EVANGELION DA-MEPHARRESHE; The Curetonian Version of the Four Gospels, with the readings of the Sinai Palimpsest and the early Syriac Patristic evidence edited, collected and arranged by / F. Crawford Burkitt, M.A. by Burkitt, M.A.; F. Crawford - 1904

London: E. Newbery, 1780. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. First edition of the Newbery miniature bible, approx. 2" x 1 3/4". Contemporary calf, modestly worn at edges, front board cleanly neatly reattached. Lacking front endpapers but otherwise complete with 2 engraved titles and 14 engraved plates. Light age toning and slight offsetting to the plates - an attractive copy of the Newbery thumb bible. Title in first state with miniature spelled "minuiture". 256pp Size: 64mo. Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 042451.

The British and Foreign Bible Society, 1862. Hardcover. Good. Mid-19th century KJV English Bible printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1862. Bound in dark-brown leather with gilt "Holy Bible" to spine panel. Blind rulings and decorative elements to spine, front and back panels. Presumably a personal copy of prominent Seventh Day Adventist leader and pastor and later one of its most outspoken critics D. M. Canright. Inscription on front free endpaper reads: "R Deming Bible | Bought January 24, 1866 | of Elder Canright | Seventh day adventist | Price $3.00". Numerous additional inscriptions on endpapers, likely in Deming's hand. Unpaginated. 6 7/8" x 4 5/8". Tight copy with moderate shelf wear, slightly bumped corners and superficially split hinges (not affecting integrity of binding). Light staining to front pastedown and two preliminary blanks. Short tears to fore edges of front and terminal blanks.… Read More

Lippincott Crambo and Co. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Benjamin Stark (1820-1898) was a Senator from Louisiana from 1861-1862. 1852 Good- Spine has been taped. Some foxing. Wear to boards. Some pages loose. Dedication on front end paper

Heavy Metal, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Simon Bisley. First edition/printing (n.d. 2004?). Book and jacket each in As New, unread condition. 1/500 Signed and Limited by Bisley on a bound "David and Goliath" print! B&W and colour. Difficult to find in any edition. A very nice copy.

Hodder & Stoughton, Limited. London. 1957. 8vo. Bright, clean copy finely bound in mid twentieth century full red morocco leather binding by Morrell. Spine with raised bands, each with gilt piping. Spine compartments ruled and lettered in gilt. Ronald Knox's Monsignor coat of arms with the motto "Lux in Tenebris Lucet" (Light shines in the darkness) stamped in gilt to the centre of the front board. Single gilt ruled border on all the boards. All edges gilt. Double ruled border on the turn-ins. Marbled endpapers. A little darkening to the spine but overall a fine and beautiful presentation of this translation. --- A controversial figure, Knox converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism in 1917. His major work was this translation of the Saint Jerome Latin Vulgate bible which he started in 1936. The translation was finally published, including the New Testament in a single volume, in 1949.

Lugduni: Jacob & Peter Prost Brothers 1st first edition, 1637. Hardcover. Very Good. Large copperplate printers mark on Titlepage + 2 emblematic woodcuts (repeats) + foliated and tail pieces.. Folio contemporary blindstamped pig with 2 working clasps with central emblem within floriated concentric panels on 5 raised bands beveled wooden boards old paper titling label bands painted black (old if not even original) (some rubbing/staining but in very good condition) Titlepages in red and black +[14pp] =foreword & approbations 492pp +[26pp] The book is in such good state that aside from neat ownership Capucinorum Tubij, in which monastary it seems to have been for a long time having an early hand written, with a later rubber stamp of the same and also a printed strip tipped to below imprint date for the same, there are no other marks. *One of Lapide's commentaries on the books of the Old Testament. Only St.Paul & Pentateuch were published while he was still in Belgium, he was then called to Rome where… Read More

This book is in good condition. The cover has some light wear and the corners are definitely worn. The previous owner's name is written on the inside of the front cover and his seal is affixed to the front cover. The pages are clear of any markings crisp and white. "It is a most invaluable part of the blessed "liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free," that in his worship different forms and usages may without offence be allowed, provided the substance of the Faith be kept entire; and that in every Church, what cannot be clearly determined to belong to Doctrine must be referred to Discipline; and therefore, by common consent and authority, may be altered, abridged, enlarged, amended, or otherwise disposed of, as may seem most convenient for the edification of the people, "according to the various exigency of times and occasions...."" - Preface from The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church Together with The Psalter or Psalms of David… Read More

1673 BIBLE Theodore Beza Huguenot Calvin New Testament Protestant Reformation

Theodore Beza was one of the most prolific French Protestants during the Reformation. In 1565, Beza first issued an edition of the Greek New Testament translated into the Vulgate. His biblical translations were extremely important and popular throughout Europe, especially among Calvinists and helped shape many theological scholars who came after him.

This 1673 Latin edition of Beza's New Testament was published in Amsterdam by Blaeu – a small pocket edition.
Item number: #21286
Price: $499
Holy Bible
Novvm Testamentvm Domini nostri Iesv Christi
Amstelaedami: Blaeu Societatis, 1673.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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408
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References: not in Darlow & Moule
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Language: Latin
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~4.5in X 2.5in (11.5cm x 6.5cm)
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1679 Imitation of Christ Thomas a Kempis Elzevier Dutch Rosweyde Bible Classic

"Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be."
― Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ

Thomas à Kempis's most famous and important work has, for centuries, been The Imitation of Christ. This important, late 17th-century Elzevier printing contains a life of Thomas a Kempis by Heribert Rosweyde, a Dutch hagiographer.
Item number: #21352
Price: $499
KEMPIS, Thomas a
Th. à Kempis canonici regularis Ordin. S. August. De imitatione Christi libri quatuor
Amstelodami: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1679.

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261, [1]
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Includes engraved title page
· References: Willems 1232
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~5.25in X 3in (13.5cm x 8cm)
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1771 Heidelberg Catechism Huguenot CALVINISM Basel Swiss Bible Reformed Theology
A rare explanation and commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism, published in 1771 in Basel. The Heidelberg Catechism was a Protestant treatise written in the 16th-century as a way to supplement teaching Reformed Christianity, Calvinistic doctrine. It outlines the fall of man, redemption of sin, justification of faith, and gratitude to be shown for that forgiveness. Scripture references are used throughout, along with important Christian sacraments and ceremonies.
Item number: #21335
Price: $499
STAHELIN, Christoph
Catechetischer Hauss-Schatz, oder, Erklärung des Heidelbergischen Catechismi durch Frag und Antwort…
Basel: Emanuel Thurneysen, 1771.

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[32], 527, [1]; 416
· Language: German
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Two clasps
· Size: ~7.5in X 4.75in (19cm x 12cm)
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