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Palaeologia Chronica: A Chronological Account of Ancient Time. In Three Parts: Didactical. Apodeicital. Canonical. Performed By Robert Cary, D., L.L. Devon. Printed by J. Darby, for Richard Chiswell, London, 1677, First Edition. Folding plate at 118-119 pp, 271 p + 97 p, full ruled leather, 13 x 8 , 4to. In fair condition. Moderate wear to extremities with heavier scuffing to surface of leather. Small patch of loss at rear board left edge at center. Chronol written in old hand on the fore-edge. Armorial bookplate of Hallie Carroll Blake (1870-1936) on front pastedown. Front end papers are detached, chipped and laid-in. WS John Danforth written on title at proper right top corner. Text block is toned at edges with instances of finger soiling present. A few notations in Danforth s hand scattered throughout the text. His notations become more prevalent towards the rear signature and flyleaf. He makes copious notes about the contents of the text on the rear fly. Folding plate intact with a large tear at attachment point to binding. Binding of text-block remains intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Robert Cary (1615? 1688) was an English churchman, for a short while archdeacon of Exeter, known as a chronologist. Born at Cockington or Berry Pomeroy, Devon, he was the second son of George Cary of Cockington, and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Seymour. He was admitted a commoner of Exeter College, Oxford on 4 October 1631. He became a scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford in October 1634, and graduated B.A. 1635, M.A. 1638 9. He was probably fellow of his college. His kinsman, William Seymour, Marquess of Hertford, who was chancellor of the university, obtained for him the degree of D.C.L. in November 1644; and later promoted him to the rectory of Portlemouth, near Kingsbridge. Cary became intimate with the local presbyterians and was made moderator of his division of the county. On the Restoration, however, he was one of the first to congratulate the king, and was installed archdeacon of Exeter on 18 August 1662. His major work was Palaeologia Chronica; a chronological account of ancient time, in three parts, (1) Didactical; (2) Apodeictical; (3) Canonical, (1677), an attempt to settle ancient chronology. Colonial Massachusetts American provenance of John Danforth (1660-1730) a congregational minister and Harvard College graduate (1677). He was as poet and left several published discourses, among them two Sermons on the Earthquake in 1727. His poetry has been discussed by Kenneth Murdock in his collection of early Puritan elegiac verse, Handkerchiefs from Paul. Most of his poems were elegies and made his debut in the Almanac for 1679. He is buried in Dorchester at the North Burying Ground. First Edition! RAREB1677FRSX - 12/23 FORN-SHELF-0466-BB-2410-HKREV210.
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