The key of history. Or, A most methodicall abridgement of the foure chiefe monarches [sic], Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome. Being a generall and compendious chronicle from the Flood. Digested into three bookes. Whereunto is added a marginall cronologie of euery Romane emperours raigne, end [sic] of all the most memorable persons and accidents. Together with briefe illustrations vpon the more obscure names places, and office. The second edition. Written by that excellent and most learned man Iohn Sleidan
- Name
- Sleidanus, Johannes, 1506-1556
- Darcie, Abraham, active 1625
- Title
- The key of history. Or, A most methodicall abridgement of the foure chiefe monarches [sic], Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome. Being a generall and compendious chronicle from the Flood. Digested into three bookes. Whereunto is added a marginall cronologie of euery Romane emperours raigne, end [sic] of all the most memorable persons and accidents. Together with briefe illustrations vpon the more obscure names places, and office. The second edition. Written by that excellent and most learned man Iohn Sleidan
- Other Titles
- Key of history. Or, A most methodicall abridgement of the foure chiefe monarches, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome; Key of history. Or, A most methodicall abridgement of the foure chiefe monarchies, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome
- Collection Name
- Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection
- Subjects
- History, Ancient--Early works to 1800.
- Format
- books
- Genre
- books
- Publication Information
- printed [by Nicholas Okes] for William Sheares, and and [sic] are to be sould at his shop at the great south doore of St. Paules Church: London
- Date
- 1631
- Physical Description
- [28], 377, [5] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 15 cm. (12mo)
- Note
- A translation by Abraham Darcie of: De quatuor summis imperiis
- Printer's name from STC
- Omits the dedication by Darcie. Cf. STC
- Last leaf is blank
- In this setting of the title page, line 8 ends "compendi-". Another setting ends "compendious"
- Avery Classics copy: Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University
- Avery Classics copy: Has Seymour B. Durst's bookplate
- Avery Classics copy: Signed in ink "Ms. Wickhoff" on front pastedown
- Avery Classics copy: Signed "Maurice R Vripno?, Sept. 3, 1955, LC" on front pastedown
- Catalog Record
- 10212963
- Also In
- Seymour B. Durst Old York Library
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/D86T0T3F
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