The English, Scotch and Irish historical libraries. Giving a short view and character of most of our historians, either in print or manuscript. With an account of our records, law-books, coins, &c. /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nicolson, William, 1655-1727
Other Authors: Atterbury, Francis, 1662-1732 (Correspondent), Kennett, White, 1660-1728 (Correspondent)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for T. Evans, ... and T. Becket, ... MDCCLXXVI [1776]
Edition:A new edition, corrected.
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Description
Item Description:A new collective edition of the following: (1) English historical library, first published in parts 1696-99; 2d ed., 1714; (2) The Scottish historical library, 1702; (3) The Irish historical library, 1724; the three having been reissued in a collective ("third") edition, 1736.
"A letter to the Reverend White Kennet ... against the unmannerly and slanderous objections of Mr. Francis Atterbury ..."--Part 1, pages [227]-241.
Includes indexes.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Errors in pagination: [part 1] pages 49 and 124 wrongly numbered 46 and 24; numbers 193-196 skipped with no loss of text; [part 2] numbers 49-50 skipped with no loss of text, numbers 57 and 58 repeated in pagination; [part 3] page 69 wrongly numbered 66.
Physical Description:xii, 241 pages, 7 unnumbered pages, 114 pages, 6 unnumbered pages, viii, 90 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 30 cm (4to)
Place of Publication:England -- London.