Monumenta Historica Britannica, or materials for the history of Britain, from the earliest period to the end of the reign of King Henry VII.

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HISTORY UP TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST. WITH TWENTY SEVEN PLATES Volume 1, all published, large folio in contemporary diced calf, rounded rubbed edges. Re-spined, old laid down, raised bands, gilt titles. Internally, half title, [8], [3] 4-146, [2], [1], [ii-clxxiii], [1], [12], [1], 2-1035 pp, 27 pls (includes 17 pls on coins), 1 illustration within text, 1 map (folding, hand coloured in outline, by W Hughes), half title, title and dedication page in red & black inks, ms publishing details to verso fep, modern endpapers. In English, Latin, Old French & Anglo-Saxon. (406*259 mm). Contains first printings of 3 famous Welsh Chronicles - Gildae Sapientis De Excision Brittanniae Historia, Annales Cambriae and Brut Y Twysogion (The Chronicle of the Welsh Princes)