The Historie of the Heretics of the Two First Centuries after Christ: containing an account of their time, opinions, and testimonie to the books of the New Testament. To which are prefixed, General Observations Concerning Heretics. Published from the manuscript of the late reverend and learned Nathaniel Gardner, D.D. with large additions, By John Hogg. //bound with: [LARDNER, NATHANIEL]. Observations upon Dr. Macknight's Harmony of the Four Gospels: So far as relates to The History of our Saviour's Resurrection. In a Letter to the Author

4to. 26cm, xvi,448,2p. (Errata and original blank), & 48pp., bound together in recent half-calf, gilt and blind ruled raised bands, gilt tile on leather label, marbled boards, new endpapers, old marble fore edges, some erudite annotations and corrections in a neat, contemporary hand in both works, with a lengthy comment on verso of final blank of the first work, very good to fine (hoL). ~ Both books in the ESTC; the second appears to be scarce, with only six copies cited; Harvard cites the first work but not the second. ~ Lardner (1684-1768) was a biblical and patristic scholar. In 1727, he published the first two volumes of his Credibility of the Gospel History, which at once placed him first among Christian apologists. He continued to publish a vast amount, usually with the intent to instruct and benefit the unlearned. He may also be considered as the founder of the modern school of critical research in the field of early Christian literature, of which these two works may serve as examples.…