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CHRONICLES -- Thomas LANQUET (1521-1545), continued by Thomas COOPER (1517?-1594) and Robert CROWLEY (1518?-1588). An Epitome of Cronicles ... to the reigne of Quene Elizabeth. London: [William Seres for] Thomas Marshe, 1559. 4° (181 x 133mm). Black letter. Woodcut initials. With the extra leaf in quire 2R, the final two quires with irregular catch-letters, both described as 4G. (Quire B of the table heavily stained, quire B of the main text waterstained at outer margin, B4 and 2Q3 with piece torn from outer margin resulting in slight loss, N4 repaired at lower margin, 2R4 soiled and affected by paper fault, some marginal waterstaining and thumb-soiling elsewhere, 2Z2 and 2Z4 misbound, some repairs to the last quire.) 19th-century calf (rebacked). A piracy of the first edition of 1549, repudiated by Cooper. STC 15217.5
Caius SALLUSTIUS CRISPUS (86-34 B.C.). Here begynneth the famous Cronicle of Warre, whyche the Romaynes hadde agaynst Jugurth usurper of the Kyngedome of Numidie. Translated into English by Alexander Barclay (1475?-1552). London: Jhon Waley, 1557. 4° (184 x 131mm). (x2-2D1 wormed at outer margin, 2D2 with paper flaw, final leaves soiled at margins.) Later 19th-century gilt-panelled calf, red speckled edges. Reprinted from the 1520 edition, and issued by Waley with Constatius Felicius The Conspiracie of Catiline (not present in this copy). STC 10752 (2nd part only); together with John Hardyng The Chronicle ... in metre, from the first begynnyng of Englande, London: Richard Grafton, 1543, 4° (title in facsimile, some leaves remargined), 19th-century calf. FIRST EDITION. STC 12766.7. (3)
Caius SALLUSTIUS CRISPUS (86-34 B.C.). Here begynneth the famous Cronicle of Warre, whyche the Romaynes hadde agaynst Jugurth usurper of the Kyngedome of Numidie. Translated into English by Alexander Barclay (1475?-1552). London: Jhon Waley, 1557. 4° (184 x 131mm). (x2-2D1 wormed at outer margin, 2D2 with paper flaw, final leaves soiled at margins.) Later 19th-century gilt-panelled calf, red speckled edges. Reprinted from the 1520 edition, and issued by Waley with Constatius Felicius The Conspiracie of Catiline (not present in this copy). STC 10752 (2nd part only); together with John Hardyng The Chronicle ... in metre, from the first begynnyng of Englande, London: Richard Grafton, 1543, 4° (title in facsimile, some leaves remargined), 19th-century calf. FIRST EDITION. STC 12766.7. (3)
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