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The history of Britain, that part especially now call'd England : from the first traditional beginning, continu'd to the Norman conquest / collected out of the ancientest and best authors thereof, by John Milton.
LIBRA - Rare DA135 .M53 1695
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Milton, John, 1608-1674, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--History--To 1066.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Antiquities--Early works to 1800.
- Antiquities.
- Genre:
- Early works.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Curran, Stuart A. (honoree) (Milton Collection copy DA135 .M53 1695)
- Wittreich, Joseph Anthony (donor) (Milton Collection copy DA135 .M53 1695)
- Darcy, William Andrew (autograph) (Milton Collection copy DA135 .M53 1695)
- Physical Description:
- 357, [59] pages ; 18 cm (8vo)
- Other Title:
- History of England
- Fingerprint:
- usng d,ll ofus thtu (7) 1695 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for Ri. Chiswell : Sold by Nath. Roles, at his auction-house in Petty-Cannons-Hall, near the north side of St. Paul's Church, MDCXCV [1695]
- Notes:
- Reissue, with new title leaf, of the 1695 edition with imprint: London, Printed by R. E. for R. Scot, R. Chiswell, R. Bently, G. Sawbridge; and are to be Sold by A. Swall, and T. Child, in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1695. See Shawcross.
- Running title reads: The history of England.
- Signatures: A⁸(±A2) B-2C⁸ (leaf A1 blank?).
- Leaf A2 (title leaf) is a cancel. See Shawcross.
- Title within border of double rules.
- Printed marginalia.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Milton Collection copy DA135 .M53 1695 imperfect: leaf A1 (blank) wanting. Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2019 by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran. Early autograph ("William Andrew Darcy") on leaf K8r. A few early manuscript annotations in text.
- Cited in:
- English short title catalogue, R33507
- Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), M2123
- Coleridge, K.A. Catalogue of the Milton collection in the Turnbull Library, 26b
- Shawcross, J. Milton, 375
- Other Format:
- Online version: Milton, John, 1608-1674. History of Britain.
- OCLC:
- 11479819
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