First illustrated edition. 8vo. pp irregular but complete viz [14], 252, 249-499, 400-452, 353-368, [12]. Attractive engraved frontispiece, title-page in red and black, folding genealogical table of the royal family facing page 1, approximately 64 attractive half-page woodcuts to text, a very clean example with all pages intact. In a signed binding by L. Broco, c. 1900, full speckled calf, marbled endpapers, aeg, spine gilt, contrasting labels. Front board neatly detached, or almost so. William Howell was a lawyer and historian who matriculated and became a Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge. His Medulla historiæ Anglicanæ was first published in 1679, and was frequently reprinted. However it is this so-denominated sixth edition that was first illustrated, as the title reads the better to imprint on the memory (see photos). Broca was a binder about whom we know tantalizingly little, however he has achieved fame through being the executor of the designs by Sarah Prideaux (1853-1933). Broca is known as a neat binder, and excellent finisher, as can be seen in this example. Both Broca s bindings, and the illustrated Medulla Historiæ Anglicanæ are uncommon on the market, all the more so in such good condition.