Matthaei Paris, monachi Albanensis Angli, Historia major : juxta exemplar Londinense 1571 verbatim recusa, et cum Rogeri Wendoveri, Willielmi Rishangeri, authorisque majori minorique historiis chronicisque mss. in Bibliotheca Regia, Collegii Corporis Christi Cantabrigiae, Cottoniáque fidelitèr collata : huic primùm editioni accesserunt, duorum Offarum Merciorum regum, & viginti trium Abbatum S. Albani vitae : unà cum libro Additamentorum per eundem authorem /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Paris, Matthew, 1200-1259
Corporate Author:	English Printing Collection (Library of Congress)
Other Authors:	Roger, of Wendover, -1236, Rishanger, William, 1250?-1312?, Watts, William, 1590?-1649, Hodgkinson, Richard, active 1624-1668 (Printer), Flesher, Miles, -1664 (Printer)
Format:	Book
Language:	Latin
Published:	Londini : Excudebat Richardus Hodgkinson, sumptibus Cornelii Bee & Laurentii Sadler ..., 1640.
Subjects:	Great Britain > History > Medieval period, 1066-1485. Offa, > King of the Mercians, > -796. Offa, > of Angel, > active 4th century. Mercia (Kingdom) > Early works to 1800. St. Albans Abbey > Early works to 1800.

Description
Item Description:	Title page transposed: imprint date appears after Hodgkinson's name. The Vitae duorum Offarum et viginti trium Abbatum Sancti Albani has special title page and separate paging, with imprint: Londini : Excudebat Milo Flesher, prostant apud Cornelium Bee & Laurentium Sadler ..., 1639. The authorship of this work is uncertain; only part, if any, is by Paris. The Additamenta also has a special title page with imprint: Londini : Excusum typis Mil. Flesher, 1639. "A composite chronicle, containing the St. Albans compilation to the end of 1188, Roger de Wendover's chronicle, 1189-1235, both revised by Paris, and his own work from 1235 to 1259."--Dict. nat. biog. The continuation ascribed to Rishanger (pages 989-1009) covers the period from 1259 to 1273. Error in paging: 2nd group of paging, 737-738 omitted. Signatures: pi² chi1 A⁶ b-c⁶ d⁴ B-4Q⁶ 4R² 4S-4X⁶ 4Y² ⁵A-⁵C⁶ ⁵D⁸ 2chi1, *⁶ A-R⁶ S⁸ T-Y⁶ ²Y⁶ 2Y⁶ 3Y⁶ 4Y⁴ Z⁶ 3chi1. Title page printed in red and black. Errata leaves: 2chi1 and 3chi1. LC copy has signed binding: Frs. Bedford, 1857. Has inscription: John Burns, July 7, 1916.
Physical Description:	50 unnumbered pages, 1009, that is, 1007 pages, 125 unnumbered pages, 310 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (woodcuts), portrait (engraving) ; 36 cm. (folio)
Place of Publication:	England -- London