Folio. 420 leaves; the title for this edition is followed by that for the edition of 1670, of which this is a reissue with
a new title-page.
This edition not in Lowndes.
Hazlitt II, page 355.
Madan 2909.
STC E3348.
Charles Estienne, 1504-1564, the third son of Henri Estienne, originally published his Dictionarium, the first French encyclopedia, in 1553.
Nicholas Lloyd, 1630-1680, English historical compiler. His edition of Estienne’s work was published after thirty years’ labour.
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Abr. of the histor
l., geograph
l., chronolog
l. & poetic
l. dict. 1
st. vol.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 9. no. 89, Abridgment of the historical, geographical, chronological and poetical dictionary, 1st vol.
8vo.
An Universal, Historical, Geographical, Chronological and Poetical Dictionary, exactly describing the Situation, Extent, Customs,
Laws, Manners, Commodities, &c. of all Kingdoms, Common-Wealths, Provinces, Islands and Cities, in the known World. Containing
likewise the Lives of the Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, and Primitive Fathers; Emperors, Kings, Princes, Popes, Cardinals,
Bishops, and other eminent Persons; with an Account of the Inventors and Improvers of Arts and Sciences, Philosophers, and
all Celebrated Authors. Also the History of the Pagan Gods . . . The Whole consisting of a curious Miscellany of Sacred and
Prophane History, Extracted from Moreri, Bayle, Baudrand, Hoffman, Danet, and many more of the best and choicest Historians,
Geographers, Chronologers and Lexicographers, Antient and Modern. In
Two Volumes . . .
London: Printed for
J. Hartley,
W. Turner and
Tho. Hodgson,
1703.
Sm. 4to. vol. I [only]. 380 leaves, publishers’ advertisement on the last page. The caption title on the first leaf of text
reads: An Abridgment of Moreri’s, Baile’s, Hoffman’s and Dannet’s &c. Great Historical, Geographical, Genealogical, and Poetical
Dictionaries . . . The book is technically a small quarto but has the appearance and measurements of an 8vo.
Arber, Term Catalogues III, 380.
This appears to be the
first edition in this format. The complete work is in 2 volumes.
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Dictionnaire de Bayle.
4. v.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 16
[
sic
--should be “161”--
Ed.
], as above.
BAYLE,
Pierre.
Dictionaire Historique et Critique, par Mr. Pierre Bayle.
Cinquieme Edition, Revue, Corrigée, et Augmentée. Avec La Vie de l’Auteur, par Mr. Des Maizeaux. Tome Premier [-Quatrieme].
Amsterdam,
Leide,
La Haye,
Utrecht: chez
P. Brunel [and other Libraires],
1740.
CT95 .B28
4 vol. Folio. vol. I, 428 leaves; vol. II, 460 leaves; vol. III, 459 leaves; vol. IV, 358 leaves; title-pages in red and black,
engraved vignettes on the titles by P. Tanjé after A. van der Werff, and by I. M. Schenk, engraved headpiece by B. Picart.
Quérard I, page 231.
Haag I, page 76.
Pierre Bayle, 1646-1706, French philosopher and man of letters. The
Dictionnaire historique et critique was originally published in 1696 and was the first work published by Bayle in his own name. It was immediately proscribed
in France and Holland.
Pierre Desmaizeaux, 1666-1745, French scholar, was a member of the Royal Society of London.
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