Paris: Antoine Verard, 1497-1510. Leather bound. Worn and ancient leather with vellum sheets. 215 x 145 mm Possibly lacking a frontis and a colophon. Text is 28 lines. Printer's device within an architectural frame; + Anatomical Man within a frame; + 12 Large illustrations within a frame; and 4 with..... More
Religions and Religious People
Areopagitica: A Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, to the Parliament of England.
New York: The Grolier Club, 1890. Hardcover. Blue paper boards with a white spine label with dark blue lettering; two bookplates on inside cover; ephemera laid-in; One of 325 copies; (lvii) 189pp (untrimmed, with most unopened);bw illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard; a few bw illustrations. "...one of an edition of..... More
The Art of Illumination: the Limbourg Brothers and the Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry
New York: The Metropolian Museum of Art, 2008. Hardcover. Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine; blue DJ with color illustration and black, red and white lettering; xii, 376 pp.; richly illustrated. "One of the most lavishly illustrated codices of the Middle Ages, the Belles Heures of Jean de..... More
Art of the Creche: Nativities from Around the World
London/New York: Merrell, 2007. Hardcover. Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine; white DJ with colorful photo-illustration; 207 pp.; richly illustrated in color. "One of the most enduring and universal Christmas traditions is the creche or the Nativity scene: a representation of the story of Christ's birth. This book..... More
Bavaria Sancta Maximiliani Sereniss. Principis Imperii, Comitis Palatini Rheni, Vtriusq[ue] Bav. Ducis Auspiciis Coepta, Descripta Eidemq[ue] Nuncupata a Matthaeo Radero: (Parts 1 and 2, bound together)
Monaci: Raphael Sadeler Antverpianus ... Tabulis Aeris Expressit, et Venum Exposuit, 1615-1624. Sadeler, Raphael. Hardcover. Oversized, 14" x 9" yellow vellum boards with yapped edges and embossed gilt coat of arms (see comments) on both covers, and gilt embossed design on the spine; textblock edges are gauffered (but not gilded);..... More
The Bible for the Poor
Stockholm: Thule-tryck, 1925. Hardcover. German language text. Red textured boards, light red tape textured spine. xv, 372 pages, plates : illustrations, facsimiles. One of 300 printed. This is number 260. "This work was printed in an edition of 300 copies."/ "Appendix: Text of the German narrative BP according to Cod..... More
Biblia Sacra ad optima quaeque veteris, ut vocant, translationis exemplaria summa diligentia, parique fide castigata
Lugduni: ap. Joan. Tornaesium, 1558. Vellum. Full vellum. Title-page with Arabesque borders, (blank verso), 14 pp preliminaries, pp. 1-1152, followed by Index of 38 sheets (76 pp) followed by sheet with only an Arabesque design on the verso. In Latin. This edition has 198 (or 199 depending) text woodcuts by..... More
The Black Madonna in Latin America and Europe: Tradition and Transformation
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2007. Paperback. Black wraps with color illustration and colorful lettering; xx, 226 pp.; richly illustrated. "In Mexico, the Latino United States, Poland, and Brazil, the Black Madonna, manifested in the figures of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Matka Boska Czestochowska, and Nossa Senhora Aparecida/Iemanja, has..... More
Blessed Art Thou Among Women: The Life of the Virgin Mother Illustrated By One Hundred And Fifty Masterpieces of the World's Greatest Painters...
Chicago, IL: Rand McNally & Co., 1916. green cloth boards w/ decorative gilt; gilt spine printing. 315 pgs w/ bw plates; xxxiii of closing index. all edges gilt. From the library of a renowned statuary company. Plates missing: Nativity Of The Virgin / Murillo, page 19; St. Anne Teaching The..... More
The Bon Religion of Tibet: The Iconography of the Living Tadition
Boston/London: Shambala Publications, 1995. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with glit lettering on front and spine. Black illustrated dustjacket.155 pages: color and black/white illustrations. "The Bon religion claims to be the original and authentic religion of the Tibetan people, and to have been firmly established in the Land of Snows long..... More
Book Illumination in the Middle Ages: An Introduction
London: Harvey Miller, 1994. First English Paperback Edition. Paperback. Red wraps with color illustration and white lettering; 221 pp.; richly illustrated. "This book is an introduction to one of the most significant art-forms of the Middle Ages by one of the world's greatest authorities on the subject, Professor Otto Pacht..... More
The Book of Hours of the Emperor Maximilian the First
New York: Abaris Books, 1974. Durer, Albrecht. Hardcover. Half-bound boards with red spine and gilt lettering and ivory covers with black illustration; black slipcase with mounted descriptive cards with red and black lettering; v, 344 pp.; richly illustrated. Text in Latin, with translations and notes in English. More
A Brief Account of the Rise of the Society of Friends
Philadelphia: Friends' Book Store, 1889. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards; Gilt lettering on front cover; 57 pp.; No illustrations. More
A Brief Memoir Concerning Abel Thomas, A Minister of the Gospel of Christ in the Society of Friends, Compiled From Authentic Documents
Philadelphia: Benjamin & Thomas Kite, 1824. Hardcover. Boards; 51 pp.; No illustrations. More
A Brief Memoir Concerning Abel Thomas, a Minister of the Gospel of Christ in the Society of Friends, Compiled from Authentic Documents.
Philadelphia: Benjamin & Thomas Kite, 1824. Hardcover. Grey boards with leather spine; 51 pp. with no illustrations. More
A BRIEF VIEW OF THE FORMATION, GOVERNMENT AND DISCIPLINE OF THE "CHURCH OF GOD"
Harrisburg, PA: Montgomery and Dexter, Printers, 1829. Hardcover. Full pebbled leather, 3.5" x 5.5" redleather gilt lettered label on spine. 174 pp. Extremely scarce first printing of this treatise by Winebrenner, who was written about extensively in Richard Kern; John Winebrenner and the Church of God. Gossard writes (in his..... More
The cathedral treasury of Aachen
Regensburg: Schnell + Steiner, 2010. 1st edition - Collectors Edition. Softcover. Pictorial soft cover, french tabs. 126 pp : color illustrations, plan. Includes bibliographical references (page 126). Vol 1 of Museums and Treasure in Europe Series. More
Church Symbolism: An Explanation Of The More Important Symbols Of The Old And New Testament, The Primitive, The Mediaveal And The Modern Church
Cleveland, Ohio: J.H. Jansen, 1938. Hardcover. green cloth boards w/ red printing. book ix, 413 pgs w/ 23pgs of advertisements. yellow dustjacket w/ red printing. Pages have occasional pencil notations and marginalia, otherwise, bright. Nicely illustrated with figures and plates. More
Corpus basilicarum Christianarum Romae, Vol. 1 - no. 2
Vatican City: Vatican Citto, 1937. . Softcover. Red board portfolio case with strings. Salmon wrappers, XVIII, 329 pages, XL folded sheets: illustrations, diagrams, maps. Text in Latin. Series: Monuments of Christian antiquity. 2. Very scarce especially in this condition. More
The Counter-Reformation: Catholic Europe and the non-Christian world
Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2005. revised 2nd ed. Hardcover. Pictorial dj; black cloth, gilt lettering spine. xix, 304 pages. "In this new edition of Dr. Wright's groundbreaking study of the Counter-Reformation, the wide panoply of the Catholic Reformation is spread out and analysed within the political, religious, philosophical, scientific and cultural..... More
Cruden's Concordance to the Holy Scriptures
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1954. Hardcover. Black cloth, red-orange DJ. 342 pp. No illus. More
Cuando Hablan Los Santos: Contemporary Santero Traditions from Northern New Mexico
[New Mexico]: Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, 1995. Paperback. Blue wraps with color-photo illustration and gold lettering; xvi, 128 pp.; richly illustrated. "In the 1990s, Santeros (saint makers) Charles Carillo and Félix López worked with Maxwell Museum Curator Mari Lyn Salvador to co-curate a remarkable exhibition focused on the tradition of..... More
Das Neue Testament unseres Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi
Stuttgart: Stuttgarter Vereins-Buchdruckerei, 1907. Hardcover. Dark leather binding with blind tooled board decoration and gilt spine lettering. 5 spine compartments. 508, 127 pp. German. Gilt edges. Printed endsheets. From the Martin Luther translation. Reviewed by the German Evangelical Church Conference. The new testament of the Christian Bible. More
Der kleine Dom
Munich: Bavarian National Museum, 1990. Softcover. Illustrated navy wraps. 64 pages : illustrations (some color). Text in German. Translated: The Little Dome. Serie: Picture guide / Bavarian National Museum. More
Die Missionen der Evangelische Bruder in Gronland und Labrador: Two Volumes in One
Gnadau: H.F. Burkhard, 1831. Hardcover. One-quarter bound black boards; vi, 254 pp. (Volume I), 180 pp. (Volume II); two fold-out data tables. Text in German. This is a rare copy. More