An institution of general history, or The history of the world. . Being a complete body thereof, from the beginning of the world till the monarchy of Constantine the Great. Wherein are described the several empires, and the contemporaries with them, all distinctly and by themselves, and yet linked together by synchronisms. As also, the forms and models of governments, with the power and nature of their respective magistrates, customs, laws, and antiquities. All in such unbroken order and method as yet never was extant. The second edition with large additions. By William Howel, LL.D., sometimes Fellow of Magdalen College in Cambridge.
William Howell (1631/2-1683)
Category
Books
Date
1680
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3058085
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. (v.1: [12],152; 177-264,269-479,[1]; 545-850; 775-960,[32]p.; v.2: [16],201, 206-448; 473-727,[13]p.) . fol... Loose inside at vol. 1 p. 16: Sheet of paper with rough MS calculations (17c. hand). Provenance: Bookplates: John Brownlowe, viscount Tyrconnel (armorial); Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). Old Belton pressmark on flyleaves: 70. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding (rubbed); spines gilt, with red leather spine-labels: Howels History Vol. I: [II:]. Edges of text-bock marbled. Vol. 1 in book-shoe.
Makers and roles
William Howell (1631/2-1683)