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1727 1ed Cathedrals of York Durham Carlisle ENGLAND Chester Bristol Architecture
Browne Willis's "Survey of the Cathedrals" is an impressive and highly desirable history of cathedrals and churches throughout Great Britain. This book, according to the title, describes the cathedrals in York, Durham, Carlisle, Chester, Man, Lichfield, Hereford, Worcester, Gloucester, and Bristol. In addition to the 20 engravings of the cathedrals, it features floor plans as well as engraved coats-of-arms.
According to the ODNB, this book contains
"some of the earliest accurate views of these buildings".
Item number: #19663
Price: $950
WILLIS, Browne
A survey of the cathedrals of York, Durham, Carlisle, Chester, Man, Lichfield, Hereford, Worcester, Gloucester, and Bristol
London : Printed for R. Gosling, 1727.

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
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Vol. 1 – viii, viii, 220, [221]-[223], [1], 221-370 (i.e. 380)
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Vol. 2 – [2], 371-894
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20 engravings
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1696 Greek BIBLE Critica Sacra New Testament Language Study Latin Leigh Middoch
Edward Leigh was a 17th-century English author who is known for his books of commentary on theology, philology, and English history. However, his most important and widely recognized as best work was his first 'Critica Sacra', a collection of observations on the Greek texts used in the New Testament.
In 1679, Henricus a Middoch translated both the Old and New Testament portions of the 'Critica Sacra' into Latin. This 1696 edition contains the notes and commentary by contributors including Middoch and Johannes Heeser.
Item number: #19657
Price: $750
LEIGH, Edward
Critica Sacra, Cujus Pars Prior Observationes Philologicas & Theologicas In omnes Radices Veteris Testamenti, Et Posterior In omnes Graecas Voces Novi Testamenti Continet
Amstelaedami : Typis Viduae Johannis a Someren, 1696.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o Part One – [14], 288, [20]
o Part Two – [20], 418, [30]
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Moguntia, IIOANIS TheobaldiiI Schonwetteri & Iacobi Fisheri, 1609En 4o. Tres partes en un volumen. Bella encuadernación de época en marroquí rojo, con broches metálicos originales. Pág. de título con grabado por Theodore de Bry. 574pp. Textos a dos columnas, con múltiples grabados por de Bry, (140) en madera a lo largo del texto.
Sobresaliente ejemplar de la primera Biblia Clementina impresa en Alemania. Una de las primeras Biblias en anunciar sus ilustraciones en la página de título. Con estuche protector en tela.

Springfield, Missouri: KWTO: The Dial, 1951. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. A very impressive run of this post-War country music periodical, spanning March 1948 through December 1951. Consisting of 46 issues all told, the final 10 months of 1948 and the full runs of '49, '50 and '51. Issued monthly out of Springfield, Missouri and offering groundbreaking covereage of all things country music. With its sketches and photos of local as well as national radio personalities (such as Chet Atkins, the Carter Family and Porter Wagoner), The KWTO Dial also promoted the Ozarks and traditional hill music of the region. Missouri State University is the only US institution to hold the entirety of this publication and, as WorldCat demonstrates, deep runs such as this are truly uncommon. This collection has held up very nicely. All issues are clean and bright in their stapled, pictorial wrappers. Fragile and ephemeral to be sure, the magazines are nonetheless well-made and have held up nicely. A small number… Read More

Japan, 1982. Boards. Fine/Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY KENZABURO OE TO JEAN STEIN (AUTHOR OF "EDIE: AN AMERICAN GIRL"), DECLARING HIS LOVE FOR WILLIAM FAULKNER (WHO JEAN STEIN, FAMOUSLY, WAS INVOLVED WITH AT THE TIME). IN ADDITION, THIS IS COPY #6 OF ONLY 15 ISSUED WITH AN ORIGINAL BOUND-IN SILKSCREEN CREATED AND SIGNED BY OE. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the genuine 1982 1st edition, published in its native Japanese. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine glassine dustjacket AND a Fine example of the publisher's marbled slipcase and pictorial outer cardboard box. A nice example from the canon of this future Nobel Prize winner (1994) and very uncommon as such.

Japan, 1992. Cloth. Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED BY KENZABURO OE TO JEAN STEIN (AUTHOR OF "EDIE: AN AMERICAN GIRL") IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the genuine 1992 1st edition, published in its native Japanese. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket AND a Near Fine example of the publisher's printed obi (wraparound band) hugging the dustjacket. A nice example from the canon of this future Nobel Prize winner (1994) and very uncommon as such.

1693 Metamorphoses of OVID Roman Greek Mythology Orpheus Achilles French DuRyer

"I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth."
― Ovid, Metamorphoses

Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' is one of the most famous works of Greek and Roman mythology and history of the 1st-century. It is known to have inspired the works of Dante, Boccaccio, Chaucer, and even Shakespeare as well as works of visual art and music. This epic poem recounts the history of the world from creation to the death of Julius Caesar with accounts of famous mythological figures such as Jason, Hercules, Orpheus and Eurydice, Achilles, Ulyesses, and even the fall of Troy!
This 1693 edition was translated into French by Pierre Du Ryer and contains exquisite full-page engravings throughout! An absolutely stunning three-volume set of Ovid!

Item number: #19665
Price: $950
OVID, P Naso
Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide
A Paris: Claude Barbin, 1693.… Read More

1692 Works of CICERO Orations Politics Philosophy ROME Dutch Gronovio Latin 2v
"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
Cicero was one of the most notable and prolific Roman figures of ancient Rome. His philosophical works and letters are considered the most reliable source of information for the period leading up to the fall of the Roman Republic. The works of Cicero have been published in numerous languages and formats from as early as the mid-15th-century.

This Latin set was published by Peter Van der Aa in Lyon in 1692 and was edited by the famous Dutch scholar Jacob Gronovius. It contains Cicero's philosophical orations. Gronovius included the contributions of Janus Gruterus and Janus Gulielmus.

Item number: #19670
Price: $750
CICERO, Marcus Tullius
Marci Tullii Ciceronis Opera quae extant omnia,
Lugduni Batavorum, Apud P. vander Aa, 1692.

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 4 Parts in 2 volumes
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American Technical Society. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Volume 1. (engineering, engines, technology) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

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Corcoran Gallery of Art. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. (Art, Paintings, Exhibition Catalogs) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

1656 1ed Henry Hammond Paraensis Church England Anglican Catholic Bible HERESY
Henry Hammond was a 17th-century English royalist preacher known for his commentary and edition of the Bible. He also wrote numerous sermons and tracts. One of his best but lesser-known works was 'A Paraensis' – a defense of the Church of England and subsequent attack on the Catholic Church and its heresy. It contains prayers and reverent liturgies as well commentary on the original Greek texts from the Bible.
Item number: #19661
Price: $599
HAMMOND, Henry
A paraenesis. Or, Seasonable exhortatory to all true sons of the Church of England
London : printed by R.N. for Richard Royston, 1656. First, only edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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240 [i.e. 236], [4]
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References: Wing H 572
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Language: English
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~6in X 3.5in (15.5cm x 9cm)
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