Abregé chronologique de l'histoire universelle. : Contenant les evenements les plus remarquables pour l'intelligence de l'histoire depuis la création du monde jusques a l'an de grace 1714 / par Sarah Bazett a Londres de l'ecole des Dames Stevensons, Queen's Square.

Abstract:

An abridged history of the world to 1714, presumably copied by a London school girl, Sarah Bazett, whose name is on the title page. Includes a preface "traduite de l'Anglais."

Timespan:

England.

Date:

1775

Identifier:

9927045613503681; (OCoLC)ocn212375928; (OCoLC)212375928; (PU)2704561-penndb-Voyager; (CStRLIN)PAUR99-A15

Language:

French

Provenance:

Sold by Amanda Hall Rare Books (London), 1998.

Publisher:

[London?], 1775.

Subject:

History -- Study and teaching.; History -- Study and teaching -- England -- Early works to 1800.; Manuscripts, European.; Manuscripts, French.; Codices.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

79 leaves : paper, illustrations; 235 x 187 (184 x 120) mm bound to 241 x 200 mm

Personal Name:

Bazett, Sarah.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Title and date from title page (p. iii).; The text of this volume is the same as that of Ms. Codex 640, however the prefaces are not the same.; Ms. codex.; Pagination: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 79 + i (contemporary paper); [iv], 1-15, [i], 1-135, [iii]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.; Script: Written in a cursive script by one hand.; Origin: Written in London[?] in 1775.; Binding: Red morocco, gilt.; Decoration: Illustrated frontispiece in black and white watercolor depicts a student seated at a desk looking a winged figure (Time) who is pulling aside a curtain to reveal Biblical scenes in the history of the world including the Flood and the nativity of Christ.; French.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 756