Bonhams 1793 : NORDEN (JOHN) Speculum Britanniae. The First Parte. An Historicall, & Chorographicall Discription of Middlesex

Speculum Britanniae. The First Parte. An Historicall, & Chorographicall Discription of Middlesex, engraved architectural title, full-page engraved armorial, 3 folding engraved maps, title trimmed close at top margin just touching shield of royal cipher, maps a little frayed at edges, with small tears (2 repaired with archival tape), early ink stain on lower margin of 7 leaves, a few marginal notes, one dated 1830, contemporary limp vellum, recased with new endpapers, inscribed on upper cover "To the worshipfull [name erased] knight. Io. Norden wisheth health & perpetuall felicitie 1593.", cloth slipcase [STC 18635; Howgego 5.1], small 4to, [Eliot's Court Press], 1593

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