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Historia breuis Thomae Walsingham, ab Edwardo Primo, ad Henricum Quintum

Title
Historia breuis Thomae Walsingham, ab Edwardo Primo, ad Henricum Quintum.
Publication
Londini : Excusum apud Henricum Binneman typographum, sub insigno Syrenis, anno Domini 1574.
Physical Description
[12], 382, 385-418, 417-458, [10] pages : illustrations, portraits ; 31 cm (folio)
Local Notes
BEIN DA153 +A82 Copy 1: 30 cm. Imperfect: leaf chi1 (blank) wanting. Armorial bookplate of William Walter Stubbs (son of Bishop William Stubbs, 1825-1901). Possible manuscript shelfmarks: C.1.9; A.3.1. No. 2 of 3 titles bound together, with binder's titles: Alfredi res gestae (on spine); Alfredi regis res gestae, et chronica Thomae Walsingham (in manuscript on cover).
BEIN DA153 +A82 Copy 2: Imperfect: leaf chi1 (blank) wanting. Variant setting of leaf K5r (page 117), with incorrect catchword: "proce-". Pencil manuscript annotation on front flyleaf suggests that this copy is from the Britwell Court Library. Bled autograph on title page appears to read: J. Schrutt. No. 2 of 3 titles bound together, with binder's title: Aelfredi res gestae, historia Walsingham.
BEIN Osborn fpa56: Imperfect: leaf chi1 (blank) wanting. Variant setting of leaf K5r (page 117), with incorrect catchword: "proce-". Armorial bookplate of Samuel James, Baron Waring. Manuscript shelfmark: No. 6. On title page: ownership stamp of Henry Fitz Alan (1512-1580), 12th Earl of Arundel; presentation inscription from the editor, "ex dono Matthei Cantuariensis Arcbiepiscopi". Pencil manuscript annotations. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya. No. 1 of 2 titles bound together, with binder's title: Historia Thomae Walsingh. Accompanied by: bookseller's description (1 leaf); and photocopy of the Historia breuis title page (1 leaf), housed separately.
Notes
Edited by Matthew Parker.
A variant setting of leaf K5r (page 117) has incorrect catchword: "proce-"; should read: "nec".
Signatures: [par.]⁴ [chi]² A-Y⁶ 2A-2P⁶ 2Q⁸ 2R⁴ (chi1, 2R4 blank).
Illustrated title page.
Includes index.
Issued with: Asser, John, -909. Aelfredi regis res gestae (STC 863); and Walsingham, Thomas, active 1360-1420. Ypodigma Neustriae vel Normanniae (STC 25005).
Variant and related titles
Historia brevis Thomae VValsingham, ab Edwardo Primo, ad Henricum Quintum.
Alfredi res gestae
Alfredi regis res gestae, et chronica Thomae Walsingham
Aelfredi res gestae, historia Walsingham
Historia Thomae Walsingh
Format
Books
Language
Latin
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 25004
English short title catalogue, S118092
Luborsky, R.S. Guide to English illustrated books, 1536-1603, 25004
Genre/Form
Chronicles.
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Annotations (Provenance) - 20th century.
Citation

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