The pastyme of people
Subtitle: the cronycles of dyuers realmys and most specyally of the realme of Englond
By: breuely co[m]pylyd & empryntyd in Chepesyde at the sygne of the Mearemayd next to Pollys Gate
Contributors: Riviere & Son
Publisher: John Rastell
Published: 1530
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
Subjects: Early works to 1800; History
Other titles: Cronycles of dyuers realmys and most specyally of the realme of Englond; Pastime of people
Notes: By John Rastell, whose name appears in the headline on A2r.

Date from leaf ℗øD6 recto, which contains a reference to "this present day, whiche is nowe the. xxi. yere of kynge Henry the. viii."

"Cum priuilegio."

Rastell's device (McKerrow 37) is present on G2 verso.

In a variant the title is entirely typographic (a trial version?--STC) and reads: The cronycles of Englande and of dyuers other realmes: breuely compyled with the pyctures and armes of all the kynges of Englande syth the conquest.

Signatures: A-Éœ; ℗øA-F́œ G℗ø.

Title within horizontal rows of woodblock vignettes; first line of title is xylographic ; 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 20724

English short title catalogue, entry S111873

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound by Riviere & Son in brown morocco double-panelled in blind. The title is stamped in gilt on the spine. An ca. 18th-century bibliographical inscription is present on the verso of the final front flyleaf. Numerous leaves are partially and expertly remargined, including A1, D1, E2, and F3-G2. In some cases, losses to edges and corners of text are replaced in facsimile. Based on matching wormholes, the title page is original to the adjacent leaves of front matter. Early marginalia, in a ca. 16th-century secretary hand, is present throughout.