Flores historiarum / per Matthaeum Westmonasteriensem collecti, praecipuè de rebus Britannicis ab exordio mundi vsque ad annum Domini 1307.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Chronica majora
Main Authors: Paris, Matthew, 1200-1259 (Author)
Rishanger, William, 1250?-1312? (Author)
Other Authors: Parker, Matthew, 1504-1575 (Editor)
Roger, of Wendover, -1236
Marsh, Thomas, active 1554-1587 (Printer)
Surtees, Robert, 1799-1834 (Former owner)
Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824 (Engraver)
Language:Latin
Published: Londini [London] : Ex officina Thomae Marshij, Anno Domini 1570.
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Ownership and Custodial History:
MSU: Armorial bookplate of Robert Surtees on front paste-down, engraved by Samuel John Neele; additional label for the Mainsforth Library above. Surtees was "best known for his substantial and important history of Durham and the Surtees Society founded in his honour; he built a large library at the family seat, Mainsforth"--Bookseller's description.
MSU: Contemporary full-page Latin inscription on title leaf verso, continuing on to first page of index; manicules throughout.
MSU: Later ink annotation on third front fly-leaf verso citing William Beloe's "Anecdotes of literature and scarce books."
MSU: Bookseller's markings (including code) on front fly-leaf verso.
Bookseller's description and photocopy of pages from 238 to 241, available in MSS466 Box 6 folder 165.
Local Note:
MSU: Possibly an early state of this issue, without the additional leaf inserted after 3T1.
MSU: Index bound at front; lacking the final blank leaf.
MSU: Paper defect in leaf V6 resulted in a tear, affecting printing.
Binding Information:
MSU: 18th-century mottled calf; red leather spine labels.
Physical Description:10 unnumbered pages, 440, 466 pages, 22 unnumbered pages ; 29 cm (folio)
Variant Title:
Flores historiarvm.
Format: Book

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