The lives of the popes : from the time of our Saviour Jesus Christ, to the reign of Sixtus IV· Written originally in Latin, by Baptista Platina, native of Cremona, and translated into English. And the same history continued from the year 1471. to this present time; wherein the most remarkable passages of Christendom, both in church and state, are treated of and described. By Sir Paul Rycaut, Kt.
1688
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The lives of the popes : from the time of our Saviour Jesus Christ, to the reign of Sixtus IV· Written originally in Latin, by Baptista Platina, native of Cremona, and translated into English. And the same history continued from the year 1471. to this present time; wherein the most remarkable passages of Christendom, both in church and state, are treated of and described. By Sir Paul Rycaut, Kt.
Uniform title
Vitae pontificum. English
Edition
The second edition, corrected.
Created/published
London : Printed for C. Wilkinson, and are to be sold by A. Churchil at the Black Swan in Ave-Mary lane, 1688.
Description
[32], 416, 394, [18] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; (fol.)
Associated name
Platina, 1421-1481. author.
Rycaut, Paul, Sir, 1628-1700.
White, Robert, 1645-1703, printmaker.
Rycaut, Paul, Sir, 1628-1700.
White, Robert, 1645-1703, printmaker.
Note
Translation of Vitae pontificum.
Title page in red and black.
Frontis. portrait (plate) of Paul Rycaut signed: P. Lelij pinxit. R. White sculpsit.
Includes index.
With press-figures (asterisks and daggers) throughout.
Title page in red and black.
Frontis. portrait (plate) of Paul Rycaut signed: P. Lelij pinxit. R. White sculpsit.
Includes index.
With press-figures (asterisks and daggers) throughout.
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), P2404
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R20934
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R20934
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
P2404 (folio)
Folger-specific note
126571. Imperfect: leaves b2 and b3 of introduction lacking; supplied in photostat from Harvard library copy. Cambridge-style binding. Manuscript shelf-mark. Provenance: engraved armorial bookplate of James Earl of Bute (motto "avito viret honore"), inscribed beneath Bute bookplate: "Mountstuart / Class 4th History / D.2.7." (i.e. Bute Library copy)