The firste volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande : conteyning, the description and chronicles of England, from the first inhabiting vnto the conquest : the description and chronicles of Scotland, from the first originall of the Scottes nation, till the yeare of our Lorde 1571 : the description and chronicles of Yrelande, likewise from the firste originall of that nation, vntill the yeare 1547
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The firste volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande : conteyning, the description and chronicles of England, from the first inhabiting vnto the conquest : the description and chronicles of Scotland, from the first originall of the Scottes nation, till the yeare of our Lorde 1571 : the description and chronicles of Yrelande, likewise from the firste originall of that nation, vntill the yeare 1547
- by
- Wolfe, Reyner, -1573; Harrison, William, 1534-1593; Stanyhurst, Richard, 1547-1618; Bynneman, Henry, -1583, printer; Harrison, John, -1617, bookseller; Higgs, William Simonds, former owner; Rodd, Thomas, 1796-1849, bookseller; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner
- Publication date
- 1577
- Publisher
- At London : Imprinted [by Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison
- Collection
- bplsctpbs; bostonpubliclibrary; americana
- Contributor
- Boston Public Library
- Language
- English
- Volume
- v.2
Vol. 1: 'The historie of Englande' (caption title) begins new register and pagination. 'The historie of Scotlande' has separate title page, pagination, and register. 'The historie of Irelande ... vnto the yeare 1509. Collected by Raphaell Holinshed, and continued till the yeare 1547. by Richard Stanyhurst' has separate title page, foliation and register
Vol. 2 has title: 'The laste volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande'. A leaf foliated 1593 is inserted after p. 1592. 'A table seruing vnto both parts of the Chronicles of England' (caption title) has separate register
Signatures: vol. 1: ¶⁶ *² A-P⁸ Q⁶, r1, a-s⁸, t1; ²A² *b*² *a*-*b*⁶ (*b*6 blank); ³A-2I⁸ ³2K⁴ ³2L-2M⁶ [fleuron]²; ⁴A-C⁸, ⁴D⁴; ⁵A-E⁸(-E5-E8), ⁵F-G⁸ ⁵H⁶ ⁵I², chi1; vol.2: ¶² t⁸(-t1) u-z⁸ A-4E⁸(4E4+1) 4F-4Y⁸ 4Z²; ²A-M⁴ N².
Title pages within decorated woodcut border, text printed in black letter in double columns. Tail pieces and decorated initials, some with vignettes
Vol. 1: [8], 124 [i.e. 126], [1] leaves, 289, [1]; [8], 518, [26] p., [2], 28 leaves, 115, [9] p.; v. 2: [4], 291-659, 700-981, 990-1592, [2], 1593-1876; [104] p., [1] folded leaf of plates
The folded map plate is bound-in after page 1868 of vol. 2
Errata leaf appended to vol. 1: 'Faultes and ouer sightes escaped in the printing of the Hystorie of Scotlande'
Errata leaves in vol. 2 bound in after p. 1876: 'Faultes and ouersightes escaped in the printing of the first part of the English historie before the Conquest'
Includes index
Boston Public Library. Catalogue of the Barton Collection
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library
English short title catalogue
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.)
Cataloged
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy quarterbound in modern brown morocco and papier tourniquet. The title is stamped in gilt on the spine. All text block edges are gilt. The armorial bookplates of the Barton Library and of William Simonds Higgs are present on the front pastedowns. A bookseller's description, from Thomas Rodd and annotated in the hand of T.P. Barton, along with another clipping, is present on the front pastedown of vol. 1. Early marginalia is present on various leaves
Notes
No copyright page found. No table-of-contents pages found.
CHICKEN Notes: Very tight margins throughout original document; some text loss where it runs into binding or off the edges of pages. Pagination irregularities in original: --The first page of text is numbered p.271 in original document. --Pages 429 & 430 are not found in original. --Page numbers jump from p.659 to p.700; from p.719 to p.728; p.981 to 990; p. 1270 to p. 1255; p. 1258 to p. 1275; p. 1595 to p. 1594 --Page 1069 is misnumbered as 1037; p. 1368 as 1367; p.1680 as 1676 --Page numbers 1589/1590 are inserted between 1596 and 1597
- Addeddate
- 2016-03-24 12:50:31
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- Scanningcenter
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- Year
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- Full catalog record
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