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003 $ UK-LoRAA
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Prideaux
245 1 4 $a The Old and New Testament Connected in the History Of The Jews and Neighbouring Nations, From The Declension of the Kingdom of Israel and Judah to the Time of Christ. - By Humphrey Prideaux, D.D. Dean of Norwich. - Part I. Vol. I. (- Part II. Vol. IV.) - The Tenth Edition. -
260 # # $a London: $b Printed for R. Knaplock in St. Paul's Church-Yard, J. Tonson in the Strand. - $c MDCCXXIX. $c [1729]
300 # # $a 4 vols.; $c 199 mm. (Octavo.)
500 # # $a Vol. I: [vi], xxxii, 364 p., frontis., [4] pl. (fold.); illus. - Vol. II: p.[365]-819, [39], frontis., [1] pl. (fold). - Vol. III: [iii-]xxvi, 520 p., frontis., [2] pl. (fold.). - Vol. IV: p.521-942, [64], frontis., [1] pl. (fold.). The plates carry no plate numbers, but each indicates the page next to which is to be placed (sometimes indicating two page-numbers, one for this octavo and one for the folio edition).
505 0 # $a Vol. I: [Frontis., t.p., dedic.] - The Preface [1715] - [Text, Part I, Books I-IV, with pl.]. - Vol. II: [Frontis., t.p.] - [Text] - A Chronological Table To The Foregoing History - Index To The First Part. - Vol. III: [Frontis., t.p., dedic.] - The Preface [1717-18] - [Text, Part II, Books I-V, with pl.]. - Vol. IV: [Frontis., t.p.] - [Plate (map)] - [Text] - A Chronological Table To The Foregoing History - Index To The Second Part.
508 # # $a The four frontispieces and the view of the Tabernacle in Vol. I are signed as engraved by P. Fourdrinier. All other plates are unsigned, apart from the last plate (map) in Vol. I, which is signed as engraved by Hulett.

The work is dedicated by the author, Humphrey Prideaux, to Daniel, Earl of Nottingham.
510 4 # $a ESTC. $c T125111
520 2 # $a In his Preface Prideaux acknowledges his debt to James Ussher's Annales Veteris et Novi Testamenti (1650-4).

The plates show: Vol. I. [frontis.] 'Iudea (represented by a Woman) in Captivity ...'; [1] 'Palaestina Seu Terra Sancta' [folding map]; [2] 'The Ichnography of the Temple of Jerusalem' [fold. plan, accompanied by 4-page explanation]; [3] 'The Tabernacle Open, and the Vail lifted up' [fold.]; [4] 'Graeciae Antiquae et Insularum Conspectus' [fold. map]; Vol. II: [frontis.] 'Q. Esther coming to Ahasuerus'; [1] (fold. map) 'Mare Mediterraneum'; Vol. III: [frontis.] 'Pompey prophanes the Holy of Holies'; [1] 'Asia Minor' [fold. map]; [2] 'Oriens' [fold. map]; Vol. IV: [frontis.] 'The Birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ'; [1] (fold. map) 'Syria'. The in-text illustration in Vol. I (p. 200) shows an altar.
561 # # $a Acquired between 1769 and 1802. Recorded in RAA Library, Catalogue, 1802.
563 # # $a Contemporary white paper resembling vellum; spines inscribed in ink, 'Prideau Connect.' and carrying labels lettered 'T-c-2'.
630 # # $a Bible
653 # # $a Judaism - Jews - Greeks - Romans - Israel - Palestine - Middle East - History
655 # 0 $a Maps - Great Britain - 18th century
655 # 0 $a Pictorial works - Great Britain - 18th century
700 1 # $a Knaplock $e publisher
700 1 # $a Tonson $e publisher
700 1 # $a Nottingham $e dedicatee
700 1 # $a Fourdrinier $e engraver
700 1 # $a Hulett $e engraver
852 8 # $d 1802: F-1-02; 1821: D-4-03.