A compleat history of the most remarkable providences, both of judgment and mercy, which have hapned in this present age. : Extracted from the best writers, the author's own observations, and the numerous relations sent him from divers parts of the three kingdoms. To which is added, whatever is curious in the works of nature and art. The whole digested into one volume, under proper heads; being a work set on foot thirty years ago, by the Reverend Mr. Pool, author of the Synopsis criticorum: and since undertaken and finish'd, by William Turner, M.A. Vicar of Walberton, in Sussex. Recommended as useful to ministers in furnishing topicks of reproof and exhortation, and to private Christians for their closets and families.
1697
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A compleat history of the most remarkable providences, both of judgment and mercy, which have hapned in this present age. : Extracted from the best writers, the author's own observations, and the numerous relations sent him from divers parts of the three kingdoms. To which is added, whatever is curious in the works of nature and art. The whole digested into one volume, under proper heads; being a work set on foot thirty years ago, by the Reverend Mr. Pool, author of the Synopsis criticorum: and since undertaken and finish'd, by William Turner, M.A. Vicar of Walberton, in Sussex. Recommended as useful to ministers in furnishing topicks of reproof and exhortation, and to private Christians for their closets and families.
Created/published
London : Printed for John Dunton, at the Raven, in Jewen-Street, MDCXCVII. [1697]
Description
[6], 26, [4], 140, 152, 144, [4], 145-172, 24, [4], 82, [4], 31, [1] p. ; (fol.)
Associated name
Turner, William, 1653-1701, author.
Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), former owner.
Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), former owner.
Note
Text is continuous despite pagination.
"The wonders of nature. Part II." and "The curiosities of art. Part III." each have separate dated title page and pagination.
"The wonders of nature. Part II." and "The curiosities of art. Part III." each have separate dated title page and pagination.
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), T3345
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R38921
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R38921
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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137- 790f
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Cambridge-style binding. Provenance: inscription on t.p.: "Sarah Fawcett 1780"; McAlpin duplicate copy
Call number
269196 (folio)
Folger-specific note
This copy has not yet been cataloged. The description may contain incorrect information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance. FSL copy bound with blank quires on either side of almanac filled with receipts, ledgers, and provenance notes in contemporary hands. Contemporary binding embossed with "RIDERS 1668". Title page scribble through words "to ministers in furnishing topicks of reproof and exhortations, and". Purchase made possible by The Roger T. and Peggy M. Simonds Acquisitions Fund.
Folger accession
269196