SPEED, John. The History of Great Britaine under the conquests of ye Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. London: George Humble, 1627.
2o (442 x 285 mm). Text in two columns printed within line borders throughout, woodcut illustrations, initials and ornaments. (A few small tears not affecting text, browning and spotting.) Contemporary calf (heavily chipped, hinges broken). Provenance: J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky (white manuscript shelf marks on spines, pencilled shelf numbers on verso of title).
Second edition. Speed's "Theatre and History were published together in 1611-12. They were an immediate success: three new editions and issues of each appeared during Speed's lifetime, and a miniature version was first published about 1619-20. The maps in the Theatre became the basis for subsequent folio atlases until the mid-eighteenth century" (DNB).
SPEED, John. The History of Great Britaine under the conquests of ye Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. London: George Humble, 1627.
2o (442 x 285 mm). Text in two columns printed within line borders throughout, woodcut illustrations, initials and ornaments. (A few small tears not affecting text, browning and spotting.) Contemporary calf (heavily chipped, hinges broken). Provenance: J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky (white manuscript shelf marks on spines, pencilled shelf numbers on verso of title).
Second edition. Speed's "Theatre and History were published together in 1611-12. They were an immediate success: three new editions and issues of each appeared during Speed's lifetime, and a miniature version was first published about 1619-20. The maps in the Theatre became the basis for subsequent folio atlases until the mid-eighteenth century" (DNB).
