The Description of Scotland, Written at the first by Hector Boetius in Latine, and afterward translated into the Scottish Speech by John Bellenden Archdeacon of Murrey, and now finally into English by R.H. Whereupon is inferred the historie of Scotland, conteining the beginning, increase, proceeding, continuance, acts and government of the Scotish nation, from the originall thereof unto the yeare 1571, gathered and written in English by Raphaell Holindshead: and continued from 1571 to 1585, by others

Raphael Holinshed

Edité par Holinshed, Harrison, Jooker et al, London, 1587

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A good copy of the Scottish part of Holinshed's Chronicles. First published in 1577, this work was revised and reissued (after censorship) in 1587. This is the 1587 reissue - said to have been used by Shakespeare in writing Macbeth. This copy is in a recent full calf binding with a panelled design to the boards with gilt titles and date. It has minimal wear. New endpapers and intial and final blanks have been added. Contains: decorative title page dated 1585, with some professioanl repair to the side edge; dedication pp 3-4; Contents list p5; authorship p6; The description of Scotland, pp7-23 (blank verso); title page - The Historie of Scotland dated 1585; dedication p 27-28; The Historie of Scotland pp 29-464; first table alphabeticall 12 pp; second table alphabeticall 15pp; finis. These two index sections do not cover Scotland - the third and fourth tables are missing together with the Colophon. There are 2 problems with the collation. The leaf with 325/6 is missing and has been replaced with a blank sheet. A fascimile of this leaf is loose in the book. There is considerable mispagination with pp 430-439 - part of the havoc created by censorship of the work at the time. The pagination is: 430-436 (tie works), 437-432 (tie does not work - pp 438/431 should be after 437 and are missing but supplied loose in facsimile) - 433-439 (tie works). Overall the contents are in very good clean condition with the occasional small stain or mark (ink, ?drink at 98/9). However pp 419-424 are in much more fragile condition suggesting that they were added in from another volume. There is a large ink splatter affecting the gutter and some of the text in the lower part on pp 419-424 although all the text is readable. Side edges are browned and fragile in this section and there are some paper repairs on pp 421/2. There is a small burn hole in the text at pp 389/90 and tiny burn holes in the gutter of pp 401/2. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images.

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• Titre: The Description of Scotland, Written at the first by Hector Boetius in Latine, and afterward translated into the Scottish Speech by John Bellenden Archdeacon of Murrey, and now finally into English by R.H. Whereupon is inferred the historie of Scotland, conteining the beginning, increase, proceeding, continuance, acts and government of the Scotish nation, from the originall thereof unto the yeare 1571, gathered and written in English by Raphaell Holindshead: and continued from 1571 to 1585, by ...
• Éditeur: Holinshed, Harrison, Jooker et al, London
• Date de parution: 1587
• Reliure: Full-Leather
• Édition: 2nd Edition
• État de l'article: Good
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