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Record Nr.

UNISA996391409003316

Autore

Warner William <1558?-1609.>

Titolo

The first and second parts of Albions England. The former reuised and corrected, and the latter newly continued and added. Containing an historicall map of the same island: prosecuted from the liues, actes, and labors of Saturne, Iupiter, Hercules, and Æneas: originalles of the Brutons, and Englishmen, and occasion of the Brutons their first ariuall in Albion. Prosecuting the same historie vnto the tribute to the Romaines, entrie of the Saxones, inuasion by the Danes, conquest by the Normaines, restaurarion [sic] of the royall English blood, discention and vnion of the two linages Lancaster and Yorke. With historicall intermixtures, inuention, and varietie: profitably, briefly, and pleasantly performed in verse and prose by William Warner [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Imprinted at London, : By Thomas Orwin, for Thomas Cadman, dwelling at the great north-doore of Sainct Paules Church at the signe of the Bible, 1589

Descrizione fisica

[8], 100, [4], 101-167, [9] p., folded plate

Soggetti

Great Britain History Poetry Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Mostly in verse.

Contains books 1-6.

The "plate" is a woodcut.

The first leaf is blank.

Part 2 has separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous.

"An addition, or remaine in prose, to the second booke of Albions England", X1r-Z2r.

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113