The key of historie: or, A most methodicall abridgement of the foure chiefe monarchies, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome. Being a generall and compendious chronicle from the Flood. Digested into three bookes: whereunto is added a marginall chronologie of euery Roman emperours raigne, and of all the most memorable persons and accidents. Together with briefe illustrations upon the more obscure names, places and offices. The third edition. Written by that excellent and most learned man, Iohn Sleidan.

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• The key of historie: or, A most methodicall abridgement of the foure chiefe monarchies, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome. Being a generall and compendious chronicle from the Flood. Digested into three bookes: whereunto is added a marginall chronologie of euery Roman emperours raigne, and of all the most memorable persons and accidents. Together with briefe illustrations upon the more obscure names, places and offices. The third edition. Written by that excellent and most learned man, Iohn Sleidan.
• De quatuor summis imperiis. English. Abridgments
• Key of history

People / Organizations

• Johannes Sleidanus (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for William Sheares, at his shop in Britains-Bursse, and neare Yorke-house, 1635 [i.e. 1636]

Added name

Darcie, Abraham, fl. 1625, tr.

Publication year

1636

ESTC No.

S114719

Grub Street ID

134429

Description

[32], 375 [i.e. 377], [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 12⁰

Note

A translation and abridgment, by Abraham Darcie, of: De quatuor summis imperiis.

With an additional double-page engraved title page (plate) dated 1636: The key of history.

Signatures: B-Q?? S-T??.

First leaf is blank.