The historical works of Giraldus Cambrensis containing the Topography of Ireland, and the History of the conquest of Ireland, tr. by T. Forester. The Itinerary through Wales, and the Description of Wales, tr. by sir R.C. Hoare |
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| Title | The historical works of Giraldus Cambrensis containing the Topography of Ireland, and the History of the conquest of Ireland, tr. by T. Forester. The Itinerary through Wales, and the Description of Wales, tr. by sir R.C. Hoare Bohn's antiq. libr Bohn's antiquarian library |
| Author | Giraldus (Cambrensis.) |
| Editor | Thomas Wright |
| Translated by | Thomas Forester, sir Richard Colt Hoare (2nd bart) |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Bohn, 1863 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 16 May 2007 |
| Length | 534 pages |
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