Life and raigne of K. Henrie the fourth

Life and raigne of K. Henrie the fourth

Full title: The first part of the life and raigne of King Henrie the IIII : extending to the end of the first yeare of his raigne / written by I.H.

Hayward, John, 1564?-1627

Imprinted at London : by Iohn Wolfe [i.e. Bernard Alsop and Thomas Fawcet], and are to be solde at his shop in Popes head Alley, neere to the Exchange

1599 [i.e. 1629?]

[8], 149, [3] pages ; 19 cm (4to)

The first 100 pages are devoted chiefly to the preceding reign of Richard II. Dedication signed: I. Hayvvarde. The imprint is false; printed by Bernard Alsop and Thomas Fawcet, 1629?--STC. Running title reads: The life and raigne of K. Henrie the fourth. For more information on the publication and physical differences between this and other editions, see William A. Jackson, "Counterfeit printing in Jacobean times", The Library, ser. 4, no. 15 (1934), p. 364-376, at p. 372-376. Discussion of the circumstances of publication, but with largely erroneous conjectures about the printing specifics of the various editions, can be found in The Library: ser. 2, no. 3 (1902), p. 13-23; ser. 4, no. 11 (1930), p. 212-24; and ser. 5, no. 11 (1956), p. 1-10. This edition has a square of fleurons on the title page; A2r, line 22 has "Teucer" with the first "e" inverted. Signatures: A-V? (V4 blank). Our library's copy lacks the final blank leaf.

Purchased on Schulich-Woolf fund.

Alsop, Bernard, printer attributed name.
Fawcett, Thomas, active 1621-1643, printer, attributed name.
Wolfe, Thomas, -1601. printer.

English

Dated 1629 .H39, STC (2nd ed.), 12997
Pforzheimer, 458
ESTC, S103910