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Author
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Date published
1579
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Publisher
Imprinted at London : by Thomas Vautroullier and Iohn VVight , 1579.
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Subject
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Accession number
83232869
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Class
SR - OS - 93.1/
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Language
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Physical description
[16], 1175, [1] p. ; 2°.
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Credit line
CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
General note: First leaf is blank. Signatures: *8 A-5F6. Contains "The lives of Annibal and Scipio African (attributed to Donato Acciajuoli) translated into French by Charles de la Sluce, and Englished by Thomas North" (p. 1131-1172) and "The comparison of Annibal with P. Scipio African" (p. 1173-1175) by Simon Goulart. Later editions contain still further interpolations.-- NUC pre-1956 imprints. Numerous errors in paging. Colophon reads: Imprinted at London by Thomas Vautrollier, dvvelling in the Blacke Friers by Ludgate. *1-A1 damaged at outer, upper and lower edges and expertly patched [in 1986]; margins and running titles cropped on several leaves, slightly affecting text; ink marks and smudges throughout UK-SuSCL Cited in: STC (2nd ed.), 20066 Pforzheimer, 801 Format of surrogate: Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1982. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1712:12). Ownership and custodial history: MS. ink inscriptions on tp. and *i: recording gift [c.1580] from Bp. of Chester to Henry Stanley, 4th Earl Derby; gift by Alice, wife of 5th Earl of Derby to William[-]; "Edwd. Stanly, 1611"; "William Hodgkinson"; "Edward Hodgkinson Booke Anno Domm 1649"; "Henry Wiglesworth"; full notes on provenance on sheet in box; purchased 1985 from Pickering and Chatto UK-SuSCL Binding Information: Modern full calf in box, by Maltby Oxford 1986; replaced late 19th cent. amateur binding retained in its own box