The ecclesiastical histories of Eusebius, Socrates, Sozomen, and Theodorit

Title

The ecclesiastical histories of Eusebius, Socrates, Sozomen, and Theodorit

Alternative Title

Full title: The ecclesiastical histories of Eusebius, Socrates, Sozomen, and Theodorit. : Faithfully translated and abridg'd from the originals : Together with a brief account of the lives of these historians, and several useful notes and illustrations, and a copious index / by Mr. Parker.

Publisher

London : Printed for C. Rivington, at the Bible and Crown, in St. Paul's Church-Yard

Date

M. DCC. XXIX [1729]

Format

16, [8], 17-368, [1], ccclxii-ccclxviii, 369-519 [i.e. 651], [25] pages, [4] leaves of plates : portrait ; 26 cm (4⁰)

Description

Title page in red and black.

In the title, the words "Eusebius, Socrates" and "Sozomen and Theodorit" are gathered by right and left hand braces respectively.

The eight unnumbered pages after the preface contain a list of subscribers.

The unnumbered pages at the end contain the index and a final advertisement leaf.

"The ecclesiastical history of Evagrius Scholasticus" has a separate half-title page; the register and pagination are continuous.

Page 651 misnumbered as 519.

Provenance

Presented by Principal Daniel Woolf [Gift2015]

Contributor

Leslie, Charles, 1650-1722.
Parker, Samuel, 1681-1730. author translator
Leslie, Charles, 1650-1722. author
Woolf, D. R. (Daniel R.) donor
Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340. Ecclesiastical history. English. Selections.
Sozomen, approximately 400-approximately 450. Ekklēsiastikē historia. English. Selections.
Socrates, Scholasticus, approximately 379-approximately 440. Ecclesiastical history. English. Selections.
Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus. Historia ecclesiastica. English. Selections.
Evagrius, Scholasticus, 536?- Ecclesiastical history. English. Selections.
Schulich-Woolf Collection.

Language

English

Identifier

BR160.A2 E22 1729
ESTC, T130368

Files

BR160 A2 E22 1729.jpg
BR160 A2 E22 1729-portrait.jpg

Collection

Citation

“The ecclesiastical histories of Eusebius, Socrates, Sozomen, and Theodorit,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed April 28, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/111.