Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden monachi Cestrensis
Subtitle: together with the English translations of John Trevisa and of an unknown writer of the fifteenth century
By: Edited by Rev. Joseph Rawson Lumby ; published by the authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, under the direction of the Master of the rolls
Series: Rerum Britannicarum medii ævi scriptores -- [41]
Publisher: Kraus Reprints
Published: 1964
Place of publication: Nendeln, Liechtenstein
Language: lat; ang; eng
Subjects: World history; Geography; Description and travel
Notes: Reprint of: London : Longman, Green, 1865-86.

Includes index.

Imprint varies slightly.

Volumes 1-2, edited by Churchill Babington.

Volumes 8-9 contain continuations including those of Caxton and Johannes Malverne.

There was probably a first edition ending at 1327. The later portion down to 1342 is by Higden, the continuations from the date by others. cf. Dict. nat. biog.

The first book comprises a brief description of the two countries of the known world, and a more particular account of Great Britain.