A pleasant and compendious history of the first inventers and instituters of the most famous arts, misteries, laws, customs and manners in the whole world, together, with many other rarities and remarkable things rarely known, and never before made publick. To which is added several curious inventions, peculierly [sic] attributed to England and English-men. The whole work alphabetically digested, and very helpful to the readers of history / Licensed October 29th, 1685. R.L.S. [Anon].

  • Vergil, Polydore, 1470?-1555.
Date:
1686
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Credit: A pleasant and compendious history of the first inventers and instituters of the most famous arts, misteries, laws, customs and manners in the whole world, together, with many other rarities and remarkable things rarely known, and never before made publick. To which is added several curious inventions, peculierly [sic] attributed to England and English-men. The whole work alphabetically digested, and very helpful to the readers of history / Licensed October 29th, 1685. R.L.S. [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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