The Annales or a General Chronicle of England: Chronicle of England from Brute until the Present Year of Christ
by STOWE, John (c. 1525-1605)
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About This Item
John Stowe, The Annales or a General Chronicle of England. London: Eliot's Court Press and F. Kingston for Ralph Newberry [n.d.1600].
Stowe's Annales were advertised as a Chronicle of England from Brute until the Present Year of Christ, recording "wise handling of weightie affaires, diligently to be marked and aptly to be applied."
Stowe's work served as a primary source for William Shakespeare and John Fletcher's play King Henry VIII.
Custom solander case and extraordinary Georgian mother-of-pearl folding magnifying glass.
Case shows some surface marks and misdates the book 1595. Fragmentary, lacking all preliminaries, a-c4, and several pages toward end. The text block is worn with some page sections now sprung with wear and chipping to the exposed page edges: old stains, age toning, foxing. Later reverse calf leather binding is worn with the boards detached. Some contemporary marginal ink annotations and an ownership inscription to the inside front board dated 1800 and former owner's ticket to the inside of the rear board. Georgian magnifying glass shows some marginal loss to the mother of pearl housing.
Reference: STC 23335
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- Bookseller
- The Alta Collection (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15
- Title
- The Annales or a General Chronicle of England
- Author
- STOWE, John (c. 1525-1605)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Eliot’s Court Press and F. Kingston for Ralph Newberry
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1600]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Shakespeare's Library;
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