Romanae Historiae Anthologia Recognita et Aucta. An English Exposition of the Roman Antiquities, wherein many Roman and English Offices are paralleled, and divers obscure phrases explained. For the use of Abingdon School

London: for Henry Cripps, 1655. Small quarto (19.5cm). Recent full calf; new endpapers; 277,(23)pp [4p.l.; A-Oo4; Pp2]. Sound and complete in 20th-c. binding; text browned; occasional dampstaining, small marginal losses (not affecting text); Good.

The tenth edition of this much-reprinted school primer in Roman history, first published in 1623 and regularly reissued until 1689. Compiler Thomas Goodwin (aka Godwyn; c.1587-1642) was headmaster of Abingdon School in Oxfordshire from 1608-1625. ESTC R34446; WING G987. (Inventory #: 83985)