History of England
Title
History of England
Alternative Title
Full title: The history of Britain, that part especially now call'd England : from the first traditional beginning, continu'd to the Norman Conquest / collected out of the antientest and best authours thereof by John Milton.
Creator
John Milton, 1608-1674.
Publisher
London : Printed by J.M. for James Allestry, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard.
Date
MDCLXX [1670].
Format
[4], 308, [56] pages : portrait ; 21 cm
Description
Running title reads: The history of England.
Includes index and bibliographical references.
Head pieces.
With a final errata leaf.
Frontispiece portrait (A1v) signed: Gul. Faithorne ad vivum delin. et sculpsit.
Printed by John Macock--cf. Wing.
Includes index and bibliographical references.
Head pieces.
With a final errata leaf.
Frontispiece portrait (A1v) signed: Gul. Faithorne ad vivum delin. et sculpsit.
Printed by John Macock--cf. Wing.
Provenance
Inscription on fly-leaf: "To Lord Coleridge from his neighbour & friend, F.B. Dickinson, Ottery St. Mary, 19th August 1902"; bookplate of Bernard Lord Coleridge; illustration of Milton's house mounted on fly-leaf verso; two leaves of ms notes about portrait bound in after fly-leaf.
Bound in full calf, blind-ruled and stamped with cornerpieces; hinges fragile, spine label lacking.
Purchased on the Schulich-Woolf fund, April 2016.
Bound in full calf, blind-ruled and stamped with cornerpieces; hinges fragile, spine label lacking.
Purchased on the Schulich-Woolf fund, April 2016.
Contributor
Macock, John, printer
Faithorne, William, 1616-1691, engraver
Coleridge, Bernard Coleridge, Baron, 1851-1927, former owner
Schulich-Woolf Collection
Faithorne, William, 1616-1691, engraver
Coleridge, Bernard Coleridge, Baron, 1851-1927, former owner
Schulich-Woolf Collection
Language
English
Identifier
Dated 1670 .M55
ESTC R13663
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) M2119.
Pforheimer, 710
Shawcross, J. Milton, 306
Coleridge, K.A. Catalogue of the Milton collection in the Turnbull Library, |c 24a
ESTC R13663
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) M2119.
Pforheimer, 710
Shawcross, J. Milton, 306
Coleridge, K.A. Catalogue of the Milton collection in the Turnbull Library, |c 24a
Relation
Files
Collection
Citation
John Milton, 1608-1674., “History of England,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed April 25, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/19.