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An Enquiry into the Constitution, Discipline, Unity and Worship of the Primitive Church, That Flourish'd within the first Three Hundred Years after Christ
by [King, Peter]
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- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
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Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for J[ohn] Wyat and R. Robinson, [1719]. Leather Bound. Very Good. 5 x 8 3/4 inches. 2 ffep + viii + 1 unnumbered leaf + 181 numbered pages (Part 1) + 176 numbered pages (Part 2) + 3 rfep. Part 2 has separate title page dated 1719. A few old notes in margins and on rfeps. Slight dampstaining and small loss to corners of feps. All edges rouged. Bound in contemporary full brown paneled calf with five raised bands and spine label "Constitut of the Primitive Church" to spine. ESTCT211076. King was Lord Chancellor from 1725-1733, and was interested in church history. This work was frequently quoted by John Wesley in correspondence, and was influential upon his views of the order of the church. A nice copy in a very well preserved Georgian paneled binding.
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- Bookseller
- St. Wulfstans Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 313
- Title
- An Enquiry into the Constitution, Discipline, Unity and Worship of the Primitive Church, That Flourish'd within the first Three Hundred Years after Christ
- Author
- [King, Peter]
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for J[ohn] Wyat and R. Robinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1719]
- Keywords
- Church history ecclesiology 18th
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St. Wulfstans Books
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About St. Wulfstans Books
St. Wulfstan's specializes in antiquarian religious books, especially Bibles, Prayer Books, and other texts in the Catholic, Anglican, Episcopal or Presbyterian traditions. We are known for our extensive inventory of liturgical texts (such as the Book of Common Prayer) and related books.The inventory ranges from historically significant and very rare texts to affordable copies of prayer books from the U.S. and Great Britain.
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- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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