London: James Bettenham, 1744. Hardcover. xvi, 122p. Modern half calf over contemporary boards. Includes; I. The Liturgy of St. james as we have it as present. The Interpolations being only printed in a smaller Character; II. The Same Liturgy without these Interpolations, or the ancient Liturgy of the Church of.....
London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1818. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Also includes the Psalter or Psalms of David. Contemporary dark green crinkled morocco with a richly gilt spine and boards. Blue marbleized end papers. The work was printed by C. Corral who, a few years later, would produce the charming Diamond.....
Edinburgh: Sir D.H. Blair and J. Bruce, 1829. Hardcover. 416p, 48p, 188p, [4] Contemporary leather over boards. Includes 'A Companion to the Altar' 1833 and 'A New Version of the Psalms of David" 1816. Light marginal stain along the lower margin. Binding is rubbed and the flap that covers over.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1826. 19th century black morocco with a gilt foredge and dark green endpapers. Bound with A New Version of the Psalms of David by N. Tate and N. Brady. Oxford, 1827. This edition is not listed in the Josiah Henry Benton Collection of the Book of.....
London: John Lewis, 1738. Hardcover. [12}, 629p [659]. Contemporary polished black calf. Professionally rebacked preserving the original label. An uncommon edition of a frequently reprinted title. Two volumes in one. The second part starts at p153. ESTC locates only two copies, one in England and one in the United States.....
Philadelphia: Carl Cist, 1794. Hardcover. 63p, 2. Contemporary half calf over paper covered boards. Boards and edges rubbed. Preliminary leaves and lower margins throughout stained. The printer, Carl Cist, (1738-1805) was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. he 'apparently became involved in difficulties which made it necessary for him to leave.....
A Nancy: Pierre Antoine, 1757. Hardcover. Engraved frontispiece, 16p, 33p, [10] 19th century tan morocco with marbled end papers. Bound with: Statuts de la Confrairie de la Misericorde printed in Nancy 1761. Ten blank leaves bound at the end with pages from another work glued in. 8vo - over 7¾.....
Philadelphia: Robert Aitken, 1797. Hardcover. 470p. Contemporary calf. From the Library of Rev. Asa Hillyer (1763-1840) with his signature on the inside front blank. Rev. Hillyer was educated at Yale and later become Pastor at the First Presbyterian Church, Orange, New Jersey from 1801-1833. Historical records indicate that his ministry.....
American Tract Society, 1859. Hardcover. 3 full page maps in color. 534p. Contemporary green calf ruled in blind with gilt foredge and four raised bands across the spine. Includes numerous illustrations in the text. A fresh clean copy with some general wear to the bands across the spine Early inscription.....
Maximus Scriptorius. Hardcover. Five volumes. Douay; Volume 1 Part I, the Pentateuch; Volume 1 Part II The Historical Books; Volume II Part I The Wisdom Books, Volume II Part II The Prophetical Books. The Rheims New Testament in one volume. Publishers black boards with titles lettered on the spines. Clean.....
1662. Hardcover. Engraved frontispiece, (8), 176p, 251-441p, (1). 19th century quarter calf over marbled boards. The English Parliament passed the Act of Uniformity of 1662 restoring the Book of Common Prayer as the official liturgy. The Act stated that any minister who did not confirm to the Book of Common.....
Joseph Sabin, 1865. [14], 19p, [2]. Original wrappers. Limited to 250 copies whereof this is #104 and initialed by Sabin. Back strip missing and a few pages are loose. Partly uncut. Title page a little soiled and a few chips along the edges.
Cothen: Wilhelm Andreas Meyer, 1701. Soft cover. 44p. 19th century marbled wrapper. From the Library of Swedish noble family von Schwerin with their bookplate on the inside front wrapper. Small chip at head and foot otherwise internally clean. Anabaptist Church history. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall.
N/A, 1784. Wrappers. 32p. Engraved vignette on the title page. A few pages a little dog eared otherwise a clean copy internally. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.
Philadelphia: William W. Woodward, 1814. Hardcover. 345p, 326p, [1]. Contemporary calf with a gilt ruled spine and marbled end papers. Bound with Hymns and Spiritual Songs, in Three Books by I. Watts. Though a reprint, this is the first printed by William Woodward. See Chamberlain p295. See Louis Benson: American.....
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1832. Hardcover. Engraved folded map, iv, 213p. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. Occasional light marginal browning and light rubbing to the extremities. Otherwise an internally clean copy. With a close to contemporary bookplate from the Baptist Sunday School in Drakeville, New Jersey on the.....
Stralsund und Greifswald: Johann Jacob Weitbrecht, 1747. Hardcover. 854-1736p, [30]. Contemporary quarter vellum over speckled paper. Volume 6 only. Originally published in seven volumes. Some foxing throughout and crack in the vellum. Signature of Niels H. Christensen on the inside front board. A working copy only. 4to - over 9¾.....
Stralsund und Greifswald, Johann Jacob Weitbrecht, 1751. 3 volumes bound in 2. liv, 488p; xliv, 280p, [162]: [14], 1530p, [16] Contemporary speckled paper over boards. Peter Ahlwardt (1710-1791) was Professor of Theology at the University of Greifswald. Hinges rubbed due to use with some loss of paper along the extremities.....
Leipzig: Lorenz Kober, 1617. [16], 940p. Contemporary vellum over boards. Includes the engraved portrait. Title page nicely printed in red and blank. Wilhelm Alard (1572-1645) was a Lutheran theologian and poet. See Joecher I p186-187. Contemporary signature of Wilhelm Christian Gebhard 1708 on the title page. Spine hinges cracked but.....
Ulm: Christian Balthasar, 1668. [20], 745p, [49]. Contemporary calf with boards ruled in blind. George Albrecht (1602-1647) was a Lutheran theologian. See Joecher column 221. A collection of his sermons first published in 1642 and reprinted in 1648, 1654 and 1660. Sermons includes on worst times of the 30 Years.....
Madrid: Joseph Francisco, 1764. [14], 667p, [35]. Contemporary limp vellum. With two plates loosely inserted. remains of ties. Antonio Arbiol (1651-1725) was a Spanish moralist writer. A work on the errors and mistakes committed during prayer. First printed in 1705. Some light scattered foxing and a marginal stain on p131.....
Richmond: Whittet & Shepperson, 1888. Soft cover. 50p. Contemporary wrappers with stapled spine. The author, Rev Samuel J. Baird (1817-1893) was a Presbyterian Minister. Ex Library copy stamped 'withdrawn' on front cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Salem: Thomas C. Cushing, 1796. No Binding. 22p Unbound with a stitched spine. Edges a little frayed. Some scattered foxing and light toning along the lower edge of the front. Rev. Barnard (1748-1814) was a Unitarian clergyman. He was the pastor of North Church, Salem, Massachusetts, from 1772 until his.....
Rotterdam: Abraham Acher, 1722. Hardcover. 578p, [5]. Contemporary calf with richly gilt spine. Light browning throughout. Boards a little rubbed. Contemporary notations on the inside front board. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.
London: H. Clark, 1688. Second. [30}, 381p. Contemporary calf. Rebacked. Second edition. Richard Baxter (1615-1691) was a widely read Puritan theologian. Dibdin in the Library Companion p55 writes; "Baxter was a man of great gravity of demeanor and great piety of soul. He was acute and learned withal, and an.....