Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden monachi Cestrensis : together with the English translations of John Trevisa and of an unknown writer of the fifteenth century / 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
- Author
- Higden, Ranulf, -1364
- Published
- London : Longman & co.; [etc., etc.], 1865-86.
- Physical Description
- 9 volumes : frontispiece (volumes1-2, folded facsimiles) ; 26 cm
- Additional Creators
- Trevisa, John, -1402, Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, Malverne, John, -1415?, Babington, Churchill, 1821-1889, and Lumby, J. Rawson (Joseph Rawson), 1831-1895
- Series
- Subject(s)
- Note
- Imprint varies slightly.
Vols. 1-2 edited by Churchill Babington.
Vols. 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 that date by others. cf. Dict. nat. biog.
The first book comprises a brief description of the countries of the known world, and a more particular account of Great Britain. - Reproduction Note
- Microform. Chicago, Library Resources, 1970. 6 microfiches ; 8 x 13 cm. (The Microbook library of English literature) Reduction ratio varies.
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