THE HISTORY OF THE ARIANS [Aryans], and of the Council of Nice, Made good by Citations from Original Authors: with a Chronological Table, Containing an Abridgment of the Principal Things in the History, plac'd according to the Order of Time;...
first edition Hardcover
1721 · London
by Le Nain de Tillemont, Louis-Sebastien
London: Printed by Geo. James; and sold by G. Strahan in Cornhill; W. Taylor; W. and J. Innys; R. King; R. Gosling; T. Meighan; L. Stokoe, 1721. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First edition in English. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set; complete. Bound in the original panelled calf, with moderate rubbing and aging to spines, with loss to extremities. Hinges have been repaired with aesthetically appropriate and archival materials (Japanese tissue) tinted to match leather. New spine labels. Vol. I: [ii] title, [viii] preface, [ii] advertisement, [xii] Table of Citations, [xviii] Contents, [vi] List of Subscribers, 356 pages of text. Vol. II: [ii] title page, 357-708 pages of text, followed by [l (50 pages)] of index. Moderate rubbing and aging to binding, but remaining attractive and intact. Title continues "...and with Notes clearing the Difficulties of Fact and Chronology. Written in French By Mr. Sebastian Lenain de Tillemont, And translated into English by Thomas Deacon." Lowndes refers to both an octavo and quarto edition. Ecclesiastical Memoirs of the First Six Centuries. The Chronology starts at 312 A.D. and extends 413 A.D. Text is extremely clean and attractive. Louis-Sebastien le Nain de Tillemont (1637-1698). First edition published in the English language.. (Inventory #: 005678)