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
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3214710
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. Imperfect: vol. 1 only. Old Felbrigg shelfmarks: [in pencil at front] W7 V7. Provenance: eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, lettered: William Windham Esquire [i.e. William Windham (1717-1761)]. Binding: eighteenth-centiry calf; gilt fillet border; five raised bands; gilt rules at head and foot odf spine; gilt lettered spine label: Howel's History of the world.
Makers and roles
William Howell (1631/2-1683)