{"product_id":"pansebeia-or-a-view-of-all-religions-in-the-world-bound-with-apocalypsis","title":"Pansebeia: or, A View of all Religions in the World (Bound with: Apocalypsis)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePansebeia: or, A View of all Religions in the World [Bound with: Apocalypsis], Alexander Ross — Fourth Edition \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Printed for John Williams, 1672\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. [xxxii], 544, [viii]; [xiv], 78, [ii].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Very Good. The volume is presented in a handsome, early full calf binding that has been sympathetically and professionally rebacked. The original boards exhibit an authentic antiquarian patina, displaying expected age-related rubbing and light wear to the extremities. The newer leather spine is robust and tightly bound, expertly blind-ruled with raised bands and a gilt-lettered title block that integrates seamlessly with the original boards. Internally, the text block is sound and securely held. The leaves show typical age-toning and occasional light spotting commensurate with the era. A few pages display small, historic marginal notes in ink, and the engraved plate of Michael Servetus features a neat, early paper repair to the lower fore-edge margin that does not impinge upon the portrait itself. The binding remains remarkably tight, preserving a highly attractive and durable example of this seventeenth-century work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This volume represents the Fourth Edition, \"Enlarged and Perfected,\" of Alexander Ross’s comprehensive survey of global religions, \u003ci\u003ePansebeia\u003c\/i\u003e. As was standard practice for the period, it is bound together with the Third Edition of \u003ci\u003eApocalypsis: or, the Revelation of certain notorious Advancers of Heresie\u003c\/i\u003e (1671), translated by John Davies of Kidwelly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA significant feature of this composite volume is its retention of the striking copper-plate engravings. The work boasts the frontispiece portrait of Alexander Ross, alongside the complete suite of seventeen engraved effigies of notorious heretics within the \u003ci\u003eApocalypsis\u003c\/i\u003e section. Notably, this includes the portrait of Bernard Knipperdoling, which is occasionally found absent from the publisher's printed plate list. Copies retaining the full complement of these illustrations are increasingly scarce on the open market, as they were frequently excised by print collectors over the intervening centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlurb:\u003c\/b\u003e First published in 1653, Alexander Ross’s \u003ci\u003ePansebeia\u003c\/i\u003e stands as one of the earliest and most ambitious works of comparative religion in the English language. Penned during a period of intense theological turbulence, the work catalogues the religious practices of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, ranging from ancient pagan rituals to Islamic doctrines and the beliefs of indigenous peoples. Whilst Ross, a staunchly conservative writer, compiled the text largely to assert the primacy of orthodox Christianity and to critique sectarianism, his meticulous documentation provides modern readers with a fascinating, encyclopaedic window into seventeenth-century global awareness and theological anxieties. The appended \u003ci\u003eApocalypsis\u003c\/i\u003e further enriches the volume, offering dramatic biographical sketches and remarkable copper-plate portraits of infamous religious dissenters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54630268567891,"sku":"5212","price":600.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260816_195848.jpg?v=1787137174","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/pansebeia-or-a-view-of-all-religions-in-the-world-bound-with-apocalypsis","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}