Historiarchos, . or the exact recorder: being the most faithfull remembrancer, of the most remarkable transactions of estate, and of all the English lawes, and the just motives of them; for the proprieties, rights, and liberties of the English subjects. As most elabourately they are collected for the benefit of them, out of the antiquities of the Saxon and Danish Kings, unto the coronation of William the Conqueror; and continued unto the present government of Richard now Lord Protector. By William Prynne Esquire, and bencher of Lincolne Inne.
William Prynne (1600-1669)
Category
Books
Date
1659
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048209
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10],402,[2]p. . 4to.. Identified in 1768 catalogue: B.7 [crossed through] in the closet [entered with Prynne's other works as 'Prynne's Histrio-Mastix, Registrum Brevium, & tracts. 14 vol.']. Bound with Prynne's 'A seasonable, legall, and historicall vindication' (London: 1654) and 'The second part of a seasonable legal and historical vindication' (London: 1655).. Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819); bookplate on verso of title page of 'A seasonable, legall, and historicall vindication': Armorial, three boars' heads, differenced with a mullet; The Honble. Henry Booth. [i.e.: Henry Booth (1687-1727)].. Binding: Calf; blind ruled and rolled; spine label: 'Prynnes English liberties'.
Makers and roles
William Prynne (1600-1669)