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A true ecclesiastical history, from Moses to the time of Martin Luther, in verse /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679
Other Authors: Rymer, Thomas, 1641-1713, Rooke, John (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translation of: Historia ecclesiastica, carmine elegiaco concinnata.
Published: London : Printed for E. Curll in the Strand, MDCCXXII [1722]
Subjects:
Church history > Early works to 1800.
Christianity > Controversial literature > Early works to 1800.
Elegiac poetry, Latin > 18th century > Translations into English.
Verse satire > Early works to 1800.
Christianity.
Church history.
Controversial literature.
Poems > 18th century.
Translations > 18th century.
Description
Item Description:Signatures: [A]⁴ B-BB⁴.
Errata: page [192].
Printer's device (engraving) on title page, head- and tailpieces, factotums.
A satirical dialogue originally in Latin elegiacs, translated into heroic couplets by John Rooke.
Preface ascribed to Thomas Rymer.--Cf. NUC.
Includes index.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:8 unnumbered pages, 187 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm (octavo)
Place of Publication:Great Britain -- England -- London.