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The firste volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande : conteyning, the description and chronicles of England, from the first inhabiting vnto the conquest : the description and chronicles of Scotland, from the first origin

This, the first edition of a work commonly known as Holinshed's Chronicles, was issued under four variant imprints, each bearing the name of a different bookseller (J. Harrison, L. Harrison, J. Hunne, G. Bishop). According to Pforzheimer, "many copies have been made-up by later owners who combined parts having different imprints." The copy described herein is one such example, with part 1 bearing the imprint of John Harrison, and parts 2 (The historie of Ireland) and 3 (The chronicles of England) bear the imprint of John Hunne · Vol. 1: 'The historie of Englande' (caption title) begins new register and pagination. 'The historie of Scotlande' has separate title page, pagination, and register. 'The historie of Irelande ... vnto the yeare 1509. Collected by Raphaell Holinshed, and continued till the yeare 1547. by Richard Stanyhurst' has separate title page, foliation and register · Vol. 2 has title: 'The laste volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande'. A leaf foliated 1593 is inserted after p. 1592. 'A table seruing vnto both parts of the Chronicles of England' (caption title) has separate register · Signatures: vol. 1: ¶⁶ *² A-P⁸ Q⁶, r1, a-s⁸, t1; ²A² *b*² *a*-*b

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