29
L
d Bacon’s hist. of Henry VII.
fol. 1485-1509.
1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 89, as above, with the reading
History.
BACON,
Sir Francis, viscount st. albans.
The Historie of the reigne of King Henry the Seventh. Written by the Right Hon: Francis Lord Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. Whereunto is now added a very usefull and necessary table.
London: Printed by
R[obert] Y[oung] and
R[ichard] H[odgkinson] and are to be sold by
R[ichard] Meighen,
1641.
Folio. 132 leaves, portrait frontispiece.
Lowndes I, page 95.
STC B298.
Pforzheimer, no. 33.
Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans, 1561-1626, Lord Chancellor of England. The first edition of this work, which is reprinted in Kennett’s
Complete History of England
, was published in 1622.
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L
d Herbert of Cherbury’s hist. of Henry VIII.
fol. 1509-1546.
1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 90, as above, with the reading
History.
HERBERT,
Edward, baron herbert of cherbury.
The Life and Reign of King Henry the Eighth. Written by the Right Honourable Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury.
London: Printed by
Mary Clark, for
Ann Mearn, and are to be sold by
Tho. Sawbridg,
1683.
DA332 .H52
Folio. 332 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece of Henry VIII by W. F[aithorne].
Lowndes II, 1047.
Hazlitt II, 277.
STC H1507.
Edward Herbert, first Baron Herbert of Cherbury, 1583-1648. The first edition appeared in 1649. The book is reprinted in Kennett’s
Complete History of England
, see no. 377.
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Godwin, Bp of Hereford’s annals of H. VIII. E. VI. & Mary.
fol. 1507-1558.
1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 91, Godwin, Bishop of Hereford’s Annals of H. VIII, E. VI, and Mary, 1509-1558, fol.
GODWIN,
Francis.
Annales of England. Containing the Reignes of Henry the Eighth. Edward the Sixt. Queene Mary. Written in
Latin by . . . Francis Lord Bishop of Hereford. Thus
Englished, corrected and inlarged with the Author’s consent, by Morgan Godwyn . . .
London: Printed by
A. Islip, and
W. Stansby,
1630.
Folio.
First Edition of this translation. 178 leaves, woodcut borders, initials and headpieces, engraved portraits on the letter press
by T. Cecill of Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Queen Mary.
Lowndes II, 905.
Hazlitt I, 186.
STC 11947.
Francis Godwin, 1562-1633, bishop successively of Llandaff and Hereford. This book was written by him in Latin and first published in 1616;
the translation is by his son, Morgan Godwin.
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