Holinshed, Raphael. [CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND, SCOTLANDE, AND IRELAND]. [London, 1577.] 11" x 7.5". Being the 3rd volume, this portion covering William Conqueror through Queen Elizabeth, index at rear. 291-1876, [56] pp. (with errors in pagination), *Lacking all before 291, and 12 text leaves including 303/4, 339/40, 349/50, 541/42, 611/12, 621/22, 1281/82, 1463/64, 1571/72, 1641/42, 1733/34, 1869/70, Siege of Edinburgh view, and several index leaves.* Sold as-is, with all faults.* Approx. 6 leaves with repairs (some crude) and a few leaves with chips removing text, several other less noticeable marginal tears and chips, occasional soiling/staining/toning/foxing, early ink marginalia in places. Bound in early paneled calf with some chips and repairs, sympathetically rebacked. *********************************** First edition. An imperfect volume from an incredibly important work, numerous woodcuts in-text. Holinshed's Chronicles were used as a source by Shakespeare, and the present Histories "represent the most copiously illustrated secular texts of the Tudor era" - (Luborsky & Ingram, English Illustrated Books). [see ESTC S3985; Pforzheimer, 494]