Chronological tables of Europe
Title
Chronological tables of Europe
Alternative Title
Full title: Chronological tables of Europe : from the nativity of our Saviour to the year 1703 : Engraven on 46 Copper-Plates, and Contriv'd in a small Compass for the Pocket ; Being of Great Use for the Reading of History, and a Ready Help to Discourse : Digested into so very Easie and Exact a Method, that any one may Immediately find out either Pope, Emperour, or King : And thereby Know in what Time & Kingdom he Reign'd, Who were his Predecessours, Contemprs. & Successrs ; To what Virtues or Vices he was most Inclinable ; The Good or Ill Success of his Fortune ; The Manner & Time of his Death / by Colonel Parsons. Licensed (Nov: 10th. 1689) Robt. Midgley.
Creator
Guillaume Marcel, 1647-1708.
Publisher
London : Printed for B. Barker at the White-Hart and C. King at the Judges Head in Westminster Hall
Date
1707
Format
[41] unnumbered leaves ; 8 x 12 cm (obl. 12°)
Description
In fact by Guillaume Marcel and translated by William Parsons.
Derived, with slight modifications, from Guillaume Marcel's Tablettes chronologiques, Paris, 1682. Cf. Dictionary of National Biography.
Engraved throughout.
At foot of the titlepage is an advertisement by B. Barker and C. King; a variant has this by W. Rogers.
The first five leaves are printed on both recto and verso; two folding leaves are included in the total.
Price (bound) 5 shill[ing]s.
Engravings by John Sturt.
"The VIth. impression, wth alterations & amendments; and a new way of binding more com[m]odious than ye former."
Derived, with slight modifications, from Guillaume Marcel's Tablettes chronologiques, Paris, 1682. Cf. Dictionary of National Biography.
Engraved throughout.
At foot of the titlepage is an advertisement by B. Barker and C. King; a variant has this by W. Rogers.
The first five leaves are printed on both recto and verso; two folding leaves are included in the total.
Price (bound) 5 shill[ing]s.
Engravings by John Sturt.
"The VIth. impression, wth alterations & amendments; and a new way of binding more com[m]odious than ye former."
Provenance
Schulich-Woolf copy the 'W. Rogers' variant.
Bookplate on fly leaf: Ham Court.
Folded leaves are pasted inside front and back covers.
Presented by Principal Daniel Woolf [Gift2015]
Bookplate on fly leaf: Ham Court.
Folded leaves are pasted inside front and back covers.
Presented by Principal Daniel Woolf [Gift2015]
Contributor
Parsons, William, 1658-1725? translator
Sturt, John, 1658-1730. engraver
Woolf, D. R. (Daniel R.) donor
Schulich-Woolf Collection.
Sturt, John, 1658-1730. engraver
Woolf, D. R. (Daniel R.) donor
Schulich-Woolf Collection.
Language
English
Identifier
mini D11 .M3713 1707
ESTC, T122638
ESTC, T122638
Files
Collection
Citation
Guillaume Marcel, 1647-1708., “Chronological tables of Europe,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed April 24, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/157.