An epitome of cronicles
Subtitle: conteyninge the whole discourse of the histories as well of this realme of England as al other cou[n]treys, with the succession of their kinges, the time of their reigne, and what notable actes they did : much profitable to be redde, namelye of magistrates, and such as haue auctoritee in commo[n] weales, gathered out of most probable auctours
By: firste by Thomas Lanquet from the beginning of the worlde to the incarnacion of Christe, secondely to the reigne of our soueraigne lord King Edward the Sixt by Thomas Cooper, and thirdly to the reigne of our soueraigne ladye Quene Elizabeth by Robert Crowley.
Contributors: Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588.; Cooper, Thomas, 1517?-1594.; Marsh, Thomas, fl. 1554-1587, printer.; Seres, William, d. ca. 1579, printer.; English Printing Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: In aedibus Thomae Marshe
Published: 1559
Place of publication: Londini
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: World history -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Epitome of chronicles
Notes: STC (2nd ed.) 15217.5
Colophon: Imprinted at London by VVilliam Seres at the weste ende of Poules towarde Ludgate at the sign of the hedgehogge and are there to be solde, 1559, the V day of Apryll.
A pirated ed. which caused Cooper great annoyance.  His editions of 1560 and 1565 contain an admonition to the reader in which it is said to be full of errors and the work of "certayne persones utterlye unlearned."
Side-notes include 2 columns: the yere of the world and the yere of Christ.
Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁴ A-F⁴ ²A-4G⁴ [superscript chi]4G⁴ 4[H]².
Includes index.
LC copy imperfect: leaves 3X-4C2 and 4C4 wanting.