Lambert Wood in title page transcription is the anglicized name of Lambert van den Bos.

Translation of the author's: Florus Anglicus sive Rerum Anglicarum ap ipso exordio usque ad Caroli Primi mortem deductarum compendium, first printed in Amsterdam, 1651.

First printed in English in London, 1657.

Two concurrent issues were printed in London by Simon Miller in the same year: one with 464 p. and an ediiton statement reading: Third edition (Wing, B37777B), and the other with [16], 271, [1] p. and an edition statement reading: The third edition with additions (Wing, B3777BA)

The section on Elizabeth I, p. 199-206, contains references to Sir Fancis Drake's voyages in the West Indies.

Signatures: A-Q⁸ (A1 recto, A2 verso, A5 verso, A8 recto blank) R⁴

Woodcut head piece; initial.

Includes in text woodcut illustrations of the kings and rulers of England.

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed. 1994), B3777BB.

European Americana, 658/26.

English short title catalogue, R231086.

Purchase; 2016; 17-138.

John Carter Brown Library copy has the frontispiece woodcut of Wiliam the Conqueror hand-colored.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in 18th century full mottled calf with gold tooling.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Harper Fund.

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: gold tooled crest and motto of Richard Samuel White Esq. gold tooled on front cover; Edgar Salin 1948: ms. autograph on front pastedown; Richd. Saml. White with purchase inscription dated 1798 on recto of fifth front flyleaf.