Annales of England

Annales of England

Full Title: Annales of England : containing the reignes of Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixt, Queene Mary / written in Latin by the Right Honorable and Right Reverend Father in God, Francis Lord Bishop of Hereford ; thus Englished, corrected and inlarged with the author's consent, by Morgan Godwyn

Godwin, Francis, 1562-1633 author

London : Printed by A. Islip, and W. Stansby

1630

[6], 394 [i.e. 294], 293-342, pages : ports. ; 26 cm. (fol.)

A translation of: 'Rerum Anglicarum Henrico VIII, Edvvardo VI, et Maria regnantibus, annales.',
"Although entered to both pr[inter]s, the whole book was app[arently] pr[inted] by Stansby."--STC,
The sections on Edward VI and Mary each have separate dated title page;
pagination and register are continuous,
The first leaf and the last leaf are blank,
Error in pagination: page 294 (first count) mis-numbered 394,
The portraits of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary are on the versos of the title pages of the respective histories.
The portrait of Henry VIII (A4 verso) is signed: "T. Cecill sculp.", the other portraits are unsigned,
Leaf M2 is a cancel,
Titles within ornamental border,
Woodcut initials,
head- and tail-pieces,
With errata on verso of penultimate leaf

Bookplate: Ex Libris Daniel Robert Woolf, FRSC,
Bound in limp vellum with ties,
Title page is in poor condition and has been repaired

Gift of Daniel Woolf,
Godwin, Morgan, 1602 or 1603-1645, translator,
Cecil, Thomas, active 1630, engraver,
Islip, Adam, -1639, printer,
Stansby, William, active 1597-1638, printer

English

Dated 1630 .G63,
Short Title Catalogue (2nd ed.) 11947,
English Short Title Catalogue S106901