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 - 1699
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3049320
Summary
Bibliographic description
13 v. bound in 5 volumes. fol...Mixed set of different editions. Identified in 1768 catalogue: P.4 (entered with Du Pin's 'Compleat history of the Canon and writers' as 'Dupin's Eccles: and canon writers. 6 vol.'). Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819).. Binding: Sprinkled panelled calf; blind ruled, rolled and tooled; spine gilt; red spine label. uniform with Du Pin's 'Compleat history of the Canon and writers' (London: 1699).
Makers and roles
Louis Ellies Du Pin (1657-1719) William Wotton (1666 - 1727)