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Holinshed, Raphael (1525-1582) The First, Second [and Third] Volumes of Chronicles.
London: Printed at the expenses of John Harison, George Bishope, Rafe Newberie, Henrie Denham, & Thomas Woodcocke, 1587.
Second revised edition, two large folio volumes; the first volume (comprising volumes one and two) lacking preliminary leaf A1 and blank R6; second volume with cancelled leaves as called for affecting signatures Qq, Rr & Ss, small hole in H1, minor marginal stains, with divisional title pages with woodcut compartment; bound in full slightly later mottled calf, worn and rubbed, housed in folding box, purchased from Quaritch with collation notes inside back board, 13 3/8 x 9 1/4 in.; third volume lacking seven preliminary leaves (A1-5, B2 and B6) and final seven leaves; with numerous cancelled leaves as called for (details available upon request); L4 with large horizontal tear and small section of blank margin torn away; extant preliminary leaves with marginal and corner paper repairs; inner gutter corners to signatures S and T with paper repairs; Dd2 with vertical tear affecting approximately twelve lines mended on verso; Mm6 with short vertical tear mended affecting about six lines; tear with loss to blank bottom margin and corner of Pp6 mended; 4D4 & 4D5 blank bottom corners torn away and mended; large tear to 5T2 & 5T5 (pages 1170/1171 & 1174/1175, early pages in the section dedicated to the life of Queen Elizabeth I) repaired on verso; with other stains, tears and signs of wear; bound in modern brown half morocco and buckram boards, housed in a buckram folding case, 14 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.
[Together with] Stephen Booth's The Book Called Holinshed's Chronicles, San Francisco: Adrian Wilson for the Book Club of California, 1968, one of fifty-five copies containing an original leaf from the 1587 edition, with original prospectus inserted.
"The first continuous and authoritative narrative account of British history written in the vernacular" (DLB). Holinshed's work was also the principal source for Shakespeare's plays on English history. Portions of the text dealing with Anglo-Scottish relations were replaced with expurgated text by order of the Privy Council.
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