HOLINSHED, RAPHAEL. The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland. General title within woodcut ornamental border; profusion of woodcut text illustrations, with many repeats. [8], 124 [i. e., 126], [1] leaves, 289, [5], [8], 22, [2], 518, [56], 115, [8] pages, including blank *b*6. Mostly printed in black letter. Folio, 298x203 mm, contemporary calf, spine ends restored; general title darkened and slightly chipped along edges, spattered ink on next few leaves, occasional light marginal soiling, free endpapers creased. Signature of Richard Gervise dated 1748 on title, later 18th-century bookplate of Thomas Baillie, Wright in Dundee, on verso; 19th-century armorial bookplate of George Paterson of Castle Huntly, Esqr., on front pastedown. London: John Harrison, 1577