Research Catalog

Title

Universal history, ancient and modern; from the earliest records of time, to the general peace of 1801. : In twenty-five volumes. / By William Mavor, L.L.D. vicar of Hurley in Berkshire, and chaplain to the Earl of Dumfires. ; [Two lines in Latin] ; Vol. I[-XXV].

Author

Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758-1837

Publication

New-York: : Printed by Isaac Collins and Son, for Samuel Stansbury and Co., 1804[-1805].

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Additional Authors

• Burney, Edward Francis, 1760-1848
• Maverick, Peter, 1780-1831
• Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870
• Gridley, Enoch G.
• Scoles, John, 1772?-1853
• Samuel Stansbury and Co., publisher.
• Isaac Collins & Son, printer.
• Hopkins & Seymour, printer.
• Stansbury and Gird, printer.

Description

25 v. : ill., maps; 17 cm.

Subject

• World history
• Chronology, Historical
• chronicles

Genre/Form

• Maps.
• Intaglio prints.
• Gold tooled leather (Binding)
• Half bindings (Binding)
• Marbled papers (Binding)
• Fillet tools (Binding)
• Sprinkled edges (Binding)

Note

• Each volume, except v.9 and 25, has also special t.-p.
• Some volumes printed by Hopkins & Seymour.
• Title varies slightly.
• Imprint varies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

A preliminary view of universal history; together with a history of the antediluvians, of ancient Egypt, and the neighboring nations -- The history of the Canaanites, Philistines, and Jews; also, of the Assyrian and Babylonian empires -- The history of Greece ... Vol. I[-II] -- The history of Rome, from the foundation of the city till the termination of the Eastern empire ... Vol. I[-III] -- The history of the Medes, Persians, Phoenicians, ancient Syrians, Seleucidae in Syria, Phrygians, Trojans, Mysians, Lydians, Lycians, ancient Cilicians, Celtes, Scythians, Armenians, Cappadocians, Pergamians, Thracians, Bithynians -- [History of the Kingdom of Pontus ...] -- The history of the Arabs; including the life of Mohammed -- The history of Hindostan; of the Mogul Empire; parts of Tartary; and of China -- The history of India, of the Ottoman Empire, of Korea, and of Japan and Jedso -- The history of the dispersion of the Jews; of modern Egypt; and of the other African nations -- The history of various modern African nations -- The history of Portugal and Spain -- The history of Italy, Venice, the Italian states, &c. &c. -- The history of the empire of Germany; and the electorates of Saxony, Bavaria, the Palatinate, Hanover, and Brunswick Wolfenbuttel -- The history of Hungary, Holland, and Switzerland -- The history of England, from the earliest records, to the peace of 1801 -- The history of England, from the earliest records, to the year 1803 ... Vol. II -- The histories of Scotland and of Ireland -- The history of Russia, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, and Prussia -- The history of France and Navarre -- The history of the discovery and settlement, to the present time, of North & South America, and of the West-Indies -- [Chronologies and index].

OCLC

• ocn317114319
• 317114319
• SCSB-680944

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library