1675 – Ecclesiastical History – Samuel Clark | Marrow – Calvin, Julius Caesar, Wycliffe

Samuel Clarke’s Ecclesiastical History is a rare, 17th-century Puritan perspective on famous church fathers and religious leaders. Clarke includes biographical sketches of notable figures including John Calvin, Peter Martyr, Theodore Beza, William Cowper, Athanasius, Saint Ambrose, Chrysostom, Jerome, John Wycliffe, Thomas Aquinas, John Hus, and many more. It also contains a section on biblical figures such as Nebuchadnezzar, Herod the Great, and Cyrus the Great, as well as other famous figures like Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Hannibal.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: [The Marrow of ecclesiastical history] The lives and deaths of most of those eminent persons who by their virtue and valour obtained the sirnames of Magni, or Great
• Author(s): Samuel Clarke
• Publisher: London, printed [by J.R.] for W. Birch, and sold by Tho. Sawbridge
• Edition: Second edition, 1675.
• Binding: Full leather binding, professionally restored
• Format: Folio, multiple parts in one volume
• Size:  12 in x 8.5 in (30 cm x 22 cm)
• Collation: [26], 27, [1], 179, 200-504, [4]; [8], 80, 83-116, [4], 104, [4]; [4], 300 (lacking final two leaves)
• Illustrations: Engraved portraits throughout
• Contents Include:
  • Lives of early church fathers
  • Biographies of Reformation figures
  • Saint Augustine and Saint Ambrose
  • Martin Luther and John Calvin
  • Ignatius of Loyola and Polycarp
  • Hugh Latimer, William Perkins, Theodore Beza
  • Iconic historical figures such as Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great
• Reference(s): Wing C 4537

Condition:

Good. Leather binding has been professionally restored with original boards showing wear at the corners. Text block is tight and secure. Pages show expected age toning with engraved portraits generally clean. Final two leaves are lacking.

Why Collect This?

• Includes numerous engraved portraits
• Folio printing of one of the best collection of historical bibliographies

Item Number: #50252