The  ... chronicles, comprising the description and historie of England, the description and historie of Ireland, the description and historie of Scotland
By: first collected and published by Raphaell Holinshed, William Harrison, and others. Now newlie augmented and continued (with manifold matters of singular note and worthie memorie)to the yeare 1586 by John Hooker, alias Vowell Gent, and others.
Publisher: finished at the expenses of Iohn Harison and others
Published: 1586
Place of publication: (London
Language: eng
Notes: Vols. 2-3 have special t.-p. only.

Titles within borders;initials, head and tail pieces; black letter; double columns.

Henri Denham's printer's device at end of v. 3 pt. 2.

In this edition the privy council ordered pp. 421-424, 433-436, 443-450 of vol. 2 and pp. 1328-1331, 1419-1538 of vol. 3 to be excised, and to replace the last of these omissions, four new leaves were printed, paged 1419, 1420, 1421, 1490, 1491, 1536, 1537, 1538.

The first ed. was pub. in 1577, comp. by Holinshed, William Harrison and Richard Stanyhurst. The 1587 (2d) ed. was edited by John Hooker, assisted by Francis Thynne, Abraham Fleming and John Stow.