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 -

Firenze (Florence). First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. We believe the title translates to Chronological History of the Emperors, Popes, and the Council of Seven; first three volumes of an apparently incomplete set; Vol. 3 only through 12th century. Vol. 1 published 1789 by 'Nella Stamperia degli Eredi Pecchioni'; Vols. 2 and 3 published 1790 by 'Gaetano Cambiagi Stampator Reale' (Cambiagi was an important publisher in Florence at that time; Pecchioni had much fewer productions and it is difficult to learn anything about him); Italian text. In every other respect these volumes are identical, using the same typefaces, paper, endpapers and bindings; paper has watermark which is very hard to see, as it appears only partially in the upper left corner of some pages; edges speckled red; pastedowns handpainted with a floral pattern; bound such that there are no free endpapers, pages sewn directly to vellum; vellum smartly hand-lettered on each spine. Overall, vg (covers soiled, bowed, and… Read More

London: William Wileman. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1898. Hardcover. Text is clean. Heavy brown binding with gilt lettering. Cover shows normal wear, corners and spine end gently bumped. ; Robert Brown wrote a number of titles where he uncovered hidden or secret knowledge of the scriptures, including issues of Demonology and Eschatology. This particular title is scarce, with no known institutional holdings according to OCLC. .

Venice: Carlo Conzatti, 1665 Octavo (8½x6 inches). Pp. [24], 471, [1]. Text in Italian. Title printed in red and black. Illustrated with 197 woodcuts throughout text, some of which appear more than once. Woodcuts are generally 2x1¼ inches or smaller, a few larger. Printer's woodcut device on last leaf. Bound in full contemporary vellum over boards, morocco spine label, gilt, red sprinkled edges. Front end affixed to pastedown, small marginal fragment torn from K8, repair to short tear at T7. One woodcut with two holes. Some light internal foxing, toning. A very good copy. The Epistles and Gospels to be read throughout the year, according to the Church services. Originally written by the Jesuit Petrus Canisius (although only the Translators are mentioned in the title). Remigio's real name was Remigio Nannini. He was born in Florence c. 1521. He was a Dominican friar, author of secular and religious works, editor and translator. He died in 1581. Epistole et Evangeli was his most… Read More

MADRID, Manuel Ruiz de Murga, 1717.
8º. Parte Tercera (de 6). 2 hh., 437 pp. Pergamino de época con letras manuscritas en lomo; roturas breves en tapa trasera. Página de título con marco ornamentalPrimeras dos hojas con mancha de humedad en parte superior y pag. de título con pequeña rotura en esquina inferior; sello de antiguo propietario en índice; textos a dos columnas y amplios márgenes. Manchas de óxido y humedad a lo largo de las hojas pero sin afectación de textos. 13 hermosas viñetas grabadas al final de algunos capítulos
Pando y Mier hizo la primera recopilación seria de los Autos Sacramentales. Durante la vida de Calderón de la Barca solo se publicó un volumen de autos exclusivamente suyos que salió de las prensas de la Imprenta Real por mandato de Fernández de Buendía. Por el contrario, aunque el negocio libresco en torno a sus autos no pareciera interesarle mucho, el dramaturgo sí tuvo intención de cuidar y preservar los textos sacramentales, como muestran los… Read More

Arthur L. Humphreys. London. 1897. Large 8vo. (8.7 x 7.2 inches). A circular brown mark to the outer margin of four leaves, otherwise a clean and bright copy in a fine early binding, for Hatchards of Piccadilly, probably by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, but not signed. Full brown morocco. Spine with five raised bands. Compartments lettered, double ruled and decorated with triple dot corner design in gilt. Both boards with double ruled gilt outer borders and double ruled inner panel design with dots to the outer line and floral design, with green dyed centre dots, in each corner. Title lettered in gilt to front board. Board edges ruled in gilt. Inner boards with triple gilt ruled borders to the turn-ins. All edges gilt. Previous owner's armorial bookplate to the front paste down endpaper. A very attractive copy. --- This edition omits the fourth book of this work, concerning the Roman Catholic mass.

Patavi (Padua): Petri Mariae Frambotti 3rd edition with large additions.., 1685. Hardcover. Good. Copperplates (frontis of 3 male figures & Minerva on architectural stage + 50 plates & 2 text illustratations by Ruffonus, Gio. Georg or unsigned.. Three Books in One quarto vellum-spined thin pasteboard covers (tips bumped covers damp marked). Engraved title + printed title with woodcut PFM printer's mark (Minerva with owl) +3 full page plates preceding dedication leaf +[6]ppprelims +261p; Titlepage to "Pars Altera Libri Quatuor" with larger PFM Minerva printer's mark signed DR +[6]pp prelims +213pp + [21]pp indices +"Analecta de Re Vestiaria sive exercitationes ad Albert Rubenius Commentarium, accessit dissertatio De Veterum Lucernis" with repeat of printer's mark of 1st titlepage +[10]pp prelims + 155pp +Titlepage to De Veterum Lucernis with printer's mark +39pp +[16]pp index + multi folding copy of a Latin inscription. Neat early MS note in Latin on flyleaf about placing of 2 plates.The plates… Read More

Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, Printers to the University, Glasgow, 1770. Hardcover. Poor. Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, Printers to the University, Glasgow, 1770. Poor. Approx. 13'' by 8.25''. Full leather binding, spine with raised bands, outer binding original, but in poor condition. Inner book is generally clean & still well bound. Subscriber list, summary of the arguments within the poem. 466pp of the poem plus index. Portrait of Milton on title page and marbled endpapers. 3 pages at front have a tear and there is an ink stain on the edge. (see pictures). From the library of Lockhart of Cleghorn with their bookplate on the front pastedown. With an inscription 'Barbara Lockhart from her sister Mrs Jamieson' on the front endpapers.***Heavy & will require overseas postage***

In 4. Dim. 28,5x22 cm. Pp. LVI+376. Rara prima edizione del 1752 di questa importante opera del sacerdote Daniele Concina (1686-1756). Concina era noto principalmente per il suo inflessibile rigore e per le sue orazioni energiche e spesso violente. Il suo intento era quello di un ritorno alla Chiesa delle origini. Questa opera formata da tre dissertazioni è una critica aperta alle rappresentazioni teatrali a causa della loro presunta influenza corruttrice dei costumi. Al verso dell'occhietto il testo di una lettera circolare di Papa Benedetto XIV datata 1 Gennaio 1748 agli arcivescovi e vescovi in latino ed in volgare nella quale egli attesta la tolleranza anche se di mala voglia per il divertimento carnevalesco. Tra gli argomenti trattati: storia degli spettacoli, la dottrina luterana, il pensiero di Paolo Segneri in merito, Pignatellli, Bellarmino, le donne in scena, la voluttà del teatro, la musica teatrale ecc... In buone condizioni. Copertina in cartonato coevo con titolo… Read More

New York: P. O'Shea. Good with no dust jacket. 1867. Hardcover. Text is clean. Pages somewhat foxed. Cover shows wear, cloth tearing along spine, some freying at corners. Front free endpaper appears to be missing. .

Venice: Carlo Conzatti, 1665 Octavo (8½x6 inches). Pp. [24], 471, [1]. Text in Italian. Title printed in red and black. Illustrated with 197 woodcuts throughout text, some of which appear more than once. Woodcuts are generally 2x1¼ inches or smaller, a few larger. Printer's woodcut device on last leaf. Bound in full contemporary vellum over boards, morocco spine label, gilt, red sprinkled edges. Front end affixed to pastedown, small marginal fragment torn from K8, repair to short tear at T7. One woodcut with two holes. Some light internal foxing, toning. A very good copy. The Epistles and Gospels to be read throughout the year, according to the Church services. Originally written by the Jesuit Petrus Canisius (although only the Translators are mentioned in the title). Remigio's real name was Remigio Nannini. He was born in Florence c. 1521. He was a Dominican friar, author of secular and religious works, editor and translator. He died in 1581. Epistole et Evangeli was his most… Read More