Romae antiquae notitia: or, the antiquities of Rome

Romæ antiquæ notitia: or, the antiquities of Rome. In two parts

A short history of the rise, progress, and decay of the commonwealth. II. A description of the city: ... To which are prefixed two essays

1763

Eb 1763 K [De Beer Special Collections]

printed for J. and R. Tonson, J. and T. Pote, C. Bathurst, B. Dod, J. Rivington [and 10 others]: London

First published in 1696, this short history by the Anglican churchman and scholar, Basil Kennett, recounts the rise, progress, and decay of Ancient Rome eighty years before Gibbon's Decline and fall …. A popular publication, it was reprinted no fewer than seventeen times in the one hundred and twenty five years following its first appearance.

Pote, Joseph

Pote, Thomas

J. and R. Tonson