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Norden (John). Speculum Britanniae. The first parte an historicall, & chorographicall discription of Middlesex. Wherein are also alphabeticallie sett downe, the names of the cyties, townes, parishes hamletes, howses of name &c. W.th direction spedelie to finde anie place desired in the mappe & the distance betwene place and place without compasses. Cum priuilegio. By the trauaile and vew of Iohn Norden. Anno 1593, [London : Printed at Eliot’s Court Press, 1593], [8], 48, [4] pp., engraved title page and signed "Pieter Vanden Keere scalp: [sic] 1593" (lightly cropped at head touching image, red ink stamp of Dublin Library Society to verso), woodcut of Elizabeth I’s arms on [A]2v and with letterpress Anglo-Saxon alphabet on [A]4v, three engraved linen-backed folding maps & plans (Myddlesex [sic], London and Westminster), woodcut armorials to text, light toning and occasional very light spotting, bound with: Norden (John), 1598 Speculi Britan[n]iæ pars the description of Hartfordshire [Speculum Britanniae. Part 2], [London: Printed by Thomas Dawson, 1598], [6], 31, [1] pp., folding linen-backed engraved county map signed "Wilhelmus kip sculpsit" (repaired closed tear to left), without initial blank, engraved title a little frayed at fore-edge and repaired, one engraved plate of Elizabeth I armorial bearings, few leaves discreetly repaired to upper inner blank corners, final leaf lined to verso, some light toning, front endpaper with armorial bookplates of Richard Benyon Croft and Nathan of Churt, also with book label of Eric Sexton Lord Hyde and armorial gilt-stamped leather label of Eric Sexton, all edges gilt, 19th century gilt panelled calf, neatly rebacked with gilt decoration to spine, contrasting morocco labels retained, board corners neatly repaired, small slim 4to STC 18635 and 18637 respectively.