Antiquitates Christianae, or, The history of the life and death of the holy Jesus
Subtitle: as also the lives, acts and martyrdoms of his apostles : in two parts
By: the first part containing the life of Christ, written by Jer. Taylor ...; the second, containing the lives of the Apostles ... by William Cave ...
Contributors: Cave, William, 1637-1713.; Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.; Faithorne, William, 1616-1691.; Blount, Thomas Pope, Sir, 1649-1697.; Rushout, John, Sir, 1684-1775 (bookplate); Baldwin, William Warren, 1775-1844 (bookplate); Cassels, Hamilton (autograph); Lincoln's Inn (London, England). Library; Tittenhanger Library
Edition: The fifth edition.
Publisher: Printed by R. Norton, for R. Royston ...
Published: 1675
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
Subjects: Bible -- N.T. -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.; Apostles -- Early works to 1800.; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: History of the life and death of the holy Jesus ...; The great exemplar of sanctity and holy life according to the Christian institution ...; Antiquitates apostolicae.; The lives, acts and martyrdoms of the holy Apostles of our Saviour
Notes: "The great exemplar of sanctity and holy life according to the Christian institution ... the fifth edition" and "Antiquitates apostolicae ..." have each a special t.p. and separate paging.

"The history of the life and death of the holy Jesus ..." is in three parts, each with a special t.p.

Plates engraved by W. Faithorne and W. Hollar.

Added engr. t.p.

"Errata": p. 176 (11th group)

Wing, T287.

Pennington, Hollar, 115, 142-155.

Fisher Hollar copy 1: Armorial binding, with the arms of Lincoln's Inn Library on spine.

Fisher Hollar copy 2: Inscription: "Tittenhanger Library" [seat of the Blount family]; and with the autograph of Thomas Pope Blount 1675, on front endpapers.

Fisher Hollar copy 3: "Antiquitates christianae : or, the history of the life and death of the holy Jesus..." and four plates wanting.  With the armorial bookplate of Sir John Rushout, Bart. [Franks, 25687]

Fisher Knox copy: Prelim. p. [1-10] (including general t.p.), I-LI (2nd group), [8-11] (3rd group), iii-iv, ix-xiv (4th group), [1-2] (6th group), 11-14 & 193-216 (7th group), 95-96 & 167-168 (11th group), and all leaves of plates wanting; general t.p. information supplied by Fisher Hollar copy; p. xxiii (4th group) & 25-26 (7th group) mutilated with signficant loss of text.  Bound "An apparatus or discourse introductory to the whole work concerning the three great dispensations of the church, patriarchal, Mosaical, and evangelical" detached from the author's Antiquitates apostolicæ. London, 1677.  With the armorial bookplate of Baldwin of Spadina on front pastedown; and the autograph of Hamilton Cassels, Toronto on front endleaf.