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[Early Printing] Sammes, Aylett, Britannia Antiqua
[Early Printing] Sammes, Aylett
Britannia Antiqua Illustrata: or the Antiquities of Ancient Britain
London: Tho. Roycroft, 1676. Volume one (all published). Folio (14 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.; 357 x 226 mm). (10), 1-582, (6) pp. (last page blank). Illustrated with double-page map of Europe, and 23 engravings (in-text and full-page). Title-page printed in red and black; roman and black letter; Hebrew and Runic printing. Near contemporary full brown calf, stamped in blind, morocco spine label, rubbed and worn, occasionally blistered, joints cracked or broken; some soiling to endpapers and edges of prelims, a few leaves toned, leaf R3 creased and chipped at fore-edge, some worming to last 14 leaves, with negligible losses to printing. Wing S 535; ESTC 19100.
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[Early Printing] Sammes, Aylett
Britannia Antiqua Illustrata: or the Antiquities of Ancient Britain
London: Tho. Roycroft, 1676. Volume one (all published). Folio (14 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.; 357 x 226 mm). (10), 1-582, (6) pp. (last page blank). Illustrated with double-page map of Europe, and 23 engravings (in-text and full-page). Title-page printed in red and black; roman and black letter; Hebrew and Runic printing. Near contemporary full brown calf, stamped in blind, morocco spine label, rubbed and worn, occasionally blistered, joints cracked or broken; some soiling to endpapers and edges of prelims, a few leaves toned, leaf R3 creased and chipped at fore-edge, some worming to last 14 leaves, with negligible losses to printing. Wing S 535; ESTC 19100.
