The chronological historian

Title

The chronological historian

Alternative Title

Full title: The chronological historian : containing a regular account of all material transactions and occurrences, ecclesiastical, civil, and military, relating to the English affairs, from the invasion of the Romans, to the present time : with the creations and promotions of the nobility and baronets, ministers of state, generals, judges, attorneys, and solicitors-general, as they stand in order of time ; whereby that confusion, which generally misleads the reader in the perusal of our historians for want of an exact chronology, is prevented, and other defects and omissions supply'd / by Mr. Salmon ; illustrated with the effigies of all our English monarchs, curiously engraven from original paintings, by Mr. Vertue.

Creator

Thomas Salmon, 1679-1767

Publisher

London : Printed for W. Mears, at the Lamb, without Temple-Bar

Date

MDCCXXIII [1723]

Format

[8], 422, [26] pages, 4 leaves of plates : portraits (engravings) ; 20 cm (8vo)

Description

Title-page printed in red and black; title enclosed in double ruled border; text printed in double columns, enclosed in single ruled border; head- and tail-pieces; initials.

With advertisements ([5] pages) at end.

Includes index.

Provenance

Present by Principal Daniel Woolf [Gift2015]

Bookplate of Sir Robert Eden, Baronet on front pastedown, signature of "Tho. Eden" on title page; original paneled calf binding, front hinge starting; pressed leaves removed to item folder.

In item file: Pressed plants taken from between book pages.

Contributor

Mears, W. (William), active 1713-1758, publisher.
Vertue, George, 1684-1756, engraver.
Woolf, D. R. (Daniel R.), donor.
Schulich-Woolf Collection.

Language

English

Identifier

DA34 .S3 1723
Sabin, 75819
ESTC, T75748

Files

DA34 S3 1723.jpg

Collection

Citation

Thomas Salmon, 1679-1767, “The chronological historian,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed March 29, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/214.