
Excerpt from The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, 1867, Vol. 24: Part II, Polite Literature I have given these examples, and similar instances might be multiplied ex tensively, in order to show that much reliance cannot be placed on the readings of this ms., unless borne out by other authorities, or commending themselves by their own intrinsic excellence. The various readings, as has been already observed, are very numerous; and as it would be a waste of time to read out the whole of the collations (which occupy sixteen pages of foolscap paper), I have selected those passages which willbe of the greatest interest, and for this purpose, taken the list of principal points of difference between Lassen's Bonn edition of 1846, the various mss., and the other editions, given by Mr. J. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Page Count:
124
Publication Date:
2017-10-22
Publisher:
FB&C Limited
ISBN-10:
0266605419
ISBN-13:
9780266605416
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