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*⁶ (*b*6 blank); ³A-2I⁸ ³2K⁴ ³2L-2M⁶ [fleuron]²; ⁴A-C⁸, ⁴D⁴; ⁵A-E⁸(-E5-E8), ⁵F-G⁸ ⁵H⁶ ⁵I², chi1; vol.2: ¶² t⁸(-t1) u-z⁸ A-4E⁸(4E4+1) 4F-4Y⁸ 4Z²; ²A-M⁴ N².

Title pages within decorated woodcut border, text printed in black letter in double columns. Tail pieces and decorated initials, some with vignettes

Vol. 1: [8], 124 [i.e. 126], [1] leaves, 289, [1]; [8], 518, [26] p., [2], 28 leaves, 115, [9] p.; v. 2: [4], 291-659, 700-981, 990-1592, [2], 1593-1876; [104] p., [1] folded leaf of plates

The folded map plate is bound-in after page 1868 of vol. 2

Errata leaf appended to vol. 1: 'Faultes and ouer sightes escaped in the printing of the Hystorie of Scotlande'

Errata leaves in vol. 2 bound in after p. 1876: 'Faultes and ouersightes escaped in the printing of the first part of the English historie before the Conquest'

Includes index

Boston Public Library. Catalogue of the Barton Collection

Carl H. Pforzheimer Library

English short title catalogue

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.)

Cataloged

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy quarterbound in modern brown morocco and papier tourniquet. The title is stamped in gilt on the spine. All text block edges are gilt. The armorial bookplates of the Barton Library and of William Simonds Higgs are present on the front pastedowns. A bookseller's description, from Thomas Rodd and annotated in the hand of T.P. Barton, along with another clipping, is present on the front pastedown of vol. 1. Early marginalia is present on various leaves