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177748508London: Printed for T. Lowndes T. Caslon C. Corbett and S. Bladon 1777. Disbound now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning. Very Good. 76 pp. Lacks plate. 8vo. <br/><br/>Based on the plays by Plautus and Molière. Also published in The New English Theatre Vol 9 No. 1 1776-1777. Printed for T. Lowndes, T. Caslon, C. Corbett, and S. Bladon unknown books
176621520Lugduni Batavorum Sam. Et Joh. Luchtmans 1766 Fort In-12 10 ff - 676 - 7 ffnch - 1 ff blanc - 164 pp - 2 ffnch et un tableau dépliant , manque aux coiffes sup. et Inf. epidermures sur les plats coins usés
1777100146044Jean-Edme Dufour & Philippe Roux Imprimeurs Libraires associés 1777 in12. 1777. Relié. Il s'agit d'une traduction française par Alain-René Lesage du roman picaresque espagnol 'Guzmán de Alfarache' purgée des moralités superflues. L'œuvre suit le parcours d'un jeune héros pauvre (picaro) qui surmonte divers obstacles pour trouver sa place dans la société. Cette édition spécifique date de 1787 et comprend des gravures
1709V64598Lucca: per i Marescandoli. 1709 from imprimatur. Hardcover. Good. Printer's mark woodcut on titlepage a few decorated small intials and a few printer's ornaments as headpieces. Small 12mo vellum head and foot of spine worn/some marks but neat and tight 454pp privilege leaf dated 1709. Two small holes to blank endpaper & titlepage leaving the attributed name as GRSOE privilege leaf mentions Gerson also. Some edge dusting but mainly to endpapers and first and last pages. Print very clear and legible. per i Marescand[oli]. hardcover
17582111902160600121Not Available 1758. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: 17.7x26.3 Not Available paperback
17762092902141600134Santo Shorin version 1776. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 book Santo Shorin version paperback
1777OB219<p>Dordrecht 1777. Hard Cover. 2 p.l. 422 numb. ll. 4 ll. 132 numb. ll.; 15 cm. This printing not in Darlow & Moule; see II: 3307 for note on the original 1637 edition; see 3356 for near date. Bound with this is Het Boek Der Psalmen Nevens De Gezangen. Amsterdam H. Brandt et. al. 1775 with music. A Cathechismus at end may be part of the Psalm book. Bound in full leather. Stock#OB219. VG.</p> Dordrecht, 1777 hardcover
17374136c. 1737 Sans mention d'éditeur, Londres, n.d. [Paris, circa 1737, Brunet], [1740, Barbier]. Deux volumes petit in-8 plein veau d'époque, dos lisses ornés, pièces de titre et tomaison, plats à encadrement de filets, tranches marbrées, dentelle intérieure, [1f.] blanc, XXXII pages dont page de titre, 336pp. et [2ff.] blancs, page de titre, 523 pages. Mors fatigués avec légers manques et discrets travaux de vers, coupes et coins frottés avec légers manques, intérieur frais, néanmoins bon exemplaire plaisamment relié.
17942110502150901484Not Available 1794. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
1736240Oxford: Printed by John Baskett 1736. Leather Bound. Very Good. 8 x 10 1/2 inches. 4to. 3 ffep 1 marbled a 8 leaves A - F 8 leaf quires G 4 leaves. Printed in two columns. Griffiths 1736/3. Bound with: The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments Authorised King James Version. Oxford: Printed by John Baskett 1736. A - Rrr OT & Apocrypha Qqq - Iiii in 8s NT a - d in 8s Index. Not in Herbert or ESTC. Separate title page for New Testament dated 1735 and stating location as London. Also not in Herbert or ESTC. Bound with: Sternhold Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Metre. London: Printed by T. Wood and E. Palmer for the Company of Stationers 1732. A - G 8 leaf quires. Printed in two columns. ESTCT90365. Gift inscription from Maria Rice to Lucy Rice dated 1773 and later gift inscription dated 1855. Occasional loss at edges. All page edges gilt. Bound in beautiful full black morocco with light surface and corner wear. Boards with extensively gilt decorated borders and edges. Spine with five raised and gilt bands and extensive gilt decoration in six compartments. A nice Baskett BCP and an unusual unrecorded Bible in an exceptional 18th Century binding. Printed by John Baskett unknown
17582110502150904918Not Available 1758. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
1785Dublin1785<p>GILPIN John aka COWPER William -- Adaptation: The life of John Gilpin taken From divers Manuscripts in the Possession of the Family and now published for the first Time by their Permission for the Gratification of the Public Curiousity respecting so extraordinary a Character. Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Burnet White Burton H. Whitestone Byrne Cash M'Donnel and Marchbank 1785. 12mo viii 144pp complete but lacking front and rear blank free endleaves; early brown tree-calf scuffed outer hinges and corners worn.</p><p>Rare first Irish edition of a little known entirely spurious and understandably comedic prose 'life' of the fictional draper from Cheapside John Gilpin star of William Cowper's ballad 'The diverting history of john gilpin'. Cowper's verse which follows Gilpin on an intended journey to the Bell Inn Edmondton during which he became separated from his family and was taken by an out of control horse to a town ten miles distant had first appeared anonymously in the Public Advertiser 1782. The poem's popularity was immortalised in a series of performances at Freemason's Hall by the acclaimed Shakespearean actor John Henderson 1747-1785 and well capitalised upon by the London ballad and print trade as well as by provincial stage-managers. This present attempt in thirteen chapters at telling the earlier and post ballad-journey life of the unfortunate Gilpin is perhaps unsurprisingly given the desire for popularity by association dedicated to Henderson. It includes a narrative re-telling of the abortive trip to the Bell as Chapter X 'How he intended to have dined at Edmondton and was carried Ten Miles beyond it' as well as reprinting the verse original 'as read repeatedly with the greatest applause by Mr. Henderson'. All editions of this fictional work first published by S. Bladon London 1785 and reprinted twice there in the same year are rare; ESTC locates only four copies of this first Irish edition in the British Isles BL Cambridge Dublin and NLI and just three elsewhere Princeton Rutgers and Nebraska-Lincoln. ESTC T99012.</p> Burnet, White, Burton, H. Whitestone, Byrne, Cash, M'Donnel, and Marchbank, hardcover
17811099761781 Un volume In-16 (9,5 x 16cm environ), reliure pleine peau, filets, et fleurons dorés au dos, tranche marbrées en couleurs, reprenant le motif des gardes - Cinq ouvrages reliés en un volume intitulé "Recueil II" à l'aide d'une pièce de titre au dos, répartis comme suit : (1) A Amsterdam; et se trouve à Paris, Chez Méquignon l'aîné, Librairie, rue des Cordeliers - M. DCC. LXXIX. 1779 - 46 pages - (2) A Berlin, et se trouve, à Paris, Chez l'Auteur , Barrière de Reuilly; Fauxbourg Saint-Antoine. Et Chez Belin, Librairie, rue Saint-Jacques - M DCC LXXIX. 1779 - 35 pages - (3) A Paris, Chez l'Auteur, rue Croix des Petits-Champs, Maison de M. Bourdet, Chirurgien-Dentiste du Roi. et Chez Blaizot, Librire du Roi, rue Satory, à Versailles - Avec Approbation et Permission - M. DCC. LXXXI. 1781- 139 pages - Cul-de-lampe - (4) A Amsterdam; et se trouve à Paris, Chez Bastien, Libraire, rue du Petit-Lion, Fauxbourg Saint-Germain - M. DCC. LXXIV. 1774 - 56 pages - (5) A Paris, Chez Saugrain, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, près de la rue Pavée - M. DCC. LXXXI. 1781 - 116 pages
17522111902160200218Kikuya 1752. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Kikuya paperback
1773138571Amsterdam 'S Graavenhaage : Bij Hendrick Christoffel Gutteling 1773. First Edition. Hardback. Scattere marginal foxing. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 438 pages; Physical desc. : pp. 3. 438. 8vo. Subjects; Bible. Psalms. Dutch. Metrical Versions. States General Version. [Amsterdam], 'S Graavenhaage : Bij Hendrick Christoffel Gutteling hardcover
1748elala1540Gorinchem: Nicolaas Goetzee 1748. 1748. 3 Parts in 2 Volumes. folio. ff. 3 pp. viii 19 ff. 1 342 2 151; 2 172 2 77. engraved frontis. by J.Punt after J. de Wit engraved dedication coat of arms by J. v. Schley & 12 double-page engraved maps 3 partly folding. engraved title vignette in Vol. I by J.Punt. titles to New Testament & Apocrypha with woodcut vignettes. woodcut ornaments & initials. text in double columns. contemporary gilt-paneled mottled calf gilt backs joints cracked chipping to extremities & along joints foot of spine of Vol. I renewed head of spine of Vol. II defective some foxing & browning new endleaves in Vol. I. cfDarlow & Moule 3350 quarto format. Hardcover. Gorinchem: Nicolaas Goetzee, 1748. Hardcover
172654199Berlenburg: n.p. 1726. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Six volumes of eight folio published between 1726 and 1737. All volumes with letterpress title page; sectional half titles; woodcut headpieces; engraved frontispiece often not present in first volume. Text in two columns. Contemporary mottled calf rubbed and chafed. Spines with raised bands elaborately tooled in gilt gilt morocco and vellum lettering pieces; edges tinted red; marbled endleaves. Spine ends worn. Occasional mild embrowning. A good sturdily bound set with clean crisp text.<br /> <br /> Vol. 1 1726: 12 804 pp; engraved frontispiece - Vol. 2 1728: 8 880 pp. - Vol. 3 1730: 8; 784 pp. - Vol. 4 1732: 6 858 pp. - Vol. 5 1735: 8 820 pp. - Vol. 6 1737: 8 792 pp. <br /> <br /> First edition of this rigorous revision of Luther's version in the spirit of mystical Pietism edited by Johann Heinrich Haug d. 1753 and other scholars as is reflected in the main title: Welchem allem noch untermängt Eine Erklärung die den inneren Zustand des geistlichen Lebens oder die Wege und Wirckungen Gottes in der Seelen zu deren Reinigung Erleuchtung und Vereinigung mit Ihm zu erkennen gibt. Underlying everything is an explanation that reveals the inner state of the spiritual life or the ways and effects of God in in souls for their purification enlightenment and union with Him. A theologian and orientalist Haug was expelled from Strasburg for holding an assembly of Philadelphians and other mystic Separatists. He fled to the castle of Casimir Graf von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berlenburg which had become a refuge for radical pietiests. Remaining there until his death Haug directed a Philadelphian organization that extended throughout western Germany. "He is said to have been a man of great piety and charming personality and was regarded by Count Casimer as a prophet of God" Schaff-Herzog. <br /> <br /> "The new spirit of mystical Pietism. was fully revealed in the Marburg Bible 1712. The interpretation of type and prophecy in this follows the federal theology of Cocceius that of Canticles and Revelation Madame Guyon. It was the forerunner of a larger work in the same spirit the Berleburg Bible of 1726-42. projected and prepared chiefly by Johann Heinrich Haug. The text is a revision of Luther's with comparison of the English and French versions; the commentary reflects the views of the Philadelphian communities and quotes the mystical books current among them especially Madame Guyon's but its teaching goes back beyond Dippel and Petersen to Jakob Böhme or even to Origen in some points. It lacks unity of belief and of treatment; it is the work not of a single mystic giving voice to his inner convictions but of a propagandist sect with radical tendencies. It is not without value however from different points of view; it edifies by its continual application of Scriptural works to the spiritual life and it prepares the way for historical criticism by an appendix containing apocrypha Old and New Testament pseudepigrapha and postapostolic writings." Schaff-Herzog. Christopher Sauer the agent for the sale of the Berlenburg Bible in the United States used the text as a model for the first German-American Bible 1743.<br /> <br /> Provenance: Bookplates of Library of Union Biblical Seminary Bishop Mills Estate; entries at front endleaf "Bequeathed by Bishop J. S. Mills to Bonebrake Seminary. 1909." References: D&M 4239. Jackson S. M. ed. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge 1908 vol. 2 p. 157; vol. 5 p. 170.<br /> <br /> Lacks Volume 7 Epistles to the Hebrews; Jacob; Peter 2; John 3; Judah; Revelation; Wisdom of Solomon; Jesus ben Sirach - Volume 8 Appendix Old and New Testament Apocrypha pseudepigrapha and post-apostolic writings.<br /> <br /> Main title and imprint vol. 1: Die Heilige Schrift Altes und Neues Testaments nach dem Grund-Text aufs neue übersehen und übersetzet: Nebst Einiger Erklärung des buchstäblichen Sinnes Wie auch der fürnehmsten Fürbildern und Weissagungen von Christo und seinem Reich und zugleich Einigen Lehren die auf den Zustand der Kirchen in unseren letzten Zeiten gerichtet sind; Welchem allem noch untermängt Eine Erklärung die den inneren Zustand des geistlichen Lebens oder die Wege und Wirckungen GOttes in der Seelen zu deren Reinigung Erleuchtung und Vereinigung mit Ihm zu erkennen gibt. Gedruckt zu Berlenburg im Jahr unsers Erlösers und Ursprungs der heiligen Schrifft JEsu Christi. [n.p.] hardcover
179141520United States of America i.e. Worcester Mass.: Pr. at the press in Worcester Massachusetts by Isaiah Thomas 1791. Folio extra 400 mm; 16". New Testament ONLY. 1 f. pp. 7891012; 19 plts. <br><br>Present here is the extracted New Testament from => the first folio Bible printed in America from the press of the printer whom Ben Franklin called the "Baskerville of America." Being also only the fourth complete Protestant Bible in English printed in the former British colonies its text is the standard King James version printed in double-column format in roman type; and Thomas's production is famous for its typography its achievement in size the pages are 15.5" tall and especially its illustrations. The plates 19 of them were engraved by four of America's greatest artisans: J. Norman Alexander Doolittle Joseph H. Seymour and Samuel Hill.<br>Â Â Â Â "An alphabetical table of proper names" was planned but not printed as indicated by the catchword on the final page; the table does appear in the quarto edition Thomas printed the same year. This volume does contain at its end the whole Bible's "Index to the Holy Bible" and its several "tables" of Weights Measures and Coins; Time; Offices and Conditions of Men; and Kindred and Affinity. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Hills 29; O'Callaghan 38; Herbert 1353; Rumball-Petre Rare Bibles 171; Evans 23186 Wright Early Bibles of America pp. 7488. 18th-century mottled calf nicely rebacked with edges of boards renewed and text block resewn. Old waterstaining from light to severe throughout extending across text and image areas of plates with very variable impact; age-toning occasional staining and off-setting from plates in only the usual degrees. Lower margins display some notable chips and purposeful paper tear-aways and a good many closed tears; only the latter reach sometimes into text without loss. Several plates have had closed tears neatly repaired from the rear; the plate of Mary Magdalen and the final leaf of the last Table show OLD replacement of paper where original paper was torn away from blank areas; the copy retains the old dog-earings and page-creasings of long use and bears pencillings on its final leaf. => A copy that has seen much happen to it over its more than 200 years of existence; still a sturdy interesting and imposing copy of this impressive early American New Testament. Pr. at the press in Worcester, Massachusetts, by Isaiah Thomas hardcover books
172654196Berlenburg: n.p. 1726. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Eight volumes bound in four folio published between 1726 and 1742. All volumes with letterpress title page; sectional half titles; woodcut headpieces. Vol. 1 engraved frontispiece often not present here precedes vol. 7; appropriate engraved title leaves have been supplied from another German bible edition and inserted in vols. 1 3 4 and 5. Text in two columns. Contemporary calf over beveled wooden boards ruled in blind; spines with raised bands gilt morocco lettering pieces paper labels; marbled edges. Catches and clasps perished. Slight remains of paper labels. One volume with vertical crack through center of upper board else covers sound worn at extremities especially spine ends. Text with variable mild embrowning and light foxing occasional mild dampstains but overall clean. A good set complete and sturdily bound.<br /> <br /> Vol. 1 1726: 12 804 pp. - Vol. 2 1728: 8 880 pp. - Vol. 3 1730: 8; 784 pp. - Vol. 4 1732: 6 858 pp. - Vol. 5 1735: 8 820 pp. - Vol. 6 1737: 8 792 - Vol. 7 1739: 8 600 pp. - Vol. 8 1742: 4 556 44 index pp. with letterpress half-title: Der Berlenburgischen Bible Achter und Letzter Theil.<br /> <br /> First edition of this rigorous revision of Luther's version in the spirit of mystical Pietism edited by Johann Heinrich Haug d. 1753 and other scholars as is reflected in the main title: Welchem allem noch untermängt Eine Erklärung die den inneren Zustand des geistlichen Lebens oder die Wege und Wirckungen Gottes in der Seelen zu deren Reinigung Erleuchtung und Vereinigung mit Ihm zu erkennen gibt. Underlying everything is an explanation that reveals the inner state of the spiritual life or the ways and effects of God in in souls for their purification enlightenment and union with Him. A theologian and orientalist Haug was expelled from Strasburg for holding an assembly of Philadelphians and other mystic Separatists. He fled to the castle of Casimir Graf von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berlenburg which had become a refuge for radical pietiests. Remaining there until his death Haug directed a Philadelphian organization that extended throughout western Germany. "He is said to have been a man of great piety and charming personality and was regarded by Count Casimer as a prophet of God" Schaff-Herzog. <br /> <br /> "The new spirit of mystical Pietism. was fully revealed in the Marburg Bible 1712. The interpretation of type and prophecy in this follows the federal theology of Cocceius that of Canticles and Revelation Madame Guyon. It was the forerunner of a larger work in the same spirit the Berleburg Bible of 1726-42. projected and prepared chiefly by Johann Heinrich Haug. The text is a revision of Luther's with comparison of the English and French versions; the commentary reflects the views of the Philadelphian communities and quotes the mystical books current among them especially Madame Guyon's but its teaching goes back beyond Dippel and Petersen to Jakob Böhme or even to Origen in some points. It lacks unity of belief and of treatment; it is the work not of a single mystic giving voice to his inner convictions but of a propagandist sect with radical tendencies. It is not without value however from different points of view; it edifies by its continual application of Scriptural works to the spiritual life and it prepares the way for historical criticism by an appendix vol. 8 containing apocrypha Old and New Testament pseudepigrapha and postapostolic writings." Schaff-Herzog. Christopher Sauer the agent for the sale of the Berlenburg Bible in the United States used the text as a model for the first German-American Bible 1743.<br /> <br /> Provenance: Bookplates of United Brethren Historical Society Dayton Ohio. D&M 4239. Jackson S. M. ed. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge 1908 vol. 2 p. 157; vol. 5 p. 170.<br /> <br /> Main title and imprint vol. 1: Die Heilige Schrift Altes und Neues Testaments nach dem Grund-Text aufs neue übersehen und übersetzet: Nebst Einiger Erklärung des buchstäblichen Sinnes Wie auch der fürnehmsten Fürbildern und Weissagungen von Christo und seinem Reich und zugleich Einigen Lehren die auf den Zustand der Kirchen in unseren letzten Zeiten gerichtet sind; Welchem allem noch untermängt Eine Erklärung die den inneren Zustand des geistlichen Lebens oder die Wege und Wirckungen GOttes in der Seelen zu deren Reinigung Erleuchtung und Vereinigung mit Ihm zu erkennen gibt. Gedruckt zu Berlenburg im Jahr unsers Erlösers und Ursprungs der heiligen Schrifft JEsu Christi. [n.p.] hardcover
179631848Philadelphia: Pr. by Jacob R. Berriman for Berriman & Co. 1796. Folio 42.2 cm 16.7". 748 pp. 2 final ff. of back matter lacking; 18 plts. <br><br>Bible collector's treasure: the first edition of the Berriman Bible. Noted for its excellent illustrations by several contemporary American engravers including Alexander Anderson Cornelius Tiebout Francis Shallus and William Rollinson this large and handsomely produced lectern-sized folio Bible is printed in two columns with sidenotes including scriptural cross-references and a chronology. The plates include scenes of Adam and Eve in paradise frontispiece the Egyptian midwives drowning the Hebrews' infant sons Judas Maccabaeus slaying Apolloninus and Judas betraying Christ with a kiss; the maps show the presumed historical setting of the Garden of Eden and the Holy Land. One plate in this copy "The Parting of Lot and Abraham" is bound in upside-down.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Title-page with inked inscription in upper margin: "Benjamin Morris to Samuel White Sept. 17th 1826" and with tipped-in typed slip noting presentation to a seminary by the Rev. John Cyrus Madden class of 1893 who had received the book from Charles Reifschneider a descendant of White. Spine with gilt-stamped leather label reading "Deborah Morris to" only! <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Herbert 1402; Hills 53; O'Callaghan 51; Rumball-Petre 175; Wright Early Bibles of America 325; Evans 30065; ESTC W004506. Early 19th-century mottled sheep covers framed in blind roll spine with gilt-stamped title label and compartment decorations; scuffed and rubbed gilt now mostly lost front cover with inkstain front joint cracked but holding and back one holed back free endpaper lacking. Spine head chipped with one label partly cut yes cut away and foot with inked shelving number; other library markings including bookplate pressure- and rubber-stamps and a few typical annotations. Pages age-toned to browned with offsetting and foxing ranging from mild to moderate occasional spotting and smudging some dog-eared corners;some leaves with margins chipped or short edge tears a few with tears extending into text some with loss of a few letters. Two leaves in Jeremiah torn with upper portions lacking one leaf crudely repaired some time ago last leaf tattered; two final leaves last portion of tables section and the subscribers list lacking with scraps of the "Table of Kindred & Affinity" laid in. => Marked by time and use still an agreeable and interesting example of a noteworthy edition. Pr. by Jacob R. Berriman for Berriman & Co. hardcover books
17631805300033Cambridge : John Baskerville 1763. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Baskerville edition. Massive folio 50 cm. One of 1250 copies York variant. Bound in full morocco leather early 19th century. Gilt stamping gilt border. Rubbing wear to extremities. Solid binding. All edges red. Illustrated with full page engravings. 1146 pp. Crease on title page. Refs: Gaskell 26; Darlow and Moule 1146; ESTC T93106; Huntington Library Great Books in Great Editions 6. "Always regarded as Baskerville's magnum opus and his most magnificent as well as his most characteristic specimen" - Reed A History of the Old English Letter Foundries p. 279. "One of the most beautifully printed books in the world." - Dibden. "Aesthetically the highest point in English Bible printing so far was John Baskerville's folio printed at Cambridge in 1763. The Bible uses his types paper and ink and shows his characteristic 'machine-made' finish: very smooth and even in color and impression with glossy black ink on smooth paper. The design is traditional but the quality of material and workmanship is so high and the conventions are so delicately modified and consistently applied that the result is extremely impressive" Cambridge History of the Bible 464. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. John Baskerville hardcover
170153475Liege: Jean-François Broncart 1701. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very good. Two tomes each in two parts bound in one volume folio: 6 lxxix 1 blank 544; 1 title 1 blank 545-957 1 blank xx Cantique des cantiques 96 La sagesse; Ecclesiastique de Jesus fils de Sirach; 1 title 1 blank 468; 1 title 1 blank 430 16 Oratio Manassae; Liber Esdrae - tertius et quartus pp. Main titles for each tome in red and black; secondary titles in black only all four titles with engraved printer's device; each dated 1701. Text in two columns Latin and French. Illustrated with 6 engraved plates: frontispiece Johann Friederich Karg von Bebenburg; folding plate with 16 vignettes 4x4 depicting well-known biblical scenes; 4 folding maps The Holy Land; The Promised Land Apportioned by Tribe; Jerusalem in the Second Temple Era - after Lamy; The World Known to the Evangelists. Quarter-page engraved vignettes at the head of each of the 30 biblical books; historiated initials; printed marginalia. Exquisitely bound in the 19th century in levant morocco extra over wooden boards with mosaic compartments in crimson ochre; and dark brown bordered in fine gilt line; spine with raised bands lightly rubbed; pair of brass mounts finished in black with steel rivets at both covers clasps and catched perished. All edges gilt and elaborately gauffered in textured floral motif; gilt inner dentelles; decorative endleaves renewed in orange and black; crimson silk ribbon marker. The work of a master binder. Expertly repaired at spine caps. Occasional faint embrowning; marginal dampstains beginning in second half mostly at outer corners; expanding to fore-edge and darkening considerably in final 20 leaves. Overall a very good copy with crisp text throughout though incomplete: lacks Antoine Arnould's "Concorde des quatre Evangélistes" along with its accompanying Latin version and the concluding index.<br /> <br /> Amply margined copy of this sumptuous edition of the Bible comprising the Latin Sixto-clementine Vulgate and the Port-Royal French translation printed in parallel columns. Isaac-Louis Lemaistre de Sacy 1613-1684 was the principal translator of the French version which was edited and completed after his death by Pierre Thomas du Fossé 1634-1698 and Henri-Charles de Beaubrun 1655-1723 who also provide annotations throughout. According to Barbier the French controversialist Thierry de Viaixnes 1659-1735 who found himself often at odds with his superiors was the principal editor of the work; at the time of its preparation he was serving as director of an academy at Hautvilliers in the diocese of Rheims McClintock & Strong.<br /> <br /> Dedicated to Johann Friederich Karg von Bebenburg 1648-1719 whose signed portrait was drawn and engraved by C. Gustav of Amling. An advocate of maximal papal power Karg served as Privy Councilor of the Prince-Bishop of Bamberg and Würzburg Peter Philipp von Dernbach then of Elector Max Emanuel of Bavaria. He served as Dean of Our Lady in Munich and was entrusted by Emperor Leopold I with a legation to Pope Innocence XI. By these efforts he secured in 1688 the election of Prince Joseph Clemens of Bavaria as Archbishop of Cologne as a result of which he was made Chancellor and Minister of State here noted on the frontispiece.<br /> <br /> Provenance and annotations: Bookplate of Herman Blum Blumhaven Library & Gallery with his ticket below; two gilt-stamped ex-libris morocco labels: Henry W. Poor oval; Adolph Lewisohn octogonal. References: Darlow & Moule 3779; Deleveau & Hillard Bibles imprimées du XVe au XVIIe siècles conservées è Paris 605; ADB 15 1882 "Karg: Johann Friedrich; Jean-François Broncart hardcover
1800512129Thomas Bensley for Thomas Macklin 1800. First Edition. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. First edition of The Macklin Bible a masterpiece of book design that has been called 'the last of the great Bibles.' Complete in six volumes without the posthumously published Apocrypha. Elephant Folio 19' x 15.5' and . Full red morocco covers with gilt rolled Greek meander borders spines with double raised bands gilt in seven compartments all edges gilt gilt dentelle marbled endpapers. Sturdy bindings are remarkably solid despite the demands of these heavy textblocks. Very Good ex-libris from the John Wilson Collection of Multnomah County Library with small bookplates on paste downs a few penciled notes to versos of title pages but otherwise unmarked. Wide margins. Bindings scuffed and soiled rubbed along joints wear at heads and tails. Contents generally bright with typical offsetting from engravings; many tissue guards still present. Handwritten 2pp. 1889 note from London bookseller Henry Sotheran tipped-in to Vol. 1 wherein he apologizes for the lack of The Apocrypha which was published in 1816. Exhaustively illustrated throughout with engravings including 70 full-page copperplates after Benjamin West Angelica Kauffman Henry Fuseli William Artaud Joshua Reynolds Philip James de Loutherbourg and others. Weighing in at well over 100 lbs this Macklin Bible will ship in multiple boxes and will require additional fees for international delivery. Thomas Bensley for Thomas Macklin hardcover
1785173867Bath: printed by R. Cruttwell; and sold by Rivingtons' Dilly Robson & Robinsons' 1785. With three Biblical fore edge paintings An imposing Bible handsomely bound by Edwards of Halifax in their celebrated "Etruscan" style. The set is unusual in featuring motifs relevant to the contents on all three fore-edges - scenes from the Old and New Testaments - as opposed to the more typical landscapes. Edwards famously almost never signed their bindings and their style was very frequently reproduced by others. This set is cited by Weber in his Annotated Dictionary of Fore-Edge Paintings as "a notable Bible from the Edwards bindery" Weber 2010 p. 118-9 and it is used as an example in a chapter devoted to distinguishing genuine Edwards bindings and paintings from imitations. The technique of concealing a painting under the gilt fore edge of books was revived in England by William Edwards about 1780. "The Edwards family not only carried on the art but enlarged it from the mainly floral and heraldic early efforts with occasional religious scenes and royal portraits to embrace views of well-known country houses set in landscapes" Marks p. 194. They were the originators of the bucolic English fore-edge painting which became standard in the 19th century. Scholars believe that the paintings were made in Halifax rather than in London by artists both within and outside the family and under the supervision of Thomas Edwards. Inspiration for the images was taken from various sources often engravings appearing in other books; for landscapes the favourite artist was William Gilpin a pioneer of the "picturesque". Volume I features a moment from Genesis: Abraham welcoming three angels into his home an act of hospitality which moved the Lord to bless Abraham and his wife with a son despite she was far beyond childbearing age. On Volume II is an episode from Exodus: an Egyptian princess and her attendants discover the infant Moses in the bulrushes of the Nile. Volume III displays an animated scene from the life of St. Paul as he preaches in Rome. The "Etruscan" style binding with a border of palmettes and other classical ornaments stencilled in black on brown calf was one of the firm's most popular designs. The origin of this style is debated: some 19th-century writers attributed the invention to John Whitaker while others ascribe it to the Edwards firm. It is known that Edwards employed it from at least 1775. Provenance: a Herman Frasch Whiton probably the American sailor and Olympic champion 1904-1967 with his elaborately designed bookplate featuring his arms and a ship on the verso of an initial blank in each volume. b Randall J. Moskovitz MD American collector from Memphis Tennessee with his bookplates loosely inserted. 3 vols large quarto 306 x 238 mm. Contemporary "Etruscan" calf by Edwards of Halifax spines with raised bands compartments tooled in gilt with flower and urn centerpieces and pediment cornerpieces black morocco labels covers with gilt pentaglyph and metope border stencilled frame of palmettes central panel of tree calf enclosed by gilt Greek key roll board edges and turn-ins tooled in gilt marbled endpapers each vol. with a contemporary fore-edge painting depicting a Scriptural scene edges gilt green silk bookmarkers. Spines uniformly darkened binding judiciously refurbished joints and spine ends repaired gilt retouched on spine light rubbing to palmettes design in places intermittent foxing and slight toning else clean the fore-edge paintings beautifully preserved. A handsome set. P. J. M. Marks "The Edwards of Halifax Bindery" British Library Journal vol. 24 no. 2 1998; Jeff Weber Annotated Dictionary of Fore-Edge Painting Artists & Binders 2010. See also: G. E. Bentley The Edwardses of Halifax 2015; Carl J. Weber Fore-Edge Painting 1966. hardcover
1763184488Cambridge: printed by John Baskerville 1763. An outstanding synthesis of fine printing illustration and binding First Baskerville edition: a spectacular copy of one of the greatest English Bibles and a crowning achievement of English printing in a magnificent Staggemeier and Welcher binding and abundantly extra-illustrated with 287 Old Master engravings. The copy adorned two of the greatest book collections of the last two centuries: the library of the Dukes of Marlborough at Blenheim Palace and of Estelle Doheny in California. Friedrich Leberecht Staggemeier 1759-1827 was esteemed for his elaborately decorated neoclassical bindings. He partnered with Samuel Welcher from 1799 to 1810 and the pair catered to the highest echelons of the market. Extra-illustration was a distinguishing feature of this market: here 171 of the illustrations are from Bernard Picart and Gerard Hoet's Figures de la Bible The Hague 1728 and 58 are from Pierre Mortier's Bible Amsterdam and Antwerp 1700 while others are from Jan Luyken's Icones Biblica Veteris et N. Testamenti Amsterdam 1729 and other sources. The extravagant binding and extra-illustration were commissioned by the first owner the collector and scholar Jacob Bryant. In 1804 he bequeathed the Bible to his patron George Spencer 4th Duke of Marlborough. It remained in the duke's collection at Blenheim Palace until 1881 when it passed to Fanny Octavia Louisa daughter of the 7th duke. Her descendants sold the book and it passed via Dawson's Book Shop to Estelle Doheny one of the greatest collectors of the 20th century where it joined her Gutenberg Bible and other landmarks of printing history. She bequeathed it to St. John's Seminary which sold it and the rest of Doheny's collection in 1988 where it realized $11000. Bound in 2 vols large folio 518 x 343 mm pp. 1146. Extra-illustrated with 287 Old Master engravings of which 198 are single page and 84 double each mounted mostly within a black ink and pale yellow wash frame. Late 18th- or early 19th-century red straight-grain morocco by L. Staggemeier & Welcher of London binder's ticket green morocco labels richly gilt in compartments wide gilt borders to covers gilt Greek-key turn-ins green watered-silk linings with gilt grapevine borders all edges gilt. Joints and extremities restored scattered light offsetting from plates and foxing else contents fresh very minor worming to front endpapers of first volume: a beautiful copy. ESTC T93106; Gaskell 26; Herbert 1146. unknown
