The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary
Subtitle: being a curious miscellany of sacred and profane history.  Containing, in short, the lives and most remarkable actions of the patriarchs, judges and kings of the Jews; of the apostles, fathers, and doctors of the church; of popes, cardinals, bishops, [etc.] ...  Together with the establishment and progress both of religious and military orders, and the lives of their founders.  The genealogy of several illustrious families in Europe.  The fabulous history of the heathen gods and heroes.  The description of empires, kingdoms, common-wealths, provinces, cities, towns, islands, mountains ...  The whole being full of remarks and curious enquiries, for the illustrations of several difficulties in theology, history, chronology and geography.
By: Collected from the best historians, chronologers, and lexicographers ... but specially out of Lewis Morery, D.D. his 6th edition corrected and enlarged by Monsieur Le Clerk; in two volumes in folio.  Now done into English.  To which are added, by way of supplement, intermix'd throughout the alphabet, the lives, most remarkable actions, and writings of the illustrious families of our English, Scotch and Irish nobility, gentry, eminent clergy, and most famous men of all arts and sciences: as also, and exact description of these kingdoms; with the most considerable occurrences that have happened to this present time. By several learned men.  Wherein are inserted the last five years historical and geographical collections of Edmond Bohun, esq; designed at first for his own Geographical dictionary, and never extant till in this work.
Contributors: Bohun, Edmund, 1645-1699
Publisher: Printed for H. Rhodes
Published: 1694
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: History -- Dictionaries
Notes: Title in red and black.
Table of contents: value: v. 1. A-G.