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
An exposition upon the Epistle to the Collossians
London: Printed by William Stansby for Nathaniel Butter, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Pide bull in Pauls church-yard neere to Saint Austins gate, 1627. Hardcover. Red full leather binding with 6 raised bands. Has been rebound. 15 preliminary leaves, 173 [i.e. 179]..... 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 Holy Bible, Containing The Old and New Testaments, Translated Out of The Original Tongues: and With The Former Translations Diligently compared and revised (Webb Family Bible)
Trenton: Printed and Sold by Isaac Collins, 1791. Hardcover. Full brown leather with diced boards, red leather gilt lettered title applied to leather spine. The first Bible printed in New Jersey, the second quarto King James Bible printed in America, and the best known product of the eighteenth-century New Jersey..... More
The New and Complete Life of our Blessed Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. (Samuel Provoost, D.D. copy)
New York: Birdsall and Menut, No. 80 Cherry-Street, 1795. First American edition. Hardcover. Full brown leather, with red leather name tag on front cover. Frontispiece, title-page, (blank), 2-pp. Preface, folding map, (blank), engraving, pp. 5-428. A TOTAL of 31 engravings, some causing offsetting to the opposite page, some not. Evans..... 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
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
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
Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind (Volume II)
London: Printed for John Murray, 1792. Leather bound. Brown leather boards w/ decorative gilt; decorative gilt spine w/ six compartments, five raised bands. marbled pastedowns & endpapers. 444 pgs w/ bw engravings, plates. all edges gilt. Leather is shedding. Pages remain rather bright with large sections rather unscathed from foxing..... 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
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 Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God, and a Divine Communion, Recommended and Inforced: in a Sermon Publicly Delivered at a Meeting of the People Called Quakers, Held in Leeds, the 26th of the Sixth Month, Commonly Called June, 1769. Carefully Taken Down in Characters at the Same Time, by James Blacks, Jun.
Philadelphia: Re-printed and sold by Joseph Crukshank, 1771. Paperback. Brown sewn wraps; 20, [2] pp. RARE copy of this sermon. There contemporary inked inscriptions inside the book. More
The Old and the New; Or the Changes of Thirty Years in the East With Some Allusions to Oriental Customs as Elucidating Scripture
New York: M.W. Dodd, 1853. Hardcover. Dcorative leather black boards with gilt lettering on spine. xx, 240 pages [i.e. 220] pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : color illustrations, portrait. With an introduction by William Adams. Other Titles: Changes of thirty years in the East... More
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
Johann Friedrich Starks Tagliches Hand-Buch in Guten und Bosen Tagen: In Sich Fassend: Aufmunterungen, Gebete und Gesange, Zum Gebrauch Gesunder, Betrubter, Kranker und Sterbender Christen. Welchem Noch Ein Tagliches Gebet-Buchlein Fur Schwangere, Gebarende, und Unfruchtbare Beygefugt Ist, Das Den 5ten Theil Dieses Handbuchs Ausmacht
Carlisle, PA: Moser and Peters, 1825. Leather bound. Brown leather boards, five small raised bands on spine; two metal clasp closures; bw illustrated frontispiece; 382 pp, 88 pp, bw illustrations. Text in German. Johann Friedrich Stark's daily hand-book in good and bad days: Containing in himself: encouragement, prayers and chants..... More
Schopfung; Ein Buch Fur Religiose Ausdruckskunst
Berlin: Furche-Verlag, 1923. Hardcover. Orange boards with brown cloth spine, with black lettering; viii, 181 pp.; richly illustrated. Text in German. More
The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: Containing Fifty Four Sermons and Discourses on Several Occasions: Together with the Rule of Faith: Being All That Were Published by His Grace Himself and Now Collected Into One Volume: to Which is Added, an Alphabetical Table of the Principal Matters.
London: Printed for T. Goodwin, B. Toke, and J. Pemberton, et al, 1720. The Eighth Edition. Hardcover. Light brown leather boards with embossed design and six raised bands on the spine; [20], 648, xvi pages; frontispiece. More
Works of John Woolman in Two Parts
London: T. Letchworth, 1775. Hardbound. Quarter leather with marbleized end papers; 319 pp. with no illustrations. In excellent condition, considering its age; end papers may be newer; includes diaries with entries about travel between England and New England. More
A Recitation of Ifa, Oracle of the Yoruba
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1973. Hardcover. Light purple boards with red title block and gilt lettering on the spine; color illustrated DJ with black and white lettering; top of textblock edge is dyed red; viii, 338 pp. "Ifa, teacher of gods and men, is the oracle of the Yoruba, an..... More
Jacobi Pignatelli E Cryptaleis In Salentinis S. Theolog. ac J. U. Doctoris Novissimae Consultationes Canonicae : Praecipuas Controversias, Quae ad Fidem, Eiusque Regulam spectant, in quibus Errores Atheorum, Infidelium, Schismaticorum, Haereticorum, & aliorum Ecclesiae Catholicae hostium referuntur & refelluntur ; praesertimque illas quae circa S. Inquisitionis Tribunal versantur, ubi de Inquisitoribus, eorumque Officialibus & Ministris, de Reis in quos ius & potestam habent, deque Poenis pro Casuum varietate istis infligendis, & quàm plurima alia ad hoc Argumentum facientia, complectentes ; Opus prima vice praelo commissum ... Tomus Posterior
Cosmopoli: Putaneum, 1711. Original. Hardcover. Brown mottled leather/boards. 5 raised bands with gilt decoration and lettering. (8) + 539 pp. with small bw illus. on title page. Text set in two columns. Giacomo Pignatelli (1625-1698) was an Italian theologian born in the province of Lecce. After moving to Rome, he..... More
God in Himself: Aquinas' Doctrine of God as Expounded in the Summa Theologiae
New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Off white dj with black title lettering. Clear mylar cover. viii, 196 pages. Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-191) and index. More
Traite de la divination traduit du latin de Ciceron
Amsterdam: Isaac Trojel, 1711. Hardcover. Leather 5-ridge spine. 283 pages, marbled text block. Rare title and in decent condition for age. Good repair candidate. Translated: "Dealing with the divineization translated from the Latin of Ciceron". New. Ed. aug. an Isocratic speech. More
Encyclopaedia of the First Presbyterian Church in Germantown by John Clark Finney; including pastor histories, burials, removal of bodies, elders, early church members, board of trustee members, board of deacons
Privately Printed, 1959. unknown, but limited. Hardcover. Red buckram. 449 pp. followed by Chronology (appx. 100 pp.) and Index (Appx. 24 pp.), A higher quality xerox copy of the original manuscript, bound and with a written presentation from the Author of R. Lincoln McNeil. Covers everything which was available to..... More
Rills From the Fountain of Life; or: Sermons to Children
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1856. Hardcover. Bound in 3/4 red leather and marble illustrated boards; five raised bands on spine with extensive gilt tooling and lettering; red marble illustrated end papers; two bw illustrated frontispieces; 220 pp. Contents include: The Pleasant Way; The Spider's Example; The Marks of a Ben-Oni; The Crooked..... More
Maria: Katholisches Andachtsbuch für Frauen und Jungfrauen
Mainz: Verlag von Joseph Stenz, 1857. Hardcover. Dark purple velvet binding with brass applications. "Gebetbuch" engraved on spine piece. Brass clasp. Gilt edges. Natural slipcase with rose gold spine and brass pull. xiv, 312 pp. Color illustrations. Engraved frontispiece and plates. Inscription on front pastedown and RFEP. German. "Catholic devotional..... More