The History of the Jewish Church, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, New York 1879 
First Edition - Maps
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- Lot Number 50524
- Title (English) The History of the Jewish Church, Vol. 1 & 2
- Note First Edition - Maps
- Author Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
- City New York
- Publisher Charles Schribner's Sons
- Publication Date 1879
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- Item # 1636147
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First edition, two volumes, maps, quarto, wide margins, usual light age staining. A good copy bound in contemporary cloth over boards, rubbed..
Detailed Description:
A history of the Mid-East with maps and diagrams by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley.
Stanley was Dean of Westminster, one of five children of the Right Reverend Edward Stanley, Bishop of Norwich. He was educated at Rugby and Balliol College Oxford. Between 1856 & 1864 he was Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Canon of Christ Church, Oxford. In 1864 he became Dean of Westminster, a post which he held until his death in 1881.
In 1852 Stanley travelled to Egypt and Palestine, and produced a best-selling account of his observations, Sinai and Palestine in Connection with Their History, which is still being reprinted.
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