Abel redevivus: or, the dead yet speaking. The lives and deaths of the moderne divines / Written by severall able and learned men (whose names ye shall finde in the epistle to the reader.) And now digested into one volumne [by Thomas Fuller, who wrote some of the lives. With verses by F. and J. Quarles] For the benefit and satisfaction of all those that desire to be acquainted with the paths of pieti and virtue.
- Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.
- Date:
- 1651
- Books
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London : Printed by Tho. Brudenell for John Stafford, dwelling in Brides Churchyard, neer Fleetstreet, 1651.
Physical description
5 unnumbered leaves, 440 pages, 20 unnumbered pages, 441-599, that is, 596 pages : t.page in red & black, engr. portraits ; (4to)
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References note
Gibson v.4, pt. 1, p. 150
Wing F2400
ESTC R177335
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), F2400
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Signatures: [chi]² A⁴ C², 2A-4I⁴ [*]-[**]⁴ [***]² 4K-5E⁴ 5F² ; leaf C2 blank
Title-page in red and black
Includes index
Added engraved t.-p
Head- and tail-pieces; initials; printed marginalia
Title-page and text within double rules
"Epistle to the reader" signed: Tho. Fuller
Numerous errors in paging
Consists of biographic sketches of various Protestant divines and theologians by Fuller, Daniel Featley, Thomas Gataker, and others, with occasional verse by Francis Quarles and John Quarles
The portrait and 20 p. inserted after p. 440, containing "The life and death of the late reverent and worthy prelate, Lancelot Andrewes," by Henry Isaacson, were also issued separately with title: An exact narration of the life and death of Lancelot Andrewes
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Location Status Access Closed storesEPB/B/23721