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

Title

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

Alternative Title

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: /

Creator

Grafton, Richard, -1572?,

Publisher

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

Date

1569

Format

[12], 192, [8]; [2], 1369, [43] pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 30 cm (folio)

Description

"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 Wlliam the Conquerour" has separate pagination, register, and title page dated 1568.
Includes indexes.
A few of the illustrations were cut by Virgil Solis.
Signatures: Vol. 1: pi⁶ A-Q⁶ R⁴ ; v. 2: A-Y⁶ 2A-2Y⁶ 3A-3Y⁶ 4A-4Y⁶ 5A-5Y⁶ 6A-6D⁶ 6E² a-b⁸ c⁶ (-c6)
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.
Some mispagination: page 98 and 112 of first volume mispaginated 89 and 121; pages 95, 106, 214, 403, 566, 571, 578, 583, 603-606, 884, 1041, 1053, and 1056 of second volume mispaginated 107, 118, 114, 402, 571, 566, 583, 578, 643-646, 874, 3041, 3053, and 1057.
Title within woodcut border showing Elizabeth enthroned. Printed in black-letter.
Woodcut head- and tail-pieces; decorated and historiated initials.
\5T6 and 6A3 in first settings.
Imperfect: lacking leaf [pi]3 and final gathering c from This seconde volume.
Signature of Wm. Collyns, 1659, on title-page of This seconde volume.

Provenance

Purchased on the Schulich-Woolf fund.

Contributor

Solis, Virgil, 1514-1562, engraver.
Denham, Henry, -1589?, printer.
Tottel, Richard, -1594, bookseller.
Toy, Humphrey, 1540?-1577, bookseller.
Collyns, Wm., former owner.

Language

English

Identifier

Folio Dated 1569 .G73

Files

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Collection

Citation

Grafton, Richard, -1572?, , “A chronicle at large and meere history of the affayres of Englande and kinges of the same,,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed March 28, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/749.