Rerum Britannicarum, id est Angliae, Scotiae, vicinarumque insularum ac regionum scriptores vetustiores ac praecipui.
Commelinus, Hieronymus, 1550?-1597, editor, printer.; Pontico Virunio, Ludovico, -1520. Britannicae historiae libri VI.; Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735. Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum.; Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154. Historia regum Britanniae.; Gildas, 516?-570? Liber querulus de excidio Britanniae.; William, of Newburgh, 1136-1201? Historia rerum Anglicarum.; Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410? Chroniques.; Friedrich IV, Elector Palatine, 1574-1610, dedicatee.; D'Ewes, Simonds, Sir, 1602-1650, former owner.; Jones, Charles, -1640, former owner.; Pirie, Robert S., former owner.; Bourne, Nicholas, -1660, associated name.; Walley, Henry, associated name.; Wykes, Thomas, -1644, associated name.; Stationers' Company (London, England), associated name.
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Title
Rerum Britannicarum, id est Angliae, Scotiae, vicinarumque insularum ac regionum scriptores vetustiores ac praecipui.
Created/published
Heidelbergae : [Hieronymus Commelinus], MDLXXXVII [1587]
Description
[8], 348, 353-580, [12] p. ; 33 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Commelinus, Hieronymus, 1550?-1597, editor, printer.
Pontico Virunio, Ludovico, -1520. Britannicae historiae libri VI.
Friedrich IV, Elector Palatine, 1574-1610, dedicatee.
D'Ewes, Simonds, Sir, 1602-1650, former owner.
Jones, Charles, -1640, former owner.
Pirie, Robert S., former owner.
Bourne, Nicholas, -1660, associated name.
Walley, Henry, associated name.
Wykes, Thomas, -1644, associated name.
Stationers' Company (London, England), associated name.
Pontico Virunio, Ludovico, -1520. Britannicae historiae libri VI.
Friedrich IV, Elector Palatine, 1574-1610, dedicatee.
D'Ewes, Simonds, Sir, 1602-1650, former owner.
Jones, Charles, -1640, former owner.
Pirie, Robert S., former owner.
Bourne, Nicholas, -1660, associated name.
Walley, Henry, associated name.
Wykes, Thomas, -1644, associated name.
Stationers' Company (London, England), associated name.
Note
Edited and printed by Hieronymus Commelinus: see dedication on page [3].
Hieronymus Commelinus's device on title page.
The same setting of type, with an altered imprint, as that published: Lugduni : Apud Renatum Potelerium, MDLXXXVII
Signatures: pi⁴ A-G⁶ H⁴ I⁶ K⁴ L-Z⁶ a-f⁶ g⁴ h-z⁶ 2A-2C⁶ *⁶; pi4, *6 blank.
Tail-pieces, initials, marginal notes.
Hieronymus Commelinus's device on title page.
The same setting of type, with an altered imprint, as that published: Lugduni : Apud Renatum Potelerium, MDLXXXVII
Signatures: pi⁴ A-G⁶ H⁴ I⁶ K⁴ L-Z⁶ a-f⁶ g⁴ h-z⁶ 2A-2C⁶ *⁶; pi4, *6 blank.
Tail-pieces, initials, marginal notes.
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
(from title page) Galfredi Monumetensis, cognomento Arturi de origine & gestis regum Britanniae libri XII
Pontici Virunnii Britannicae historiae libri VI quibus G. Monumentensis libros sex priores in epitomen redegit
Gildae Sapientis, De excidio & conquestu Britanniae epistola
Bedae Anglosaxonis Historiae ecclesiasticae gentis Anglorum libri V
Continuatio eiusdem historiae, incerto auctore, libris III. comprehensa, ac iam primum publicata
Gulielmus Neubricensis De rebus anglicis libri V
Ioannis Frossardi Historiarum epitome, in qua de bellis inter Anglos & Gallos gestis, praecipue agitur.
Pontici Virunnii Britannicae historiae libri VI quibus G. Monumentensis libros sex priores in epitomen redegit
Gildae Sapientis, De excidio & conquestu Britanniae epistola
Bedae Anglosaxonis Historiae ecclesiasticae gentis Anglorum libri V
Continuatio eiusdem historiae, incerto auctore, libris III. comprehensa, ac iam primum publicata
Gulielmus Neubricensis De rebus anglicis libri V
Ioannis Frossardi Historiarum epitome, in qua de bellis inter Anglos & Gallos gestis, praecipue agitur.
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available.
Cited/described in
Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, S819
Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVI. Jahrhunderts, C 4641
Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres IV, column 1245-1246
Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVI. Jahrhunderts, C 4641
Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres IV, column 1245-1246
Includes
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735. Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum.
Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154. Historia regum Britanniae.
Gildas, 516?-570? Liber querulus de excidio Britanniae.
William, of Newburgh, 1136-1201? Historia rerum Anglicarum.
Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410? Chroniques.
Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154. Historia regum Britanniae.
Gildas, 516?-570? Liber querulus de excidio Britanniae.
William, of Newburgh, 1136-1201? Historia rerum Anglicarum.
Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410? Chroniques.
Genre/form
Clasps (Binding)
Place of creation/publication
Germany -- Heidelberg.
Item Details
Call number
269- 362f
Folger-specific note
Early seventeenth-century mottled calf with double gilt fillets and the gilt arms of Sir Simonds d'Ewes on both panels, spine with gilt arms of Hugh, Duke of Westminster, on the lower compartment (added later); spine and joints restored; brass clasps. Armorial bookplate: Hugh Duke of Westminster, Eaton 1884, (motto: Honi soit y pense, virtus non stemma). Bookplate: Robert S. Pirie. Ms shelfmark on verso of front free endpaper: x-̇m. Autograph on title page: Carolus Jones, "Charles Jones" on page [3]. Stationers' company's "deposit certificate" on the verso of the final leaf, with the manuscript signatures of T. Wykes and Nicholas Bourne, wardens of the Stationers' Company and Henry Walley, a clerk at the Company, dated Jun: 19 1640. Acquired at the Robert S. Pirie sale, Sotheby's, New York, 2-4 December 2015, lot 943.
Folger accession
269362