HALLE, Edward (1499-1547). [Chronicle]. The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke beginnyng at the Tyme of Kyng Henry the Fowerth... to ye Reigne of... Kyng Henry the Eyght... Whereunto is added to Euery Kyng a Seuerall Table. London: Richard Grafton [and Steven Mierdman], 1550. Thick 2 o (262 x 180 mm). Collation : A 4 A 8 B-E 6 ff 2 a-g 6 h 8 I 2 a-q 6 r 8 s 4 A-I 6 K 8 L 4 AA-DD 6 aa-ee 6 ff 8 aaa-iii 6 kkk 8 lll 4 a-Z 6 . (A1r title, A1v blank, A2r-A3r Dedication to Edward VI, A3v Richard Grafton To the Reader, A4r The names of the authors, A4v The names of the histories conteigned in this volume; A 4 A 8 B-E 6 Henry IV ff 2 table 34 leaves; a-g 6 , h 8 Henry V I 2 table 52 leaves; a-q 6 r 8 Henry VI s 4 table, [s4 blank] 108 leaves; A-I 6 , K 8 Edward IV L 4 table [L4 blank] 66 leaves; AA-DD 6 Edward V aa1 table 25 leaves; aa2-aa6, bb-ee 6 ff1-ff6r Richard III ff6v-ff8v table [ff8 blank] 37 leaves; aaa-iii 6 , kkk 8 Henry VII [kkk8 blank] lll 4 table [lll4 blank] 66 leaves; a-V 6 , X1-X5v Henry VIII X5r-Z5v table [Z6 presumably blank lacking, 275 (of 276) leaves). 667 leaves (of 668). Printed in Black letter, title within an elaborate woodcut border composed of a genealogical tree and numerous portraits of the Kings and Queens of England (McKerrow and Ferguson 75), woodcut initials (Title laid down with loss to margins affecting woodcut border, C3, dd4, ggg3, H2 torn affecting text, a few sholder notes and running titles trimmed, some dampstaining, mostly marginal and heaviest at beginning and end.) Late 19th- or early 20th-century morocco ruled in black and gilt, with central gilt monogram and coronet of the Marquess of Lothian stamped on each cover, gilt edges by Orrock, Edinburgh. Provenance : "HA" (monogram ink stamp surmounted by crown on A1) -- Marquess of Lothian (monogram on covers) -- Newbattle Abbey Library (bookplate) -- A. Edward Newton (bookplate), sold in part II of his sale Parke-Bernet, New York, 15 May 1941, lot 209. Fourth issue of an important SHAKESPEARE SOURCE BOOK prohibited in 1555 by an Act of Parliament and not reprinted until 1809. This is one of the Chronicles of English History Shakespeare used for the source of his English plays, particularly Richard III and for the account of the battle of Castillon in Henry VI . Bartlett 38 and 194; Lowndes 984; STC 12723.
HALLE, Edward (1499-1547). [Chronicle]. The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke beginnyng at the Tyme of Kyng Henry the Fowerth... to ye Reigne of... Kyng Henry the Eyght... Whereunto is added to Euery Kyng a Seuerall Table. London: Richard Grafton [and Steven Mierdman], 1550. Thick 2 o (262 x 180 mm). Collation : A 4 A 8 B-E 6 ff 2 a-g 6 h 8 I 2 a-q 6 r 8 s 4 A-I 6 K 8 L 4 AA-DD 6 aa-ee 6 ff 8 aaa-iii 6 kkk 8 lll 4 a-Z 6 . (A1r title, A1v blank, A2r-A3r Dedication to Edward VI, A3v Richard Grafton To the Reader, A4r The names of the authors, A4v The names of the histories conteigned in this volume; A 4 A 8 B-E 6 Henry IV ff 2 table 34 leaves; a-g 6 , h 8 Henry V I 2 table 52 leaves; a-q 6 r 8 Henry VI s 4 table, [s4 blank] 108 leaves; A-I 6 , K 8 Edward IV L 4 table [L4 blank] 66 leaves; AA-DD 6 Edward V aa1 table 25 leaves; aa2-aa6, bb-ee 6 ff1-ff6r Richard III ff6v-ff8v table [ff8 blank] 37 leaves; aaa-iii 6 , kkk 8 Henry VII [kkk8 blank] lll 4 table [lll4 blank] 66 leaves; a-V 6 , X1-X5v Henry VIII X5r-Z5v table [Z6 presumably blank lacking, 275 (of 276) leaves). 667 leaves (of 668). Printed in Black letter, title within an elaborate woodcut border composed of a genealogical tree and numerous portraits of the Kings and Queens of England (McKerrow and Ferguson 75), woodcut initials (Title laid down with loss to margins affecting woodcut border, C3, dd4, ggg3, H2 torn affecting text, a few sholder notes and running titles trimmed, some dampstaining, mostly marginal and heaviest at beginning and end.) Late 19th- or early 20th-century morocco ruled in black and gilt, with central gilt monogram and coronet of the Marquess of Lothian stamped on each cover, gilt edges by Orrock, Edinburgh. Provenance : "HA" (monogram ink stamp surmounted by crown on A1) -- Marquess of Lothian (monogram on covers) -- Newbattle Abbey Library (bookplate) -- A. Edward Newton (bookplate), sold in part II of his sale Parke-Bernet, New York, 15 May 1941, lot 209. Fourth issue of an important SHAKESPEARE SOURCE BOOK prohibited in 1555 by an Act of Parliament and not reprinted until 1809. This is one of the Chronicles of English History Shakespeare used for the source of his English plays, particularly Richard III and for the account of the battle of Castillon in Henry VI . Bartlett 38 and 194; Lowndes 984; STC 12723.
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