Coopers chronicle : contenynge the vvhole discourse of the histories as well of thys realme, as all other countreis : with the succession of theyr kynges, the tyme of theyr raign, and what notable actes were done by the[m].

Coopers chronicle : contenynge the vvhole discourse of the histories as well of thys realme, as all other countreis : with the succession of theyr kynges, the tyme of theyr raign, and what notable actes were done by the[m].

Epitome of chronicles

Newely enlarged and augmented as well in the first parte wyth diuers profitable historries, as in the latter ende wyth the whole summe of those thynges that Paulus Iouius and Sleigdane hath written of late yers that is, now lately ouersene and with great dilligence corrected and augmented vnto the. vii. yere of the raigne of our most gracious Quene Elizabeth that nowe is.

[London] : [s.n.], anno 1565 the first day of Auguste.

[30], 375, '375', [8] leaves ; 20 cm (4to)

Originally published in 1549 as: An epitome of chronicles.

Place of publication from STC.

Includes index.

Recto running title reads: Lanquettes chronicle.

Signatures: [superscript pi]a² a⁴ b² c-d⁸ g⁴ h² A-2Z⁸, ²A⁸ ²C-D⁴.

Leaf a1 missigned "a.iii.".

Another issue of STC 15219, partly reset.

Signatures from DFo.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 15220
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S122052

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 15220 copy 1

Some gatherings in different setting of type from other copies matched here, i.e. Sig. 2Z3r, line 1 begins: 'Wiate was faine'; sig. E3r line 2: 'reigned'. T.p. torn at top, affecting text on verso; copy wormed, stained, and frayed. Provenance: Mostyn family library copy; pencilled Quaritch note; Harmsworth copy

HH129/30

STC 15220

STC 15220 copy 2

Some gatherings in different setting of type from other copies matched here, i.e. Sig. 2Z3r, line 1 begins: 'was faine'; sig. E3r line 2: 'reigned'. Gathering b misbound before sig. ²a2; t.p. torn and repaired. Manuscript notes: beginning with gathering 2M, years of the world and years of Christ added in manuscript in outer margins. Provenance: inscription on t.p.: 'Morton'; bookplate of Walter Sneyd

cs165

STC 15220.2

STC 15220 copy 3

Smedley. Some gatherings in different setting of type from other copies matched here, i.e. sig. E3r line 2: 'raygned'. Imperfect: wanting all before E3, leaves E7-8, 2A1, 2A8, and all after 2T8; cropped at head, affecting headlines; leaf V4 stained (possibly from leaf once pressed there). Manuscript notes in margins, cropped. Provenance: inscription on 2Q8v: 'Brian Burlison'; bookplate of W. T. Smedley

No case or accession number present

STC 15220.3