Holinshed (Raphael) The Firste [- Laste] Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, 2 vol., first edition, largely printed in black letter, double column, woodcut titles with arms to verso, numerous woodcut illustrations and initials, vol.1 lacks 2 preliminary ff. *1-2, a1 misbound before A1, lacking also r1, blank leaf *b*6, 2 leaves after Mm6, and 4 leaves at end, ()1-2 misbound at end of vol.2, vol.2 lacking folding plate of view of Edinburgh, occasional soiling and staining, some sidenotes and headlines shaved with loss, later calf, gilt, rebacked preserving original spines, rubbed, [STC 13568b; Pforzheimer 494], small folio, for John Hunne & for Lucas Harison, 1577.

⁂ The most important 16th century English chronicle and the main source for much of Shakespeare's conventional Histories, as well as plays such as King Lear and Macbeth.