The thre bokes of cronicles, whyche John Carion (a man syngularly well sene in the mathematycall sciences) gathered wyth great diligence of the beste authours that haue written in Hebrue, Greke or Latine. Wherunto is added an appendix, conteynyng all such notable thynges as be mentyoned in Cronicles to haue chaunced in sundry partes of the worlde from the yeare of Christ, 1532 to thys present yeare of 1550. Gathered by John Funcke of Nurenborough, whyche was never afore prynted in Englysh.

Accession number

PML 17223

Creator

Carion, Johannes, 1499-1537 or 1538.

Published

[London, Printed for G. Walter Lynne, 1550]

Notes

This text trans. by Walter Lynne from a Latin ed.
"Epistle" signed: G. Walter Lynne.
First ed. in English (STC 4626).
Originally published in German at Wittenberg by George Rhaw, 1532, and a continuation added by Johann Funck was printed at Nuremberg, 1547.

Description

9p. 1-279., 13. 18.6 cm.

Inscriptions/Markings

Unidentified inscriptions, very faint, on title page (possible ownership mark "Tho. ??) and below colophon. .

Binding

Previously rebound in blue cloth, stamped in gold, edges stained red. Now in a dark brown morocco half-binding, gilt edges.

Classification

Book

Catalog link

See more information »

Department

Printed Books

Search