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Here begynneth a shorte & a breue table on these Cronycles ...

Worde, Wynkyn de, -1534?, printer.; Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.; Elliot, Walter, 1803-1887, former owner.; Renwick, Robert, active 18th century, former owner.; Scott, James, active 18th century, former owner.; Wills, John, former owner.; Whit, Wiliam, former owner.; Perkyns, Thom, former owner.; Roden, Robert Jocelyn, Earl of, 1731-1797, former owner.
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Title
Here begynneth a shorte & a breue table on these Cronycles ...
Uniform title
Chronicles of England.
Created/published
[London] : And newely in the ye[a]r of Our Lord God MCCCClxxxxvij enpryntid at Westmestre by Wynken de Worde, [1497]
Description
[404] p. ; 28 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Worde, Wynkyn de, -1534?, printer.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Elliot, Walter, 1803-1887, former owner.
Renwick, Robert, active 18th century, former owner.
Scott, James, active 18th century, former owner.
Wills, John, former owner.
Whit, Wiliam, former owner.
Perkyns, Thom, former owner.
Roden, Robert Jocelyn, Earl of, 1731-1797, former owner.
Note
Title from incipit of table (leaf 2A1v).

Imprint from colophon.

"The descrypcyon of Englonde" (STC 13440b) is considered part 2 of this. --STC

Signatures: 2A⁶ a-z⁶ [con]⁶ A-H⁶ I⁴.

Woodcut initials.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S116781
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 9996
Duff 102
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C-482
GW 6675
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
STC 9996 copy 1, pt. 1
Folger-specific note
HH53/11. Imperfect: leaves 2A1-2A2, 2A4 wanting, supplied in manuscript; parts of 'tabula' supplied in manuscript; leaf v5 torn, affecting text; some leaves frayed and repaired; stained. Manuscript notes in brown ink throughout the volume; tipped in at front are: a leaf containing bibliographical information about the volume signed by George Bullen of the British Museum and 2 letters from Bullen to Sir Walter Elliott, all dated 1876; advertisement for "Caxton Commemoration Volume" with facsimile of a leaf of the Dits des philosophes, 1477 ed., inserted at end of the volume. In a later goatskin binding. Provenance: autographs in colophon: "James Scott writer in Jedburgh 29 July 1747" and "Den[n]ys [...?]"; inscription on n4v: 'Robert Renwick his Book' dated 1759 (most of the notes are in his hand); letter tipped in at front from previous owner William Oliver to 'Sir Walter Elliott K.C.S.I. of Wolfelee, Hawick', dated January 1874, offers speculation about other former owners; Sotheby sale, 29-30 April 1920:433; collated by Max Privett at Quaritch, 5 May 1920; George Henderson - William Oliver - Sir Walter Elliott - Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 9996 copy 2, pt. 1
Folger-specific note
HH53/12. Imperfect: wanting gathering 2A and leaves k2-3, t1,6; stained; some leaves torn and repaired. Manuscript notes in margins, sometimes cropped; manuscript markings; words 'pope' and 'Thomas of Canterbury' crossed out in red pencil. Provenance: inscriptions: on a41r: 'John Wills [or Wiles?]; on s5v: 'Wiliam Whit'; on I4v: 'Thys his Thom p[er]kyns booke'; on front pastedown is printed label with shelfmark added in brown ink: 'Case B Shelf 13'; bookplate of Earl of Roden; Harmsworth copy

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