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Record Nr.

UNISA996390821803316

Autore

Grafton Richard <d. 1572?>

Titolo

A chronicle at large and meere history of the affayres of Englande and kinges of the same [[electronic resource] ] : deduced from the Creation of the vvorlde, vnto the first habitation of thys islande: and so by contynuance vnto the first yere of the reigne of our most deere and souereigne Lady Queene Elizabeth: collected out of sundry aucthors, whose names are expressed in the next page of this leafe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Imprinted at London, : By Henry Denham, dwelling in Paternoster Rowe, for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye], Anno Domini. 1569. [the last of March]

Descrizione fisica

[12], 192, [8]; [2], 1369, [43] p. : ill. (woodcuts)

Soggetti

Great Britain History Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"To the gentle reader" signed: Richard Grafton.

At foot of title: Cum priuilegio.

Imprint from colophon except for publication date. Month date from colophon.

"This seconde volume, beginning at VVilliam the Conquerour .." has separate pagination, register, and title page dated 1568.

Includes indexes.

A few of the illustrations were cut by Virgil Solis.

5T1.6 and 6A3.4 are each in two settings; 5T6r has catchword (1) "of" or (2) "selfe"; 6A3v has catchword (1) "But" or (2) "to". The first version of each treats the Duke of Norfolk's attainder before Henry VIII's death as supposed, the latter as fact.

Identified as STC 12146 on UMI microfilm reel 545.

Reproductions of the originals in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery and the British Library.

Appears at reel 205 and 286 (Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery copies) and at reel 545 (British Library copy).

Reel 286: Cropped; t.p. mutilated. Reel 545: vol. 2 only; title page doctored to read "This chronicle. of Briteyn ..".



Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0216