April 12, 2024
1702 Antique Book William Cave Het Eerste Christendom Vellum Binding & Plates
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The title page reads in part : " Het Eerste Christendom of de Godsdienst Der Oude Christenen, In De Eerste Eeuwen Des Evangeliums in Drie Deelen. Door William Cave, Doctor in de Godgeleertheyd. Na da laaste Englische druk vertaalt door Salomon Bor. [etc...] Amsterdam, By Hendrik Wetstein; als mede by Rudolf en Gerard Wetstein, 1702." Text in Dutch. It is thick 12mo (6 X 4 inches); hardcover; full vellum on boards; manuscript titles in ink on spine mostly faded away; edges worn; vellum darkened with age & soiled; small stains & foxing spots throughout; plates are torn, stained, foxed and have repairs at folds; text block split at rear of book in index but no pages loose; xliv +645 + xliv pages + 5 engraved folding plates. The book is a Dutch translation of William Cave's "Primitive Christianity, or, The religion of the ancient Christians in the first ages of the gospel in three parts," first published in London in 1672. William Cave (30 December 1637 – 4 August 1713)[1] was an English divine and patristic scholar. The merits of Cave as a writer consist in the thoroughness of his research, the clearness of his style, and, above all, the admirably lucid method of his arrangement.[4] The two works on which his reputation principally rests are the Apostolici; or, The History of the Lives, Acts, Death and Martyrdoms of those who were
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