1577 History Of England Ireland Scotland Shakespeare Source
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:18993747 | Year Printed: 1577 |
| Original/Facsimile: Original | Subject: History |
| ISBN: Does not apply |
Superb 1577 History of England leaf with superb engraving!!! Last image of dated title shown for reference not part of auction. William Shakespeare used Holinshed History for source of his historical plays!With the Buy It Now auction includes additional item: original 1700's History leaf in English (Early American printing from Salem MA), Special Edition Gutenberg Bible print in superb color see similar: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1455-GUTENBERG-BIBLE-LEAF-1961-...COOPER-SQUARE-FACSIMILE-7-LEAVES-U-PICK-1/173923014847?hash=item287e9e98bf:g:hMIAAOSw18BcpJC1, INSTANTLY OWN AN ANTIQUARIAN SET!Holinshed's Chronicles, also known as Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, is a collaborative work published in several volumes and two editions, the first edition in 1577, and the second in 1587. It was a large, comprehensive description of British history published in three volumes (England, Scotland and Ireland).The Chronicles have traditionally been a source of interest to many because of their extensive links to Shakespeare's history plays, as well as King Lear, Macbeth and Cymbeline. Recent studies of the Chronicles have focused on a inter-disciplinary approach; numerous literary scholars having studied the traditional historiographical materials through a literary lens, with a focus on how contemporary men and women would have read historical texts.[1]The Chronicles would have been a primary source for many other literary writers of the Renaissance such as Christopher Marlowe, Edmund Spenser and George Daniel.[2]
