Chronicon ex chronicis
Subtitle: ab initio mundi vsque ad annum Domini 1118 deductum
By: auctore Florentio Wigorniensi monacho ; accessit etiam continuatio vsq[ue] ad annum Christi 1141 per quendam eiusdem coenobij eruditum ; nunquam antehac in lucem editum.
Contributors: Howard, William, Lord, 1563-1640.; Marianus, Scotus, 1028-1082?; Dawson, Thomas, printer.; Watkins, Richard, d. 1599, bookseller.; Stevenson, Joseph, 1806-1895, inscriber.; English Printing Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Excudebat Thomas Dausonus pro Ricardo Watkins
Published: 1592
Place of publication: Londini
Language: lat
Number of pages: 584
Subjects: World history -- Early works to 1800.; Normans -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.; Anglo-Saxons -- Early works to 1800.; Great Britain -- History -- Anglo Saxon period, 449-1066.; Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: LC copy has armorial bookplate.
STC (2nd ed.) 3593
"Based on the work of Marianus, an Irish monk. Marianus, who died in 1082 or 1083, composed a general chronicle from the creation to his own time ... The additions of Florence nearly all refer to English affairs."--Dict. nat. biog.
Edited by William Howard of Naworth.
Signatures: A⁴ ²A-B⁴ C-2O⁸ 2P⁴.
LC copy has inscription: Jos. Stevenson, 1835; ms. annotations, ms. leaf tipped in on front free-endpaper; a dealer's description (of a different book) mounted on p. [2] of cover. Four typed leaves of biographical information on the author and Joseph Stevenson accompany the book.