Dissertations by the celebrated Abbots de Vertot and Anselm : Viz. I. An Enquiry whether the Kingdom of France, from the Establishment of that Monarchy, has been an Hereditary or Elective State. II. A Dissertation on the Oaths of the Ancients; under the following Heads: 1. By what Gods the Ancients were used to swear. 2. The different Ceremonies observ'd in their Oaths. 3. The Use they made of them in Civil Society. 4. Their Religious Observation of them. 5. The Horror they conceiv'd against those who openly violated them; or who, by captious Interpretations, pretended to evade the Force of them, &c. III. A Dissertation concerning the Monuments which supply'd the Defect of Writing among the First Historians / Done int o English from the Memoirs of literature of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres at Paris. By M. Paschoud, Chaplain to the Right Honble the Earl of Albemarle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vertot, abbé de, 1655-1735.

Contributor:

Anselme, abbé, 1652-1737.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oaths.

History, Ancient.

Kings and rulers.

France--Kings and rulers--Succession.

France.

Penn Provenance:

Elias, Archibald C. (donor)

Physical Description:

xv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 152 pages ; 20 cm (8vo)

Fingerprint:

onte h,nt l-e- ofFa (3) 1726 (R)

Place of Publication:

London : printed for F. Clay, at the Bible, without Temple-Bar; and J. Stagg, in Westminster-Hall, M.DCC.XXVI. [1726]

Notes:

The first essay is by Vertot, the other two, each with a separate title-page, are by Anselme.

With a half-title.

Cited in:

ESTC T82077

OCLC:

805881131