The key of history. Or, A most methodicall abridgement of the foure chiefe monarches [sic], Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome
Subtitle: Being a generall and compendious chronicle from the Flood. Digested into three bookes. Whereunto is added a marginall cronologie of euery Romane emperours raigne, end [sic] of all the most memorable persons and accidents. Together with briefe illustrations vpon the more obscure names places, and office. The second edition. Written by that excellent and most learned man Iohn Sleidan
Contributors: Darcie, Abraham, active 1625; Durst, Seymour B., 1913-1995, former owner
Publisher: printed [by Nicholas Okes] for William Sheares, and and [sic] are to be sould at his shop at the great south doore of St. Paules Church
Published: 1631
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
Subjects: Ancient History; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Key of history. Or, A most methodicall abridgement of the foure chiefe monarches, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome; Key of history. Or, A most methodicall abridgement of the foure chiefe monarchies, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome
Work titles: De quatuor summis imperiis libri tres
Notes: A translation by Abraham Darcie of: De quatuor summis imperiis.

Printer's name from STC.

Omits the dedication by Darcie. Cf. STC.

Last leaf is blank.

In this setting of the title page, line 8 ends "compendi-". Another setting ends "compendious"

Avery Classics copy: Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Avery Classics copy: Has Seymour B. Durst's bookplate.

Avery Classics copy: Signed in ink "Ms. Wickhoff" on front pastedown.

Avery Classics copy: Signed "Maurice R Vripno?, Sept. 3, 1955, LC" on front pastedown.

STC (2nd ed.), 19851

English short title catalogue, S000481

Gift; Seymour Durst; 2012. plate:seymourdurst