1734 Ancient & Present State ENGLAND History HOWELL With COPPER PLATES Woodcuts
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Medulla Historiae Anglicanoe
The Present State of England.
Being a Compendious History of all its Monarchs.
From the Time of Julius Caesar.
Written by Dr Howell.
And continued by an Impartial Hand to the Death of His Late Majesty King George I.
And now in this Ninth Edition Illustrated with Sculptures....r>1734
Illustrated with a Genealogical Table of the Royal Family.
With three woodcuts in text
And 12 Copper Engraved Plates showing 24 Illustrations
Scarce English History, an interesting work by Howell, including "the dighting of a dragon"
"Dr William Howell’s Medulla Historiae Anglicanae states: Ancient and Present State of England (1712), ‘At St. Osyphs in Essex was seen a dragon of marvellous bigness, which by moving burned houses.
Scarcely seen with all plates present
Author: William Howell
Publisher: London Printed for J. J. and P. Knapton, R. Knaplock
Edition: 1734 The Ninth Edition
Attributes: Scarce, Disbound copy, with all pages and plates present (basically lacking the front board) lovely copper engraved plates and woodcuts.
Condition: Lacking Front board. Back board present. lower panel to spine chipped. 2x fly leafs, title, table, and two blocks loose (basically all before page 16 loose) rest of binding firm. Pages a little grubby with spotting and marks throughout. Needs rebinding.
Information: (12) 288, 299-394, 363-378, 405-596, index (text continues with erratic pagination)
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