Lot 43
Hardyng (John) The chronicle of Ihon Hardyng, from the firste begynnyng of Englande, vnto the reigne of kyng Edward the fourth wher he made an end of his chronicle, part 1 only (of 2), Richard Grafton, 1543.
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Hardyng (John) The chronicle of Ihon Hardyng, from the firste begynnyng of Englande, vnto the reigne of kyng Edward the fourth wher he made an end of his chronicle, part 1 only (of 2), without all after G6, title within woodcut architectural border, small defect at blank lower edge, D8 with manuscript ink inscription to margin, lacking 8ff. (E1-8), top edge trimmed, endpapers loose or coming loose, eighteenth century calf, joints cracked but stitching firm, rubbed, 8vo, [STC 12767], Richard Grafton, 1543.
⁂ Without the "A continuacion of the chronicle of England", appended by Richard Grafton, taken from work by More and Vergil, which appears with a separate divisional title and within the foliation at 2A1 (following G6). Alison Hanham in her article 'The Two Editions of Grafton's Chronicle of John Hardyng' (Bibliographical Society of Australia & New Zealand, Bulletin, III (1979) ) claims that STC 12767 is the earlier of the two editions.
Description
Hardyng (John) The chronicle of Ihon Hardyng, from the firste begynnyng of Englande, vnto the reigne of kyng Edward the fourth wher he made an end of his chronicle, part 1 only (of 2), without all after G6, title within woodcut architectural border, small defect at blank lower edge, D8 with manuscript ink inscription to margin, lacking 8ff. (E1-8), top edge trimmed, endpapers loose or coming loose, eighteenth century calf, joints cracked but stitching firm, rubbed, 8vo, [STC 12767], Richard Grafton, 1543.
⁂ Without the "A continuacion of the chronicle of England", appended by Richard Grafton, taken from work by More and Vergil, which appears with a separate divisional title and within the foliation at 2A1 (following G6). Alison Hanham in her article 'The Two Editions of Grafton's Chronicle of John Hardyng' (Bibliographical Society of Australia & New Zealand, Bulletin, III (1979) ) claims that STC 12767 is the earlier of the two editions.
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