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
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3058087
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... Previous shelfmark L.9.2-3. Identified in the 1796 inventory (as 2 vols. only): F 7, price 4s. Christies 21 June, lot 641.. Provenance: Bookplate in both volumes: Chirk Castle R.E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914. MS shelfmark on front pastedowns: "O.2 [-3]. For: history". Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf bindings; gilt roll on board edges, gold-tooled spines, with red gilt title labels. Red mottled edges.
Makers and roles
William Howell (1631/2-1683)