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. The third edition, in which is added a Synopsis of councels by John Prideaux late Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, and Bishop of Worcester.

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. The third edition, in which is added a Synopsis of councels by John Prideaux late Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, and Bishop of Worcester.
• Of political history in generall Of the history of successions in states, countries, or families 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. 1655.

Publication year

1655-1655

ESTC No.

R31925

Grub Street ID

114681

Description

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

Note

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

A reissue of the 1654 edition (Wing P3441; Madan, II, 2260).

"Of political history in generall" and "Of the history of successions in states, countries, or 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).