Shelfmark
Gn.2.01
Author
Title
The life and raigne of King Henry the Eighth. Written by the Right Honourable Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury..
Varying form of title
The life and reign of King Henry VIII
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed by E.G[riffin II and others] for Thomas Whitaker, and are to be sold at his shop, at the Kings Arms in Pauls Church-Yard., 1649..
Physical description
[10], 79, 90-203, [19], 185-404, 369-575, [11] p. : port. ; 29 cm. (Fol.)
Note
Signatures: A⁴ [chi]² (-[chi]1), B-R⁴, S-X⁶, Y⁸, Z¹⁰, 2A-N⁴, 2O-Y⁶, 2Z-4C⁴, 4D⁶, (-4D6).
Note
[Chi]2 is "An analyticall character or dissection of Henry the Eighth", by James Howell.
Note
Printer's name from Pforzheimer catalogue.
Note
Title page in red and black, with device.
Note
Woodcut initials, head and tail pieces.
Note
With frontispiece portrait (plate) of Henry VIII, signed "T. Cecill sculp".
Note
Text and register continuous.
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), H1504
Citation/references note
Pforzheimer, 463
Citation/references note
ESTC, R15909
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Major General Villiers Hatton (1852-1914) on inner front board.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton School Library, covering a previous School Library ink stamp on first flyleaf recto.
Binding
?17th-century panelled brown calfskin over pasteboards. Triple blind fillets along the borders of the covers. Spine with five raised bands decorated with blind fillets. Single endbands with ?blue thread.Texblock round and tinted red; note in black ink towards the top edge ("Henry 8"). Endpapers of undecorated laid paper; pastedowns missing; printed waste (text identified by running header: "The Life and Death of Mahomet"); two flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
Former shelfmarks: D:8.12, 1.F.8, V.4.153.
Copy-specific note
Bookseller's information on first flyleaf verso, now almost completely missing. Note about the price: £2.10.0.
Subject
Henry, 1640 - 1660 VIII, King of England,
Subject
Great Britain History Henry VIII, 1509-1547.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Griffin, Edward, ? - -1652 printer.
Added entry--name
Whitaker, Thomas, ? - 1650? bookseller.
Added entry--name
Cecil, Thomas, active 1630 - ? engraver.
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 Major General, former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B50834