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London: Printed By John Dawson for George Humble and are to be Sold in Popes-head Pallace at the Figure of the White Horse, 1632. Third Edition. Full Leather. Good Plus.. Folio. The Third Edition. Revised, enlarged, and newly corrected, with sundry descents of the Saxon Kings, Their Marriages and Armes. Pp. 10ff, 1-1042, "A Catalogue of the Religious Houses Within the Realme of England and Wales, with their Orders, Founders, Benefactors, and Values, ..." beginning on page 1043 to p. 1086 comprising 128 pages but numbered on the rectos only, 1087-1237, [5] - Conclusion, [80] - Index. Richly illustrated with wood engraved head and tail pieces, initials, coins, coats of arms, crests, royal seals, genealogies, etc., text in two columns and with side-notes. Early (probably early 18th-century) binding in double gilt-framed, light brown leather boards, edges stained red. Modern leather rebacking in contrasting dark brown leather with gilt stamped dark brown leather spine label, new plain endpapers. Covers… Read More

London: Printed by John Beale for George Humble, 1623. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio (340 x 220mm). [xx], 1258pp., [74] (numerous error in paging and register). Signatures: [par.]6 (1st leaf blank?) A8; B-2H6; I4; 2K-4S6; 4T4; 4V-4Y6; 4Z8 (4Z8 [sic] 4Z4); 5A-5T6; 5V1 (of 4). Printer’s device of Humble on title, head- and tail- pieces and initials throughout. Many in text engravings including 8 full page genealogies, and numerous woodcuts throughout of coins and seals. Text in double column. Period full English calf rebacked and restored at corners in modern leather and stamped in gilt “Historie of Great Britain Speed”; (lacking frontis., title somewhat browned and remargined, text block lightly browned around edges, lacking final 3 leaves of Table, otherwise good). Sold as is. Large white on black bookplate of Dr. Otto Orren Fisher of Detroit, Michigan to front pastedown. Second Edition of Speed’s ‘Historie of Great Britain.’ Second Edition, revised and… Read More

London: John Dawson for George Humble, 1632 . Leather. Very Good. 14.5" by 9.5". Not Stated. The very scarce enlarged third edition of this monumental history of Britain by the influential historian and cartographer, John Speed. ESTC Citation No. S997First published in 1611, this is the work of leading English cartographer and historian John Speed, considered one of the best known English mapmakers of the early modern period.  Following encouragement from English antiquarian and historian William Camden, Speed began this work, utilising the work of cartographers Christopher Saxton and John Norden.The work offers a highly detailed summary of Early English history, and whilst it has been criticised for a number of inaccuracies, the subsequent frequent citations of the work in later historical pieces reflect its historical significance. Among others, the work offers detailed information regarding the early successors and founders of English institutions including The Saxons, Henry VIII and Edward… Read More

LONDON, JOHN DAWSON FOR GEORGE HUMBLE, 1632. ...THEIR ORIGINALS, MANNERS, HABITS, WARRES, COINES, AND SEALS; WITH SUCCESSIONS, LIVES, ACTS AND ISSUES WITH THE ENGLISH MONARCH. THIRD EDITION. QUARTO, ENGRAVED FRONTIS. 1232 PAGES WITH SUMMARY AND INDEX, MANY WOODCUTS OF ARMS, COINS AND PORTRAITS. SOMETIME REBOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS, NEW ENDPAPERS, RAISED BANDS, GILT TITLES. THE TITLE AND FRONTIS. HAVE BEEN REMOUNTED WITH SOME LOSS TO THE EDGES. WEAKNESS TO FRONT HINGE BUT A REMARKABLY GOOD, HANDSOME COPY, VERY CLEAN.

At London : Printed By Iohn Dauuson, For George Humble, And Are To Be Sold In Popes-Head Pallace, At The Signe Of The White Horse, 1632. Third Edition. Hardback. Finely and period sympathetically bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with a dark morocco gilt-blocked label. An uncommonly good example - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 1237 pages; With sundry descents of the Saxons kings, their marriages and armes. Signatures: [par. ]6 (-[par. ]1) A8 B-2H6 2I4 2K-4S6 4T4 4V-4Z6 5A8 5B-5Y6 5Z4. Physical desc. : [20], 1237 [i. E. 1281], [85] p. : ill. , geneal. Tables. This third edition has been reissued, enlarged, and newly corrected. Subject: Great Britain - History - To 1485. Referenced by: STC (2nd ed. ) 23049.

Published by George Humble, 1623. Hardback. Very Good. Very good condition with no wrapper. 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!

Popes-head alley, at y signe of y White Horse: Imprinted by William Hall and John Beale. Sold by John Sudbury and Georg Humble. , 1611 A good copy of the extremely rare 1st edition of Speed's comprehensive work. In full leather binding which has been rebacked retaining the original boards which have blind tooled decoration, and replacing the spine, which has raised bands and gilt title label. This work continued Speed's 'Theatre of Great Britaine' - and the page numbering is continuous with it - the text starting at p155 and finishing at p 894, although the book is complete on its own. With engraved decorative title page; 4 page preface and text completing at p 894; Summary conclusion of the whole - 4 pp; The Second Index - 46 pp; and a one page 'Faults etc Sped'. The work has numerous engravings of coins, seals and coats of arms; and is embellished throughout with decorative head and tailpieces and decorated initial capitals. The binding has been expertly repaired with some… Read More