17 - Annotations on the New Testament of Jesus Christ

17

Annotations on the New Testament of Jesus Christ

X; 522 pp; [12]; Head- and tail-pieces; ornaments on title page; plates; 20.8 cm x 12.5 cm

Date: 1733
Author: Robert Witham (d. 1738)
Publisher: [Douai: s.n.], With permission and approbations.
Full title: 'Annotations on the New Testament of Jesus Christ: in which I. The literal sense is explained according to the expositions of the ancient Fathers. II. The false interpretations, both of the ancient and modern writers, which are contrary to the received doctrine of the Catholick-Church, are briefly examined and disproved. III. With an account of the chief differences betwixt the text of the ancient Latin-version, and the Greek in the printed editions, and mss. The first volume'.
Series: Part of a two-volume publication. A reprint of R. Witham’s annotated translation, first published in 1730.

Bound in contemporary calf with gilt title and volume number on spine. The spine binding is partially cracked. Some wear to edges.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition