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The first part of the life and raigne of King Henrie the IIII : Extending to the end of the first yeare of his raigne / written by I.H.

Accession number
PML 6392
Creator
Hayward, John, Sir, 1564?-1627.
Published
Imprinted at London : By Iohn Wolfe, and and [sic.] are to be solde at his shop in Popes head Alley, neere to the Exchange, 1599.
Notes
This edition has an ornament with a fleur-de-lys on the title page; "Teucer" on leaf A2 recto has the first e inverted; A2 verso has "Faultes".
Copy identified by Jackson, William A. Counterfeit printing in Jacobean times, p. 374-375 as printed by Bernard Alsop, ca. 1639. Identifies in STC no. 12997a as printed by Marmaduke Parsons in 1638. (ESTC S122951).
Head- and tail-pieces; initials.
The first 100 p. are devoted chiefly to the preceding reign.
Block type ornaments on the title-page.
Colophon: London, Printed by John VVolfe, and are to be sold at his Shop in Popes head alley, neere the exchange, 1599.
Printed marginal notations.
Preface signed: I. Hayvvarde.
"A. P. to the reader": A3 recto.
Description
[8], 149, [1] p. ; 18 cm.
Provenance
Toovey collection.
Binding
Old brown calf binding, gilt.
Classification
Department