Speed (John) The Historie of Great Britaine under the conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and

Speed (John) The Historie of Great Britaine under the conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans..., third edition, engraved portrait, woodcut illustrations, head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking initial blank, portrait with a few very short tears and laid down with small inscription in purple pencil, title with short tear within text but no loss, the occasional later ink note or annotation, including to title verso, A4-5 margins repaired with some loss to printed side-notes, 4L4 lower corner repaired affecting ruled border, I2-3, 2M3 & 2S3 with small rust-hole affecting couple letters, a few other minor marginal defects or repairs, some spotting and light browning, occasional light damp-staining, light creasing to final few ff., later calf, rebacked preserving original richly gilt backstrip, recornered, new morocco spine label, lightly rubbed, [STC 23049], folio, John Dawson, for George Humble, 1632.*** Provenance: R.F. Huntley Decr. 15. 1847 (ownership inscription to head of title); Edwin Maynard (pencil ownership name to front free endpaper).