THE ENGLISH, SCOTCH AND IRISH HISTORICAL LIBRARIES. Giving a short view and character of most of our historians, either in print or manuscript. With An Account of our Records, Law-Books, Coins, and other Matters, serviceable to the undertakers of a general history of England. The third edition, corrected and augmented. By W. Nicolson, late Bishop of Carlisle. To which is added, a letter to the Reverend White Kennet, D. D. in Defence of the English Historical Library, &c

Nicolson, William.

Published by London : printed for G. Strahan at the Golden Ball in Cornhill; W. Mears at the Lamb on Ludgate-Hill; T. Woodward at the Half-Moon between the Two Temple Gates in Fleet-Street; F. Clay at the Bible and D. Browne at the Black-Swan without Temple-Bar; C. Davis in Pater-Noster Row; and T. Osborne in Gray's-Inn, 1736

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1st Collected Edition. Folio. xviii, 272, 18; xviii, [2], 148; xvi, 118p. Decorative head and tail pieces and initial letters. Pp.117/118 of last work misbound after pp.112, sporadic dust soiling to top edge, modern e.ps., contemporary speckled calf, some surface wear and marking, some restoration work to upper corners, sl. loss to lower corners, rebacked in modern calf with gilt lettered label to spine, gilt rule edged raised bands. Ex.-libris Wm. Wynne Esq. of the Inner Temple. William Wynne (baptised 1692 16 May 1765) Welsh lawyer and author. A valuable work, indispensabley necessary in the study of English History Lowndes. Graves 7174; Besterman 2664; ESTC No T60243. The Scottish and Irish historical libraries have separate titlepages.- In fact, the third edition only of 'The English historical library'; the first collected edition. Seperate pagination and register. William Nicolson (1655 1727), Church of Ireland bishop of Derry and antiquary. . But his most important work was his English Historical Library, published in 1696 9, a comprehensive bibliography of printed and manuscript materials on English history, compiled with a patriotic as well as a scholarly purpose. The work was also infused with a vigorous wit, which made austere commentators suspicious, and there were inevitably errors, which exposed Nicolson to the criticism that he was hasty and sometimes slapdash in his scholarship. He then turned his attention northwards, and in 1702 produced a Scottish Historical Library (1702). Much later, when he was domiciled in Ireland, there followed an Irish Historical Library (1724), though this was seriously marred by his manifest ignorance of the Irish language. The three works were reprinted together in a compendium volume in 1736 . Additional postage may be necessary US$520.

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• Title: THE ENGLISH, SCOTCH AND IRISH HISTORICAL LIBRARIES. Giving a short view and character of most of our historians, either in print or manuscript. With An Account of our Records, Law-Books, Coins, and other Matters, serviceable to the undertakers of a general history of England. The third edition, corrected and augmented. By W. Nicolson, late Bishop of Carlisle. To which is added, a letter to the Reverend White Kennet, D. D. in Defence of the English Historical Library, &c
• Publisher: London : printed for G. Strahan at the Golden Ball in Cornhill; W. Mears at the Lamb on Ludgate-Hill; T. Woodward at the Half-Moon between the Two Temple Gates in Fleet-Street; F. Clay at the Bible and D. Browne at the Black-Swan without Temple-Bar; C. Davis in Pater-Noster Row; and T. Osborne in Gray's-Inn
• Publication Date: 1736
• Binding: Hardcover
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