Henry Sweet — The Oldest English Texts

London, The Early English Text Society; Oxford University Press, 1966. Cloth. A fascinating work by philologist Henry Sweet exploring early English texts. Published for the Early English Text Society.A reprint of this work first published in 1885.Henry Sweet's comprehensive study on examples of old English texts, including a detailed glossary. Sweet was a philologist who specialised in the German languages.The Early English Text Society was founded in 1864, dedicated to editing and re-publishing early English texts. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Very light rubbing to the spine. Only a few minor marks to the boards and spine. Torn label remnants to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Institutional stamp and ink to the verso of the title page, and to the head of page v. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .