1765 An Ecclesiastical History, in Two Parts, by John Lawrence Mosheim

Description: An Ecclesiastical History Ancient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century: In Which the Rise, Progress, and Variations of Church Power are Considered in Their Connection with the State of Learning and Philosophy, and the Political History of Europe During That Period by John Lawrence Mosheim, D.D., Translated from the original, and accompanied with notes and chronological tables, by Archibald MacLaine, M.A., Two Volumes, A. Millar, London, 1765, 807pp, 681pp, leather, 8 x 10”, 8vo Poor condition/as is. Front and rear boards of both volumes are completely detached from binding. Tips are bumped with exposed boards. Wear and chipping to boards with redrot. Spines show heavy chipping and cracking; both are illegible. Binding is exposed at both head caps. Bookplate on front pastedown of both volumes for The Library Company of Philadelphia. Marginalia scattered throughout textblocks. Toning, foxing, age-staining, and tea-staining throughout textblocks. Binding intact but fragile. Please see photos and ask any questions prior to purchase. Johann Lorenz von Mosheim or Johann Lorenz Monheim (9 October 1693 - 9 September 1755) was a German Lutheran church historian. There are two English versions of the Institutes, that of the Rev. Archibald Maclaine, published in 1765, and that of James Murdock (1832), which is the more correct. Maclaine's translation, available in this listing, was retitled An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern. This work provided a crucial source for Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and Gibbon borrowed many of Mosheim's arguments. FORN-MSB-0224-XXXX-JC110

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