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The Chronicle of Fabian 1559
28.5 x 6.0 cm (book measurement (inventory)) | RCIN 1027817
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Fabyan’s Chronicle is a history that collects accounts of British history from the arrival and reign of the legendary king Brutus following the Trojan War to the death of Henry VII. This edition contains a continuation by John Kyngston taking the Chronicle up to the end of the reign of Mary I. Kyngston’s version of the Chronicle became the preeminent version for the remainder of the sixteenth century.
Provenance
Acquired for the Royal Library by William IV at Wilkinson's sale, July 1836, Lot 471.
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Measurements
28.5 x 6.0 cm (book measurement (inventory))
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ESTC : English Short Title Catalogue Citation Number – ESTC S122517Alternative title(s)
The Chronicle of Fabian : whiche he nameth the concordaunce of histories, newly perused, and continued from the beginnyng of Kyng Henry the Seventh, to thende [sic] of Queene Mary.
Place of Production
London [Greater London]
