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The historyes and chronicles of the world, c. 1640

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Dd.01.18-MS Dd.01.19

Scope and Contents

'By John Zonaras … Contayneing all the most memorable actions happened in the world in the revolution of sixe thousand sixe hundre yeares, and more. Digested into three bookes … Done out of Greek into French with annotations in the margeant, upon the diversitie of the Greek copyes; with advertisements, and index of the most memorable things ... Paris ... for John Paxent in Saint James Streete, M.D.LXXXIII. And done into English, by the noble and learned lady, the Lady Agnes Wenman, sometime wife of the Right honourable Richard Lord Viscount Wenman deceased.' The first volume has been made to end in the middle of a sentence of which the continuation is to be found at p. 191 of the second; the preceding 190 pages ought to follow p. 378; the second volume is also defective, the narrative breaking off abruptly. Transcribed from Lady Wenman's autograph, of which a portion is to be found in MS Mm.03.32.

Dates

  • Creation: c. 1640

Creator

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Extent

2 volume(s) (474 and 378 pages.)

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

In the Library by the mid 1750s.

Physical Description

Paper.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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