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 alis̀ Vowell Gent and others. With conuenient tables at the end of these volumes.
Raphael Holinshed (1529-1580)
Category
Books
Date
1587
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire (Accredited Museum)
NT 3066229
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 v. (vol. 1: [10], 250; [4], 202, [2] p.; vol. 2: 61, [13], 183, [1]; 421, 424-430, 436-438, 431-433, 439-445, 450-464, [56] p.; vol. 3: [8], 1080, 1080-1327, [2], 1332-1371, 1371-1421, 1490-1491, 1536-1555, 1574-1592, [60] p.) ;. fol.. Imperfect: vol. 3 only, with pagination: [8],102,110,104-109,103,111-126,129,128,129-133,132,135-18 6,189,188-193,192,195-1080,1080-1371,1371-1421,1490-1491,1 536-1555,1574-1592,[58]p. - Title page inlaid on front free endpaper [with another blank endpaper bound before A2].. Provenance: Eighteenth-century Curzon armorial bookplate: 'Recte et Suaviter'. Binding: Seventeenth-century full calf, 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered on spine label 'Holinshed's Chronicles, 3'.
Makers and roles
Raphael Holinshed (1529-1580) William Harrison (1534-1593) John Hooker (1526-1601)