The history of the Evangelical churches of the valleys of Piemont : containing a most exact geographical description of the place and a faithfull account of the doctrine, life, and persecutions of the ancient inhabitants : together with a most naked and punctual relation of the late bloudy massacre, 1655, and a narrative of all the following transactions to the year of our Lord 1658 : all which are justified, partly by divers ancient manuscripts written many hundred years before Calvin or Luther and partly by other most authentick attestations, the true originals of the greatest part whereof are to be seen in their proper languages by all the curious in the publick library of the famous university of Cambridge / collected and compiled with much pains and industry by Samuel Morland ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morland, S. (Samuel), Sir, 1625-1695.

Contributor:

Hills, Henry, -1689?, printer.

Byfield, Adoniram, -1660, bookseller.

Swift's Library and Reading Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Waldenses.

Piedmont (Italy)--History.

Piedmont (Italy).

Genre:

Armorial bindings (Binding) -- Scotland -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Vienken, Heinz J. (honoree) (Swift's Library and Reading Collection copy)

Elias, Susan Homans (honoree) (Swift's Library and Reading Collection copy)

Stirling Maxwell, William, Sir, 1818-1878 (armorial binding) (bookplate) (Swift's Library and Reading Collection copy)

Physical Description:

68 unnumbered pages, 709 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 29 cm (folio)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by Henry Hills, one of His Highnes's printers, for Adoniram Byfield ..., 1658.

Notes:

Signatures: A⁶ (a)-(e)⁴ g-h⁴ B-3L⁴ 3M⁴(-3M4) 3N-4X⁴ (leaf 4N1 missigned 5N)

Catchword on verso of 3M3 does not agree with text on 3N1; the text, however, is continuous.

Title in red and black.

Printed within ruled borders, including marginalia.

Some text in double columns.

Woodcuts: initials, head-pieces and devices.

Local Notes:

This title is part of The Library and Reading of Jonathan Swift: a Partial Replication, a collection given to the University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library in 2005 in memory of Susan Homans Elias and in honor of the late Heinz J. Vienken.

Swift's Library and Reading Collection copy in armorial binding of Sir William Stirling Maxwell: 19th century full brown morocco with Maxwell's arms and monogram stamped in gold on front and back covers and his bookplate on front pastedown; five raised bands on spine; author and title stamped in gold on spine; gold-stamped turn-ins; all edges gilt.

Cited in:

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), M2779

ESTC R24410

Passman-Vienken. Swift's Library, II, p. 1292

OCLC:

5690129