Speed, John (1552-1629)
The Historie of Great Britaine under the Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes, and Normans. London: Printed by John Dawson for George Humble, 1632.Two folio volumes, third edition (according to ESTC a variant of the second edition of 1631); lacking the portrait; illustrated with woodcut illustrations throughout including ancient coins, ancient Britons (both wild and "more civill"), royal family trees, seals, and other images; bound in later diced russia, amateurishly rebacked; ex libris John Hulse, with his signature dated 1675 on the title page, along with the price he paid for the book and two mottoes in Latin; from the Troy Public Library, with some stamps and book labels; title page mounted, top margin trimmed away with loss of top rule; stain affecting the foot of the inner gutter in several few signatures in the first volume; 13 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (2)STC 23049; ESTC S997.