Germaniae historicorum illustrium, : quorum pleriq[ue] ab Henrico IIII imperatore usque ad annum Christi, M.CCCC, et ex ijs quidem septem nunquam antea editi, gentis eius res gestas memoriæ consecrarunt, Tomus unus, /
Wurstisen, Christian,1544-1588,ed.
Henryson, Thomas,-1638former owner.NLS
Lothian, William Kerr,Marquess of,approximately 1690-1767.former owner.NLS
Scott, James,-approximately 1786,binder.NLS
Abbey, J. R.(John Roland),1896-1969.former owner.NLS
Francofurdi : Apud heredes Andreæ Wecheli,,
1585..
Title varies, v. 2: Germaniae historicorum, qui post Henrici IIII imperatoris ætatem trecentis annis scripserunt, pars altera : continens dominicanorum Colmariensium fastos, Conradum Vecerium de Henrico VII imp. et M. Alberti Argentinensis Chronicon integrum, à Rudolpho primo, usque ad Caroli quarti obitum, unà cum aliis quibusdam opusculis, nuspiam antehac impressis.
Printer's device on each t.p., and v. 2, leaf Q6v.
Signatures: (:)⁶  a-z⁶  A-I⁶  K-L⁴  M-2A⁶  2B⁴  2C-2H⁶  2I⁴ (2I2 signed I2); A-Q⁶.
In v. 1, pages 154, 226, 257, 259, 267, 276, 298, 459, 578-603, 604, 605-624 misnumbered 144, 162, 157, 159, 276, 275, 398, 495, 580-605, 608, 607-626 respectively; in v. 2, pages 55 and 118 misnumbered 5 and 110 respectively.
Head- and tail-pieces; initials.
Errata: v. 1, leaf 2I4r; v. 2, leaf Q6r.
Includes indexes.
Signed 'T. Henryson' on title page; armorial bookplate of 'The most Honble. William Marquess of Lothian' on upper flyleaf recto. Label of Newbattle Abbey Library with shelfmark on upper pastedown; bookplate of J.R. Abbey on upper pastedown.
Bound in Scotland prior to 1622 for Sir Thomas Henrison of Chesters, the first state of his armorial stamp 'MTH' in the central panel. Stamp surrounded by the motto 'Quid. retribvam domino. Henrisono'. Subsequent stamps with 'SMTH' 'S' for 'Sir' - Henrison was ennobled in 1622. Bound in calf over paste boards, the covers tooled in blind with a wide border comprised of an interlacing cresting roll and a roll of quadrilobe compartments containing four acorns between triple fillets. Spine relabelled and embellished with gilt by James Scott, c.1778. Scott was commissioned by William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian to rebind many of the volumes at Newbattle Abbey (not recorded in Loudon).