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
being an explanation and vindication of the principles and doctrines of the people called Quakers. Written in Latin and English, and since translated into High Dutch, Low Dutch, French, and Spanish, for the information of strangers. Pp. [xi]+xiii+504+[16](tables); demy 4to; half calf, with gilt lettered black leather title label on..... More
Biographical sketch by John W. Borden. History of the fables by Janet S. Krueger. With an original leaf from the first edition (1818) of The Fables of Aesop and a new impression from one of Bewick's original wood engravings. Pp. 58+[2](colophon, blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, the title page printed..... More
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
Collection No. 22, in Portfolio Set IIA, WESTERN LITERATURE; [and] Collection No. 20 in Portfolio Set III, BIBLES. Comprising: 28 original leaves from various notable publications (including 14 from Bibles), all mounted on stiff black paper with accompanying explanatory text mounted on the same sheet; wrapped in cloth and contained..... More
and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of The Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches. Pp. [414]+58(A companion to the Altar: shewing the nature..... More
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
and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of The Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches. [bound with] THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS, collected into..... More
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
Containing a description of all the empires, kingdoms, states, republics, provinces, cities, chief towns, forts, fortresses, castles, citadels, seas, harbours, bays, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, and promontories in the known world; together with the government, policy, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants. The extent, bounds, and natural productions of..... More
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
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
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
A biographical essay by Mark Pattison. Illustrated with original leaves from books printed by the three greatest members of that distinguished family. Pp. [xiv]+42+[2](colophon, blank), printed in red & black, pictorial title page, text decorations; f'cap. folio; cloth backed dark pink papered boards, printed paper title label on spine, gilt..... More
Pp. [xii]+440+142+[16](index, last blank), title page vignette, 2 folding optical diagrams at end, decorative head and tailpieces, one large and several small decorative initials, text printed double column, index; small cr. 4to; rebound in modern kangaroo, the spine with five raised bands and gilt lettered red leather title label, the..... More
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
The Third Edition. Pp. [ii]+16; roy. 12mo; later (but not recent) plain green paper wrappers, slightly creased; a couple of spots of foxing; sold by J. Ridgway, T. Wheildon and Butterworth, W. Richardson, & M. Gurney, London, 1793. ESTC T2420. *Lacking a final advertisement leaf? Following the French revolutionary government's..... More
of matters most speciall and memorable, happening in the Church, with an universall Historie of the same ... [Two volumes in one]. Pp. 1934 (see footnote), printed mainly in black letter, double column, with pp. 1042-4 in greek, 1 folding woodcut insert (of Windsor Castle), pictorial title page to Volume..... More
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
illustrated by Plates taken from the Original Armour in the Tower of London, and other Arsenals, Museums, and Cabinets. Pp. [ii](explanation/errata)+118+xviii (description of plates)+[2](addenda), engraved frontispiece, vignette title page, 48 plates (most with tissue guards), a text illustration (designated plate 59 in the list of plates) and tailpiece decorations; demy..... More
... Aeneis tabulis incidit Johannes Pine. [Text in Latin]. In two volumes. Volume I: Pp. [xxxii]+176+[2]+[177]-266](last blank); Volume II: Pp. [xxiv]+48+[2]+[49]-94+[2]+[95]-172+[2]+[173]-192(last blank)+[14](list of illustrations, last blank); both volumes lavishly illustrated with engravings throughout, including frontispieces and title page vignettes, full page illustrations, numerous pictorial head & tailpieces (including a couple..... More
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
Containing, amidst a variety of information, a description of Saldanha Bay; with remarks on the genious and disposition of the natives of Arabia Felix, the manners and customs of the people of Hindoston; of the island of Madagascar, and other parts beyond the Cape of Good Hope. Interspersed with some..... More
In which the elements of harmony and air are practically considered, and illustrated by an hundred and fifty examples in notes, many of them taken from the best authors. The whole being intended as a Course of Lectures, preparatory to the practice of Thorough-Bass and Musical Composition. .... Pp. [iv]+vi+xii+62(last..... More
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