A chronicle of the kings of England, from the time of the Roman government, unto the death of King James ... / Faithfully collected out of authors ancient and modern; and digested into a method, by Sir Richard Baker, knight. Whereunto is added, the reign of King Charles the First, and the first thirteen years of ... King Charles the Second [by Edward Phillips].

  • Baker, Richard, Sir, 1568-1645.
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1679
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A chronicle of the kings of England, from the time of the Roman government, unto the death of King James ... / Faithfully collected out of authors ancient and modern; and digested into a method, by Sir Richard Baker, knight. Whereunto is added, the reign of King Charles the First, and the first thirteen years of ... King Charles the Second [by Edward Phillips]. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for G. Sawbridge [etc.], 1679.

Physical description

24 unnumbered leaves, 750 pages, 42 unnumbered pages : add. engr. title page & engr. frontispiece (portrait of Charles II) ; (folio)

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7th ed.

References note

Wing B508
ESTC R605
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), B508

Notes

Added t.-p., engr.; double columns; marginal notes
"A catalogue of the nobility": p.L. 8-24
"Epistle to the reader" signed: E. Phillips
"The reign of King Charles the First, and King Charles the Second" is by Edward Phillips, without special t.-p., p. 431-750
"The account of the restoration given in the fourth and succeeding editions is attributed to Sir Thomas Clarges, Monck's brother-in-law"--Dict. nat. biog

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"A catalogue of writers ... out of whom this chronicle hath been collected": 3 p. following Epistle to the reader

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