POPE ALEXANDER III (1159-81). The Art of Survival. Ashgate 2012.
Large 8vo. [xx] + 427pp. + [v]. Colour frontis., map. Very good in d/w.
Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West.
£50.00 [ref: 283293]
THE LIFE OF DR. JOHN BARWICK Dean of St. Paul’s. Written in Latin by his Brother, Peter Barwick, M.D. and Translated into English by Hilkiah Bedford. F.E. Robinson & Co. 1903.
Sm. 8vo. xx + 194pp. Engraved portrait frontis., dec. border to title page. Pencil annotations to front f.e.p., f.e.ps. browned, unusually intricate gilt tooled calf, extremities sl. rubbed, head of spine chipped, t.e.g.
One of a Limited Edition of 350 Copies (un-numbered).
The Russell Press Stuart Series, Volume VI.
John Barwick (1612–1664) English royalist churchman and Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral.
£75.00 [ref: 279667]
LA NOUVELLE TESTAMENT c'est a dire La Nouvelle Alliance de nostre Seigneur Jesus Christ. A Amsterdam Chez D. Onder de Linden 1760. *1,2 A-2C6 2D4 (D4 blank repaired). Engraved title page, dec. tail piece. [Bound with]. LES PSAUMES DE DAVID, Mis en Vers François, Revus et approuvez par le Synode Walon des Provinces Unies. A. Amsterdam, D. Onder de Linden 1747. Nouvelle Edition. 324pp. Engraved title page. [Psalms with all verses set to music].
2 works in 1 vol. 12mo. French text. Light waterstain in part to leading corner, age toning, marbled e.ps., contemporary calf, intricate gilt tooled calf with foliage tooling to edges with flowers to the corners and a central flower, gilt tooled spine, firm upper hinge cracked towards tail, restoration work to the hinges, sm. portion replaced to upper board, a.e.g.
£125.00 [ref: 289373]
THE HOLY BIBLE, Containing the Old Testament and the New; Translated out of The original Tongues; and With the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, By His Majesty’s Special Command. Appointed to be read in Churches. London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan ... 1821.
Stereotype Ed. Thick 12mo. 935pp. Some light browning, inner gilt dentelles, contemporary gilt rule edged straight grained morocco, minor rubbing and wear gilt ruling and lettering to sl. faded spine with light vertical crease, a.e.g.
Inscribed to front free end paper ‘’... A.K.? Baynes to his dear nephew and godson Edward Baynes Badcock.’
£55.00 [ref: 261361]
DER EVANGESLISCHEN DEUTSCHEN ORIGINAL BIBEL Zweyter Theil, Die Propheten, die Apocrypha und das Neue Testament, so wohl nach dem Hebräischen und Griechischen Grund-Text, als nach der Deutschen Übersetzung Doctor Martin Luthers, mit jedes Capitels reichen Summarien, auch beygefügten vielen und richten Parallelen. German/Hebrew parallel texts. [With] DAS NEUE TESTAMENT unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi, dergestalt eingerichtet, daß der Griiechische Grund-Text und die Deutsche Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers neben einander stehen, die Blätter aber, mit den Seiten der so gemein gewordenen Cansteinischen Bibel, zur Bestärckung der in derselben erlangten Memoriae localis, richtig übereintreffen, mit den wichtigsten Lectionibus variantibus des Griechischen Textes, iedes Capitels reichen Summerien, und bengesúgten viesen richtigen Barallelen, auch einer furzen harmonie der Evangelisten. German/Greek parallel texts. Züllichau [Poland], in Verlegung des Waysenhauses bey Benjamin Gottlob Frommann 1740.
Part. 2 [only of 2]. Sm. 4to. T.p. + Leaves (669-1079) + xxxii + 308 leaves + [iv]. Engraved pictorial headpiece, engraved dec. headpiece, dec. initial letters. Neat early marginalia, some browning, leather turn-ins to pastedowns decorated with gilt stars, mid C20th binding by Margaretha Grahl in fawn pigskin, tooled in the style of Art Deco with a simple cross tooled in brown to boards, lettering and tooled crosses to compartments in brown to spine, minor marking, handsome volume.
Without [Theil 1] [Part 1]. (1741) Testamentum Vetus [Old Testament].
Published in 2 editions. Our copy with Corrigenda on the back sheet Rrr, and with tabl. "Bibloi Apokryphoi ..."
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 90498348.
£175.00 [ref: 259317]
THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, and administration of the sacraments, And other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of The Church of England: together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches. Cambridge : printed by John Baskerville, Printer to the University; by whom they are sold, and by B. Dod, Bookseller, in Ave-Mary Lane, London 1762.
Large 8vo. ([a]-[c4]) + (B-[Tt4]). ([Aa7]-[Pp8]). With neat marginalia, some light browning, marginal dampstaining to margins of prelims., blind ownership stamp of D. Wyndham Smith to front f.e.p., lightly faded marbled e.ps., inner gilt tooled dentelles, contemporary green morocco, intricate gilt tooling to edges of boards with gilt urns and foilage and flowers, some fading to gilt with light loss to centre of boards, intricate gilt tooled spine, some wear to joints, sl. loss to corners, a.e.g.
Tipped in leaf prior to title page with the signatures of a family of Gilliatts dated 1768-1772.
ESTC T87227 ‘ Final leaf = Tt4. Gaskell, 19.’
To tail of title page ‘Price Eight Shillings and sixpence unbound’ partially obscured by decorative strip of paper.
Apparently one of the rare copies with the prayers for the Royal Family in the original state and including the mention of Queen Charlotte whom George III had married in 1761.
£400.00 [ref: 278785]
THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. Ornamented with wood cuts from designs of Albert Durer, Hans Holbein and Others. In Imitation of Queen Elizabeth’s Book of Christian Prayers. With a Foreword by Sir Patrick Cormack. Folio Society 2004.
Large 8vo. x + 718pp. Profusely ills. Very good in dec. gilt tooled morocco backed dec. boards, in dec. slipcase as issued.
£35.00 [ref: 287476]
THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER With the Additions and Deviations proposed in 1928. CUP N.d. c.[1928].
Large 8vo. viii + 778pp. + [ii]. Very occasional spotting, prelims. spotted, presentation inscription to verso of front f.e.p., 2 related labels affixed to front pastedown, neatly taped hinges, inner gilt ruling, sl. shaken, full blind ruled dark red morocco, bevelled edges sl. rubbed, raised bands and gilt title to lightly faded and sl. rubbed spine, a.e.g.
£50.00 [ref: 293572]
THE CHRISTIAN’S BEST COMPANION, Containing the Whole Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland; Illustrated with Notes, together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches ornamented with six beautiful engravings, also a Companion to the Altar. Bungay: Printed and Published by C. Brightly and Co./T. Kinnersley 1811.
Title page + [xxii] + (B-[2H4]) + title page + [ii] + (3Q-[3T4]). 5 plates [lacking frontis.?]. Hinges cracked but firm, lacking all before title page, early ink annotations to e.ps., title page sl. soiled and stained, sporadic light browning and spotting, some light thumbing, several lower leading corners sl. curled, plates lightly browned sl. thumbed and waterstained mainly at top edge, occasional chipping to edges, fore-edge of ‘Funeral Service’ plate torn with loss not affecting image, gutter margin of first couple of pages sl. chipped at tail, gilt fillet edged full contemporary brown tree calf, some minor marking, sl. wear to corners, joints splitting in parts but firm, sl. rubbed gilt filleted bands and gilt lettered red leather title label to sl. rubbed spine, label and head of spine sl. chipped.
£50.00 [ref: 289103]
AN ACCOUNT OF THE EXTRAORDINARY CEREMONY OF CURSING BY BELL, BOOK & CANDLE, Which Took Place in the Parish Church of Leigh, Co: Lancaster on Sunday, December 4th 1474. Reprinted from “Local Gleanings” in the Manchester Courier. For Private Circulation. Illustrative Notes by J. Paul Rylands. Manchester: Thos. Sowler and Sons ... 1878.
16pp. From the library of Dr James Bynon, some browning with light vertical crease, backstrip fragile and frayed with loss, disbound.
£25.00 [ref: 286766]