A new history of ecclesiastical writers: . containing an account of the authors of the several books of the Old and New Testament; and the lives and writings of the primitive fathers; an abridgement and catalogue of all their works; censures determining the genuine and spurious, a judgment upon their style and doctrine, and the various editions of their writings: to which is added, a compendious history of the councils; and many necessary tables and indexes. Written in French by Lewis Ellies du Pin, [...] Volume the first, containing the authors that flourished in the three first ages of the Church.
Louis Ellies Du Pin (1657-1719)
Category
Books
Date
1696
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3049319
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],x,[2],50,184,[24]p. . fol... Not indigenous. Bound (1) with v. 2. Shelved and uniform with other vols.. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate with baron's coronet and motto Semper paratus [the motto of the Clifford family of Ugbrooke Park, Devon]. (Probably Franks 6095 or 6096). Stamp on pastedown and flyleaf: Lord Clifford Ugbrooke Library Shelf, with ms shelfmark 241 added in pencil. Loosely inserted: 1. nineteenth-century newspaper wrapper of 'The Alfred: West of England Journal, and General Advertiser', with 'Right Honourable Lord Clifford Ugbrooke' added in ink manuscript 2. Newspaper clipping concerning sale of Stuart archives from Ugbrooke House, with date 11.2.85 added (in Norris's hand?) in red ink. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Binding: Eighteenth-century panelled sprinkled calf over boards; brown calf spine label with title 'Dupin's History vol: I'; sewn on six raised bands.
Makers and roles
Louis Ellies Du Pin (1657-1719) William Wotton (1666 - 1727)