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, with an enumeration, and some brief remarks upon their first successors in the five great apostolical churches, by William Cave ; 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
Edition: The ninth edition.
Publisher: Printed by F. Leake for John Meredith, in trust for Royston and Elizabeth Meredith; and are to be sold by S. and J. Sprint, B. Aylmer, H. Bonwicke, W. Rogers, C. Brome, T. Newborough, J. Nicholson, T. Chapman, and P. Monckton, booksellers
Published: 1703
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
Subjects: Biography; Apostles
Other titles: History of the life and death of the Holy Jesus; Life and death of the Holy Jesus; Lives, acts and martyrdoms of the holy apostles of our Saviour
Notes: Added, engraved title page: Antiquitates Christianae. The life and death of the Holy Jesus, as also the lives, acts and martyrdoms of His Apostles. London, printed for Luke Meredith at the Star in St. P[au?]l: C: Yard.

Part I., The great exemplar of sanctity and holy life, according to the Christian institution, by Jeremy Tylor, in 3 pts., each with separate t.p., dated 1702. It was first published in 1649.

Pt. II., Antiquitates apostolicae, or, The lives, acts and martyrdoms of the holy apostles of our Saviour, ([8], xiv, 188 p.), by William Cave, has separate t.p., dated 1702, pagination and signatures. It was first published in 1675.

Signatures: v.1: *⁴ a-c⁶ d⁸ A⁶ (-A1) B-2S⁶, ²A-2B⁴ 2C², [superscript 3]A².

Chainlines are horizontal.

Title-page in red and black.

Numerous engraved ill. throughout the text; two ill. on double leaves.

Plates engraved by W. Faithorne and W. Hollar.

"A catalogue of Mr. Richard Royston's ... now belonging to the children of Mr. Luke Meredith, deceased," p. [1]-[4] at end.

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Pennington. R. : Descriptive cat. of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607-1677, 115, 142-155