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Or a Treatise Describing the Terms and Most Celebrated Characters, Periods and Epocha's used in Chronology. By Giles Strauchius, D.D. amd Publick Professor in the University of Wittebergh. Now done in English from the Third Edition, in Latin. By Richard Sault, F.R.S. The Second Edition, Corrected And Enlarged with all the usefullest things (omitted by the Auhtor) taken from Dr. Beveridge's Institiones Chronologicae, and Dr. Holder of Time; as also the Epocha's of the Principal Kingdoms and States of Europe with Tables, calculated to the Authors Method.Engraved allegorical frontispiece of death and life, with Janus above and Wittenburg below.8vo. [7]ff, 432pp. Contemporary sprinkled calf (rebacked, corners worn).London: for A. Bosvile,

Signature P is foxed. First published in English in 1699 and in Latin in 1664.This work was recommended by Locke: "The Usefulness of this Study I [Richard Sault, the translator] cannot better recomment to thee, than in the Words of the Ingenious and Learned Mr. Lock; who thus expresses himself upon this Occasion in his Extraordinary Thoughts concerning Education (p. 327.) With Geography (says he) Chronology ought to go hand in hand; I mean, the general Part of it; so that he may have in his Mind a View of the whole Current of Time, and the several considerable Epocha's that are made use of in History. Without these two, History which is the great Mistress of Prudence and Civil Knowldge ... will be very ill retained [and] ... a jumble of Maters of Fact ... The most useful book I have seen in that part of Learning is a Treatise of Strauchius under the Titles of Breviarium Chronologicum" (A3r&v of the present edition). "Chronology" was a mjor subdivision in the organisation of Locke's library and he owned a first (Latin) edition of Strauch's work.Provenance: 1. Inscribed on the front fly-leaf: "Sam: Cromwell. Aug. 1. 1706". 2. Bookplate of Samuel Johnson's friend, John Cator (c.1730-1810). Early cost note inside back cover "0/3/0".

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