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Chronicles of England [manuscript], ca. 1575.

Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598, former owner.; De Grey, Thomas Philip De Grey, Earl, 1781-1859, former owner.
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Title
Chronicles of England [manuscript], ca. 1575.
Description
58 leaves ; 33 x 23 cm
Associated name
Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598, former owner.
De Grey, Thomas Philip De Grey, Earl, 1781-1859, former owner.
Scope and content
Latin chronicle of England from Norman times to Richard II. Written in a fine italic hand with corrections and deletions in the same hand.
Language Note
In Latin.
Note
Signatures: B-L⁶.

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Provenance
Gulielmi Cecilii (William Cecil, signature on bottom of first page) -- Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey (bookplate).
Source of acquisition
Acquired from Thomas Thorp, Bookseller, Guildford, 1927, no. 383, lot 991.
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 1685.2
Genre/form
Manuscripts, Latin.
Chronicles.
Manuscripts (documents)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.

Call number
V.b.196
Folger accession
cs1685

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