Britannicarum ecclesiarum antiquitates

Britannicarum ecclesiarum antiquitates

Full Title: Britannicarum ecclesiarum antiquitates : quibus inserta est pestiferae adversus Dei gratiam a Pelagio Britanno in ecclesiam inductae haereseos historia. collectore Jacobo Usserio, Archiepiscopo Armachano, totius Hiberniae Primate.

James Ussher, 1581 - 1656

Dublinii: Ex Officinâ Typographicâ Societatis Bibliopolarum, Anno MDCXXXIX. [1639]

1639

[20], 1196 [i.e. 1200], [2] p.; 19 cm (4to)

Variant: t.p. printed in black and red; The last leaf is blank; Date on t.p. made with turned Cs; Title ornament; headpieces; initials; With printed shoulder notes; "Ad Britannicarum antiquitatum collectanea appendix gemina" has special t.p. with preface following, both of which are unnumbered and interpolated after 6G2.; Quires 3B and 3M are each in two settings: 3B1r catchword is (1) "sa" or (2) "evagari"; 3M1r line 1 begins (1) "ranarum" or (2) "ranaru".; Leaf 6R4 is cancelled.; Errata: p. 1191-1196.; Last leaf blank.; Signatures: [par.]⁴ [superscript pi]A² (a)⁴ A-6F⁴ [superscript chi]6G² 6G-6Q⁴ 6R⁴ (-6R4) 6S-7M⁴. Final leaf is blank.

Quires 3B and 3M each in setting (1); Imperfect: lacking "Lectori", appendix ("Ad Britannicarum ..."), and quire 7M (Errata and final blank leaf); Presented by Principal Daniel Woolf [Gift2017]

Woolf, Daniel R., former owner.
Stationers' Society (Dublin, Ireland), printer.
Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection.

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Dated 1639 .U87