USSHER, James (1581-1656). Annales Veteris at Novi Testamenti, a Prima Mundi Origine Deducti. Una cum Rerum Asiaticarum et Aegyptiacrum Chronicoa Temporis Hostorici Principio. Geneva: Gabriel de Tournes et fils, 1722.

Folio. Half title, title printed in red and black with printer's vignette; engraved portrait inserted before title. (Portrait trimmed to borders and laid down, some marginal toning.) Contemporary vellum (rebacked, new endpapers). Provenance: Mercantile Library, Philadelphia (stamp on title-page).

THE DEFINITIVE THIRD (GENEVA) EDITION, OF ARCHBISHOP USSHER’S FAMOUS ANALYSIS OF THE TIMELINE OF HISTORY, FIXING THE DATE OF THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE AT OCTOBER 23, 4004 B.C. Ussher was a prominent Irish scholar and Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh. Born in Dublin, he became a leading figure at Trinity College Dublin, where he served as professor and vice-chancellor. Ussher was appointed Bishop of Meath in 1621 and later became Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland in 1625. He was renowned for his extensive work in theology, patristics, and ecclesiastical history, including his famous chronology that dated the creation of the world to 4004 BC.