HOW TO READ OLD DOCUMENTS [First published in 1893],
by E E Thoyts, with introduction by C Trice Martin
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode, etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY
- Seller
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Phillimore & Co, publishers, Chichester, UK - reprint edition 1980 hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode, etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Eleven b&w illustrations.This new printing, in a more attractive format, will be warmly welcomed by those transcribing old records and documents. Starting with basic facts and methodology for the beginner, it works systematically through the variants and styles of handwriting, and abbreviations and contractions used, period by period; from Saxon and Norman documents and charters and medieval deeds, to the hands and documents of the 17th and 16th centuries.
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- Seller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 36658
- Title
- HOW TO READ OLD DOCUMENTS [First published in 1893],
- Author
- E E Thoyts, with introduction by C Trice Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode, etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Phillimore & Co, publishers, Chichester, UK - reprint edition
- Date Published
- 1980
- Pages
- 144 pages
- Keywords
- Reference Books Transcriptions Methodology Saxon Norman Documents handwriting abbreviations Family History
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Pegasus Book Orphanage
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McCrae, Victoria
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