Easy and Compendious Introduction For Reading all sorts of Histories, An. Contrived In a more facile way then heretofore hath been published; Out of the Papers of Mathias Prideaux, Mr. of Arts, and sometime Fellow of Exeter Colledge in Oxford., The Sixth Edition, Corrected and Augmented, with an Exact Continuation of all the Popes, Emperors, and our Kings of England to this present time, with Three useful Indexes. To which is added a Synopsis of Councels, by John Prideaux, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, and Bishop of Worcester. 2 volumes bound in one (Complete)

Published by Leonard Lichfield, Oxford, 1682

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Octavo. Pagination is irregular and runs as such: [6], 156, [2], 153, 156-157, 156-157, 160-249, [3], 253-392, 375-381, 381, [32], 57, [3] pages. Original full morocco with blind tooling and ruling on covers. Vertical half-title reads, 'Prideaux Introduction to History.' with the words 'Introduction to History' bracketed together. Decorative headpieces and initials. 'Of Political History in General' and 'Of the History of Successions, in States, Countries, or Families' each have a separate title-page dated 1681; pagination and register are continuous. 'A Synopsis of Councels', by John Prideaux, a translation of his 'Consiliorum Synopsis' (Wing P3421), has a separate title-page dated 1681; pagination and register are separate. This edition may also have been issued separately (Wing P3437). Includes indexes. Edited and published after Mathias Prideaux's death by John Prideaux, his father. Some rubbing and abrasion on binding. Previous owner's name on free front endpaper and at margin of title page. Moderate and sporadic browning throughout. Some worming at upper margin of last pages (not affecting text). Binding in overall fair, interior in good condition.…

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Easy and Compendious Introduction For Reading all sorts of Histories, An. Contrived In a more facile way then heretofore hath been published; Out of the Papers of Mathias Prideaux, Mr. of Arts, and sometime Fellow of Exeter Colledge in Oxford., The Sixth Edition, Corrected and Augmented, with an Exact Continuation of all the Popes, Emperors, and our Kings of England to this present time, with Three useful Indexes. To which is added a Synopsis of Councels, by John Prideaux, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, and Bishop of Worcester. 2 volumes bound in one (Complete)
Author
Prideaux, Mathias; John Prideaux
Publisher
Leonard Lichfield, Oxford
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1682
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Hardcover
Edition
Sixth edition.
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Since 1985 we offer individual books for sale from our inventory of 150,000 rare, out-of-print and antiquarian volumes on many topics, with an emphasis on Judaica, Hebraica, Bibles and rabbinics, the fine and decorative arts, architecture, photography, textile and wallpaper sample books, Bauhaus and the avant garde, expressionist dance, Olympic Games and sport, the ancient near-east and archeology, erotica, illustrated and foreign-language books, especially German, Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew, as well as books from the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, plus Russian constructivist materials. We create book collections, both large and small, for individuals, decorators, archives and libraries¿currently available: a 10,000-volume research collection on Judaica in the German language. In addition, we maintain a beguiling selection of original works of art and photography. Eric Chaim Kline provides appraisal services for estate, insurance and tax purposes, often helping to match book donors with libraries and museums. We purchase books of merit and entire collections; we also take books on consignment with favorable terms. We are a rental source for movie and tv production, occasionally providing the prop on which the plot turns. Traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe, Eric Chaim Kline has been buying and selling old and rare books since the 1980¿s, when in graduate school at Brandeis University. Proprietor of bookshops in several Los Angeles locations since 1985, he hosts visitors by appointment in our lively bookstore and ships books to collectors, libraries and museums worldwide. Kline occasionally lectures on topics in book collecting and Jewish studies. He sponsors the annual Bibliography Award granted by the Association of Jewish Libraries and serves on the national board of the Antiquarian Booksellers¿ Association of America. We welcome your inquiries.…

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