Antiquitates Christianae, 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 successors in the five great apostolical churches / by William Cave, D.D., Chaplain in Ordinary to His Maiesty ; 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 Christianae, 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 successors in the five great apostolical churches / by William Cave, D.D., Chaplain in Ordinary to His Maiesty ; 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.

London : Printed by R. Norton, for R. Royston, bookseller to His Most Sacred Majesty, at the Angel in Amen-Corner, MDCLXXV [1675]

[8], LI, [13], XXVI, vii, [3], 431, [21], XIII, [1], 176, [2] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 37 cm (fol.)

"Imprimatur Tho. Tomkyns. Ex AEd. Lambeth, Feb. 25. 1674"--Leaf [par.]4v.

Part 1, subdivided into three sections, has special title page: The great exemplar of sanctity and holy life according to the Christian institution; described in the history of the life and death of the ever-blessed Jesus Christ, the saviour of the world ... The fifth edition. By Jer. Taylor ...

Part 2 has special title page: Antiquitates apostolicae: or, The lives, acts and martyrdoms of the holy apostles of Our Saviour. To which are added the lives of the two evangelists, SS. Mark and Luke. By William Cave.

Signatures: [par.]⁴ a-c⁶ d⁸ A-2S⁶; ²A⁴ B-R⁶.

Title page in red and black.

With an added engraved title page and 5 other plates, including two sets of facing plates, some signed Will. Faithorne or P. Lombart. (The full-leaf portrait of Jeremy Taylor is leaf A1 and not counted as a plate.)

Advertisements: final leaf (²R6v)

Errata on leaves 2S6v and ²R5v.

Includes bibliographical references and index for the first part.

English short title catalogue (ESTC), R19304
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), T287

Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667. Great exemplar of sanctity and holy life according to the Christian institution.
Cave, William, 1637-1713. Antiquitates apostolicae.
Great exemplar of sanctity and holy life according to the Christian institution.
Antiquitates apostolicae.

Great Britain -- England -- London.

156- 738f

Imperfect: wanting the final advertisement leaf. In unsigned modern black polished calf binding, with gold and blind tooling and lettering, gilt edges; marbled paper endleaves. Purchased from Leamington, 29 May 1956.

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