c1880s HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH A.D. 311-600 Philip Schaff 2 VOLS Books

Description: c1880s HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH A.D. 311-600 Philip Schaff 2 VOLS Books c1880s – HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH A.D. 311-600 By Philip Schaff – Nicene And Post-Nicene Christianity. 2 VOLUMES COMPLETE Volumes 1 & 2 Hardback Antiquarian Book, with black pastedowns and endpapers. Published by T. & T. Clark, 38 George Street, Edinburgh. These volumes are dated as 1884 on the title page, however, the preface for volume 1 refers to “Preface To The Third Revision”, and it is dated July 1889 underneath. I therefore believe that this was published in 1889 or thereabouts. This is paired with the fact that these volumes have the same publisher’s name and publisher’s address as the 1st set of 2 volumes which I am selling for the same series, and they date between 1883 and 1893. It is therefore likely that these also are also of a similar publishing date. They are both stated to be new editions, revised and enlarged. These books comprise of 1,049 pages of the main text, over the two volumes, and 8 pages at the rear of each volume containing a publisher’s catalogue. The pages have been checked and are all present. The 2 volumes in this book are divided as follows: Volume I: Preface, Contents, Sources and Literature, Introduction and General View, chapters I to VII. Volume 1 ends at page 538. Volume 2: Chapters VIII to X, Appendix to the Revised Edition of 1884, and the alphabetical index to the third volume. Volume 2 ends at page 1,049. The author, Philip Schaff (1819–1893) was a prominent theologian, church historian, and scholar of the 19th century. Born in Switzerland, he later emigrated to the United States, where he became a significant figure in American religious life. He was a professor in Union Theological Seminary, New York from 1870. This book, History of the Christian Church was one of his most notable contributions, this multi-volume work is a comprehensive account of the development of Christianity from its origins to his contemporary period. THESE 2 VOLUMES COVER THE PERIOD A.D. 311-600. However, there were earlier books were written in this series, “History of The Christian Church”, which started from A.D. 1. Please note that I am selling the other books for the periods A.D. 1–100 and A.D. 100–325 in two other listings (these are also both over 2 volumes). Schaff went on to publish further works on ‘Mediaeval Christianity (A.D. 590-1517), and ‘History of The Reformation (A.D. 1517-1648). There are no dust jackets. The two volumes are both bound in the publisher’s original brown/red cloth, over boards. There are embossed borders and decorations on the boards, and gilt lettering on the spine. The covers are intact, robust, and in a good condition for approximately over 130 years old. There is a little wear to the covers, and this includes bumping and small rips to the corners, very small rips at the top and bottom of the spine, a few small marks, a few small rips on the long edges of the spine, and light rubbing at the edges (including where the spine adjoins the boards). Please see the photographs provided for further reference. Inside, the pages are very lightly tanned, which is good for books of this age. There is some very light foxing on some of the preliminary pages of volume 1. Besides this, the pages are in an overall neat and clean state for their age, and mostly uncreased. There is only the very occasional light or small marks, fold, or crease, which do not affect the text. Many of the edges of the pages are uneven and roughly cut, but this is highly likely due to the construction of this book and is all part of its beautiful history. The page leaves were probably uncut and then severed with a pen knife. The roughly cut pages have left the many small rips at the edges, and a few further pages have small rips at the edges not due to this. These do not obscure the text or illustrations. There is also a small hole in page 538 and overleaf (see photo of page 538). On page 531 there is a little ink, and a very small amount of pen on one of the preliminary pages. Both volumes have ex libris stickers and plates pasted to the front pastedowns. There are also some ink and pencil on these. The plates are for the ‘Theological College, Ely’. The pages are all secure, but between a handful of pages there are light cracks in the gutter. There are no missing pages. Please study the photos carefully as to the condition of this book, as they do form part of the description. These 2 volumes are a nice and scarce example of these books, from the late 1800s. Each of the books measure approximately 23.8 cm by 16 cm, and approximately 3.5 cm wide. The books collectively weigh approximately 1,740 grams. Thank you so much for looking.

Price: 39.99 GBP

Location: Newark

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