Gc.8.33 - Gc.8.34
[Anglica historia]
Polydori Vergilii Vrbinatis Anglicæ historiæ libri vigintisex. Ab ipso autore postremùm iam recogniti, ádque amussim, salua tamen historiæ veritate, expoliti. Indices rerum singularum & vtiles & copiosos, in operis calce adiectos reperies..
Polydori Vergilii Urbinatis Anglicae historiae libri vigintisex
Portion of title: Anglicæ historiæ libri vigintisex
Polydori Vergilij Vrbinatis Anglicae historiae libri vigintisex
Gandavi : Excudebat Cornelius Manilius, Anno Do. 1556-1557 [i.e. 1558.].
2 v. ; 14 cm. (8vo)
Volume 2 is dated 1557; the colophon to v.2 is dated 1558.
Pagination: v.1: [8], 815, [1] p.; v.2: [2], 818-1743, [127] p.
Includes book 27, covering the reign of Henry VIII.
The epitome ends with the accession of Queen Elizabeth.
Pagination: v.1: [8], 815, [1] p.; v.2: [2], 818-1743, [127] p.
Both title pages with woodcut (printer's?) device on title page; device repeated on verso of final leaf of v.2; woodcut initials.
Engraved armorial bookplate recording donation to Eton College in 1731 by Edward Waddington; 18th-century engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Inscriptions at head of both title pages in Hebrew and Arabic letters (the former cropped in binding in vol. 2); unread.
?17th century limp parchment laced case binding, laced at head and tail and three sewing stations; yapp edges; remains of two pairs of ties.
Previous Eton shelfmark: Dp.6.12 - Dp.6.13.
Monarchy Great Britain History Early works to 1800.
Great Britain History.
Great Britain Kings and rulers Early works to 1800.
Manilius, Cornelius, fl. 1548 - 1558 printer.
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Belgium Ghent.
lat
B53230