Beschreibung:

Hardyng (John). The Chronicle of Jhon Hardyng in metre fro the first begynnyng of Englade, unto ye reigne of Edwarde ye fourth where he made an end of his chronicle. And from yt time is added with a cotinuacion of the storie in prose to this our tyme, now first emprinted, gathered out of diuerse and sondrie autours of moste certain knowelage [et] substanciall credit, yt either in latin orels in our mother toungue haue writen of ye affaires of Englande, 2 works bound in 1, 1st edition, London: Richardi Graftoni, 1543, text in black letter, woodcut criblé initials, lacking *1-*8, d1-d8, Ss3-Ss8, Tt1-Tt2 but all neatly replaced with leaves from a 19th century letterpress edition (extended margins), also lacking G8 (blank), Aa1 (title of 2nd work), Tt3-Tt8 & Vv1-Vv8, majority of leaves window mounted and several leaves with repaired margins, very faint early marginalia to R2-R4, some worming to text, very light spotting, maroon morocco bookplate of William Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, 19th-century blind decorative calf rebacked preserving original spine, 4to (Quantity: 1) ESTC No: S103772; STC12766.7. Hardyng dedicated many years to composing this rhyming chronicle of England which was revised multiple times to align with the interests of his patrons. The first version, completed in 1437, had a Lancastrian bias and was dedicated to Henry VI. In 1543, the printer Richard Grafton published two editions of Hardyng’s chronicle. This second edition, often mistakenly thought to be the first by mid-20th-century librarians, was tailored to support Tudor claims of legitimacy and reinforced England’s contentious claims over Scotland, aligning with political narratives during the reign of Henry VIII.