Breviarium chronologicum, or, A treatise describing the terms and most celebrated characters, periods, and epocha's used in chronology / originally written by Giles Strauchius ... ; first done into English from the third edition in Latin, by Richard Sault ... and by him enlarg'd with all the most useful things (omitted by the author) taken from Bishop Beveridge his Institutiones chronologicae and from Dr. Holder his Account of time, as also with the epocha's of the principal kingdoms, and states of Europe, with tables calculated to the author's method ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strauch, Aegidius, 1632-1682.

Contributor:

Knapton, James, -1738, bookseller.

Wilkin, Richard, bookseller.

Standardized Title:

Breviarium chronologicum. English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Chronology, Historical--Early works to 1800.

Chronology, Historical.

Penn Provenance:

Reid, Panthea (donor) (LIBRA Rare copy)

Fischer, John Irwin, 1940-2015 (former owner) (honoree) (LIBRA Rare copy)

University of California (1868-1952). Library (bookplate) (LIBRA Rare copy)

Bancroft Library (bookplate) (stamp) (LIBRA Rare copy)

Hallidie Library (stamp) (LIBRA Rare copy)

University of California, Berkeley. Library (former owner) (LIBRA Rare copy)

Physical Description:

14 unnumbered pages, 446 pages, 10 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm (8vo)

Edition:

Now again published in a third edition ...

Other Title:

Treatise describing the terms and most celebrated characters, periods, and epocha's used in chronology

Fingerprint:

hoof a.is 0.0. lono (3) 1722 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for J. Knapton ... and R. Wilkin ..., 1722.

Notes:

Signatures: A⁸(-A1) B-2F⁸ 2G⁴.

Title within border of double rules.

Printed marginalia.

Errata on leaf A8v.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

LIBRA Rare copy has ms. notes in pencil on pastedowns.

LIBRA Rare copy given to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Panthea Reid in memory of her late husband John Irwin Fischer, Swift scholar and collector of these books.

LIBRA Rare copy has illustrated bookplate of the University of California on front pastedown; bookplate of the Bancroft Library stamped with its withdrawal stamp on front pastedown; withdrawal stamp of the Bancroft Library on title leaf; oval blue ink stamp ("HALLIDIE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA") on title leaf and leaves B1r, G2r, M6r, S1r, Y8r, 2C6r and 2G4v; barcode ("U.C. BERKELEY LIBRARIES") on back pastedown.

LIBRA Rare copy bound in early paneled calf; gold-tooled cover edges; spine rebacked. Backstrip partially detached from textblock; spine damaged with portions of textblock detached from one another.

Cited in:

ESTC T103906

OCLC:

870697177