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185067639A Family Bible with Six of the John Martin Bible Illustrations BIBLE IN ENGLISH. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesty's special command. Appointed to be read in churches. London Edinburgh and Glasgow: William Mackenzie n.d. ca. 1850. Folio. Measures 9 3/4 x 13 x 5/12 x 3 3/4 in. thick; 250 x 335 x 93 mm. thick. Illustrated with thirty full-page engravings by various artists including a frontispiece and a vignette title-page titled The Family Bible With Copious Notes and References two engravings by J. Stephens from photographs of the Holy Land by Frith and six engravings after John MartinÃs Old Testament illustrations ìThe Fall of Manî ìThe Destruction of Pharaoh's Hostî ìJoshua commanding the sun to stand stillî ìBy Babel's Streams We Sat and Weptî ìBelshazzar's Feastî and ìThe Fall of Ninevehî. Contemporary black polished calf over bevelled boards covers tooled in gilt and blind spine lettered and decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments. Gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Minimal wear to extremities. Hinges neatly reinforced. A bright fresh copy throughout. Near fine. MartinÃs Biblical paintings are among the finest ever produced: ìThe spirit in which Martin worked is suggested by a passage in his catalogue for the large oil painting ëThe Fall of Ninevehà which he exhibited in lonely magnificence in 1827: ëThe mighty cities of Nineveh and Babylon have long since passed away. The accounts of their greatness and splendor may have been exaggerated. But where strict truth is not essential the mind is content to find delight in the contemplation of the grand and the marvelous. Into the solemn visions of antiquity we look without demanding the clear daylight of truth. Seen through the mist of ages the great becomes gigantic the wonderful swells into the sublimeÃî Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914 p. 44. At the front of the Bible are three leaves of a family history partially inscribed with the births deaths and marriages of three generations of the Hubbard family of Derby England during the years 1889-1943. A lovely example of a nineteenth-century Bible. HBS 67639. $3000 William Mackenzie hardcover books
179611489Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson 1796. 4to 27.7 cm 10.9". vii xvi 488 196 pp. 8 ff. <br><br>Three American "firsts" here counting that of our caption! For while being additionally the uncommon first printing in America of the Gospels in English in any translation other than the King James or the Douai-Rheims version this is also the first privately accomplished translation of the Gospels printed in America.<br>Â Â Â Â George Campbell 171996 was a minister of the Church of Scotland theologian and principal of Marischal College. He wrote a number of theological works including a defense of miracles in response to David Hume and was noted for originality of argument as well as charity towards his opponents. This translation of the Gospels was first published in England in 1789; the work consists of a preface and preliminary dissertations the actual translation and the notes with the whole being very scholarly resorting frequently to the Greek in the dissertations and notes.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Title-page and contents leaf with early inked inscriptions reading "Jas. Booth. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC W4383; Evans 30086; Hills English Bible in America 56. On Campbell see: The Dictionary of National Biography. Contemporary treed sheep rubbed and abraded with leather lost at corners; nicely rebacked with original label laid on. Title-page and contents inscribed as described above; endpapers waterstained and pages with light spots of foxing. Paper in many sections faintly blue. Thomas Dobson hardcover books
257693London. 35 albumen carte-de-visite photographs set in an album. 4to. Bound in green pebbled morocco covers with black- and silver-ruled borders set into an Indian carved and inlaid boxwood binding metal clasps and catches by Aspreys of London some loss to spine ends and a few spots of loss to inlay. 35 albumen carte-de-visite photographs set in an album. 4to. unknown books
1634022062London: Robert Barker and Assigns John Bill 1634. Quarto in 8s. 2 34pp. genealogies 3pp. dedication 9 to the reader 1pp. order of books pp. 1-582 Old Testament Apocrypha ends on p. 718; New Testament ends on p. 904; colophon on p. 904. Black letter in double columns. General and New Testament titles within woodcut historiated border. Both title pages state translated out of "Original Greek" with "darknesse" instead of "darkenesse" in Genesis 1:4 undated genealogies bound in at front prior to title page with the Apocrypha without map. Uniquely bound in earlier 19th century polished calf over beveled wooden boards ornately tooled in blind and gilt inner gilt dentelles marbled endpapers all edges red margins trimmed close just entering some headlines or side notes some light marginal soiling very minor worming in blank lower margins of a few leaves in front and middle of book. A very attractive copy from the library of William Otter Gibbs with his bookplate: Gibbs was a 2nd Lieut. 7th Hussars February and Lieut. November 1900. In the South African Boer War served 1901-2 with 7th Hussars in operations in Cape Colony Orange River Colony and Transvaal; awarded Queen's Medal with five clasps. Captain Ap. 1907. Seconded to be Brigade Major of Eastern Mounted Brigade Territorial March 1913-March 1916. In the Great War served in Gallipoli Anzac October-December 1915: in Egypt December 1915-October 1916 Staff Officer Western Defense Force; Brigade Major Coastal Area: in France October-December 1917 as Major 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regt.; in Mesopotamia Ap. 1918-Ap. 1919 with 7th Hussars and in command of them from September 1918. Wounded at Shergat nr. Mosul 28 October 1918. Awarded 1914-15 Star British War Medal Allies' Victory War Medal: Croix de Guerre avec palme: mentioned twice in dispatches 1916 and 1919. Lieut.-Colonel 1919 and in the Regular Army Reserve of Officers from 1920. One of the Exons of the King's Bodyguard of Yeomen of the Guard from 1926. From his family genealogy Herbert 487-b. Robert Barker and Assigns John Bill unknown books
160033612Antwerp: By Daniel Vervliet 1600. Small 4to 21 cm; 8.25". 18 ff. 745 1 pp. 13 ff. <br><br>The second edition of the Roman Catholic new Testament in English. The translation is the work of a number of English Catholic priests but principally of Gregory Martin who fled to France in 1568 because of persecution in their native land and under the direction of Dr. later Cardinal William Allen founded the English College at Douai. The college moved for a short time to Rheims but subsequently returned as the title-page here attests.<br>Â Â Â Â The first edition of this translation was issued at Rheims in 1582 in over-sanguine hopes that its sale would be successful enough to underwrite the cost of a prompt production of the Old Testament. The two-volume O.T. did not appear however until 1609/1610.<br>Â Â Â Â The second edition of the Rheims N.T. is a revision of the first not merely a reprinting of it and contains a "Table of Heretical Corruptions" not found in the 1582 printing and a new preface. In an era of noticeable decline in the art of printing this Testament enjoys far better than average typography. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Darlow & Moule 198; Herbert 258; STC 2989; ESTC S102510. Late 17th- early 18th-century English calf with concentric blind panels on covers in contrasting tones of brown and tan all edges deep red; covers with scrapes and bumps rebacked with hinges inside strengthened new endpapers with 1906 owner's inscription on front free one. Title-page dust-soiled and torn in upper margin with some loss of decorative border page skillfully remargined with blank paper. Some foxing and age-soiling in early leaves; this similarly at rear starting around p. 640 and most notable in Tables with also some dust-soiling and with light waterstaining across a good number of upper outer corners. Overall a good to very good copy sturdy and appealing. By Daniel Vervliet unknown books
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
18957527New York: American Bible Society 1895. Hard Cover. First edition of this Bible volume I only; folio 14" x 13" 164 leaves embossed in the New York Point Alphabet for the Blind which is a system of tactile raised dots similar to Braille. Contemporary 3/4 calf over tan cloth covered boards spine ruled in gilt; spine label is absent. New York Point for the Blind was invented by William Bell Wait 1839-1916 educator for the Blind as an alternative to the "Line Letter" system consisting of raised letters of the standard alphabet which was in use in the late 19th Century and lasted for several decades. But Braille had been invented by Louis Braille in 1824 but fell into disuse only to be revived in the early 20th Century and Braille remains today the standard in reading and writing for the Blind throughout the world. Internally quite clean with the embossed dots in very good condition; small loss at head of spine and corners worn through; a very good copy now quite scarce on the market. <br/><br/> American Bible Society hardcover books
1790260927Boston: Printed by Joseph Bumstead for David West 1790. pp. 358 2 ads. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf. Joints a bit tender; tiny chip at tail of spine. A beautiful unrestored copy and with Pierce family inscriptions on the endpapers. pp. 358 2 ads. 1 vols. 12mo. With unusual ownership painting on the endpaper identifying the Psalms as belonging to Benjamin Pierce's Book 1791 and depicting a man up a tree by way of ladder either to send apples to another man seated below or to read his psalms aloft in peace-- let the viewer be the judge! <br/><br/>The following leaf includes a calligraphic presentation in 1799 to James Pierce who notes its use by "the society in Brattle Square" which we take to mean the then Congregational and later c. 1805-1876 Unitarian Church on Brattle Street in Boston Massachusetts. <br/><br/>The church distinguished itself by its somewhat relaxed attitude toward rigid Calvinist practices and by iits array of important ministers: Benjamin Colman 1699-1747; William Cooper 1716-1743; Samuel Cooper 1747-1783; Peter Thacher 1785-1802; Joseph Stevens Buckminster 1805-1812; Edward Everett 1814-1815; John Gorham Palfrey 1813-1831; and Samuel Kirkland Lothrop 1834-1876. The parishioners were no less esteemed: John Hancock Samuel Adams Joseph Warren John Adams Abigail Adams Richard Clarke Elizabeth Greenleaf Jane Mecom John Lowell Lydia Hancock Henry Cabot Lodge James Bowdoin 1676-1747 and many others. Hans Gram played organ in the late 18th century. The Pierce family's early days in America perhaps coming as early as about 1620 were spent largely in New Hampshire and Massachusetts and their legacy includes Benjamin Pierce governor of New Hampshire 1827-1830 as well as ten generations spent in what is now an historic landmark of seventeenth-century architecture currently serving as a museum in Dorchester Massachusetts. It is difficult to place exactly which Benjamin Pierce and James Pierce this copy belonged to in the large and lively family. Evans 22351 Printed by Joseph Bumstead for David West unknown books
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
1612263145London: Imprinted by Robert Barker 1612. 2344double-spread map; 4362 i.e. 366 361-444 2 3- 135 7 leaves; 1114 i.e. 1137pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Old calf rebacked with portions of original backstrip laid down remnants of gilt borders on boards 20th century endsheets and inserted sectional dividing blanks. Maps illustrations engraved general title to Bible. Entirety of all three works ruled in red. Genealogies: map has repairs to edges and is remargined at gutter no loss to image small spot to margin and a bit of soiling. Bible: engraved title and full-page woodcut of the Garden of Eden trimmed close and shaved at fore-margin normal page numbering errors in gathering 3K occasional modest soiling and some generally minor spotting. a few small marginal repairs one a tear in lower edge of 2Z3 across several lines without loss minute worm track in inner gutter of 2M-T; Psalms: repaired tear in upper margin of A3 touching a few letters K1-7 a bit limp and frayed with repairs to two lower blank forecorners; K8 terminal blank wanting; some moderate scattered soiling minute wormhole in black fore-margin of leaves G8 to end some rust satins to gutter/inner margins of gatherings G and H resulting in a few small holds; bookseller's annotations on pastedowns in ink !!! describing it an "exceptionally fine volume" and giving partially erroneous bibliographic citations. Still generally a good volume. 2344double-spread map; 4362 i.e. 366 361-444 2 3- 135 7 leaves; 1114 i.e. 1137pp. 1 vols. Small folio. A characteristic gathering of the three texts the Bible being the Geneva-Tonson-Junius version in an edition that is a very close reprint of Barker's 1607 edition. The general engraved title is undated and the sectional full title-page for the NT is dated 1611 but the printer's colophon at the end is dated 1612. The text of the Apocrypha is included as a part of the contiguous whole. The edition of the Genealogies which is here bound prior to the Bible is one of the several folio printings attributed to Beale that are partially sorted as to minute variants in STC and ESTC; however this example does not conform to the variants in ESTC in regard to the line-breaks in the side note on A1V. The present edition of the Sternhold and Hopkins Psalms includes some music settings. This is among the last folio London printings of the Geneva text the standard text of 16th century Protestantism and the text referenced by Shakespeare Donne Bunyan et al. The first edition of the NT was printed in Geneva in 1557 and was first printed in England in 1575-6. ESTC S1189; S101955; and S122901. Herbert 312. STC 2218; 23039 REF; and 2560 Imprinted by Robert Barker unknown books
15781339018London i.e. Antwerp: printed by Henry Loë sold by me Gerard Dewes dwelling in Pawles Churchyarde at the signe of the Swanne 1578. First English Edition. Hardcover. Folio 24 779 25; VG; bound in modern blind-tooled full calf paneled spine with blind-stamping morocco label with gilt titling; mold-staining to boards; mild rubbing; Binder's ticket inserted at end of volume for 'Period Binders Bath England'; title page chipped on all edges backed on all edges backing to 6 21 gutter of 2-5 22-3 fore edge xxx2-yyy4; name written in blue ink to A; h6 missing piece of upper fore corner only loss of text is page number; small hole in Cc; Fff2-4 have small worming to the top edge; some scattered tide-marks;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> marginalia to the following 122 pages primarily adding the common name of the plant to the description: A2v A5v A6r B1v B5r/v C1v C3v C4r/v C5v C6r D1r D2r D3r/v D4r F2v F3v F4v F5r F6r G1r/v G3r G5r H1r H4r H5v I1r I3v I4r I5r K5r K6r L4v L6v M1v M2v M4r/v M5v O1r/v O3r O6r/v P2v P5r/v Q5v Q6r R4r R5v R6r S2r/v S3r S6r T1r T6r U2r U3v U5r X5r X6r Y1v Y2v Z1r Aa5r Bb2r Ee5v Ff4r Ff5r Ff6r Gg1r/v Hh1v Hh2v Hh3v Ii4r Ii5r Ii6v Kk4v Kk5v Ll1r Ll3r Mm2r Nn1r Nn3r Oo5r Pp1v Pp3r/v Tt1v TT6r Uu1v Uu3r/v Uu4r Uu6v Xx4v Xx5v Xx6r/v Yy2v Yy6r/v Zz1v Bb3r Bb5v Ccc2r Eee3v Fff6r Ggg1r Ggg4r/v Hhh1r Hhh3v Lll2v Lll5v Mmm1v <br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Title within cartouche. Includes indexes and tables; Imprint in two settings. In this setting second line of imprint begins "by me".; 3r has first line of caption title in black letter. 4r is signed and has catchword "Cubba"; with 870 woodcuts about thirty of which are original to this edition.<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> MK consignment; shelved case 4. ESTC: S126799;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Henry Lyte's first and most important work was his translation of the Cruydeboeck of Rembert Dodoens Antwerp 1554 translating it from the 1557 French translation of Charles de L'Ecluse Histoire des Plantes. Dodoens' Cruydeboeck is known for not using the traditional method of arranging the plants in alphabetical order but rather dividing the plant kingdom into six groups Deel based on their properties and affinities. It treated in detail especially the medicinal herbs which made this work in the eyes of many a pharmacopoeia. This work and its various editions and translations became one of the most important botanical works of the late 16th century part of its popularity being his use of the vernacular rather than the commonly used Latin. wikipedia;. 1339018. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. [printed by Henry Loë, sold] by me Gerard Dewes, dwelling in Pawles Churchyarde at the signe of the Swanne hardcover books
105344London: 1868-1880. 30 vols. in 20 a complete set bound in half brown morocco gilt tops the Easton Neston set in fine condition. § "English Reprints" 1868–1880 by which an accurate text of the works of many English authors formerly only accessible in more expensive editions was placed within reach of the general public. Among the thirty volumes of the series were Stephen Gosson's School of Abuse Roger Ascham's Toxophilus Tottel's Miscellany and Robert Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia. An important collection of early English texts rarely found complete. 1868-1880. 30 vols. in 20 unknown books
17049200United Kingdom various 1704-1710. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Nine sammelband pamphlets bound in blind stamped decorative calf overlay recased with brown cloth boards; apparent shelf wear and toning to leaves each pamphlet constitutes approximately 16 pp. 8 vo. Scarce copies of all in disbound condition so this bound aggregate is a rare and singular entity. <br/><br/>A collection of poetry tracts in the 18th century assembled and bound as a set showcasing typical and popular poetry writing and style in England. This was a common practice to gather political satire and literary tracts and bind them together generally at the discretion of the owner or in some cases the printer and/or bookseller. The majority of these works are poetry written as political satire towards the Tory government. This method of binding separate works 'sammelband' also speaks to contemporary collecting and publishing practices. <br />The bound volume lists separate works as follows: <br />attrib. Ward Edward. "The Pleasure of a Single Life or the Miseries of Matrimony. Occasionally Writ upon the many Divorces Lately Granted by Parliment. With the Choice or the Pleasures of a Country-Life." London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills in Black-fryars near the Water-fide 1709. <br /> <br />Wilmot John. Earl of Rochester John Freke. "The History of Insipids a Lampoon By the Lord Roch---r. With his Farewell. 1680. Together with Marvil's Ghost. By Mr. Ayloff." London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills in Black-fryars near the Water-fide 1709. <br /> <br />Blackmore Richard. "The Kit-Cats a Poem. To Which is Added the Picture in Imitation of Annacreon's Bathillus. Also also the Coquet Beauty by the Right Honorable the Marquis of Normanby." London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills in Black-fryars near the Water-fide 1709. <br /> <br />Anon. "A Well-Timber'd Poem on Her Sacred Majesty; Her Marble Statue and Its Wooden Enclosure in Saint Paul's Church-Yard." Psalm XXII. 16. The Wicked have Enclosed Me. London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills in Black-fryars near the Water-fide 1712. <br /> <br />Cavendish William. "The Charms of Liberty: A Poem. By the late Duke of D--. To Which is added Epigrams. Poems and Satyrs." Written by Several Hands. London: Printed in the Year 1709. <br /> <br />Shippen William. "Faction Display'd. A Poem. From a Corrected Copy." London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills in Black-fryars near the Water-fide 1709. <br /> <br />Dryden John. "Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem." London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills in Black-fryars near the Water-fide For the Benefit of the Poor1708. <br /> <br />Wilmot Earl of Rochester John. "Poems on Several Occasions: with Valentinian; a Tragedy. To which is added Advice to a Painter. Written by the Right Honorable John late Early of Rochester." London: Printed and Sold by Booksellers of London and Westminster 1710. <br /> <br />Milton's Sublimity Asserted: in a Poem. Occasion'd by a late Celebrated Piece Entituled Cyder a Poem; in Blank Verse by Philo-Milton. London: Printed for W. Hawes and Sold by J. Morphew near Stationer's Hall and Stephen Fletcher Bookseller in Oxford 1709. hardcover books
19522221650<p>Typed Letter Signed in the form of contract proposal from Victor Weybright at The New American Library of World Literature Inc. 501 Madison Avenue New York 22 New York Murray Hill 8-3470 May 9 1952. Addressed to Dylan Thomas c/o Mr. Oscar Williams 25 Water Street New York 4 New York. Very good.</p><p>Signed by Thomas at end and initialed twice by him noting hand corrections.</p><p>Contract for the purchase of the first part of Dylan Thomas' "Adventures In The Skin Trade."</p><p>Thomas was in New York on his American lecture tour having arrived on January 20th lecturing at Harvard U.C. Berkeley et.al.; leaving the U.S. on May 16th.</p><p>Oscar Williams born Kaplan 1900-1964 was a poet anthologist friend and promoter of Dylan Thomas. He occupied a penthouse at 35 Water Street and Thomas most likely stayed there when in New York.</p><p>Dylan Thomas contracts are uncommon on the market today.</p><p>See Dylan Thomas "The Collected Letters" 2000 ed pages 958-959 for a footnote detailing this contract and a related letter to Oscar Williams.</p> unknown books
1735WRCAM53055London; Edinburgh 1735. Five volumes. Slightly later calf bindings. Good plus. An assemblage of five sammelbands collecting over forty English and Scottish pamphlets addressing religious and political issues in Britain at the beginning of the 18th century. Published during a period of renewed strife they contain much immediate reaction and strong opinion to contemporary events such as the Jacobite Rebellion and present varying arguments concerning sectarian disagreements of the era. <br> <br> Sammelband A: Jacobite Rebellion <br> <br> 1 Pittis William: JUS SACRUM OR A DISCOURSE WHEREIN IT IS FULLY PROV'D AND DEMONSTRATED THAT NO PRINCE OUGHT TO BE DEPRIV'D OF HIS NATURAL RIGHT ON ACCOUNT OF RELIGION &c. 2nd Edition. London: John Baker 1712. 44pp. ESTC N36438. <br> <br> 2 Merke Thomas: THE LATE BISHOP OF CARLISLE'S SPEECH AGAINST THE DEPOSITION OF KINGS; AND IN VINDICATION OF HEREDITARY RIGHT AND THE LINEAL SUCCESSION TO THE CROWN OF THESE REALMS. London: John Morphew 1714. 23pp. ESTC T37588. <br> <br> 3 Toland John: Defoe Daniel: THE JACOBITISM PERJURY AND POPERY OF HIGH-CHURCH PRIESTS. London: J. Baker 1710. 151pp. ESTC T29031. <br> <br> 4 Defoe Daniel: AND WHAT IF THE PRETENDER SHOULD COME OR SOME CONSIDERATIONS OF THE ADVANTAGES AND REAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE PRETENDER'S POSSESSING THE CROWN OF GREAT-BRITAIN. London: J. Baker 1713. 40pp. ESTC N16439. <br> <br> 5 Burnet Thomas: SOME NEW PROOFS BY WHICH IT APPEARS THAT THE PRETENDER IS TRULY JAMES THE THIRD. London: J. Baker 1713. 1028pp. Lacks half title. ESTC N23541. <br> <br> 6 James Prince of Wales: MEMOIRS OF THE CHEVALIER DE ST. GEORGE: WITH SOME PRIVATE PASSAGES OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE KING JAMES II NEVER BEFORE PUBLISH'D. London. 1712. 78pp. Lacks title and second leaf. ESTC T39134. <br> <br> 7 Defoe Daniel: REASONS AGAINST THE SUCCESSION OF THE HOUSE OF HANOVER WITH AN ENQUIRY HOW FAR THE ABDICATION OF KING JAMES SUPPOSING IT TO BE LEGAL OUGHT TO AFFECT THE PERSON OF THE PRETENDER. London: J. Baker 1713. 245pp. ESTC T65926. <br> <br> 8 Dunton John: SEEING'S BELIEVING: OR K- --G G----RGE PROV'D AN USURPER; AND HIS WHOLE REIGN ONE CONTINU'D ACT OF CR-TY AND OP-N AND OTHER NOTORIOUS FAIL-NGS. London: S. Keimer 1716 xiv14511pp. Lacks titlepage. ESTC N21067. <br> <br> 9 Quevedo Francisco de: THE CONTROVERSY ABOUT RESISTANCE AND NON-RESISTANCE DISCUSS'D IN MORAL AND POLITICAL REFLECTIONS ON MARCUS BRUTUS. London: J. Baker 1710. 95pp. ESTC T34049. <br> <br> 10 Resistance Theory: ST. PAUL AND HER MAJESTY VINDICATED. IN PROVING FROM THE APOSTLE'S OWN WORDS ROM. XIII. THAT THE DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE AS COMMONLY TAUGHT IS NONE OF HIS. London: A. Baldwin 1710. 26pp. ESTC T143636. <br> <br> 11 Divine Right: THE PREROGATIVE OF PRIMOGENITURE. SHEWING THE RIGHT OF SUCCESION TO AN HEREDITARY EMPIRE DEPENDS NOT UPON GRACE &c. BUT ONLY UPON BIRTH-RIGHT. London: W. Boreham 1718. 44pp. ESTC T89361. <br> <br> 12 Wake William: THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S SPEECH TO THE KING IN PARLIAMENT. London: W. Boreham 1720. 232pp. Lacks half title. ESTC N16111. <br> <br> 13 Jacobite Rebellion: A FULL ANSWER TO THE DEPOSITIONS AND TO ALL OTHER THE PRETENCES AND ARGUMENTS WHATSOEVER CONCERNING THE BIRTH OF THE PRETENDED PRINCE OF WALES. London: 1712. 56pp. plus folding map. ESTC T146455. <br> <br> 14 James Prince of Wales: THE MEMORIAL OF THE CHEVALIER DE ST. GEORGE ON OCCASION OF THE PRINCESS SOBIESKI'S RETIRING INTO A NUNNERY. London: W. Wilkins 1726 viii24pp. ESTC T124385. <br> <br> 15 Defoe Daniel: A JOURNAL OF THE EARL OF MARR'S PROCEEDINGS FROM HIS FIRST ARRIVAL IN SCOTLAND TO HIS EMBARKATION FOR FRANCE. London: J. Baker 1716. xvi32pp. ESTC T69396. <br> <br> Sammelband B: The Case of the Episcopal Clergy <br> <br> 1 Garden George: THE CASE OF THE EPISCOPAL CLERGY AND THOSE OF THE EPISCOPAL PERSWASION CONSIDERED AS TO THE GRANTING THEM A TOLERATION AND INDULGENCE. 2nd Edition. Edinburgh. 1703. 40pp. ESTC N16050. <br> <br> 2 Garden George: THE CASE OF THE EPISCOPAL CLERGY AND THOSE OF THE EPISCOPAL PERSWASION CONSIDERED AS TO THE GRANTING THEM A TOLERATION AND INDULGENCE THE SECOND PART. Edinburgh. 1704. 2100pp. ESTC T79512. <br> <br> 3 Garden George: THE CASE OF THE EPISCOPAL CLERGY AND THOSE OF THE EPISCOPAL PERSWASION CONSIDERED AS TO THE GRANTING THEM A TOLERATION AND INDULGENCE THE THIRD PART. Edinburgh. 1705. 8184pp. ESTC N16051. <br> <br> Sammelband C: William Pulteney & Robert Walpole <br> <br> 1 Pulteney William: THE POLITICKS ON BOTH SIDES WITH REGARD TO FOREIGN AFFAIRS STATED FROM THEIR OWN WRITINGS AND EXAMINED BY THE COURSE OF EVENTS.2nd Edition Corrected. London: H. Haines 1734. 72pp. ESTC T10149. <br> <br> 2 Pulteney William: AN ENQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT OF OUR DOMESTICK AFFAIRS FROM THE YEAR 1721 TO CHRISTMAS 1733.3rd Edition Corrected. London: H. Haines 1734. 72pp. ESTC T32735. <br> <br> 3 Walpole Robert: SOME CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING THE PUBLICK FUNDS THE PUBLICK REVENUES AND THE ANNUAL SUPPLIES GRANTED BY PARLIAMENT. London: J. Roberts 1735. 110pp. ESTC T49251 <br> <br> 4 Pulteney William: THE CASE OF THE SINKING FUND AND THE RIGHT OF THE PUBLICK CREDITORS TO IT CONSIDERED AT LARGE. London: H. Haines 1735. 1382pp. ESTC T20277. Sammelband D: Jean-Baptiste Girard Affair / English Anti-Catholic Tracts <br> <br> 1 Cadiere Marie-Catherine: THE CASE OF MRS. MARY CATHARINE CADIERE AGAINST THE JESUIT FATHER JOHN BAPTIST GIRARD. Edinburgh. 1730. 2vi80pp. Titlepage defective. ESTC T45814. <br> <br> 2 Girard Jean-Baptiste: THE DEFENCE OF F. JOHN BAPTIST GIRARD. PART I. 3rd Edition. London: J. Roberts 1732. iv40pp. ESTC N43731. <br> <br> 3 Girard Jean-Baptiste: THE DEFENCE OF F. JOHN BAPTIST GIRARD. PART II. 2nd Edition. London: J. Roberts 1731. 282pp. ESTC T32227. <br> <br> 4 Girard Jean-Baptiste: THE DEFENCE OF F. JOHN BAPTIST GIRARD. PART III. London: J. Roberts 1731. vi1051pp. ESTC 32228. <br> <br> 5 Campbell Archibald: THE CASE RESTATED; OR AN ACCOUNT OF A CONVERSATION WITH A PAPIST. London. 1713. 4100pp. ESTC T149928. <br> <br> 6 Hutchinson Francis: A COMPASSIONATE ADDRESS TO THOSE PAPISTS WHO WILL BE PREVAIL'D WITH TO EXAMINE THE CAUSE FOR WHICH THEY SUFFER. London: D. Midwinter 1716. 2viii3-176pp. ESTC T72525. <br> <br> Sammelband E: Miscellaneous English Religious Tracts <br> <br> 1 Higden Wiliam: THE CASE OF THE ADMISSION OF OCCASIONAL CONFORMISTS TO THE HOLY COMMUNION BEFORE THEY RENOUNCE THEUR SCHISM CONSIDER'D. 2nd Edition. London: Samuel Keble 1708. 2046pp. ESTC T200086. <br> <br> 2 Mackenzie George: A VINDICATION OF THE GOVERNMENT IN SCOTLAND DURING THE REIGN OF KING CHARLES THE II. Edinburgh: James Watson 1712. 62pp. Final two leaves defective. ESTC T58742. <br> <br> 3 Church Polity: PRIMITIVE CHURCH GOVERNMENT IN THE PRACTICE OF THE REFORMED IN BOHEMIA. OR AN ACCOUNT OF THE ECCLESIASTICK ORDER AND DISCIPLINE AMONG THE REFORMED. Edinburgh 1703. 1656pp. ESTC 114573. <br> <br> 4 Garden George: THE CASE OF THE EPISCOPAL CLERGY AND THOSE OF THE EPISCOPAL PERSWASION CONSIDERED AS TO THE GRANTING THEM A TOLERATION AND INDULGENCE. 2nd Edition. Edinburgh 1703. 40pp. ESTC N16050. <br> <br> 5 Ramsay James: A LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN TO A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT; CONCERNING TOLERATION. Edinburgh. 1703. 13pp. ESTC T63770. <br> <br> 6 Skene J.: PLAIN DEALING WITH THE PRESBYTERIANS BY WAY OF ANSWER TO A LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN TO A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT CONCERNING TOLERATION. Edinburgh 1703. 27i.e. 24pp. ESTC T61158. <br> <br> 7 Hay Richard: AN ESSAY ON THE ORIGINE sic OF THE ROYAL FAMILY OF THE STEWARTS. Edinburgh: William Adams 1722. 439pp. ESTC T117169. <br> <br> 8 Barclay John: JOHN BARCLAY HIS VINDICATION OF THE INTERCESSION OF SAINTS THE VENERATION OF RELICKS AND MIRACLES AGAINST THE SECTARIES OF THE TIMES. London: Mary Thompson 1688. 220pp. ESTC R215790. <br> <br> 9 Ford Simon: BAPTISM FOR THE DEAD. A SERMON PREACH'D BEFORE THE LORD MAYOR AND THE COURT OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF LONDON ON JUNE THE 5th 1692. London: A. and J. Churchill 1692. 429pp. ESTC R13623. <br> <br> 10 Turner Francis: A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE THE KING ON THE 30/1 OF JANUARY 1680/1. BEING THE FAST FOR THE MARTYRDOM OF KING CHARLES I. OF BLESSED MEMORY. London: J. Maycock for R. Royston 1681. 47pp. ESTC R4027. <br> <br> 11 Lockhart George: THE CASE OF MR. GREENSHIELDS FULLY STATED AND DISCUSS'D IN A LETTER FROM A COMMONER OF NORTH BRITAIN TO AN ENGLISH PEER. London. 1711. 23pp. ESTC T20083. <br> <br> 12 Burnet Gilbert: A SERMON PREACHED ON FAST-DAY DECEMB. 22 1680. AT ST. MARGARETS WESTMINSTER BEFORE THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF COMMONS. London: Richard Chiswell 1681. 242pp. ESTC R19858. <br> <br> 13 Garden George: THE CASE OF THE EPISCOPAL CLERGY AND THOSE OF THE EPISCOPAL PERSWASION CONSIDERED AS TO THE GRANTING THEM A TOLERATION AND INDULGENCE THE SECOND PART. Edinburgh. 1704. 2100pp. ESTC T79512. unknown books
1613D15149London: Robert Barker 1613. First Edition thus. Full Calf. Good. 4to 8 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.; 216 x 156 mm. Black letter text in double columns 71 lines to the full column New Testament title in heart-shaped center within woodcut border woodcut initials head-and tailpieces. The First Quarto Edition of the King James Bible in black letter with "he" in Ruth 3:15. "This and many subsequent issues were produced in close imitation of those black-letter quarto editions of the Geneva Bible which had proved so popular." Herbert As they are often found our copy is imperfect bound with additional bits and pieces also imperfect Our copy is lacking preliminary quire A including general title scattered browning and staining throughout two tears just touching text two holes costing a few words. Bound before the Bible: An imperfect and defective copy of the Book of Common Prayer lacks all before quire B; and Speed's Genealogies stained throughout without the map of Canaan. Bound after the Bible: the 1615 edition of Herrey's Concordances last two leaves defective; and Sternhold & Hopkins' metrical psalms lacks title-page quite stained and frayed toward the end. Bound in Eighteenth-century tree calf; worn joints cracked but generally sound. Label to spine states it incorrectly as Geneva Bible. Our copy has an interesting line of provenance as follows: William Albin several signatures dated 1727 1729 and 1732 Theophilus Jones gift inscription to Thomas G. Evans dated 1867 Birth records of the Welsh family Evans 18471874 in one hand on flyleaf Christmas Evans inscription dated 1935; Evans's probable namesake and ancestor was the famous Welsh Noncomformist minister Christmas Evans 17661838 $5500 <br/><br/> Robert Barker unknown books
163226102London: Robert Barker.by the assignes of John Bill 1632. Folio 34 cm 13.4". 15 507 1 ff. lacking 7 prelim. ff. <br><br>preceded by Speed John. The genealogies recorded in the Sacred Scriptures according to euery familie and tribe. London: F. Kingston 1632. Folio. 2 34 pp. with Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. Sternhold & Hopkins. 1632. The whole booke of Psalmes. Collected into English meeter. London: Pr. by R. Badger for the Co. of Stationers 1632. Folio. 2 114 pp. lacking 8 index pp.<br>Â Â Â Â Attractive folio King James Bible set in roman in double columns ruled in red throughout with woodcut headpieces and decorative capitals. Darlow and Moule suggest that this edition was actually printed in early 1633 as a number of copies are recorded as having their title-page dates altered by hand to read 1633 as is the case here.<br>Â Â Â Â The Apocrypha are present with the blank space on the last page of Malachi filled with an early inked "account of the several books in the Apocrypha." => The Psalter following the Bible includes music. The O.T. title-page is engraved and signed very faintly in this example by William here "Guilielmus" Hole and is framed by an elaborate architectural border displaying the coats of arms of the 12 tribes of Israel and portraits of the 12 Apostles. => The recto of the list of books is a full-page engraving of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden surrounded by animals. The New Testament has a separate title-page dated 1632 with an ornate wood-engraved border featuring Justice and Truth along with the British lion and unicorn and various architectural motifs.<br>Â Â Â Â The volume opens with two fly-leaves bearing genealogical records in several different early inked hands with dates ranging from 1743 through 1847. A copy of Speed's Genealogies precedes the Old Testament while the "Description of Canaan" with map that should close the Genealogies has been bound in after the O.T. title-page. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC S122379; Darlow & Moule 359; STC 2nd ed. 2298.5. Speed: ESTC S126191; STC 2nd ed. 23039a.4. Psalms: ESTC S122383; STC 2nd ed. 2633. Recent mottled calf covers fillet-framed and panelled in blind with decorative inner blind roll and blind-tooled corner fleurons; spine with gilt-stamped title and gilt-ruled raised bands. Front cover with two slender scrapes; title-page with date altered in ink to 1633 as above. Front fly-leaves with margins repaired; Description of Canaan with inner margin reinforced. Bible seven preliminary leaves lacking calendar dedication preface and list of books all present; Psalms four final index leaves only lacking; foliation slightly erratic. Varying degrees of age-toning occasional light waterstaining some margins with faint smudging; in fact and in sum a nice volume to hold and work with. Robert Barker...by the assignes of John Bill hardcover books
1607D15150London: Robert Barker 1607. Full Calf. Very Good. 2 parts in one volume folio 13 x 8 1/2 in.; 330 x 216 mm. Double column text in roman type 63 lines to the full column engraved general title tinted by hand in rose pink and light blue wash woodcut headpiece and small ornament on New Testament title-page with continuous register but separate foliation full-page woodcut of Adam and Eve in Eden facing Genesis 31 woodcut text illustrations diagrams and maps woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces; foliation errors as typical; scattered staining throughout tape repaired tear on G2 cutting into side-notes and another on Ffff2 repaired with older cellotape. Contemporary calf over beveled wooden boards old sueded calf spine nailed to front and rear covers this done a very long time ago; catches perished but still a most impressive looking object and a quite decent copy overall of the Geneva Bible in Folio format in a contemporary binding. The Geneva version of the Old Testament translated by William Whittingham Anthony Gilby Thomas Sampson and perhaps others with Laurence Tomson's revision of the Geneva version of the New Testament and his translation of Franciscus Junius' translation of Revelation. The correct collation reads as in ESTC not Herbert quires AaaZzz should read: AaaLll6 MmmOoo8 PppZzz6. STC 2199; ESTC S122320; Herbert 289. <br/><br/> Robert Barker unknown books
1589D15147London 1589. First Edition thus. Full Calf. Near Fine. Small folio 10 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.; 274 X 191 mm. Text in parallel columns 56 lines to the full column: Rheims New Testament printed in roman type on the left the Bishops' version in italics on the right both divided in verses all arguments marginal notes and other annotations of the Rheims NT printed at the end interspersed with the confutations title within woodcut border woodcut initials head and tailpieces. Eighteenth-century Cambridge-style mottled calf; expertly rebacked to period style red morocco lettering pieces mottling oxidized. An exceptionally nice copy of the first edition of Fulke's refutation of the arguments and accusations contained in the Catholic New Testament which was edited chiefly by Gregory Martin and printed at Rheims in 1582. The Rheims New Testament and the Bishops' version are here printed in full side by side with Fulke's commentary at the end of each chapter. This tandem printing "secured for the former a publicity which it would not otherwise have obtained and was indirectly responsible for the marked influence which Rheims exerted on the Bible of 1611" Herbert <br/><br/> unknown books
179168436Very Rare Early American Edition of a ChildrenÃs Pocket Bible BIBLE IN ENGLISH. The Holy Bible Abridged: Or the History of the Old and New Testament. Illustrated with Notes and Adorned with Cuts. For the Use of Children. Two lines from Luke. Boston: Samuel Hall 1791. Early American edition and first Samuel Hall edition second Boston edition. There were only a total of five Children's bibles published in America before 1791. The First American edition was printed in Boston in 1782 by Robert Hodge for N. Coverly followed by a Worcester Massachusetts 1786 edition by Isaiah Thomas 1786 and 1788 Philadelphia editions and a 1790 New York edition. Our present copy was published the year after the New York edition. Thirtytwomo 4 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches; 104 x 67 mm. 4 vii-ix 8 18-173 1 pp. With frontispiece of Adam and Eve and fifty-nine crude but charming woodcuts illustrations depicting stories from the text meant to appeal to young children. The stories that have been abridged for use in this Bible generally consist of the more well- known stories which would be of interest to children such as Creation Adam & Eve and Jonah and the Whale from the Old Testament as well as the birth baptism and crucifixion of Jesus from the New Testament. Listed in Evans but not in Sabin. We could find no copies of this edition at auction and only one copy found at the Massachusetts Historical Society. All early American editions are rare and only two complete copies of the New York 1790 edition since 1976. There was the 1786 Worcester edition at auction in 2008 but it was incomplete. Contemporary marbled paper over boards repacked with matching paper. Inner hinges strengthened. Bound without endpapers. Some soiling and toning throughout. One leaf page 145 with some fraying to the edges not affecting text. Overall very good particularly for a childrenÃs book. The rarity of this book can somewhat be contributed to its very small size and that it was intended for the use of children. Something as delicate and tiny as this Bible in the hands of a child had little hope for a bright future. ìBy 1789 Bible story collections specifically for children had existed in the mother country for nearly a century an active market in the American colonies had not opened up. Neither American Protestants nor American Catholics of whom were growing in numbers seemed ready to give Bible stories to their children. In the 1780Ãs the American situation changed radically. Boston printers pirated NewberyÃs Holy Bible Abridged; in 1786 the astute Worcester printer Isaiah Thomas followed suit; and by 1815 The Holy Bible Abridged had been printed in urban and provincial print centers all over the America northeast.î The Bible for Children: From the Age of Gutenberg to the Present. By Ruth B. Bottigheimer Shipton & Mooney 46126 Bristol B7648 Welch D.A. Amer. childrenÃs books 6127 ESTC W1077 Brinley 5815. HBS 68436. $6500 Samuel Hall hardcover books
172741004London: R. Wilkin 1728 i.e. 1727. 64mo 4 cm 1.57". 6 154 2 155278 6 pp.; 16 plts. <br><br>Delightful example of an illustrated thumb Bible this being => the earliest known prose appearance of such according to Adomeit. Wilkin printed this tiny volume in 1727 and Adomeit notes that "copies are most commonly found with date altered in ink to 1728" as is indeed the case here "but there seems to be no difference between the copies outside of this change." In addition to the two engraved title-pages the text is illustrated with => 16 minscule engraved plates.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Full black calf gilt extra board edges and turn-ins with gilt roll. All edges gilt; marbled endpapers. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Adomeit Thumb Bibles B16 see also p. xvi; ESTC N64949; Opie L 25. Binding as above slightly expectably sprung spine gilt showing one crack. Dates inked in an early hand as above; frontispiece for New Testament affixed to final page of Old Testament. Pages and plates very clean. => A remarkable copy of a desirable item. R. Wilkin unknown books
161117388London: Robert Barker 1611. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. The First and Second Books of Kings complete in 36 leaves. The first page is the final page of the previous book 2 Samuel; on the reverse begins 'The First Booke of the Kings commonly called The third Booke of the Kings'. 36pp. followed by 'The Second Booke of the Kings commonly called The fourth Booke of the Kings' 35pp. The final page ends II Kings and begins I Chronicles. Printed in black letter woodcut initials. Recent binding of quarter calf gilt titles Cockerell marbled paper boards. Some remargining no loss and old stains else a very good copy in a fine binding The binder's notes itemize the steps in rebinding including leaf disinfectant for the stains. Darlow & Moule 240. Robert Barker hardcover books
150741458Cambridge: Pr. by John Archdeacon 177576. 4to in 8s 28.8 cm 11.33". Frontis. 639 ff. <br><br>with accompanying volume The book of common prayer 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. Cambridge: Pr. by John Archdeacon 1781. 8vo 20.7 cm 8.15". 376 ff. bound with Vickers William. A companion to the altar: Shewing the nature and necessity of a sacramental preparation in order to our worthy receiving the holy communion. London: Pr. for Thomas Beecroft 1783. Frontis. 2 v55 1 adv. pp. lacking half-title or initial blank and with Bible. Psalms. English. Sternhold and Hopkins. The whole book of psalms collected into English metre. Cambridge: Pr. by John Archdeacon 1785. 8vo. 64 ff.<br>Â Â Â Â This striking 18th-century set owned by a wealthy Englishwoman who spent much of her life in Switzerland for more on which see below pairs a handsome Cambridge Bible and BCP in => masterfully designed and executed deluxe matched bindings. The Bible opens with a frontispiece engraved by Charles Grignion after Francis Hayman; the Apocrypha are present in this copy and the New Testament has a separate title-page dated 1776. The BCP is bound with Companion to the Altar "Note This Book is bound up with the Common-Prayers of several sorts printed by the University of Cambridge" as per the title-page; Sternhold & Hopkins bring up the rear.<br>Â Â Â Â Bindings: Contemporary mottled green morocco covers framed in Greek key roll and dentelles composed of urn and flower motifs surrounding central JHS medallions with red morocco inlays and gilt-tooled flames; spines with gilt-tooled compartment decorations Bible spine with gilt-stamped red leather title-label. While the covers of the two volumes are strongly similar overall and "read" as => identical on first glance the details of the design vary slightly between the Bible and the BCP as the size disparity and possibly the time gap between the publication dates necessitated the use of different tools. The spine designs differ more notably but still most companionably with the Bible's spine decorations being built up with foliate and floral motifs and the BCP's with suns and stars. => To engage in minute comparison of these bindings' detail is an entrancing exercise.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Front free endpaper of Bible used for family record: Francis James Barwell de Sandol Roy born in 1793 and died in 1813 "Quel angoisse!"; Henri Guillaume de Sandol Roy born in 1797; and a list of grandchildren: François Sophie Anna and Alfred. The title-page inscription confirms that this set was owned by Sophie Bridget Barwell de Sandol Roy 17691850 daughter of William Barwell a director of the East India Company; her brother Richard became a famously wealthy and scandalous nabob. Dubbed "la belle Anglaise" following her arrival in Neuchâtel Sophie made a great splash in Swiss society and received a proposal from Colonel François Isaac de Sandol Roy sometimes given as Sandol-Roy a proposal which she at first rejected until he subsequently saved her from the guillotine in revolutionary Paris! For more on their story please see Musée Neuchatelois 1923 ed. pp. 24 which includes a reproduction of a portrait of Sophie de Sandol-Roy done by Sir Joshua Reynolds. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Bible: Darlow & Moule 1247; ESTC T88808. BCP: Griffiths Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer 1781:1; ESTC T212010. Companion: ESTC T76554. Psalms: ESTC T221010. Bindings as above moderate rubbing to extremities and sides with limited scuffing only; all edges gilt marbled endpapers and original matching dark blue bookmarks present still attached. Bible with small area of waterstaining to lower inner margins of first few leaves including frontispiece; varying faint to moderate foxing; one leaf with small repair to upper outer margin. BCP with a few instances of light foxing pages mostly clean; laid in is a stitched pamphlet which seems to be a record of additional family information involving Albert Victor and Mary although written in a challenging hand. => A gorgeous lavish production altogether with a remarkable arresting provenance. Pr. by John Archdeacon hardcover books
1846238568New York: Harper & Brothers 1846. First book edition of Harper Bible first issued in 54 parts. Engraved presentation leaf printed in green and black in other copies sepia contents leaf printed in sepia marriages births and deaths pages printed in red blue and sepia respectively engraved main title printed in sepia in other copies blue engraved title to New Testament printed in blue in other copies sepia 2 frontispieces text in triple column the middle column a narrow one with notations and glosses; numerous wood-engraved illus. throughout; bound without the 2 half-titles printed in red; 844 128 256 4 8 14 34 pp. Large thick 4to. In full American black pebble-grain morocco covers with triple gilt rule enclosing decorative floral outer panel with rosettes urns and other decorative elements with an ornate gilt lozenge central gilt decorated spine in 6 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 1 the binder's name J. H. Sackmann and Brother in gilt at the bottom gilt turn-ins and elaborately decorated endpapers with a floral and ornithological motif; small crack at the top of the upper joint else fine and bright in a handsome deluxe American binding of the period. First book edition of Harper Bible first issued in 54 parts. Engraved presentation leaf printed in green and black in other copies sepia contents leaf printed in sepia marriages births and deaths pages printed in red blue and sepia respectively engraved main title printed in sepia in other copies blue engraved title to New Testament printed in blue in other copies sepia 2 frontispieces text in triple column the middle column a narrow one with notations and glosses; numerous wood-engraved illus. throughout; bound without the 2 half-titles printed in red; 844 128 256 4 8 14 34 pp. Large thick 4to. Harper Bible in Deluxe American binding. A copy in deluxe binding of the first complete book edition of the Harper Bible. ".this Harper publication was a remarkable production for its time and place and retains its importance in the annals of American book-making. W.J. Linton noted wood-engraver and author knew 'no other book like this so good so perfect in all its undertakes.' The illustrations are like paintings of history as are so many of the old European Biblical painting and illustrations" Hills quoting Weitenhampf. Hills 1161; Hamilton 198; cf. Exman The House of Harper pp. 34-35 Harper & Brothers unknown books
183333830New Haven: Durrie & Peck; Sold by Hezekiah Howe & Co. and by N. & J. White 1833. 8vo 23 cm; 9". xvi 907 pp. <br><br>First edition of the Bible in English Authorized Version tailored for American readers by Noah Webster 17581843. "His purpose was to remove obsolete words and those offensive to delicacy" Rumball-Petre Webster himself further stipulating "To avoid giving offense to any denomination of christian sic I have not knowingly made any alteration to the passages of the present version on which the different denominations rely for the support of their peculiar tenets" Preface p. iv. Webster further explains that the purpose of his revisions is to make the language clearer and purer so as to not "divert the mind from the matter to the language of the scriptures and thus in a degree frustrate the purpose of giving instruction" Preface p. xvi.<br>Â Â Â Â Webster considered his work on the revision of the Bible more important than that on the dictionary and was sorely disappointed at the Bible's poor reception among all levels of readers.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: 19th-century ownership signatures of Luther P. Hubbard undated and R.T. Hall 1894; after ca. 1954 in The Howell Bible Collection Pacific School of Religion properly released. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Darlow & Moule 1793; Hills 826; Rumball-Petre 197. Publisher's sheep spine dry and tending to flake; front board once detached and resecured with a cloth tape repair at the hinge inside. Foxing as usual. Priced to encourage better repair to its binding this is a complete sound copy. Durrie & Peck; Sold by Hezekiah Howe & Co., and by N. & J. White hardcover books
