Bishop Burnet's History of his own time (v.2)
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Type of record: Book
Title: Bishop Burnet's History of his own time (v.2)
Other titles: History of his own time
Classmark: Large Modern History P-7 BUR
Creator(s): Burnet, Gilbert (1643-1715)
Additional creator(s): Burnet, Sir Thomas (1694-1753) (Other)
Publisher: Printed for Thomas Ward
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1724-34
Language: English
Size and medium: 2 volumes
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/198785
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991009675559705181
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First edition.
Edited by his son, Sir Thomas Burnet.
"In the second volume Burnet [the editor]... promised to deposit the manuscript of both volumes ... in the Cotton library, but failed to fulfil his promise"--Dict. nat. biog.
Volume 2, Printed for the ed. by Joseph Downing and Henry Woodfall.
"A list of Bishop Burnet's works": volume 2, page 727.
Contents: v. 1. From the restoration of King Charles II, to the settlement of King William and Queen Mary at the revolution: to which is prefix'd a summary recapitulation of affairs in church and state from King James I. to the restoration.--v. 2. From the revolution to the conclusion of the treaty of peace, at Utrecht, in the reign of Queen Anne, to which is added the author's life, by the editor.
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