A chronicle at large and meere history of the affayres of Englande and kinges of the same : 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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grafton, Richard, -1572?

Contributor:

Solis, Virgil, 1514-1562, wood-engraver.

Series:

Early English books online

Standardized Title:

Chronicle

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--Early works to 1800.

Local Subjects:

Great Britain--History--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (12 unnumbered pages, 192 pages, 8 unnumbered pages; 2 unnumbered pages, 1369 pages, 43 unnumbered pages) : illustrations (woodcuts)

Other Title:

Chronicle.

This seconde volume, beginning at VVilliam the Conquerour.

This seconde volume, beginning at William the Conquerour.

Place of Publication:

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

System Details:

text file

Notes:

"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: volume 2 only; title page doctored to read "This chronicle. of Briteyn ..".

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 285:3, 286:1, 545:3) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

STC (2nd edition) 12147.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.