Aelfredi regis res gestae / [John Asser].

[London] : [John Day], [1574]

4 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves, 40 pages, 8 unnumbered pages ; (folio)

STC (2nd ed.) 863

ESTC S118080

Luborsky & Ingram. Engl. illustrated books, 1536-1603, 863

STC (2nd ed.), 863

Edited by Matthew Parker

Imprint from STC

Signatures: pi1[par.]4A-F4

Includes also the Will of Alfred and the preface to his translation of St. Gregory's Pastoral care. The Res gestæ and the Will are in Latin printed in Anglo-Saxon characters, the preface to the Pastoral care is in Anglo-Saxon with an interlinear translation in English, followed by a Latin translation

Preliminary gathering [par.] signed as A2, [par.]3, A4, [par.]1

Leaf D3 incorrectly signed as D4

Title within ornamental border (McKerrow & Ferguson 99); head-piece; tail-pieces; initials, one historiated

Copy 1 Note: Lacks t.p.