The church-history of Brittany from the beginning of Christianity to the Norman conquest
Title
The church-history of Brittany from the beginning of Christianity to the Norman conquest
Alternative Title
The church-history of Brittany from the beginning of Christianity to the Norman conquest : under Roman governours. Brittish kings. The English-Saxon heptarchy. The English-Saxon (and Danish) monarchy. Containing I. The lives of all our saints assigned to the proper ages wherein they lived. II. The erections of episcopall see's, and succession of bishops. III. The celebration of synods, nationall, provinciall and diocesan. IV. The foundations of monasteries, nunneries and churches. V. And a sufficient account of the successions of our kings, and of the civill affaires of this kingdom. From all which is evidently demonstrated: that the present Roman-Catholic religion hath from the beginning, without interruption or change been professed in this island, &c.
Creator
Cressy, Serenus, 1605-1674
Publisher
Rouen : s.n.
Date
1668
Format
[22], 34, 37-40, 39-58, 61-64, 63-1002, [18] p. ; 40 cm. (fol.)
Description
Place of publication from Wing.
Title in red and black; head and tail pieces; initials.
Numerous errors in pagination; text and register are continuous.
Errata: p. [22], 1st sequence.
Text printed in double columns.
Index: p. [1]-[28], at end.
"This volume ... was taken mostly from the 'Annales Ecclesiae Britannicae' of Jesuit Michael Alford ..., the first two vols. of Dugdale's 'Monasticon Anglicanum', The 'Decem scriptores Hist. Anglicanae', and Father Augustine Baker's manuscript collections --Cf. DNB"--ESTC (RLIN).500
At foot of title page: Permissu superiorum, & approbatione doctorum
Title in red and black; head and tail pieces; initials.
Numerous errors in pagination; text and register are continuous.
Errata: p. [22], 1st sequence.
Text printed in double columns.
Index: p. [1]-[28], at end.
"This volume ... was taken mostly from the 'Annales Ecclesiae Britannicae' of Jesuit Michael Alford ..., the first two vols. of Dugdale's 'Monasticon Anglicanum', The 'Decem scriptores Hist. Anglicanae', and Father Augustine Baker's manuscript collections --Cf. DNB"--ESTC (RLIN).500
At foot of title page: Permissu superiorum, & approbatione doctorum
Provenance
Bookplate: Ex Libris Daniel Robert Woolf, FRSC.
Signature on title page: E Libris Gulielmus Chapple 1777
Library label on front pastedown: Bishop Phillpotts Library, Truro. Presented by Rev. James Ford, AD 1872, 4B
Booksellers marks on recto of front flyleaf
Title page has been repaired.
Signature on title page: E Libris Gulielmus Chapple 1777
Library label on front pastedown: Bishop Phillpotts Library, Truro. Presented by Rev. James Ford, AD 1872, 4B
Booksellers marks on recto of front flyleaf
Title page has been repaired.
Contributor
Gift of Daniel Woolf 2018.
Language
English
Identifier
Dated 1668 .C74,
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), C6890A
English Short Title Catalogue (RLIN), R004335
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), C6890A
English Short Title Catalogue (RLIN), R004335
Files
Collection
Citation
Cressy, Serenus, 1605-1674, “The church-history of Brittany from the beginning of Christianity to the Norman conquest,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed April 29, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/814.