A very scarce imprint from the opening days of the Premillennialist and Dispensationalist movements. The present was issued concurrently with the first meetings of John Nelson Darby and "Brethren" in Dublin, also in 1831. Also concurrently with the upswing of interest in the teachings of premillennialist Evangelist, Edward Irving, and the publications of the Albury Apostles via the Morning Watch, and the very earliest whispers of adventist movements in America, etc.
Originally issued in 1627, by many, Mede's work is considered the first modern Premillennialist work and the work which gave permission for premillennialism, and later dispensationalism, to exist within the orthodox Christian spectrum of options.
As we would expect, it contains a fold out chart, which proposes to lay out the eschatological framework of the seals of the Apocalypse, etc.
Mede, Joseph. Clavis Apocalyptica: Key to the Apocalypse. Educed and Demonstrated from the Natural and Internal Characters of the Visions. For the Use of those whom God Hath Imparted the Love and Desire of Searching into, and Understanding, that Wonderful Prophecy. Originally Written, and Published in Latin, in A. D. 1627, by the Pius and Profoundly Learned Joseph Mede, B. D. (Sometime Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.) and Now Translated into English, a Clergyman of the Established Church; ( Editor of "The Christian Herald, &c.") Dublin. Published by Richard Moore Tims. 1831. 69pp.
A good + copy, bound in cloth, a bit tender at the prelims but generally solid, with light foxing.
