Antiquitates christianæ: 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 successours in the five great apostolical churches, by William Cave, D.D. Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty. By whom also is added an apparatus, or discourse introductory to the whole work, concerning the three great dispensations of the church, patriarchal, Mosaical, and evangelical.

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  • Antiquitates christianæ: 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 successours in the five great apostolical churches, by William Cave, D.D. Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty. By whom also is added an apparatus, or discourse introductory to the whole work, concerning the three great dispensations of the church, patriarchal, Mosaical, and evangelical.
  • Antiquitates christianæ History of the life and death of the Holy Jesus Life of our blessed lord and saviour Jesus Christ Lives, acts and martyrdoms of the holy apostles of our Saviour Apparatus or discourse introductory to the whole work, concerning the three great dispensations of the church, patriarchal, Mosaical, and evangelical
  • The great exemplar of sanctity and holy life according to the Christian tradition.
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London: printed by J. Macock, and M. Flesher, for R. Royston, bookseller to His most Sacred Majesty, anno Dom. MDCLXXXIV. [1684]
Publication year
1684-1684
ESTC No.
R217592
Grub Street ID
92364
Description
[10], LI, [11], XXVI, vii, [3], 432, [12]; [8], xiv, 162, 169-188 p., [21] leaves of plates : ill. (ports.); 2⁰
Note
With an additional engraved title page following the frontispiece, counted in the preliminary pagination.

"The history of the life and death of the holy Jesus" is in three parts, each with a separate dated title page, parts 2 and 3 dated 1683; the whole preceded by a general title page reading in part, "The great exemplar of sanctity and holy life according to the Christian institution; .. The seventh edition." Part 1 has added caption title on p. 1: The life of our blessed lord and saviour Jesus Christ.

"Antiquitates Apostolic¾: or, The lives, acts and martyrdoms of the holy Apostles of our Saviour", by William Cave, has separate pagination and register and a separate title page dated 1684, lacking an edition statement. It may also have been published separately.

"An apparatus or discourse introductory to the whole work", by William Cave, is headed by a caption title on p. I.
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Signatures from DFo. DFONOTE jre: pag: [8], LI, [13], ...; engr. t.p. is a plate and is signed "W: Faithorne sc:", with imprint reading "London Printed for R: Royston at the Angell in Amen Corner. 1675"; imprimatur on *4v and ?A4v reads in full: "Imprimatur. Tho. Tomkyns. Ex Ædib. Lambeth. Feb. 25. 1674."; A1v bears frontis. port of Taylor described above and is signed "P. Lombart sculpsit"; t.p. is in red and black; errata slip is on ?2C2v; DFo copy with 20 plates, 2 of them double page plates