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Great Britain -- History -- Early works to 1800.
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Descript |
2 v. (v.1: [8], 124 [i.e. 126], [1] leaves; 289, [1]; [8], 22, [2]; 518, [26] p.; [2], 28 leaves; 115, [9] p.; v.2: [4], 291-659, 700-981, 990-1593, [2], 1593-1876; [104] p., folded plate) : ill. (woodcuts), map |
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At head of all title pages, "1577.". At foot of all title pages, "God saue the Queene.". |
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Printer's name from STC. |
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Signatures: vol. 1: [par.]⁶ *² A-P Q⁶ r¹; a-s t¹; A² (*b*)² *a*-*b*⁶; A-2I 2K⁴ 2L-2M⁶; [fleuron]² A-C D⁴; A-E (-E6-8) F (+-F7) G H⁶ I² [K]¹. Vol. 2: [par.]² t2-8 v-z A-L (+-L7) M-4E (4E4 + "Eeee.v") 4F-4O (+-4O3) 4P-4X (+-4X1) 4Y 4Z² ; A-M⁴ N² ()² . |
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Vol. 1: "The historie of Englande" (caption title) begins new register and pagination. "The historie of Scotlande" has separate title page, pagination, and register. On A1r of the latter register this title is repeated in a caption title and pagination recommences. "The historie of Irelande .. vnto the yeare 1509. Collected by Raphaell Holinshed, and continued till the yeare 1547. by Richarde Stanyhurst" has separate title page, foliation, and register. "The historie of Irelande" (caption title) has separate pagination and register. Leaf 126 misnumbered 124. Leaves E6-8 of the last series are intended to be canceled. F7 of the last series is a cancel; recto catchword "vpon"; first line of col. 1 begins "the Belweathers" or "the chiefe meanes". F7 cancellandum has recto catchword "impouerish". With a final errata leaf covering the Scotland and Ireland sections. |
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Vol. 2 has title "The laste volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande". A leaf foliated 1593 is inserted after p. 1592. ¹L7 is a cancel; headline reads "Richarde the first." (cancellandum has "Richarde the seconde."). 4O3 is a cancel; headline has "Queene Mary." (cancellandum has "Queene Marie."). 4X1 is a cancel; recto catchword is "the" (cancellandum has "buried"). "A table seruing vnto both parts of the Chronicles of England" (caption title) has separate register. With two final errata leaves (logically pertaining to vol. 1). The "plate" is a woodcut map to be inserted after p. 1868. |
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Includes indexes. |
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One of four imprint variants of this edition. |
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Vol. 1 identified as STC 13568 on UMI microfilm reel 512. |
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Reproductions of the originals in Cambridge University Library and the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
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Appears at reel 512 (Cambridge University Library copy, vol. 1 only) and at reel 1107 (Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery copy, vol. 2 only). |
Alt author |
Stanyhurst, Richard, 1547-1618.
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