Pansebeia: or, A View of all Religions in the World, Alexander Ross — 6th Edition

£330.00

Pansebeia: or, A View of all Religions in the World, Alexander Ross — 6th Edition

Name: Pansebeia: or, A View of all Religions in the World, Alexander Ross — 6th Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 4258
Price: 330.00 GBP
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Publication: London, Printed for John Williams, 1683

Formatting: 8vo, pp. [xl], 620, [xii].

Condition Report: Good. The volume is bound in contemporary speckled full calf with a handwritten paper title label on the spine, presenting a sturdy, period-authentic profile, though exhibiting expected wear typical with its seventeenth-century vintage. The boards show general surface rubbing, scattered minor dark spots, and a pronounced patch of leather loss at the lower fore-edge corner of the front cover. The spine, detailed with five raised bands, displays rubbing along the joints and mild fraying at the head and tail, yet the overall binding structure remains notably tight and secure. Internally, the text block is remarkably crisp, with only moderate age-toning, mild sporadic foxing, and clean margins. The hinges remain sound, supporting an intact and firmly attached text block, culminating in a highly respectable and solid surviving copy.

Catalogue Note:"Sixth Edition, Enlarged and Perfected" of Alexander Ross’s ambitious heresiography. The volume is particularly notable for containing the supplementary section detailing the lives, actions, and ends of "certain notorious Hereticks," which is richly illustrated with a series of striking copper-plate engraved effigies. The edition also includes a prefatory "Booksellers Advertisement to the Reader," which poignantly notes the author's sudden passing and the publisher's commitment to presenting the text precisely as originally intended.

The front pastedown bears the armorial bookplate of "Parr of Aughton in Ormskirk," providing a clear record of local English provenance. Complete and well-preserved seventeenth-century editions of this text, especially those retaining their original copper-plate portraits, have become increasingly scarce on the open antiquarian market.

Alexander Ross’s Pansebeia serves as an extraordinary early encyclopedia of global faiths, church governments, and heretical sects. Written during a period of intense religious upheaval in Britain, the work aims to catalog and critique the beliefs of pagans, Muslims, Jewish traditions, and a wide array of Christian dissenters. First published in 1653, it stood as one of the earliest and most comprehensive English-language surveys of world religions. Through its detailed descriptions and evocative copper-plate portraits, the book offers modern readers a fascinating window into the theological anxieties, early orientalism, and dogmatic worldview of seventeenth-century Europe.

Book Condition: Good

Book Authors: Alexander Ross

Book Publisher: John Williams

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Antiquarian

Genre: Religion & Spirituality

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Signed: No

Book Pages: 672

Book Publication Year: 1883

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover (Full Calf)

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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