 32, original wrappers, original calf and buckram case; Great Domesday: Translation...including all folios subsequently added to the manuscript. 1992, 2 vol., folio, original calf-backed buckram, t.e.g.; The Domesday Book: a Prospectus. 1986, folio, loose inserts, original wrappers (8)
Footnote
Note: This fine facsimile of the Domesday Book reproduces the original at actual size and was published in commemoration of the 900th anniversary year of Domesday. It was made possible by the rebinding of the original manuscript in the 1980's at the invitation of the Public Record Office in London. The oak covers of this 'Penny Edition' come from floor-boards originally installed in Tattingstone Hall, Suffolk, which was built around 1500.