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The Key of Historie, Or, A Most Methodicall Abridgement of the foure Chiefe Monarchies, Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome. Being a generall and compendious chronicle From The Flood. ... the Third Edition.
by SLEDEN, John:
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- Hardcover
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Printed for William Sheares, 1635 3rd. Hardback, 5.5 x 3 inches. In speckled full calf leather binding, blind paneled boards and banding to spine. Red speckled page edges. In very good condition. Some darkening and minor rubbing to cover, darkening to rear board with rubbed patch. Some minor darkening to endpapers, no penned inscriptions. Small tear to top r/h corner of front plate. some minor dakrneing to title page else inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. 375pp. Illustrated with a folding engraved title plate to front.
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- Title
- The Key of Historie, Or, A Most Methodicall Abridgement of the foure Chiefe Monarchies, Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome. Being a generall and compendious chronicle From The Flood. ... the Third Edition.
- Author
- SLEDEN, John:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Printed for William Sheares, 1635 3rd
- Keywords
- HISTORY SLEDEN, John: The Key of Historie, Methodicall Abridgement of the foure Chiefe Monarchies, Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome, compendious chronicle From The Flood, third edition, 1635, 3rd, early, ancient, leather, fine binding, engraving, William
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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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