Antiquitates Christianae: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: As Also the Lives, Acts and Martyrdoms of His Apostles. In Two Parts. The First Part, Containing the Life of Christ, Written by Jer. Taylor, Late Lord Bishop of Down and Connor. The Second, Containing the Lives of the Apostles, with an Enumeration, and Some Brief Remarks Upon their First Successors in the Five Great Apostolical Churches. By William Cave, D.D., Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty. By Whom is Also Added an Apparatus, or Discourse Introductory to the Whole Work, Concerning the Three Great Dispensations of the Church, Patriarchal, Majesical and Evangelical. London: Printed by R. Norton, for R. Royston, MDCLXXV (1675).
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Provenance:
Ink ownership inscription of "Elizabeth ??illiam".
Ink inscription reading "John Birlops (?) Book ? ? May 16. 1830. No.4."
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Size: 230 x 360 mm (approx.)
Condition:
Full brown calf with blind-stamping to the boards. Binding rubbed and scuffed with some leather fragments lacking and peeling in places, and some discolouration/damp staining. Some wormholing to the binding. Page edges dulled. Both boards attached with wear to joints and hinges, some cracked or starting, thus very fragile. Text block very clean with light toning and occasional foxing. Uncollated, some leaves are loose or partially detached. Front pastedown partially detached from the board. Leaf edge repair to pp.221/222 of the Life of Jesus Christ. Some small damp staining to the tops of leaves.
