Bibles

Montpleasant, Ohio: Elisha Bates, 1825. The author was a prominent Friend or Quaker in Ohio during the 1820s and 1830s. Bates became the publisher of The Philanthropist, from 1818 to 1822. The Philanthropist was the first anti-slavery newspaper in the United States and also supported temperance and the fair treatment of Native Americans. Bates began publishing another periodical, The Moral Advocate, in March 1821. Bates also became the leader of the Mount Pleasant Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers.) Bates' only book, this volume, was self-published in 1825. Author Donald Good in his 1969 article "Elisha Bates and Social Reform" states that Bates' Doctrine of Friends was "judged to be one of the best brief accounts of Friends' view in existence." After the publication of his book, dramatic changes began to foment within the Quakers religion with what became known as the Hicksite - Orthodox Schism. Bates, who favored Orthodoxy, was a staunch opponent of… Read More

Edinburgh: Alex. Donaldson, John Wood, & James Meuros, 1767. Full Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Complete in four volumes covering the entirety of the Old Testament. Indexed at the end of Volume IV. Five folding maps/views, a couple of which show edge wear and small tears. Contemporary polished calf bindings, with raised spine bands, gilt stamped decoration, and red and black spine labels. Covers show a little edge wear and a couple of cracked joints, but remain tight, very clean, and attractive. All spine labels are present and with clear lettering. Frontispiece in volume I and a couple of the blank end leaves are missing. Book plate on front paste down of each volume.

Germantown, PA: Michael Billmeyer, 1795. Hardcover. 16mo. Original full calf with both metal clasps present and fully functional. 537pp, (5pp). Front and rear flyleaves are fairly modern crude replacements; text block moderately age toned throughout, with mild occasional foxing. A tight and attractive second printing of this noted "New Testament" issue from the press of the well-known Philadelphia printer (1752-1837); the printing office and home in which this was printed still stands today; it was built in 1730, purchased by Billmeyer in 1789 and is supposedly the site from which George Washington directed his Continental Army forces in the Battle of Germantown. When Billmeyer and his father-in-law set up their Lutheran press in the 1780s, they acquired the surviving equipment of the renowned Philadelphia printer Christopher Saur Jr., whose press the British had destroyed in 1777. The two small leather straps on this copy are old but not original, but all the brass clasp parts are present and… Read More

1686 1ed Church Fathers Gother Nubes Testium Catholic Protestant English & Latin

John Gother was a 17th-century English Catholic priest who published several controversial religious treatises. He concentrated on trying to convince Protestant theologians that Catholic doctrine was superior; emphasizing the focus on prayer and spiritual formation. 'Nubes Testium' is one such work in which Gother gives biographical sketches and testimony of church fathers both Catholic and Protestant. This 1686 first edition features both Latin and English texts in parallel.

Item number: #7219
Price: $599
GOTHER, John
Nubes testium: or, A collection of the primitive fathers, giving testimony of the faith once deliver'd to the saints: being a full discovery of the sentiments of the ancient fathers in the chief points of controversie at present under debate: with an appendix containing the testimonies of many eminent Protestants, confessing the fathers to have taught, profes'd and maintain'd these doctrines, of which… Read More

1766 Prompta Bibliotheca Franciscan Ferraris Church Encyclopedia & Canon LAW 8v

In 1746, Franciscan historian Lucius Ferraris published one of the most important 18th-century religious and theological encyclopedias. 'Prompta Bibliotheca' covers the entirety of ecclesiastical activity leading up to the mid-18th-century, as well as canonic law in Italy.

Item number: #7647
Price: $750
FERRARIS, Lucius
A. R. P. F. Lucii Ferraris Soler- Alexandrini Ord. Minor. Regul. Observ. S. P. Francisi Pectoris Jubilati- Exprovincial. Examin. Synod. et Prompta Bibliotheca canonica, juridica, moralis, theologica nec non ascetica, polemica, rubricistica, historica de principali oribus et fere omnibus, quae in dies occurunt, rici penes pmnes facile, ac prompte reperiri possunt, ex utroq. Jure Pontificiis contitutionibus, Conciliis, Sacrar. Congregationum Decretis, Sac. Rom. Rotae Decisionibus ac probotissimis et selectissimis auctoribus accurate collecta, ad aucta, in unum redacta, et ordine alphabetica congesta et in… Read More

1795 ENORMOUS McDowall Family Bible Kennicott IRISH Dublin Ireland Illustrated

The 'Kennicott Bible' has long been known as one of the most lavishly illustrated Bibles of the 18th-century. Benjamin Kennicott was a well-known English Hebraist who studied the Hebrew Bible and made his life's work studying and comparing variants of Hebrew manuscripts. And while mass-produced editions of Kennicott's Bible were not produced with the same vibrancy and page-to-page illustrations as the original, Family Bibles with Kennicott's translations are still popular and widely read.

This 1795 Dublin printing was published by Zachariah Jackson who included 50 impressive, full-page engravings in this 'authorized' edition.
Item number: #8390
Price: $950
Holy Bible

The universal family Bible: containing the sacred text of the Old and New Testament, with the Apocrypha at large; explained and illustrated with copious notes and annotations, theological, historical, practical, critical and explanatory ... In this work… Read More

1682 Bible Catechism Whole Duty of Man Richard Allestree Anglican England RARE

'The Whole Duty of Man' is a Protestant devotional work written by Richard Allestree who prescribes various devotional exercises for a healthy Christian life. According to Bickersteth,
"'The Whole Duty of Man' was a practical book to counteract the Antinomians and contains an impressive introduction on the care of the soul, the devotional part is full and useful, and it has a good statement of relative duties, but it does not exhibit prominently the only principles and strength on which man can perform them." (Lowndes 1229)
This 1682 catechism was written as a commentary on Allestree's 'Duty of Man', designed to clarify and simplify his devotional exercises.
Item number: #10395
Price: $499
ALLESTREE, Richard

A scriptural catechism, or, The duty of man laid down in express words of Scripture : chiefly intended for the benefit of the younger sort : divided into two parts : The first containing the chief principles of our… 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

1739 Holy BIBLE 1st ed Nicolas Le Gros French Jansenist Cologne Apocrypha RARE

Nicolas Le Gros was an early 18th-century French Jansenist theologian who, in addition to numerous theology treatises, published an important French Bible translation based on the original Vulgate. According to Saebo, this 1739 Bible was second only to de Sacy's translation in readership throughout France.
Item number: #14740
Price: $750
Le GROS, Nicolas [transl.]
La Sainte Bible traduite sur les textes originaux
Cologne, aux dépens de la Compagnie 1739. 1st edition
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
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IV, 884
· References: Saebo, Hebrew Bible Old Testament; p. 556
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10cm)
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1657 1ed Scottish George Hutcheson BIBLE Commentary on John Edinburgh Scotland
George Hutcheson was a 17th-century Scottish minister who wrote numerous commentaries on various books of the Bible. Minister in Ayrshire and in Edinburgh, Hutcheson preached sermons and gave lectures that influenced his commentaries. One of his best commentaries was his account of the Book of John, published under the title 'Exposition of the Gospel of Jesus Christ According to John'.
Item number: #16274
Price: $750
HUTCHESON, George
An exposition of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to John
London : Printed for Ralph Smith ..., 1657. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[8], 418, [2]
· References: Wing H 3826
· Provenance: Handwritten – Peter Pearse
· Language: English
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~11in X 7.75in (28cm x 19cm)
· Very rare
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1880 1ed Holy Land Illustrations BIBLE Palestine Israel Jerusalem Jericho MAPS

In 1859, American missionary William Thomson published a report recounting his experiences in the Middle East – 'The Land and the Book'. It was a book written to give context to Biblical stories as well as illustrate many of the locations and places described in the Bible. This volume entitled 'Southern Palestine and Jerusalem' covers the most iconic places in the Holy Land, such as Jerusalem, Jericho, the Mount of Olives, Damascus, and other Old and New Testament locations.

Item number: #16011
Price: $499
THOMSON, William
The land and the book or, biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land: Southern Palestine and Jerusalem
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1880. First Harper edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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xx, 592
o 100+ illustrations and folding maps
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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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.

London, Paris, New York & Melbourne: Cassell and Company, Limited, n.d., 1886. 2 volumes, very large 4to, pp. [6], 4, 967, [1]; [4], iv, 969-1116; [4], 188 (Apocrypha); [4], 316 (New Testament); title pages printed in red and black; 238 engravings by Doré throughout; a bit of chafing along the bottom edge of the lower board of volume I, front board of volume I professionally reattached, else a fine, bright, and sound copy in original full black morocco, elaborate gilt stamping on covers and spine. The Apocrypha and New Testament have separate title pages. A tipped-in slip at the front of the first volume reads "The Doré Bible / Edition De Luxe / Special Issue of 485 Copies of which / this is No. 260 / Waverly Book Co. Ltd., Vulcan House, Ludgate Hill, London." The Doré Bible was first published in France at the end of 1865 (dated 1866). Cassell first announced the Doré Bible in November of 1865, and they also announced an English 'parts' edition on January 1, 1866, the first part of which… Read More

1762 Folio First Edition thus of the King James Bible revised by Dr. F.S. Paris.
PRESENTING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION EXQUISITE GENUINE 260 YEAR OLD ULTRA RARE *KING JAMES BIBLE*
The Holy Bible, containing the OLD and NEW TESTAMENTS; Newly 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. CAMBRIDGE, Printed by JOSEPH BENTHAM Printer to the UNIVERSITY; Sold by BENJAMIN DOD, Bookseller, at the Bible and Key in Ave-Mary. near St. Paul's, LONDON. 1762. CUM PRIVILEGIO
There have been many revisions of the King James Bible ie. 1615, 1629, 1638, 1762, 1769 and 1772. This Bible is extremely rare and of great importance. This revision is the foundation of what we know as the King James Version today.
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1873 Hardbound leather with 2 clasps in good working condition. No evidence of previous ownership. Title and decorative art are in Gilt. Moderate wear along the edges, and top & bottom of spine. Back, lower edge of leather is torn. All page edges are in gilt. End papers look like they have been reinforced to the spine with green repair tape. Pages are clean, not torn and the corners are not folded. Sewn-in brown satin ribbon is in very good condition. Place holders for family pictures at the back of the book, which are empty. No ancestral information recorded. Bible is free of names and writing. OVERSIZE. Will require extra postage. Proceeds from the sale of the Bible are donated to our local library. Thanks in advance for your support.