A pleasant and compendious history of the first inventers and instituters of the most famous arts, misteries, laws, customs and manners in the whole world, together, with many other rarities and remarkable things rarely known, and never before made publick
Subtitle: To which is added several curious inventions, peculierly attributed to England & English-men, the whole work alphabetically digested, and very helpful to the readers of history
By: Licensed October 29th, 1685. R.L.S.
Series: Early English books online; Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 928:17
Publisher: Printed for John Harris, at the Harrow against the church in the Poultrey
Published: 1686
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Translated from: lat
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Inventions; Inventors
Notes: Preface signed: J.H. [i.e. John Harris].

"This is Langley's translation arranged alphabetically, with some alterations, omissions, and additions."--J. Ferguson. Bibliographical notes on the English translation of Polydore Vergil's work, "De inventoribus rerum" (Archaeologia, 1888. vol. LI, pt. I, p. 138).