Annales, or, A generall chronicle of England

Title

Annales, or, A generall chronicle of England

Alternative Title

Full title: Annales, or, A generall chronicle of England / begun by John Stow ; continued and augmented with matters forraigne and domestique, ancient and moderne, vnto the end of this present yeere, 1631 : by Edmund Howes, gent.

Creator

John Stow, 1525?-1605

Publisher

Londini : Impensis Richardi Meighen London : Printed by A. M. [Augustine Mathewes] for Richard Meighen, and are to bee sold at his shop at the Middle Temple Gate, neere Templebarre in Fleetstreet

Date

1631

Format

[20], 537, 540-819, 819-891, 891-897, p. 890, 900-901, 991-1014, 1003-1050, [2], 1057-1062, [4], 1063-1087, [31] p. ; 33 cm. (fol.)

Description

Frequent errors in pagination.

Title within architectural woodcut border.

Head- and tail-pieces; initials; printed marginal notes.

Printed in double columns.

Printed by John Beale, Bernard Alsop, Thomas Fawcett, and Augustine Mathewes. Beale printed the preliminaries, quires A-G, and 2A-3C; Alsop and Fawcett printed H-Z; Mathewes printed 3D-4S, cf. STC.

"An appendix or corollary of the foundations and descriptions of the three most famous vniversities of England : viz. Cambridge, Oxford, and London. The matters whereof concerning the former two vniuersities, were gathered by ... John Stovv ... and supplied and continued by Edmond Hovves ... The third was collected and written by Sir George Buck ... London, Printed by A. Matthevves, for R. Meighen, 1632": pages 1055-1087.

The contribution of Sir George Buck has title: The third vniuersitie of England : or, A treatise of the foundations of all the colledges, ancient schooles of priuiledge, and of houses of learning, and liberall arts, within and about the most famous citie of London ... By G.B. Knight. At London, Printed by A. Mathevves for R. Meighen, 1631.

Includes index.

Provenance

"Fbr. 4th 1704 Rec'ed then of my brother Edm: Tucker [in another hand: five pounds] five shills: in full for this book, per me Hum: Tucker"--[paragraph mark]1r ; "Edm. Tucker his book, 1704"-- [paragraph mark]1v.

Presented by Seymour Schulich [gift2015]

Contributor

Howes, Edmund, active 1607-1631.
Buck, George, Sir, between 1560 and 1563-1622 or 1623.
Alsop, Bernard, printer.
Beale, John, -1643, printer.
Fawcett, Thomas, active 1621-1643, printer.
Matthewes, Augustine, printer.
Meighan, Richard, bookseller.
Schulich, Seymour, former owner.
Schulich-Woolf Collection.

Language

English

Identifier

Dated 1631 .S89 folio
ESTC S117586
STC (2nd ed.), 23340

Files

Dated 1631 S89 folio.jpg

Collection

Citation

John Stow, 1525?-1605, “Annales, or, A generall chronicle of England,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed March 29, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/239.