MOSHEIM, John Lawrence (1693-1755). Commentaries on the Affairs of the Christians Before the Time of Constantine the Great. Robert Studley Vidal, translator. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813-1835. FIRST EDITIONS IN ENGLISH.
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MOSHEIM, John Lawrence (“Johann Lorenz von Mosheim”) (1693-1755). Commentaries on the Affairs of the Christians Before the Time of Constantine the Great; or, an Enlarged View of the Ecclesiastical History of the First Three Centuries. Robert Studley Vidal, translator. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813-1835.
3 volumes, 8vo (215 x 128 mm). (Spotting throughout, browning.) Later half calf, spines gilt, brown and tan morocco lettering-pieces gilt (rubbed, some chipping, endleaves spotted). Provenance: John St. James (signature, 8 May 1867); 2 shelfmarks.
FIRST EDITIONS IN ENGLISH, including copious notes and references added by Vidal. Mosheim was the Chancellor of The University of Göttingen, and a church historian.
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