BREREWOOD, EDWARD. Enquiries touching the Diversity of Languages, and Religions, through the Chiefe Parts of the World. [24], 203 pages. 4to, 19th-century calf, spine darkened, partial discoloration on front cover; light dampstaining in lower outer corners throughout. Bookplate of Isabel Somerset, Reigate Priory. London: John Norton for Joyce Norton and Richard Whitaker, 1635
Third edition of a 1614 survey of world languages and religions considered statistically. "Brerewood was . . . probably the first man to apply mathematical analysis to cultural and religious phenomena" (Hodgen). Alden 635/30 (for account of New World religious practices); Hodgen, page 218; STC 3621.
