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HEYLYN, P[eter]. A help to english history, containing A Succession of all the Kings of England, the English, Saxons, and the Britains, the Kings and Princes of Wales, the Kings and Lords of Man, and the Isle of Wight...

London. Printed by Benj. Motte, for John Walthoe, 1709.
12mo. [8], 633pp, [3]. Contemporary panelled calf, later rebacked and recornered, contrrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Boards rubbed and marked. Paper repair to head of title page, short tear to leaf L12 (without loss), leaves browned, scattered spotting.
An early eighteenth century edition of Church of England clergyman Peter Heylyn's (1599-1662) chronological history of the kings and royal lines of England and Great Britain; first published in 1641 as Herologia Anglorum, or, an help to English history under the pseudonym Robert Hall.
£ 200.00 Antiquates Ref: 30384