Frontispiece: Antiquitates Christianæ, The Life and Death of the Holy Jesus, as also, The Lives, Acts and Martyrdoms of his Apostles

Engraver William Faithorne the Elder British

Publisher Luke Meredith British

Author Related author Jeremy Taylor British

1694

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Title: Frontispiece: Antiquitates Christianæ, The Life and Death of the Holy Jesus, as also, The Lives, Acts and Martyrdoms of his Apostles
Engraver: William Faithorne the Elder (British, London ca. 1620–1691 London)
Publisher: Luke Meredith (British)
Author: Related author Jeremy Taylor (British, 1613–1677)
Date: 1694
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Plate: 9 5/16 × 6 1/4 in. (23.7 × 15.8 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/16 × 8 3/8 in. (34.2 × 21.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Object Number: 59.600.89
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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