The history of Great Britaine under the conquests of ye Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. : Their originals, manners, warres, coines & seales: with ye successions, lives, acts & issues of the English monarchs from Iulius Caesar, to our most gracious soueraigne King Iames. by Iohn Speed.

The history of Great Britaine under the conquests of ye Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. : Their originals, manners, warres, coines & seales: with ye successions, lives, acts & issues of the English monarchs from Iulius Caesar, to our most gracious soueraigne King Iames. by Iohn Speed.

History of Great Britaine under the conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans

Imprinted at London : [By William Hall and John Beale] anno cum privilegio 1614 and are to be solde by Iohn Sudbury & Georg Humble, in Popes-head alley at ye signe of ye white Horse, [1614]

[2], 151-786 p., 787-801 [i.e. 802] leaves, 803-894, [52] p. : ill., ports. (woodcuts) ; (fol.)

The title page is engraved.

Printers' names from colophon preceding the second index.

The woodcuts are by Christoph Schweitzer.

The pagination and register are continued from "The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine" (STC 23041).

Includes indexes and a final errata leaf.

With slip-cancels on p. 254.

Leaf 802 misnumbered 801.

A reissue of the 1611 edition, with imprint date altered.

Signatures: [pi]1 2M2² 2O1-3Y2² 3Z1² 3Z2² 4A-4Y2² 5A-5Y2² 6A-6B2² CCCCCC² Cccccc² Cccccc2² CCCCCC2² DDDDDD² Ddddddd² Dddddd2² DDDDDD2² 6E-6Y2².

Signatures from DFo. DFONOTE jre: title ends without full stop: "...Speed"; signatures need note of explanation to match pag.: sigs.2O1-3Y2 bd. in gatherings of 2, arranged 2O1² 2P1² 2P2² 2O2² 2Q1² 2R1² 2R2² 2Q2² etc., sigs.4A-2Y2 and forward, in gatherings of 2, arranged 4A² 4B² 4B2² 4A² etc.; 3X2₁ mis-signed 'Xx'; 6A2₁r mis-signed 6A

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 23046
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S122020

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 23046 copy 1 (flat)

Made-up copy: 3 leaves, probably from STC 23041, bd. in after t.p. T.p. is backed. Engr. port. of Speed, signed "S. Savery Sculp", trimmed and mounted to front fly-leaf. Trimmed, affecting some headlines. Burn holes on 3I1₂ and 5E2₂, and on [par.]2₁ from STC 23041. Some leaves foxed, stained or wormed, affecting text. Rebound. Provenance: inscription on front paste-down: "Granville C. Cunningham London 28th. Feb 1913."; armorial bookplate of Granville Cunningham (motto "over fork over"); book-label of F. J. Marsden; book-label of W.T. Smedley

Smedley

STC 23046 copy 2 (flat)

Lacking slip cancels on p. 254. T.p. trimmed & mounted. 3N1₁ torn, affecting text. Sheepskin binding. Provenance: inscription on front fly-leaf: "[E ?] Hosey"; inscription on 2M2₁r: "H. Cotes"; bought by the Folger from Gregory, cat. 155:323

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