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
Subtitle: together, with many other rarities and remarkable things rarely known, and never before made publick : to which is added, several curious inventions, peculierly attributed to England & English-men : the whole work alphabeticaly digested, and very helpful to the readers of history. --
Contributors: Langley, Thomas, d. 1581.; Harris, John, bookseller; Fleming, Daniel, Sir, 1633-1701 (autograph); Honeyman, Robert (bookplate); Honeyman, Robert B. and Marian S. (association)
Publisher: Printed for John Harris ...
Published: 1686
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
Subjects: Civilization -- History
Work titles: De rerum inventoribus
Notes: Anonymous.  By Polydore Vergil.  Cf. Halkett & Laing.

"The preface to the reader" signed: J.H. [i.e. John Harris]

Translation, by Thomas Langley, of: De rerum inventoribus.

Errors in paging: no. 35-44 duplicated; p. 157 numbered 127.

Wing V598.

With the autograph of Daniel Fleming on front end paper.

With the bookplate of Robert Honeyman IV.

Ex libris Robert B. and Marian S. Honeyman.

In slipcase.