Hermanni witsii miscellaneorum sacrorum libri IV. quibus De Prophetis & Prophetia, de Tabernaculi Levitici mysteriis, de Collatione Sacerdotii Aaronis & Christi, de Synedriis Hebraeorum, de IV Bestis Danielis, de cultu Molochi, de Seculo hoc & futuro, de sensu Epistolarum Apocalypticarum, de Schismate Donatistarum, Diligenter & prolixe differitur...
Lugdani Batavorum, [i.e. Leiden].
Apud Conradum Meyerum, 1736.
Editio Nova [i.e. new edition].
Quarto.
Two volumes bound as one. [72], 683, [36]; [10], 741, [46], 168pp. Title in red and black. With an additional engraved title page and a further eight engraved plates (four folding). Contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine. Lightly rubbed, marked, and discoloured. Recent armorial bookplate of the Law Society to FEP. From the recently dispersed library of Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist Joseph Mendham (1769-1856), with pencilled shelf-marks to front pastedown and Mendham's inked ownership inscription to head of FFEP beneath the struck-through early inscription 'E Libris J. Harrison H.'
An enlarged early eighteenth century edition of Dutch theologian Hermann Witsius' (1636-1708) monumental miscellany of critical-theological explications of, inter alia, the Levitical tabernacle and religious ceremonies of the Jews, the history of the Biblical prophets (including a chapter on prophetesses), the Beasts of Daniel, the cult of Molochand, the controversies of the Anglican Church, and whether the Apostles travelled to America to preach the Gospel, and, indeed, whether there was knowledge of America prior to the voyages of Columbus.
£ 400.00
Antiquates Ref: 11293
