The pastime of people, or, The chronicles of divers realms; and most especially of the realm of England.. Briefly compiled, and imprinted in Cheapside, by John Rastell, (A.D. 1529.) Now first reprinted, and systematically arranged, with fac-simile wood-cuts of the portraits of popes, emperors, &c. and the kings of England.
John Rastell (d.1536)
Category
Books
Date
1811
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 3257313
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii,299,[1]p. : ill. ; 4to. Priced in pencil: 2-2-0. Provenance: pastedown sticker "This book belongs to the National Trust"; inscribed beneath: Attingham Park, March 1971. Binding: nineteenth-century calf; gilt roll borders and gilt tooled spine; five false bands; gilt lettered spine label: Rastell's Chronicl.
Makers and roles
John Rastell (d.1536) Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847)