An Abridgment of Ecclesiastical History, from the Birth of Christ, to the beginning of the Present Century
Subtitle: In which the Rise, Progress, and Variations of Church Power are considered
By: By the late learned John Lawrence Mosheim, D.D. and Chancellor of the University of Gottingen ; Translated from the Original by Archibald Maclaine, M.A. Minister of the English Church at the Hague ; And now abridged by a Layman [i.e. J. Parkinson]. Vol.1.
Contributors: Maclaine, Archibald, 1722-1804.; Parkinson, J, fl. 1770.
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1787
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 497
Other titles: An Ecclesiastical History, ancient and modern.; Institutionem historiae ecclesiasticae antiquae et recentioris ...
Notes: Statement at foot of page 497: 'End of the First Volume'; B.l., Lowndes and ESTC identify the 'Layman' with J. Parkinson.

'Maclaine published in 1765, in 2vols. 4to, a translation, with notes, of Mosheim's 'Ecclesiatical History' [DNB]; it was reprinted several times; the original was in Latin.

ESTC3599M11 [J. Parkinson given as the name of the abridger].