Bishop Burnet's History of his own time.
Contributors: Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: T. Ward
Published: 1724
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Great Britain -- History -- 1689-1714.; Great Britain -- History -- Restoration, 1660-1688.
Notes: Edited by his son, Sir Thomas Burnet.
"A list of Bishop Burnet's work" : v. 2, p. 727.
Manuscript note on verso of t.p. of v. 2: "The original manuscript of both volumes of this history will be deposited in the Cotton Library by T. Burnet.
First edition.
"In the second volume Burnet [the editor]...promised to deposit the manuscript of both volumes... in the Cotton Library, but failed to fulfil his promise."- Dict. Nat. Biog., v. 3, p. 410.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. From the restoration of King Charles II to the settlement of King William and Queen Mary at the revolution; to which is prefix'd a summary recapitulation of affairs in church and state from King James I to the Restoration.; title: v. 2. From the revolution to the conclusion of the Treaty of Peace at Utrecht in the reign of Queen Anne; to which is added the author's life, by the editor.