extracted out of Sacred Scripture, from the holy fathers, and other ecclesiastical writers. With good and useful Morals and Exhortations for the better Government of our Actions in all Conditions. To which is added The Lives, Travels and Sufferings of the apostles: With a Large and Exact Historical Chronology of such Matters as are related in the Bible, according to the Division of the Seven Periods used in history. By the Sieur de Royaumont. And translated with large additions by able hands: And afterwards Supervised, and in some Places Rectified and Recommended by Dr. Anthony Horwick, and other Orthodox Divines. And to this third impression are added the discourses, with the sculptures of the Apocrypha, and the contents of the several chapters in each book of the Bible; with the Arguments to each Book. The Whole Illustrated With about Two hundred and sixty Historical Sculptures, Accurately Delineated and Engraven by good Artists: with Five Scriptural Maps.
London, printed for the undertaker R. Blome, Her Majesty's Cosmographical Printer, dwelling at the Green Balcony in Durham Yard; and sold by S. Sprint at the Bell, and Jo. Nicholson at the King's Arms, in Little Britain, 1705
A handsome work illustrated with beautiful engravings. Of special note are the engraved maps including one of Jerusalem.
Third edition. Folio (46 x 30 cm), [12], 49[i.e.52], 293, [1]; 103, [1] pp., engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 5 engraved maps, 259 engraved plates on 130 sheets, printed verso and recto, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving old label, edges and corners repaired, a handsome copy.
Third edition. Folio (46 x 30 cm), [12], 49[i.e.52], 293, [1]; 103, [1] pp., engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 5 engraved maps, 259 engraved plates on 130 sheets, printed verso and recto, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving old label, edges and corners repaired, a handsome copy.
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