Heylin (Peter) written under the pseudonym of Robert Hall...
Anglorum, or, An help to English History.
London. by T and R Cotes for Henry Seile. 1641, first edition. AN IMPERFECT COPY. 12mo (13.5x 8 cms). Bound in a later calf with skiver spine. 379 pages BUT pages 204 to 240 are missing, a total of 36 pages. The title page continues...........Containing a succession of all the Kings of England, and the English-Saxons, the Kings and Princes of Wales, the Kings and Lords of Man, and the Isle of Wight. As also of all the Arch-Bishops, Bishops, Dukes, Marquesses, and Earles, within the said Dominions. In three tables. By Robert Hall, Gent.........................There are a few ink corrections and additions in a contemporary hand and there are some modern pencil notes on the front endpaper. The endpapers are browned and torn. The corners of the binding are scuffed. Internally the text is in reasonably clean readable condition and is a fair copy of the first edition of this scarce title. Ref. Wing H 1713. Photograph available.
[Bookseller: Gibb's Bookshop Ltd.]
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