OFFERHAUS, LEONARDCompendium historiae universalis in quo res sacrae et profane. Inde a prima rerum origine as saeculum a nato Christo decimum octavum, in orbe et ecclesia gestae ordine chronologico (...) Editio tertia. 2 volumes.Groningen, Haionem Spandaw, 1774/75.
Engraved printer's device on titlepage. (XIV) 410 pp. (II) 411-769 (101) pp. Halfleather bindings with marbled boards and endpapers. *old librarystickers on spines, frontboards and endpaper, edges boards a bit damaged, otherwise in good condition*
From the library of seminarium Hageveld. Text from previous owner (1853) on endpaper.
Leonardus Offerhaus (Hamm, 18 november 1699 ? Groningen, 18 oktober 1779) was professor in history and librarian at the university of Groningen.
For more information about Offerhaus:
Brugmans. Biografisch lexicon voor de geschiedenis van het Nederlands protestantisme, 1, 227-229
A. van Deursen. Nieuw Nederlands Biografisch woordenboek, 5, 383-384