The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary; . being a curious miscellany of sacred and prophane history. Containing, in short, the lives ... of the patriarchs, ... of the apostles, ... of popes, ... of heresiarchs ... emperors, ... and all those who have recommended themselves to the world, ... The genealogy of several illustrious families in Europe. The fabulous history of the heathen gods and heroes. The description of empires, kingdoms, common-wealths, ... Collected from the best historians, ... but more especially out of Lewis Morery ... his sixth edition corrected and enlarged by Monsieur Le Clerk; ... Now done into English. To which are added, ... the lives, ... of the illustrious families of our English, Scotch and Irish nobility, ... clergy, and most famous men of all arts and sciences: ... Wherein are inserted the last five years historical and geographical collections of Edmond Bohun, ...
Louis Moréri (1643-1680)
Category
Books
Date
1694
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3090324.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. ([1242]p.) . fol.. Imperfect: wanting title page to vol. 2. 'Panorama of Leicester Square' (1795? Single sheet) loosely inserted.. Provenance: Bookplates: Dame Alice Brownlow 1698 (armorial 2 - large) on title page verso; Belton House (Earl's coronet and crests). manuscript inscription on pastedown: Library of Belton House. Old Belton pressmark: 99.. Binding: Seventeenth-century full sprinkled calf; in bookshoe.
Makers and roles
Louis Moréri (1643-1680) Edmund Bohun (1645-1699) Jean Le Clerc (1657-1736)