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Ref NoEFP/094/1688/24
Finding NumberAF 094/1688/24
TitleThe 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; wherei the most remarkable passages of Christendom, both in church and state, are treated of and described. By Sir Paul Rycaut, Kt
LevelItem
Date1688
DescriptionVitæ pontificum. English
Title page in red and black.; Frontis. portrait (plate) of Paul Rycaut signed: P. Lelij pinxit. R. White sculpsit.; With press-figures (asterisks and daggers) throughout.; 266732.; Includes index.; Microfilm.; R20934.; Translation of Vitæ pontificum.
The second edition, corrected.
AuthorPlatina, 1421-1481; Rycaut, Paul, Sir, 1628-1700; White, Robert, 1645-1703, engraver
SubjectPopes -- Biography -- Early works to 1800
Physical Description[32], 416, 394, [18] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 2j.
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
PublisherLondon : printed for C. Wilkinson, and are to be sold by A. Churchil at the Black Swan in Ave-Mary lane, 1688.
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