Bonhams 1793 : GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH The British History, 1718; and Norden (2)

The British History, large paper, a subscribers copy with signature of E. Bedingfeld (i.e. Lady Elizabeth Boyle), later bookplate of Sir Henry Bedingfeld, Oxburgh, Norfolk, contemporary red morocco gilt, g.e., 8vo, J. Bowyer [not found in the Ledgers or Nichols], 1718--NORDEN (JOHN) Speculum Britanniae. The First Parte. An Historicall ... Discription of Middlesex [all published], engraved title, 3 folding maps (that of London chipped and defective at edges), lacking the last leaf (errata and verses), early signature N. Cotterell on title, bookplate of Dogmersfield Library (Sir Henry Mildmay), ninteenth century calf [STC 18653], small 4to, [Eliot's Court Press], 1593 (2)

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