Biblioteca Monensis (Volume 24); A Bibliographical Account of Works Relating to the Isle of Man (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876. Excerpt: ... A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF WORKS RELATING TO THE ISLE OF MAN. Ranulph Higden.--1482. The Polycronycon, conteynyng the Berynges and Cedes of many Tymes, in eyght Books, etc. Imprinted by William Caxton. Folio. 1482. This very curious historical miscellany was written in Latin, circa 1350, by Ranulph Higden, a Benedictine monk of the Order of St. Werburg, Chester, who died about the year 1360. It was translated into English by John de Trevisa in 1357, at the request of Thomas, Lord Berkeley, from which Caxton made this version, and added an eighth book, being a continuation from 1357 to 1460. Polycronycon. West-mestre by Wynkyn de Worde, Folio. 1495. Polycronycon. Imprented in Southwerke by my Peter Treveris, at ye expences of John Reynes, Bookseller, at the sygne of Saynt George in Poule's Churchyarde, the Yeare of our Lorde God 1527, the xvl daye of Maye. Folio. A paginary reprint of Wynkyn de Worde's edition, with the introduction of a few woodcuts. Isle of Man. Lib. 1, cap. xv. An early mention of the Island. V This very rare work is fully described by Mr. Haslewood in the "British Bibliographer," voL iii. p. 348-54. London. 1812. Wm. Camden--1586. Britannia, sive florentissimorum regnorum Anglise, Scotise, Hibernise, et insularum adjacentium, ex intima antiquitate chorographica descriptio. Londini: 1586. Octavo. This is the first edition, dedicated to Sir W. Cecil, Lord Burghley. This work passed through eight editions between 1586 and 1590. The editions of 1587 and 1590 are in octavo; 1594 and 1600 in quarto; that of 1607 in folio, the last edition corrected by the author. The monks of Rushen Abbey wrote the three first sheets of the account of the Chronicle of Man and the Isles up to the year 1270, the time of the Scottish conquest; the latter port...