A new history of ecclesiastical writers
Subtitle: containing an account of the authors of the several books of the Old and New Testament : of the lives and writings of the primitive fathers : an abridgment and catalogue of all their works, their various editions, and censures determining the genuine and spurious : together with a judgment upon their style and doctrine : also, a compendious history of the councils, with chronological tables of the whole
By: written in French by Lewis Ellies du Pin
Contributors: Wotton, William, 1666-1727
Publisher: Printed for Abel Swalle and Tim. Childe
Published: 1693
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 13
Subjects: Bible -- Authorship -- Early works to 1800; Church history -- Early works to 1800; Fathers of the church -- Bio-bibliography; Christian biography -- Early works to 1800
Other titles: Bibliotheca patrum
Notes: Vol. 1, 2d edition, corrected

Translated by William Wotton (translator's note signed "W.W."

Title varies. Vols. 2-6 have title: A new history of ecclesiastical writers: containing an account of the lives and writings of the primitive fathers ... ; v. 7-13: A new ecclesiastical history; containing an account of the controversies in religion; the lives and writings of ecclesiastical authors .

Section titles: Bibliotheca patrum, or, A new history of ecclesiastical writers

Covers the period from the first age of the church to the 15th century

Wing (2nd ed.) D2644

Special Collection copy consists of vol. 1-4 (in 2) only; with original ownership signature on t.p. of v. 1: "R Willis A D 1693, Richard Willis, vicar of H F" at head of title, and with the initials "R W" appearing twice on the edition statement line; from the library of John H. James