The Great Historical, Geographical and Poetical Dictionary

by Louis Moréri (Editor)

This reference work is a reprint of the 1694 translation of Moreri's classic reference work (originally published in 1674 in French). The two volumes contain a mixture of histiographical, geographical and poetical information. They chronicle the lives and actions of celebrated people from the time as well as offering invaluable information on various world-wide regions, empires and kingdoms.
Containing over 25,000 entries, the English edition is generally considered superior to the French, as an additional section on the English, Scottish and Irish nobility was added.

718 pages, Hardcover

First published July 27, 1999

About the author

Louis Moréri est un érudit, encyclopédiste et généalogiste français. Il a publié en 1674 la première encyclopédie des noms propres, qui a rencontré un grand succès auprès de ses contemporains et a été augmentée et rééditée vingt fois au cours du siècle suivant.

Louis Moréri is a French scholar, encyclopedist and genealogist. He published in 1674 the first encyclopedia of proper names, which met with great success with his contemporaries and was augmented and republished twenty times during the following century.

(Source: fr.wikipedia.orf)