Hayward (Sir John) The First part of the life and raigne of King Henrie the IIII. Extending to the

Hayward (Sir John) The First part of the life and raigne of King Henrie the IIII. Extending to the end of the first yeare of his raigne, title with woodcut square of fleurons, woodcut decorative initials, lacking final blank, title with ownership inscription to head and ink number to foot, A2-3 trimmed at head shaving headpiece and a few letters, H3 very small rust-hole within text, one or two annotations in an early hand, passage-marking to Sig. O & P, occasional light damp-staining to head, the odd spot, small marginal stain to final few ff., contemporary polished panelled calf, spine gilt in compartments, black morocco label to uppermost compartment gilt-tooled with heraldic device showing a monkey and coronet, red morocco label to second compartment lettered in gilt, upper joint cracked but holding, marking to lower cover, little rubbed at extremities, [STC 12997], small 4to, Iohn Wolfe [i.e. Bernard Alsop and Thomas Fawcet], 1599 [but ?1629].*** A counterfeit printing. In this copy, line 22 on A2r has "Teucer" with the first "e" inverted.Provenance: Dukes of Leinster (Carton Library armorial bookplate; heraldic device to binding); University College London Library (small ink-stamp to title verso and foot of final leaf; "UCL Library Duplicate" ink-stamp to front free endpaper).