The lives of the popes, from the time of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, to the reign of Sixtus IV.

Title

The lives of the popes, from the time of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, to the reign of Sixtus IV.

Alternative Title

Full title: The lives of the popes, from the time of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, to the reign of Sixtus IV. / Written originally in Latin, by Baptista Platina. And the same history continued from the year 1471 to this present time; wherein the most remarkable passages of Christendom, both in church and state, are treated of and described, by Paul Rycaut.

Creator

Platina, 1421-1481.

Publisher

London : Printed for Christopher Wilkinson at the Black Boy over against S. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet

Date

1685

Format

[32], 416, 394, [18] pages, [1] leaf of plates frontispiece (portrait) 33 cm (fol. in 4s)

Description

Frontispiece portrait of Paul Rycaut signed: P. Lelij pinxit. R. White sculpsit. Title in red and black within double-rule border;
initials.
Signatures: A² a-c?d² B-6D? 6E?.
With side-glosses.
Includes index.

Contributor

Gift of Daniel Woolf.
Rycaut, Paul, Sir, 1628-1700.
White, Robert, 1645-1703, engraver

Language

English

Identifier

Dated 1685 .P53.
English Short Title Catalogue R9221.
Wing, P-2403

Relation

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Files

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Collection

Citation

Platina, 1421-1481., “The lives of the popes, from the time of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, to the reign of Sixtus IV.,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed April 29, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/1082.