Lawrence Echard

LAWRENCE ECHARD (1671-1730)
"Diccionario Geográfico Universal, q ue comprehende la descripcion de las 4 partes del mundo". 4 volumes.
Printer: Miguel Escribano. Madrid, 1873.
Translator and corrector: Antonio Montpalau.
It has additions of Imprenta Real of 1795.
With leather covers.
It shows wear.
Measurements: 20 x 15 x 3.5 cm (x4).
Lawrence Echard was an English historian and clergyman. He wrote a History of England that was a reference work of its time. Echard translated Terence, some of Plautus, and Pierre Joseph d'Orléans' History of the Revolutions in England. He made numerous compilations on history, geography and the classics. His main work is The History of England: from the first entrance of Julius Caesar and the Romans to the end of the reign of King James the First that contains the space of 1678 years.