Holinshed (Raphael)The First and Second volumes of Chronicles, comprising 1, The description and

Holinshed (Raphael)The First and Second volumes of Chronicles, comprising 1, The description and historie of England, 2, The description and historie of Ireland, 3, The description and historie of Scotland: First collected and published by Raphaell Holinshed, William Harrison, and others: Now newlie augmented and continued .... to the yeare 1586. by Iohn Hooker ... 1587, folio in sixes, three volumes bound as four, [10], 250, [4], 202, [2]; 61, [13], 183, [1], 464, [56]; [8], 798; 799-1080, 1080-1371, 1371-1592, [62] pages, misnumbered pages but text continuous, several cancels, armorial bookplate of Thomas Caren in volume 1, re-backed calf gilt. ESTC S122178.Volume 1; first and last leaf a blank, title page laid down with loss to edges, repairs to three prelims. with very slight loss to text, prelims. may be out of sequence, worn fore-edge of page 1, a little staining in places, annotation in early hand to p. 167, 2nd 33, 111, tear to lower corner of [2nd]h6 with slight loss of marginal notes,Volume 2, last leaf a blank, hole in margin of F4, P6, hole in text of J2, annotation to margins of p. 454, 458, 459, 464, tear to margin of 2N2, staining and annotation to index, last two printed leaves torn.Volume 3, cropped title torn and laid down, ownership inscription of Hugonis Bateman, 1672 on backing sheet, replacement edges to A6, corner of C1torn with loss of margin note and page number, closed tear to E3, annotation to p.544. light staining to final leaves.Volume 4 (3), tear to fore-edge margin of first page with loss of margin notes, closed tear to 5M5, small hole in text of 6H6, pages 1360-71 slightly smaller format (possibly cancels not given in ESTC), neat annotation to index, two blanks as called for.