The lives of the popes, from the time of our Saviour Jesus Christ, to the reign of Sixtus IV· Written originally in Latin by Baptista Platina, native of Cremona, and translated into English. And the same history continued from the year 1471. to this present time; wherein the most remarkable passages of Christendom, both in church and state, are treated of and described. By Sir Paul Rycaut, Kt.
Platina,1421-1481.
Rycaut, Paul,Sir,1628-1700.
White, Robert,1645-1703,engraver.
London : printed for C. Wilkinson, and are to be sold by A. Churchil at the Black Swan in Ave-Mary lane,
1688.
Translation of VitÆ pontificum.
Title page in red and black.
Frontis. portrait (plate) of Paul Rycaut signed: P. Lelij pinxit. R. White sculpsit.
Includes index.
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996),
ESTC
Popes