THE HISTORIE OF GREAT BRITAINE UNDER THE CONQUESTS OF THE ROMANS, SAXONS, DANES AND NORMANS
by John Speed
Published by George Humble. 1623
Very good condition. Their Originals, Manners, Habits, Warres, Coines and Seales: with the Successions, lives, acts etc. of the English Monarchs. Second Edition. Revised and enlarged. Contents lists 10 books; this binding contains the following: Contents, plus 8 page proeme; Books 5 - 10, plus Summary of the whole and 78 page index table. Very large format. Leather binding with raised bands to spine and black title labels and gilt titles. Contains woodcuts.
Leather binding is a modern binding, which is faded to spine. NO frontis. Book reads complete with in itself - but starts at book 5. A rare survivor of this historical book!
Stock no. 1701800
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANTIQUARIAN
- ROMAN
- SAXON
- NORMAN
- SOCIAL HISTORY
- WOODCUTS
- LEATHER BINDING
