Kosmobrephia : or the infancy of the world: with an appendix of Gods resting day, Eden garden; mans happiness before, misery after, his fall. Whereunto is added, the praise of nothing; divine ejaculations; the four ages of the world; the birth of Christ; also a century of historical applications; with a taste of poetical fictions. / Written some years since by N.B. then of Eaton school; and now published at the request of his friends.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Billingsley, Nicholas, 1633-1709.

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Genesis--Poetry--Early works to 1800.

Bible.

Bible. Genesis.

Christian poetry--Early works to 1800.

Christian poetry.

Mythology, Classical.

Mythology, Classical--Poetry--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

Christian poetry.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (22 unnumbered pages, 184 id est 190 pages)

Other Title:

Infancy of the world.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Robert Crofts, and are to be sold at his shop at the Crown in Chancery Lane, under Sergeants Inn, 1658.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

N.B. = Nicholas Billingsley.

With numerous mispaginations which vary from copy to copy; register and text continuous.

Mostly in verse.

First word of title in Greek characters.

"A centurie of historical applications" has separate dated title page; register and pagination are continuous.

Annotation on Thomason copy: "August".

Reproduction of the original in the British Library (Thomason Tracts, reel 243) and the Harvard University Library (Early English books, 1641-1700, reel 2185).

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Thomason Tracts ; 243:E2132[2]) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing (2nd edition, 1994) B2912

Thomason E.2132[2]

Contains:

A centurie of historical applications, with a taste of poetical fictions.

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