Book/Printed Material The first and second volumes of Chronicles

Title

• 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

Names

• Holinshed, Raphael, -1580?
• Thynne, Francis, 1545?-1608.
• Fleming, Abraham, 1552?-1607.
• Stanyhurst, Richard, 1547-1618.
• Stow, John, 1525?-1605.
• Hooker, John, 1526?-1601, editor.
• Harrison, William, 1534-1593.
• Denham, Henry, -1589?, printer.
• Levis, Howard Coppuck, former owner.
• Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• At London : Printed in Aldersgate Street at the signe of the Starre [by H. Denham], 1587.

Headings

• -  Great Britain--History--To 1485
• -  Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603
• -  England--London

Notes

• -  Compiled by Holinshed, William Harrison, and Richard Stanyhurst. Edited by John Hooker, who continued the work to 1586, with the assistance of Francis Thynne on the Scottish continuations, and with Thynne, Abraham Fleming and John Stow on the other portions of the book.
• -  Place of publication from colophon. Printer from STC. Also at colophon: "Finished in Ianuarie 1587 ... at the expenses of Iohn Harison, George Bishop, Rafe Newberie, Henrie Denham, and Thomas Woodcocke."
• -  In this edition (1587) the freedom with which contemporary events were treated led the Privy Council to order extensive excisions immediately after publication. In the "Historie of Scotland" (vol. 2) omissions were made between p. 421-424, 433-436, 443-450; in the Historie of England" (vol. 3) p. 1328-1331 and all between p. 1419 and 1538 were cancelled. In the excised copies of v. 3 new passages were introduced to supply the omissions on p. 1328-1331, and the space between p. 1419 and 1538 was filled by four new leaves paged respectively 1419 and 1420, 1421 and 1490, 1491 and 1536, 1537 and 1538.
• -  Vol. 1: [10], 250; [4], 202, [2] p.; vol. 2: 61, [13], 183, [1]; 464 [i.e. 456], [56] p.; vol. 3: [8], 1592 [i.e. 1491], [60] p.
• -  Includes: A description of Scotland / Hector Boece, 1587. The Irish history / Giraldus Cambrensis, 1587. Issued together.
• -  STC (2nd ed.) 13569
• -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1250A
• -  National union catalog (pre-1956 imprints), NH 0458206 (vol. 251, p. 287-288)
• -  Includes index.
• -  LC has excised copy, with imperfections: first blank leaf, letter of dedication, table, and last 2 p. of vol. 1 wanting; the letter is replaced with two copies of a nineteenth century printing, tipped in. The title page of vol. 2 is made up from an engraved t.p. from a copy of Historiae Rerum Belgicarum (Frankfurt, 1580), with the center excised and replaced in ms.
• -  Special Files Project; vb59 12-19-2007
• -  LAC knj 2019-02-22 no edits (4 cards)
• -  LAC rwp 2019-03-07 review

Medium

• 3 v. in 2 ; 37 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

• DA130 .H732
• DA130 .H732 1587a Another issue. Expurgated copy. Collation follows Lowndes, except that the "Dedication to the reader" (in v. 1) precedes rather than follows the text of "The historie of England." Rosenwald copy, with bookplate of Howard C. Levis. Includes: A description of Scotland / Hector Boece, 1587. The Irish history / Giraldus Cambrensis, 1587. Issued together.

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/Rosenwald.1250v1-2
• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/Rosenwald.1250v3

Library of Congress Control Number

• 02022803

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• https://lccn.loc.gov/02022803

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