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Rerum Britannicarum, id est Angliae, Scotiae, vicinarumque insularum ac regionum : scriptores vetustiores ac praecipui

Title
Rerum Britannicarum, id est Angliae, Scotiae, vicinarumque insularum ac regionum : scriptores vetustiores ac praecipui.
Publication
Heidelbergae : [Hieronymus Commelinus], MDLXXXVII [1587]
Physical Description
[8], 1-348, 353-580, [12] pages ; 35 cm (folio)
Local Notes
BEIN By7A +587R: Imperfect: leaves *3-4 wanting. Printed waste in binding. Accompanied by: bookseller's description (1 leaf).
BEIN Osborn fpa52: 32 cm. Imperfect: leaf *6 (blank) wanting. Armorial binding of Sir George Stucley Stucley (1812-1900), with his autograph on title page. Possible manuscript shelfmark or initials on front pastedown: CA - TL; SP. Autograph of Wm. Wh. (William White?) on front pastedown. Armorial bookplate of Edward Shipperdson. Autograph of Gaignary[?] on title page. In manuscript on title page verso: R4188. Later manuscript annotations throughout in multiple hands, including English and French. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya. Accompanied by: bookseller's description (1 leaf).
Notes
Printed and edited by Hieronymus Commelinus, with his device on title page and name mentioned leaf [pi]2.
Signatures: [pi]⁴ A-G⁶ H⁴ I⁶ K⁴ L-Z⁶ a-f⁶ g⁴ h-z⁶ 2A-2C⁶ *⁶ ([pi]4, *6 blank).
Includes index.
Variant and related titles
Rervm Britannicarvm, id est Angliae, Scotiae, vicinarvmqve insvlarvm ac regionvm
Format
Books
Language
Latin
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Contents
(From title page) Galfredi Monumetensis, cognomento: Arturi, De origine & gestis regum Britanniae libri XII
Pontici Virunnii, Britannicae historiae libri VI quibus G. Monumetensis libros sex priores in epitomen redegit
Gildae Sapientis, De excidio & conquestu Britanniae epistola
Bedae Anglosaxonis, Historiae ecclesiasticae gentis Anglorum libri V
Continuatio eiusdem historiae, incerto auctore, libris III comprehensa, ac iam primum publicata
Gulielmus Neubricensis, De rebus Anglicis libri V
Ioannis Frossardi, Historiarum epitome, in qua de bellis inter Anglos & Gallos gestis, praecipue agitur.
References
Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), C 4641
Genre/Form
Chronicles.
Printed waste (Binding)
Armorial bindings (Binding)
Armorial bindings (Provenance)
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Annotations (Provenance) - 18th century.
Annotations (Provenance) - 19th century.
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