The first fowre bookes of The ciuile wars between the two houses of Lancaster and Yorke
By: by Samuel Daniel
Contributors: Short, Peter, -1603, printer; Windet, John, -1610, printer; Waterson, Simon, active 1584-1634, bookseller; MacKenzie, James, binder; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner
Publisher: Printed by P. Short for Simon Waterson
Published: 1595
Place of publication: At London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
Other titles: First fowre bookes of The civile wars between the two houses of Lancaster and Yorke; First four books of the civil wars between the two houses of Lancaster and Yorke; Ciuile wars between the two houses of Lancaster and Yorke; Civile wars between the two houses of Lancaster and Yorke
Work titles: Civil wars. Book 1-5
Notes: In verse.

Same text setting as STC 6244.

Leaves 89-108 comprise the fifth book, in one of two settings: caption title has (1) "fift" (printed by John Windet) or (2) "fyft" (printed by J. Roberts?).

Signatures: A1 B-2Éþ.

Title within woodcut border; head- and pieces; initials.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), entry 6244.3

Boston Public Library. Catalogue of the Barton Collection, Misc., page 138

English short title catalogue, entry S109254

Cataloged 2015 jmoschella

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound by James MacKenzie in red goatskin panelled in gilt. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedown. A dealer's description, labeled "Thorpe, 1844" in T.P. Barton's hand is tipped onto the verso of the front free endpaper. An early inscription, beginning with the initials "W.H." is present at the foot of the title page.