The Annales of England, faithfully collected out of the most autenticall
Authors, Records, and other Monuments of Antiquitie, from the first
inhabitation vntill this present yeere 1592 By Iohn Stow citizen of
London. _Imprinted at London by Ralfe Newbery. Cum priuilegio Regiæ
maiestatis._
=B. L.= 4^o. (8 × 6). P. 5.
Title within woodcut border representing a genealogical tree of the
sovereigns of England from Edward III to Elizabeth. Collation:
a-c^4A-4P^{8}4Q^6 (omitting all Z's), paged. Wanting 4Q 6 (?
blank). Author's epistle dedicatory to the Archbishop of Canterbury
dated May 26, 1592. Preface to the reader. List of authorities.
Alphabetical table. Erratum concerning Oxford colleges. Annals,
preceded by description of England etc., and followed by
description of the Universities and list of errata. The first
quarto edition appeared under the title of the 'Chronicles of
England' in 1580, enlarged apparently from the 'Summarie of
Englyshe Chronicles' first printed in octavo in 1565. The present
is the second edition in quarto.
Sinker 355. BM 1453.
The Annales of England, Faithfully collected out of the most autenticall
Authors, Records, and other Monuments of Antiquitie, lately corrected,
encreased, and continued, from the first inhabitation vntill this
present yeere 1601. By Iohn Stow citizen of London. _Imprinted at London
by Ralfe Newbery. Cum priuilegio Regiæ maiestatis._
=B. L.= 4^o. (9-1/4 × 6-3/4). M. 1.
Title within woodcut border as above. Collation: a-c^4A-4Q^{8}4R^4
(omitting all Z's), paged. Contents as before, omitting the two
errata. The Epistle dedicatory to the Archbishop of Canterbury is
dated November 24, 1600.
Annales, or, a generall Chronicle of England. Begun by Iohn Stow:
Continued and Augmented with matters Forraigne and Domestique, Ancient
and Moderne, vnto the end of this present yeere, 1631. By Edmund Howes,
Gent. _Londini, Impensis Richardi Meighen,_ 1631. [Colophon] _London,
Printed by A. M. for Richard Meighen, and are to bee sold at his Shop at
the Middle Temple Gate, neere Templebarre in Fleetstreet._ 1632.
=B. L.= F^o. (12-3/4 × 8-1/2). B. 3.
Title within woodcut border (the date cut, not printed). Collation:
*^2¶^8A-4M^{6}4N^{2}4n^{4}4O-4p^{6}4Q^{4}4R^{6}4S^8, paged. Double
columns. Wanting 4S 8 (? blank). Epistle dedicatory to the King
(_i.e._ Charles I.), signed Edmond Howes. Epistle to the reader
signed by the same. 'An Historical Preface'. At sig. 4n 1 is a
separate titlepage to an Appendix on the Universities of Cambridge,
Oxford and London, the two former by Stow, the last 'Collected and
Written by Sir George Buck'. This titlepage has the imprint
'London: Printed by Aug. Matthewes, for Richard Meighen. 1632'.
Then follows an address to the reader signed by Howes. The account
of 'The Third Vniversitie of England' again has a separate
titlepage on 4O 1, with a similar imprint, dated 1631. Then follow:
Latin verses on London; Epistle dedicatory to Sir Edward Coke
signed George Buc, and dated 'his Maiesties Office of the Reuels,
vpon Saint Peters hill', Aug. 24, 1612; and a catalogue of all the
subjects taught at the University of London. At the end is a
passage from Drayton's 'Poly-olbion', a letter to the Lord Mayor
and Aldermen of London signed Edmond Howes, and an alphabetical
Table. This appears to be the fifth and last edition.