Chronicle.- Lanquet (Thomas) Coopers chronicle contenynge the vvhole

Chronicle.- Lanquet (Thomas) Coopers chronicle contenynge the vvhole discourse of the histories as well of thys realme, as all other countreis, black letter, decorative woodcut title border, woodcut initials, occasional contemporary ink marginalia, title repaired with small loss to blank margin, pp. 337 repaired without loss, last two ff. defective with missing text in manuscript, some marginal staining, later calf, rebacked, [ESTC S108257; STC 15218], 4to, [in the house late Thomas Berthelettes], 1560. ***Early edition of Coopers Chronicle dated 1560. Lanquet's work was unfinished on his death and was later completed and extended to encompass Elizabeth's reign by Thomas Cooper of Magdalen College School, Oxford. Provenance: Sir John Thomas Stanley (bookplate).

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