Shelfmark
Gc.1.11
Author
Title
The church-history of Britain; from the birth of Jesus Christ, untill the year M. DC. XLVIII. Endeavoured by Thomas Fuller..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed for John Williams at the signe of the Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard,, Anno 1655..
Physical description
[8], 171, [9], 200, (153)-(199), [1], 201-377, [1], 371-375, 384-427, [9], 235, [9], 114, [2], 115-115 [i.e. 116], [2], 117-119, 108-109, 122-238, [10], 172, 22, [20] p., [5] leaves of plates, : ill., coats of arms, map ; 35 cm. (fol.)
Note
In eleven books. The second, sixth, seventh, ninth and eleventh books have divisional title-pages with continuous pagination and register; the tenth book has a divisional title-page but with separate pagination; the third and eighth books have separate dated title-pages and separate pagination; the fourth and fifth books have separate dated title-pages with continuous pagination and register.
Note
Appended to the main work are Fuller's "The history of the University of Cambridge since the conquest. Printed in the year of Our Lord, 1655." ([8], 172 pages), "The history of Waltham-Abby in Essex, founded by King Harold. London, printed in the year, M.DC.LV." (22, [2] pages) and "An index of the most remarkable persons and passages in this book".
Note
Errors in pagination, including the following: 194 and 199 (gathering (Cc)) misumbered "199" and "194"; 116 (Pppp3v) misnumbered "115".
Note
Includes five leaves of plates, two of which may be bound folded: [1] Coats of arms, headed "The seales of armes of all the mitred abbeys in England"; [2] Coats of arms, captioned "The Knights joined with [th]e Monkes of Ely by Willia[m] [th]e Conqueror" (double-page or folded); [3] Lichfield Cathedral signed "Sam: Kyrk pinxit, W Hollar: sculp:"; [4] Lichfield cathedral, side elevation, signed "Samuel Kirke delin: Ro: Vaughan sculp:" and [5] Map of Cambridge, showing the colleges, dated 1634 (double-page or folded).
Note
Signatures: a⁴ A-E⁴ F² G-Y⁴ Aa-Nn⁴ Oo² Pp-Qq⁴ Rr² ²Rr-Zz⁴ (²Rr4 blank) (Aa)-(Ll)⁴ Ccc⁴ (Ddd)-(Zzz)⁴ (aaa)-(ggg)⁴ (hhh)² [2paragraph]⁴ Aaa⁶ Bbb-Zzz⁴ (Aaa)-(Ggg)⁴, ²Aaa⁴ Bbbb-Yyyy⁴ Zzzz² (Aaaaa)-(Bbbbb)⁴ (Cccc)-(Gggg)⁴ (Hhhh)² ((Hhhh)2 blank) aaaaa⁴ Aaaaa-Rrrrr⁴ Ssss-Xxxx⁴ Yyyy² 6A-6C⁴ (6C4 blank) [paragraph]-[2 paragraph]⁴ [3 paragraph]².
Note
Title pages and text are set within single-rule borders; woodcut title-page ornaments (crowns).
Note
Head- and tail-pieces: initials containing coats of arms (and some historiated); printed marginalia.
Note
For a detailed description see Lowndes.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R14493
Citation/references note
Wing, F2416
Citation/references note
Lowndes, volume 1, pages 846-847
Provenance
Page facing title-page inscribed "Dedi Coll[egi]o Eton. Gul. Donne A.M. rector de Sandford Courtny in Devon. Ex libris M[agist]ri Tho. Horne nuper vicepræpositi ei[us]dem Coll[eg]i. 1720". Given in 1720 by William Donne of Sandford Courtney from the books of Thomas Horne, Vice-Provost of Eton 1697-1720.
Provenance
18th century engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on verso of title page.
Binding
17th century English calf binding ; blind-tooled borders formed of double fillets with two double fillets parallel to spine; six raised bands; ms. spine title in second compartment.
Copy-specific note
Previously Dn.2.09.
Copy-specific note
Extensive ms. annotations by Thomas Horne on front free-endpaper and final endpapers.
Subject
Subject
Great Britain Church history 449-1066 Early works to 1800
Subject
Great Britain Church history Early works to 1800.
Subject
Waltham Abbey (England) Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Williams, John, ? - d. 1683 publisher.
Added entry--name
Fuller, Thomas, 1608 - 1661 History of the University of Cambridge snce the conquest.
Added entry--name
Fuller, Thomas, 1608 - 1661 History of Waltham-Abby in Essex, founded by King Harold.
Added entry--name
Donne, William, ? - fl. 1720 former owner.
Added entry--name
Horne, Thomas, ? - d. 1720 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B46542