Grafton, Graftons abridgement of the chronicles of Englande, London, 1572, old calf

Grafton, Richard

Graftons abridgement of the chronicles of Englande, newely corrected and augmented, to thys present yere of our Lord 1572. [London: Richard Tottell, 1572]

8vo (141 x 90mm.), woodcut initials, woodcut illustration on Ee5v, later blind-tooled calf, lacking final leaf with colophon, occasional light staining, small stain on I1, small tear in R1, joints weak, spine chipped

A pocket edition of Grafton's famous chronicle, based on John Harding's fifteenth-century text, brought up to the present day and with an almanach added at the end. The first pocket edition appeared in 1562-1563, printed by Grafton's son-in-law, Richard Tottel, containing a detailed description of the accession of Elizabeth I.

LITERATURE:

STC 12152

PROVENANCE:

Oldfeld; Thomas Reynolds 1748; Mary Warner, inscriptions on title-page; John Reynolds of Newton, inscription on Ff1