The first and second volumes of Chronicles : comprising 1 The description and historie of England, 2 The description and historie of Ireland, 3 The description and historie of Scotland: first collected and published by Raphaell Holinshed, William Harrison, and others: now newlie augmented and continued (with manifold matters of singular note and worthie memorie) to the yeare 1586. by Iohn Hooker aliàs Vowell Gent. and others. With conuenient tables at the end of these volumes
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[[London] : Finished in Ianuarie 1587, and the 29 of the Queenes Maiesties reigne, with the full continuation of the former yeares, at the expenses of Iohn Harison, George Bishop, Rafe Newberie, Henrie Denham, and Thomas VVoodcocke. At London printed [by
Place of creationGreat Britain, England, LondonDate1587Note(s)Reference citation note: Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 13569, Reference citation note: English short title catalogue (ESTC), S122178, Copy note: Bound in 2 vols. Imperfect: wanting ¹A1, ²R6, [par.]8, and final C6 (all blanks); also wanting leaves ⁷A5-B1, and gathering 7K⁶; all reported leaves have been cancelled, but copy wants cancels '2Q3','2S2-3','6M3', '6V1', 'A,B,C,D,E'1-3, 7L1-2, and 7M1. With Drake 1728 reprint of leaves ⁷A5-B1 (with lower case signature 'a' on first leaf), gathering 7K (with extra lower case signature 'kk' on first leaf), and 'castrated' leaves 2Q3-4, 2S2-5, 6M3-4, 6V1-6 and 7A1-7M6. Wormed, affecting text; a few leaves in vol. 3 stained, affecting text. Provenance: inscriptions: on titles of both Folger volumes: 'George Turpyn. [Turpin?] 1619'; on front fly-leaf of vol. 1: 'J. W. Raister [?] Bought in London April 1843'; armorial bookplate of Thomas Foley of Great Witley Court in the County of Worcester; Harmsworth copyExtent(fol.)Associated name(s)Associated name: Stanyhurst, Richard, 1547-1618, Associated name: Fleming, Abraham, 1552?-1607, Associated name: Stow, John, 1525?-1605, Associated name: Thynne, Francis, 1545?-1608, Associated name: Hooker, John, 1526?-1601, Associated name: Harrison, William, 1534-1593, Associated name: Boece, Hector, 1465?-1536, Former owner: Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797, Former owner: Harmsworth, R. Leicester Sir, 1870-1937, (Robert Leicester), Former owner: Herbert, William, 1718-1795, Associated name: Giraldus, Cambrensis, 1146?-1223?Genre/form(s)AnnotationsSubject(s)Great BritainRightshttps://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/