Fabyan’s Chronicle (1559)
FABYAN, Robert (1470-1512)
The Chronicle of Fabian. London: John Kingston, 1559.
Source for Shakespeare’s Henry VI plays and Richard III. (See M. M. Reese, The Cease of Majesty: A Study of Shakespeare’s History Plays [London, 1961].)
Fabyan was Sheriff of London at the end of the 15th century. He was an amateur historian who expanded his personal diary into a full history of England, which he claimed to have completed in 1504, and it was published posthumously in 1516. A second edition in 1533 brought the narrative down to Henry VII and this third edition (1559) down to Queen Elizabeth.
Folio. 276 mm x 118 mm. Volume 1 only (of 2). Collation: A-B6, a-z6, A-G6, H4. [24] 369 pages [lacking title-page, supplied in manuscript on 19th-century wove paper, mistakenly listing printer as W. Rastell and publication date as 1533].
Early 20th-century smooth calf binding.
Pasted overslip on c5v correcting a printing error affixed by means of an old pin, unrecorded in any other known copy.
Signature d3r col. 1 line 7 reads “slayne” (other copies have “slain”) and sig. o1r col. 2 line 7 reads “English” (other copies have “Englishe”).
English black-letter printing with numerous engraved initials in the text and some contemporary manuscript annotations. Outer margins of fols. A2-4 extended with old paper, fore-edge margins of A5-B8 with rust corrosion, perhaps from early metal clasps.
Ownership inscription on the title-page: “John Evans his book 1842 July 22” and engraved bookplate. Ink inscription on front flyleaf: “John Poindexter Landers”
STC 10663
FABYAN, Robert (1470-1512)
The Chronicle of Fabian. London: John Kingston, 1559.
Source for Shakespeare’s Henry VI plays and Richard III. (See M. M. Reese, The Cease of Majesty: A Study of Shakespeare’s History Plays [London, 1961].)
Fabyan was Sheriff of London at the end of the 15th century. He was an amateur historian who expanded his personal diary into a full history of England, which he claimed to have completed in 1504, and it was published posthumously in 1516. A second edition in 1533 brought the narrative down to Henry VII and this third edition (1559) down to Queen Elizabeth.
Folio. 276 mm x 118 mm. Volume 1 only (of 2). Collation: A-B6, a-z6, A-G6, H4. [24] 369 pages [lacking title-page, supplied in manuscript on 19th-century wove paper, mistakenly listing printer as W. Rastell and publication date as 1533].
Early 20th-century smooth calf binding.
Pasted overslip on c5v correcting a printing error affixed by means of an old pin, unrecorded in any other known copy.
Signature d3r col. 1 line 7 reads “slayne” (other copies have “slain”) and sig. o1r col. 2 line 7 reads “English” (other copies have “Englishe”).
English black-letter printing with numerous engraved initials in the text and some contemporary manuscript annotations. Outer margins of fols. A2-4 extended with old paper, fore-edge margins of A5-B8 with rust corrosion, perhaps from early metal clasps.
Ownership inscription on the title-page: “John Evans his book 1842 July 22” and engraved bookplate. Ink inscription on front flyleaf: “John Poindexter Landers”
STC 10663
FABYAN, Robert (1470-1512)
The Chronicle of Fabian. London: John Kingston, 1559.
Source for Shakespeare’s Henry VI plays and Richard III. (See M. M. Reese, The Cease of Majesty: A Study of Shakespeare’s History Plays [London, 1961].)
Fabyan was Sheriff of London at the end of the 15th century. He was an amateur historian who expanded his personal diary into a full history of England, which he claimed to have completed in 1504, and it was published posthumously in 1516. A second edition in 1533 brought the narrative down to Henry VII and this third edition (1559) down to Queen Elizabeth.
Folio. 276 mm x 118 mm. Volume 1 only (of 2). Collation: A-B6, a-z6, A-G6, H4. [24] 369 pages [lacking title-page, supplied in manuscript on 19th-century wove paper, mistakenly listing printer as W. Rastell and publication date as 1533].
Early 20th-century smooth calf binding.
Pasted overslip on c5v correcting a printing error affixed by means of an old pin, unrecorded in any other known copy.
Signature d3r col. 1 line 7 reads “slayne” (other copies have “slain”) and sig. o1r col. 2 line 7 reads “English” (other copies have “Englishe”).
English black-letter printing with numerous engraved initials in the text and some contemporary manuscript annotations. Outer margins of fols. A2-4 extended with old paper, fore-edge margins of A5-B8 with rust corrosion, perhaps from early metal clasps.
Ownership inscription on the title-page: “John Evans his book 1842 July 22” and engraved bookplate. Ink inscription on front flyleaf: “John Poindexter Landers”
STC 10663