An easy and compendious introduction for reading all sorts of histories: contrived in a more facile way then heretofore hath been published, out of the papers of Mathias Prideaux Mr of Arts and sometime Fellow of Exeter Colledge in Oxford.

All titles

• An easy and compendious introduction for reading all sorts of histories: contrived in a more facile way then heretofore hath been published, out of the papers of Mathias Prideaux Mr of Arts and sometime Fellow of Exeter Colledge in Oxford.
• Of the history of successions in states, countries, of families Of political history in generall Synopsis of councels

People / Organizations

• Mathias Prideaux (Author)

Imprint

Oxford: printed for Leonard Lichfield printer to the University, and are to be sold by Tho: Robinson, anno Dom. 1654.

Publication year

1654-1654

ESTC No.

R30538

Grub Street ID

113375

Description

[[8], 256, [2], 257-351, [35]; [2], 58, [4] p. ; 4⁰

Note

Edited and published after the death of Mathias Prideaux death by John Prideaux, his father.

"Of political history in generall" and "Of the history of successions in states, countries, of families" each have separate title page dated 1653, with printed by Leonard Litchfield in imprint; pagination and register are continuous.

"A synopsis of councels", by John Prideaux, has separate title page dated 1654, with imprint "printed by Leonard Lichfield ... for Thomas Robinson"; pagination and register are separate. This edition may also have been issued separately (Wing P3436A; cf. Madan, III, 2261). It is a translation of "Consiliorum synopsis" (Wing P3421).

Includes indexes.