Containing comfortable notes upon the five bookes of Moses .... not before published. As also an exposition upon the Creed, not before published, the Commandments, the Lords Prayer. With a conference betwixt mans frailtie and faith. And three sermons. With alphabeticall tables of the principall matters to each severall worke... More about THE WORKES OF THE RIGHT REVEREND FATHER IN GOD GERVASE BABINGTON, late Bishop of Worcester

Newly translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compar'd & revis'd. By His Ma[jestie]'s special command. Appointed to be read in churches. Pp. [1040], the text printed double column within red hand-ruled borders, engraved decorative title page, two decorative tailpieces; contemporary red goatskin, elaborately decorated..... More about THE HOLY BIBLE, Containing the Old Testament and the New:

imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian state and worship. Pp. [ii]+256+[22](index), engraved frontispiece portrait; [bound with] HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS. In three books. I. Collected from the Scriptures. II. Composed on divine subjects. III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. Pp. [ii]+236+[8](index); small f'cap..... More about THE PSALMS OF DAVID

printed by Richard Pynson in 1509. With an essay by James D. Hart. Pp. [iv]+16(last blank), printed in red & black, 15 coloured marginal illustrations, one decorative red initial, plus the original leaf tipped-in after the title page within a red rule border; med. 4to; qr. cloth, paper title label... More about AN ORIGINAL LEAF FROM THE FIRST EDITION OF ALEXANDER BARCLAY'S ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF SEBASTIAN...

In evangelia a dominicai. post Festum S.S. Trinitatis usque ad Aduentum. Iam recens ex Belgico Idiomate, latinitate donatae, & in lucem editae. Pp. [xliv]+430, most text printed double column, title page vignette, numerous small decorative initials, a couple of head and tailpiece decorations; f'cap. 4to; in a typical contemporary German..... More about CONCIONES:

Pp. [iv]+156; f'cap. 8vo; later full green morocco, spine decorated in gilt between raised bands; uncut; top fore-corner tip torn from last text leaf, a little light foxing and soiling; W. Flexney, London, 1763. First edition. Pottle 8. *Published in April 1763, a month before Boswell met Samuel Johnson, this... More about LETTERS BETWEEN THE HONOURABLE ANDREW ERSKINE, AND JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ

As also for the speedy settlement of all interests. Studyed and published for the honor of the Kings Majesty, his Royal Posterity, the present and future happiness of the whole Kingdom. This Expedient was read by the Author himself at the Bar of the House of Peers, the Sixth day... More about PEACE AND SAFETY FOR THE WHOLE KINGDOM OR, AN EXPEDIENT FOR SAFE AND WELL-GROUNDED PEACE BETWEEN...

Pp. [ii]+iv+428(last advertisement); handsomely rebound in dark brown calf, the spine decorated in gilt between raised bands, with gilt lettered red leather title label, the boards featuring a central black rectangular panel with corner ornaments; later endpapers; early inked inscriptions (one dated 1788) on the two preliminary blanks and at..... More about A JOURNAL OF THE LIFE, TRAVELS, AND LABOURS IN THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY, OF JOHN GRIFFITH

from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the revolution in 1688. New edition, with the Author's last Corrections and Improvements, To which is prefixed A short Account of his Life, written by himself. In eight volumes, together with another eight volumes by Tobias Smollett ... TO THE TREATY OF AIX... More about THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND

the celebrated warlike, learned and authentic Jewish historian. Containing: I. The antiquities of the Jews....; II. The wars of the Jews with the Romans....; III. The Book of Josephus against Apion....; IV. The martyrdoms of the Maccabees; V. The embassy of Philo from the Jews of Alexandria to the Emperor... More about THE GENUINE AND COMPLETE WORKS OF FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS

A monograph, with comparisons from the Bishops Bible and the manuscript annotations of 1602, with an original leaf from the great "She" Bible of 1611. Pp. [xii]+32(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), 5 full page illustrations, title page decoration, 1 decorative initial, the title and first text pages printed in red & black;... More about THE MAKING OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE

With a short essay by Carey S. Bliss. Pp. [viii]+28, text illustrations and decorations, the title page printed in red & black, bibliography; f'cap. folio; pictorial cream cloth, spine lettered in gilt; plain dust wrapper; Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1977. Edition limited to 385 copies, printed by Grant... More about A LEAF FROM THE 1583 REMBERT DODOENS HERBAL PRINTED BY CHRISTOPHER PLANTIN

A monograph by Ellen Shaffer. With a leaf from the pirated Augsburg Latin Edition of 1497. Pp. [xiv]+62+[2](colophon, blank), 3 pictorial headpieces printed in dull purple, title page vignette printed in red, black & white text illustrations, 1 decorative initial in red & black, endpaper map, the title and first... More about THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLE, A PICTORIAL WORLD HISTORY FROM THE CREATION TO 1493