Folio Volume on the Sutton Hoo Excavations
Bruce-Mitford, Rupert. THE SUTTON HOO SHIP-BURIAL. VOLUME I: EXCAVATIONS, BACKGROUND, THE SHIP, DATING AND INVENTORY. London: British Museum, 1975. Folio, original blue cloth, gilt. xl, 792 pages; 440 text figures; 37 tables; 16 fold-out plates; 12 color plates; 44 coin enlargements; 12 plans and views housed in a loose map pocket at the end. Near fine. A remarkable work, meticulously documenting the most important archeological find ever made in the British Isles. This first volume is of considerable numismatic importance. "Thirty-seven Merovingian gold coins found in the purse in the burial-deposit have, on the basis of new and fundamental numismatic studies published here, now been established as having come together between approximately A.D. 620 and A.D. 630." Ex Herb Kreindler Library.
Estimate: 300 USD