1677 ASTRONOMY 1ed Chronology Ancient Times Cary Egypt Babylon Calendars FOLIO

1677 ASTRONOMY 1^ed Chronology Ancient Times Cary Egypt Babylon Calendars FOLIO

Robert Cary’s “Palaeologia Chronica” was an important 1677 chronology of the ancient world. More commonly known as “A Chronological Account of Ancient Time”, this book describes the origins of ideas including time, the calendar and weekly divisions, moon and sun cycles, the beginnings of the Roman Empire, the rise of the Sicyone and Argos Empires, the Greeks, the establishment of government, on ancient Egypt and Egyptian pharaohs, Persia and Cyrus the Great, Babylonian conquests, the birth of Jesus and spread of Christianity, and much more!

Cary, an English priest, based much of this work on the Bible and Jewish histories. This fine 1677 first edition includes the impressive charts throughout.

Item number: #23203

Price: $950

CARY, Robert

Palaeologia chronica, a chronological account of ancient time, in three parts

London: Printed by J. Darby, for R. Chiswell, 1677.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [36], 271 (i.e., 275), 98
• References: Wing C 743
• Provenance: Handwritten
  • [R^t. Lanyon, 1844]
  • [Sampson Holt]
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~13in X 8.25in (33.5cm x 20.5cm)
• rare and desirable

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