Martyn (William), The Historie (sic) and Lives, of the Kings...

Hammer

£80

Martyn (William), The Historie (sic) and Lives, of the Kings of England: From William the Conqueror, unto the end of the Raigne (sic) of King Henry the Eighth, With other ufefull (sic) Obferuations (sic), second edition, London: Printed for James Boler, 1628, [issued and bound with], The Successions of the Dukes and Earles (sic) of This Kingdome (sic) of England: From the Conquest untill (sic) the twelfth year of the famous Reigne (sic) of the mightie (sic) Monarch King James the First, London: Printed for George Tompfon, 1628, pp: woodcut allegorical-architectural title-page, [26], 420; &, [68] (inclusive of separate title-page with printer's device above colophon), both texts black-ruled throughout, woodcut allegorical headpieces and historiated initials, later 17th/18th century fragmentary calf spine over boards (loose/disbound), slightly later ink MS ownership inscription at page 88: Thomas Green His Bo[ok], 8vo; Mackenzie & Dent's Select Biography, London: 1797, defective copy lacking title-page, prelims but some plates, contemporary calf (faults), 1950s pictorial vinyl wrap, 8vo, [2]