Marsham (Sir John) Chronicus canon Aegyptiacus Ebraicus Graecus et disquisitiones, half-title, title with engraved coat-of-arms and old ink inscription at head, woodcut head-piece & initial, corrigenda leaf at end (misbound before Index), some light water-staining, a few spots, first few leaves with small tear to upper margin, modern boards, roan label, [Wing M810], folio, Tho. Roycroft...Guliel. Wells & Rob. Scott, 1672.
⁂ Study of the chronology of ancient history particularly that of the Old Testament. It was first published c.1665 but most of the 500 copies were destroyed in the Great Fire of London, the only extant institutional copy being defective (British Library). Another issue of this expanded edition, with a variant imprint of solely Thomas Roycroft, appeared the same year.
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