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Book/Printed Material Sanchoniatho's Phoenician history

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Title

  • Sanchoniatho's Phoenician history : translated from the first book of Eusebius De praeparatione evangelica : with a continuation of Sanchoniatho's history by Eratosthenes Cyrenaeus's canon, which Dicaearchus connects with the first olympiad : these authors are illustrated with many historical and chronological remarks, proving them to contain a series of Phoenician and Egyptian chronology, from the first man to the first olympiad, agreeable to the scripture accounts

Names

  • Sanchuniathon
  • Cumberland, Richard, 1631-1718
  • Payne, Squier, 1676-1751
  • Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340
  • Eratosthenes
  • Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, former owner
  • Philo, of Byblos
  • Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : Printed by W.B. for R. Wilkin ..., MDCCXX [1720]

Headings

  • -  Mythology, Phoenician
  • -  Bible--Chronology
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  The folded plate is a table.
  • -  Signatures: A-B⁸ "E"⁴ D-2K⁸ 2L⁴.
  • -  Sowerby, E.M. Cat. of the Lib. of Thomas Jefferson 5
  • -  ESTC T100370
  • -  Erratum: p. [2], 3rd group of paging.
  • -  LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection.
  • -  LC copy is Thomas Jefferson's copy, with his initials at signature marks.
  • -  gsl and rsl report cutter change from .P5 to .S3. he04
  • -  LAC brd 2019-04-10 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • xxxii, xvii-xxii, [2], 488 p., [1] folded leaf of plates ; 21 cm. (8vo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DS81 .S3

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 05012900

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Sanchuniathon, Richard Cumberland, Squier Payne, Of Caesarea Eusebius, Eratosthenes, Thomas Jefferson, Of Byblos Philo, and Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. Sanchoniatho's Phoenician history: translated from the first book of Eusebius De praeparatione evangelica: with a continuation of Sanchoniatho's history by Eratosthenes Cyrenaeus's canon, which Dicaearchus connects with the first olympiad: these authors are illustrated with many historical and chronological remarks, proving them to contain a series of Phoenician and Egyptian chronology, from the first man to the first olympiad, agreeable to the scripture accounts. [London: Printed by W.B. for R. Wilkin ..., MDCCXX, 1720] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/05012900/.

APA citation style:

Sanchuniathon, Cumberland, R., Payne, S., Eusebius, O. C., Eratosthenes, Jefferson, T. [...] Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. (1720) Sanchoniatho's Phoenician history: translated from the first book of Eusebius De praeparatione evangelica: with a continuation of Sanchoniatho's history by Eratosthenes Cyrenaeus's canon, which Dicaearchus connects with the first olympiad: these authors are illustrated with many historical and chronological remarks, proving them to contain a series of Phoenician and Egyptian chronology, from the first man to the first olympiad, agreeable to the scripture accounts. [London: Printed by W.B. for R. Wilkin ..., MDCCXX] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/05012900/.

MLA citation style:

Sanchuniathon, et al. Sanchoniatho's Phoenician history: translated from the first book of Eusebius De praeparatione evangelica: with a continuation of Sanchoniatho's history by Eratosthenes Cyrenaeus's canon, which Dicaearchus connects with the first olympiad: these authors are illustrated with many historical and chronological remarks, proving them to contain a series of Phoenician and Egyptian chronology, from the first man to the first olympiad, agreeable to the scripture accounts. [London: Printed by W.B. for R. Wilkin ..., MDCCXX, 1720] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/05012900/>.