Graftons Abridgement of the Chronicles of Englande. Newly and diligently
corrected, and finished the last of October. 1570. The Contents whereof
apeareth in the next Page of this lefe. Seene and allowed, according to
an order taken. _In oedibus Richardi Tottyll. Cum Priuilegio._
=B. L.= 8^o. (5-3/4 × 4). Z. 4.
Collation: 8 leaves unsigned,
¶^{8}2[bullet]-3[bullet]^{8}4[bullet]^4A-2B^{8}2C^4, folios
numbered. Wanting 2C 4 (? blank). Table of contents. Calendar.
Almanack for 24 years. Rules for terms, signs of the Zodiac,
dog-days, divisions of the year, Vigils, number of days in the
months. Epistle dedicatory to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.
Grafton's address to the reader. Alphabetical table of contents. At
the end: list of Colleges at Oxford and Cambridge, Shires, Cities,
and Boroughs of England, Wards of the City of London, Parish
Churches in London, Out parishes adjoining to London, Principal
Fairs, High-ways to London. The first edition of the 'Abridgement,'
appeared in 1562-3. This is the third and is quite distinct from
that of 1570-1 (Haz. II. 255).
The present copy differs from that in the BM in having no colophon.
Sinker 251. BM 716.