AN EPITOME OF GENERAL ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME. WITH AN APPENDIX, GIVING A CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE JEWS FROM THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM TO THE PRESENT DAY. ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS AND ENGRAVINGS

Marsh, John

Published by New York; Printed By Vanderpool & Cole, 1828

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Contemporary Calf. 12mo. [13]-449, [1] pages. 19 cm. Singerman 0449. Added engraved title page. Includes map and table engraved by Eleazar Huntington, and woodcuts by John Warner Barber; with six engraved plates at front, fold out historical and ecclesiastical chart, and one (damaged) fold out map of Palestine. Written by Reverend John Marsh (1788-1868) , who served as the minister of Haddam's First Congregational Church in the 1820s; this history, first printed in 1827, went through at least eight printings before 1870; the Epitome condenses a narrative overview of biblical history, history of the second temple period, early Christian doctrines and tendencies, martyrs, Anabaptist, Unitarian, and other early protestant tendencies, and contemporary protestant denominations and missionary activities; appendices details Jewish history since the exile. Subjects: Church history. Jews - History. OCLC lists 24 copies of this edition. Rubbing to calf, especially along edges, outer edges worn, map defective; very light foxing throughout, otherwise fresh and clean. Good + condition. (AMR-44-3). Seller Inventory # 31540

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Title: AN EPITOME OF GENERAL ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY...

Publisher: New York; Printed By Vanderpool & Cole

Publication Date: 1828

Binding: Hardcover