Synopticon : an exposition of the common matter of the Synoptic Gospels / by W. G. Rushbrooke.

xiv p., Greek text on [1], 1-127, 127A, 128-133, [7], 134-239, [2] leaves printed on recto in red and black; 36.5 cm., folio. From the introduction: `I. The common matter of the three Synoptists, being (for the first time in the history of Biblical criticism [with note on H. van Voorst's Dutch work of 1855-56]) made clearly prominent and separable from all context, affords the reader an opportunity of considering its language, style and contents, and of judging how far it may be taken by itself out of its triple framework and yet remain an intelligible picture. Hence the reader has altogether new facilities for discussing the probability or improbability of the supposition that this Triple Tradition is the nearest approximation we possess to some Original Greek Tradition whence our three Synoptic Gospels have been directly or indirectly derived. St. Mark's version, which stands in the left-hand column, apart from other considerations, seemed best fitted by its brevity to be adopted as the standard. It has therefore been printed at full length without deviation from its order; those parts alone of St. Matthew and St. Luke being inserted which are parallel to the narrative of St. Mark. The text is that of the Fourth Edition of Tischendorf's Synopsis Evangelica (Leipzig, 1878), corrected in all the more important variations of reading by the text of Westcott and Hort' [as supplied by Hort prior to publication in 1881] -- Intricate typography required a special font of Greek type, just enough to set each of the 7 parts (6 of text + appendix) from which a pair of stereotype plates was cast. By chiselling out what did not apply, text common to the gospels was printed in red and variant text in black. Worn blue cloth, back loose & patched, cover loose. Sl. marking.…