Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden monachi Cestrensis
Subtitle: together with the English translations of John Trevisa and of an unknown writer of the fifteenth century.
By: Edited by Rev. Joseph Rawson Lumby ... Published by the authority of the Lords commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, under the direction of the Master of the rolls.
Contributors: Trevisa, John, d. 1402, tr.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.; Malverne, John, d. 1415?; Babington, Churchill, 1821-1889, ed.; Lumby, J. Rawson 1831-1895.
Series: [Great Britain. Public Record Office.] Rerum britannicarum medii aevi scriptores: or, Chronicles and memorials of Great Britain and Ireland during the middle ages.; [no. 41]
Publisher: Longman & Co.; [etc., etc.]
Published: 1865
Place of publication: London
Language: lat
Subjects: World history -- Early works to 1800; Geography -- Early works to 1800; Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
Notes: Imprint varies slightly.
Vols. 1-2, edited by Churchill Babington.
Vol. 8-9 contain continuations including those of Caxton and Johannes Malverne.
There was probably a 1st edition ending at 1327. The later portion down to 1342 is by Higden, the continuations from the date by others. cf. Dict. nat. biog.
The first book comprises a brief description of the two countries of the known world, and a more particular account of Great Britain.