FREYER, HIERONYMUS.

Nähere Einleitung zur Universal-Historie.

Halle, Wäysenhaus, 1728

8vo. Uniformly bound in two contemporary half vellum bindings with gilt lettering to spines. Small paper-label pasted on to spines. Light wear and miscolouring to extremities. Previous owner's name (Peter Otto Rosenørn - owner of Hersomgård) in contemporary hand to front free end-paper. Ex-libris (F. v. Iuel, owner of Valdemar's Castle) pasted on to pasted down front end-paper). Internally nice and clean. (52), 378 pp.; pp. 379-1024, (102) pp. A blank leaf bound in between every printed leaf, some heavily annotated in contemporary hand. 

Rare first edition of Freyer’s introduction to universal history. This book, along with his Vorbereitung zur Universalhistorie, provided structured and accessible guides to understanding world history aiming to integrate a broad historical perspective into educational material.
They were widely used in schools and universities influencing teaching methods and shaping historical studies in Protestant Germany.

Order-nr.: 61667