Graftons Abridgement of the Chronicles of Englande. Newly and diligently corrected, and finished the last of October. 1570. The Contents whereof apeareth in the next Page of this lefe. Seene and allowed, according to an order taken. _In œdibus Richardi Tottyll. Cum Priuilegio._
Collation: 8 leaves unsigned, ¶⁸2[bullet]-3[bullet]⁸4[bullet]⁴A-2B⁸2C⁴, folios numbered. Wanting 2C 4 (? blank). Table of contents. Calendar. Almanack for 24 years. Rules for terms, signs of the Zodiac, dog-days, divisions of the year, Vigils, number of days in the months. Epistle dedicatory to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Grafton’s address to the reader. Alphabetical table of contents. At the end: list of Colleges at Oxford and Cambridge, Shires, Cities, and Boroughs of England, Wards of the City of London, Parish Churches in London, Out parishes adjoining to London, Principal Fairs, High-ways to London. The first edition of the ‘Abridgement,’ appeared in 1562-3. This is the third and is quite distinct from that of 1570-1 (Haz. II. 255).
The present copy differs from that in the BM in having no colophon.
The Pleasant History of Dorastus and Fawnia. [Woodcut.] Peasant [_sic_] for Age to avoid drowsy thoughts, profitable for Youth to avoyd other wanton pastimes: and bring to both a desired content. By Robert Green, Master of Arts in Cambridge. _London, Printed for Ed. Blackmore, and are to be sold at his shop at the sign of the Angell in Pauls Church-yard_ 1655.
Collation: A-G⁴, unpaged. Verses, facing title, on verso of A 1. The first edition appeared in 1588, under the title of ‘Pandosto. The Triumph of Time.’ The present title was first used in the edition of 1636. This is probably the eleventh edition.
The pleasant History of Dorastus and Fawnia. [Woodcut.] Pleasant for Age to shun drowsie Thoughts, profitable for Youth to avoid other wanton Pastimes, and bringing to both a desired content. By Robert Green, Master of Arts in Cambridge. _London, Printed by Robert Ibbitson, for John Wright, and are to be sold by W. Thackery at the Black-spead Eagle and Sun in the Old-Bailey._ 1664.
Collation: A-G⁴, unpaged. Verses facing titlepage. With Licence at the end signed Roger L’estrange, and dated July 9, 1664. Twelfth edition (?).