Origines gentium antiquissimae; or, Attempts for discovering the times of the first planting of nations : In several tracts / By the Rt. Revd. R. Cumberland, D.D. late Bishop of Peterborough. Publish'd from his Lordship's manuscript by S. Payne, A.M. Rector of Barnack in Northamptonshire
1724, First Edition. London : Printed by W.B. for R. Wilkin, at the King's Head in St. Paul's Church-yard. Good copy in contemporary full leather, with blind-tooled decoration to the boards, raised spine bands, and a gilt-blocked red leather label (now with minor loss to label margins). Board edges rubbed; spine showing wear at joints and endbands. Preliminary and final leaves lightly foxed, with interior remaining notably tight, bright and clean throughout. A well-preserved example overall. Item #460285
Physical description; xxxiii, [7], 480, [8] pages ; 20 cm. Notes; Title page within double-ruled border. Referenced by: ESTC T129071 ; Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers 1042. Some tracts in Latin. Subjects; History, Ancient. Bible History of contemporary events. World history Early works to 1800. Egypt Antiquities. Greece Antiquities. Rome Antiquities.
Price: €325.00