The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary : being a curious miscellany of sacred and profane history : Containing, in short, the lives and most remarkable actions of the patriarchs, judges and kings of the Jews : of the apostles, fathers, and doctors of the church : of popes, cardinals, bishops, &c. ... Together with the establishment and progress both of religious and military orders, and the lives of their founders : The genealogy of several illustrious families in Europe : The fabulous history of the heathen gods and heroes : The description of empires, kingdoms, common-wealths, provinces, cities, towns, islands, mountains ... The whole being full of remarks and curious enquiries, for the illustration of several difficulties in theology, history, chronology and geography / Collected from the best historians, chronolgers, and lexicographers ... but more specially out of Lewis Morery, D.D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moréri, Louis, 1643-1680.

Contributor:

Bohun, Edmund, 1645-1699.

Standardized Title:

Grand dictionaire historique. English. 1694

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

History--Dictionaries.

History.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Penn Provenance:

Elias, Archibald C. (donor)

Physical Description:

1242 pages : portraits ; 40 cm (folio)

Edition:

His Sixth edition corrected and enlarged by Monsieur Le Clerk, in two volumes in folio, Now done into English / To which are added, by way of supplement, intermix'd throughout the alphabet, the lives, most remarkable actions, and writings of the illustrious families of our English, Scotch and Irish nobility, gentry, eminent clergy, and most famous men of all arts and sciences: as also, an exact description of these kingdoms; with the most considerable occurrences that have happened to this present time. By several learned men. Wherein are inserted the last five years historical and geographical collections of Edmond Bohun, esq; designed at first for his own Geographical dictionary, and never extant till in this work.

Fingerprint:

h.s, d.w. sohe hido (C) 1694 (R)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Henry Rhodes, near Bride-Lane in Fleetstreet; Luke Meredith, at the Star in St. Paul's Church-Yard; John Harris, at the Harrow in the Poultry; and Thomas Newborough, at the Golden-Ball in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCXCIV. [1694]

Notes:

Title in red and black within double rules.

Text in double columns.

A translation of Moréri's Le grand dictionnaire historique.

Pt. 2 has separate dated title page inserted after quire ³N.

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries Rare copy imperfect: t.p. for Pt.2 wanting.

Cited in:

Wing M2725

ESTC R30084

Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 6816

OCLC:

801184899