The history and antiquities of the University of Cambridge

Title

The history and antiquities of the University of Cambridge

Alternative Title

Full title: The history and antiquities of the University of Cambridge : containing I. its original and progress : II. a discription of the present colleges, with an account of their founders and benefactors, their halls and inns : as also the heads of those foundations, and of the bishops who had their education there / by the Reverend Mr. Richard Parker ... ; to which are added, several charters granted to the colleges, with an account of the authors above mentioned : as also a catalogue of the chancellors, and a summary of all the privileges granted to this seminary of learning by English monarchs ; from a manuscript in the Cotton Library.

Publisher

London : T. Warner at the Black Boy in Pater-Noster-Row

Date

[1721?]

Format

[1], x, 265, [5] pages

Description

Part 1 is a translation of: Historiola Cantabrigiensis, by Nicolaus Cantalupus. Part 2 is a translation of Skeletos Cantabrigiensis, by Richard Parker. Part 2 has title: A view of Cambridge, or, a discription of its colleges ... written in Latin by the Reuerend Mr. Richard Parker ... in the year 1622, and publish'd in the same language by ... Mr. Richard Hearn, in his edition of Leland's Collectanea. Now first translated into English.

Provenance

Presented by Principal Daniel Woolf [Gift2015]

Contributor

Woolf, D. R. (Daniel R.) donor
Cantalupus, Nicolaus, -1441. Historiola Cantabrigiensis. English
Parker, Richard, 1572-1629. Skeletos Cantabrigiensis. English
Schulich-Woolf Collection.

Language

English

Identifier

LF114 .H5 1721
ESTC T145490

Files

LF114 H5 1721.jpg

Collection

Citation

“The history and antiquities of the University of Cambridge,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed May 4, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/195.