Danmonii orientales illustres, or, The worthies of Devon : a work wherein the lives and fortunes of the most famous divines, statesmen, swordsmen, physicians, writers, and other eminent persons, natives of that most noble province, from before the Norman conquest, down to the present age, are memoriz'd, in an alphabetical order, out of the most approved authors, both in print and manuscript : in which an account is given not only of divers very deserving persons, (many of which were never hitherto made publick) but of several antient and noble families, their seats and habitations, the distance they bear, as to the next great towns, their coats of arms fairly cut, with other things, no less profitable, than pleasant and delightful / by John Prince ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prince, John, 1643-1723.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Devon (England)--Biography.

Devon (England).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

18 unnumbered pages, 600, that is, 594 pages : coats of arms ; 39 cm (folio)

Other Title:

The worthies of Devon.

Place of Publication:

Exeter : Printed by Sam. Farley, for Awnsham and John Churchill ... London, and Charles Yeo and Philip Bishop in Exon., 1701.

Notes:

Spine title: Prince's worthies of Devon.

Many errors in pagination.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

"An index to the names" (3 p.) in manuscript bound in at end of volume.

OCLC:

77597333