The Old And New Testament Connected In The History Of The Jews And Neighboring Nations From The Declension Of The Kingdoms Of Israel And Judah To The Time Of Christ (Two Volumes, Complete); The Old And New Testament Connected In The History Of The Jews And Neighboring Nations From The Declension Of The Kingdomes Of Israel And Judah To The Time Of Christ Prideaux, Humphrey

Mixed two-volume set with matching covers: Part I is the Seventh Edition; Part II, the Fourth Edition. Illustrated with several woodcut drawings. Large Quarto 12 in. x 8.6 in. Full paneled calf bordered in gilt rule with decorative checkered design stamped in blind to center of fronts and backs. Gilt title on burgundy panels, and five raised bands, to rebacked spines. A few scuffs to the boards. Red and black ink to title pages. Interiors are sharp and unmarked. Part I: pp. xxvi, 1-452, 457, [15] (chronological table). Bottom corners nudged. Front free endpaper detached, but present. Trimming to bottom edge of title page, cutting through date. Part II: pp. xviii, 518, [25] (chronological table), [36] (index for both volumes). Gray endpapers. 2 in. x 2 in. blank sticker to front pastedown. Humphrey Prideaux (1648 - 1724) was a Cornish churchman and orientalist, Dean of Norwich from 1702. His sympathies inclined to Low Churchism in religion and to Whiggism in politics. "Dr. Prideaux's great work was The Connection of the History of the Old and New Testament, the first part of which was published in 1715, the second in 1718. Both parts were received with the greatest approbation, and went through eight editions in London, besides two or three in Dublin, before the end of 1720. "The Connection contains a large mass of erudition, and accurate information on every topic of Jewish history and antiquities, and on all the links which connected that peculiar people with the surrounding nations. It is indispensable to the Biblical and interesting to the general scholar. Le Clerc's exceptions are not of great importance". 'This history takes in the affairs of Egypt, Assyria, and all the other Eastern nations, as well as of the Jews; and likewise those of Greece and Rome, so far as was necessary for giving a distinct view of the completion of the prophecies which relate to the times comprehended in it. The author has also set in the clearest light some passages of profane history which before lay dispersed and buried in confusion, and there appears throughout the whole work such an amiable spirit of sincerity and candor as sufficiently atones as well for the few mistakes which escaped his diligence as for some weaknesses arising from his individual temperament." (form Biblical Cyclopedia).