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. With all reported cancels present. Imperfect: wanting ¹A1(blank), chi1(t.p. for the Irish historie), [par.]⁸(blank), and final G6(blank); [par.]2 misbound before [par.]1; ⁷A1(t.p. to vol. 3) mounted; [par.]7 repaired in margins. With frayed leaf, ⁷A2r from another copy, misbound following ¹A2(t.p.). With Drake 1728 edition of the 'castrated' leaves 2Q3-4, 2S2-5, 6M3-4, 6V1-6, 7A1-7I6, 7L-7M6, plus additional 18th century reprint (Drake) of gathering 7K. Readings for original gathering 7K: 7K1r col. 1, line 1 ends: 'ouerflowe'; 7K6r col. 1, line 1 ends: 'hee'. Drake gathering 7K has extra lower case signature 'kk' on first leaf. Somewhat wormed, affecting text. Some manuscript notes; biographical notes about author on front fly-leaf of 2nd Folger volume, presumably in the hand of Richard Farmer; manuscript markings. Provenance: inscription on fly-leaf of vol. 2: 'R Farmer' [Richard Farmer]; bought by Folger from Halliday, 1929, cat. 108:173Extent(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/