The modern part of an universal history : from the earliest account of time / compiled from original writers, by the authors of the antient part (Still Image)

The modern part of an universal history : from the earliest account of time / compiled from original writers, by the authors of the antient part

44 v. 21 cm

The Universal History (complete title: A Universal history, from the earliest account of time. Compiled from original authors; and illustrated with maps, cuts, notes, &c. With a general index to the whole)  was a 65-volume universal history of the world published in London between 1747 and 1768. Contributors included George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, George Shelvocke, John Campbell and John Swinton.

It was one of the first works to attempt to unify the history of Western Europe with the stories of the world's other known cultures.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_History_%28Sale_et_al%29

Includes bibliographical references

Index in vol. 44

Spine title: Modern universal history

World history -- Early works to 1800

b24876525

D18 .M62

London : Printed for S. Richardson, ... [et. al.], 1759-1766

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