1720 SAINTS History of Church Holidays Christmas Easter Good Friday England

1720 SAINTS History of Church Holidays Christmas Easter Good Friday England

Thomas Brodrick’s “Historia Sacra” is a rare, 18^th-century history of the use of holidays, feasts, and ceremonies in the Church of England. Also known as “The Holy History”, this book describes each of the important days in the liturgical calendar including Sabbath, or the Lord’s Day, Christmas, Innocents Day, Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter, Pentecost, and many others. It also describes the conversion of Saint Paul, and the feast days of iconic saints – Barnabas, Philip, John, Bartholomew, Peter, etc.

This 18^th-century printing is beautifully bound in impressive vellum.

Item number: #27466

Price: $499

BRODRICK, Thomas

Historia sacra: or, The holy history Giving an exact and comprehensive account of all the feasts and fasts of the Church of England

London: Printed for John Wyat, 1720.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • vii, [1], 447, [17]
  • 11 full-page engravings
• Provenance:
  • Bookplate – Francis Eugene Selleck
  • Handwritten – Sarah Cheever
• Language: English
• Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
• Size: ~7.75in X 5in (19.5cm x 13cm)

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