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1488ABC_46242Diocese of Utrecht the County of Holland 1488. Contemporary blind-tooled calf over rounded "cushioned" wooden boards sewn on 4 supports each board with a double-fillet frame forming rectangles and squares the central panel filled with a diaper of double fillets making 4 whole and 8 half lozenges the lozenges and the surrounding rectangular and square fields all with blind-stamped three-leaf clovers and stars. With the original brass catch- and anchor-plates the latter with remnants of the leather fastenings and the later silk red ribbon markers loosely preserved. Large 8vo 19 x 13.5 x 4 cm. Written in Dutch on vellum leaf 19 x 13.5 cm; text block ca. 10.5 x 6.5/7 cm by 2 gothic textura hands the second hand appearing on f. 2r-v f. 15r-16r and f. 140v-141v in 1 column 20 lines/page for the first hand for the main text and calendar; 22 lines/page for the additions written by the second hand. All leaves are numbered in pencil in the upper margin of the rectos by a 19th- or 20th-century hand. Richly iluminated by the Master of the Brussels Hours of the Bezborodko Group being one of the stylistic groups of the Masters of the Dark Eyes with 6 full-page miniatures ca. 16.5 x 11.5 cm one ca. 14.5 x 10 cm and two ca. 15 x 10.5 cm 2 historiated initials 10-line both in blue on a burnished raised gold ground; the first showing the Virgin with Child against a red dotted background the second showing Christ crowned with thorns and holding a globe and 4 larger decorated initials 9- and 10-line initials in burnished raised gold or blue on a blue or burnished raised gold ground filled with floral and vine motifs in mauve red and green. 5 of 6 miniatures appear in a thin gold frame with four-margin border decoration. The historiated and larger decorated initials also have four-marginal border decoration and golden bars. Also with several smaller decorated initials 6-line initials in burnished raised gold or blue and occasionally in mauve filled with blue or mauve and decorated with white and gold-painted filligree decoration on a burnished raised gold or blue ground sometimes with a decorated bar in gold mauve and blue and/or three-marginal border decoration small initials 2/3-line initials in burnished raised gold filled with blue or mauve and white decoration on a mauve or blue field with one-marginal and occassionally two-marginal scrolling foliage with detached green and attached gold leaves except for the initials in the calendar and sometimes with a decorated bar in gold mauve and blue and many 1-line lombardic initials in blue and red. Also with a 6-line blue penwork initial on a red penwork ground being a contemporary addition. All three- and four-marginal border decoration on an uncoloured background filled in with small dots or short tendrils in black show acanthus leaves vividly coloured in green blue bright red mauve yellow ochre and gold various flowers and several brightly coloured birds and fabulous beings with gold and black/white dots among them. An extensively and beautifully decorated Dutch-language book of hours written on good quality vellum and dated 1488 and illuminated by the Master of the Brussels Hours of the Bezborodko Group being one of the stylistic groups of the famous Masters of the Dark Eyes. The present book of hours was hitherto unrecorded as manuscript of these famous illuminators of medieval manuscripts and it appears to be the earliest example of a manuscript decorated by the Master of the Brussels Hours of the Bezborodko Group.With regards to the text the present manuscript can be considered as a quite common book of hours as it contain texts often present in these books the Hours of the Virgin the Long Hours of the Cross the Hours of the Holy Spirit the Hours of Eternal Wisdom the Office of the Dead and the Seven Penitential Psalms including a litany and some other suffrages and prayers. However with regards to the decoration program the present manuscript is notorious as it was a yet unrecorded example of a manuscript illuminated by one of the Masters of the Dark Eyes more specific the Master of the Brussels Hours of the Bezborodko Group. Many thanks to dr. Klara Broekhuijsen for conforming this and for providing us the material to study this manuscript in relation to other manuscripts of the Bezborodko Group.The Masters of the Dark Eyes are considered to be the "most important and most prolific illuminators working in the County of Holland" Broekhuijsen Masters and miniatures and were named after their most prominent feature: the heavy shadows around the eyes of their figures. They were responsible for the illumination of many works of which an unusually large number of over seventy manuscripts are left and they are known for the lavishness and extent of their decoration programmes. On stylistic grounds the Masters of the Dark Eyes are divided into seven groups all flourishing between ca. 1490-1510 of which one is called the Bezborodko Group "the best among the Masters of the Dark Eyes in terms of quality" Broekhuijsen Masters and miniatures. Features of the Bezborodko Group are a refined use of colour their specific border decoration acanthus leaves in various colours flowers and fabulous beasts with gold or black dots among them leaving the bare vellum visible and moreover their use of engravings and woodcuts as models for the compositions of their miniatures.In the Bezborodko Group we distinguish two painters: the Master of the Bezborodko Hours and the Master of the Brussels Hours. The decoration program of this book of hours is an outstanding example of the work of the Master of the Brussels Hours. Differences between both Bezborodko Masters come out in the first place in their use of colour. The Master of the Brussels Hours has a preference for more dark reds and blues in the draperies of figures and in the border decoration instead of the softer colours pink yellow pale blue of the Master of the Bezborodko Hours. The border decoration in this manuscript show especially many vivid red and blue and especially the draperies of the figures in the miniatures are almost all painted in a dark deep blue. Another feature of the way they shape their figures in the miniatures. The figures as painted by the Master of the Brussels Hours are somewhat taller slender and more elegant with finer faces more pointed chins especially for women and sharper contours in contrast to the figures of the Master of the Bezborodko Hours which have more thickset compact forms with rounder faces. In the present manuscript the figures all have pointed chins. When we compare the compositions in the present book of hours with those in other manuscripts illuminated by the Master of the Brussels Hours we find almost one-to-one matches in the decoration program.The present manuscript is the earliest dated example of a book of hours illuminated by the Master of the Brussels Hours being signed 1488. Five other manuscripts of the Bezborodko Group are dated two date from 1489 one from 1490 two from 1491. It is quite hard to say precisely where the manuscript must have been made as it is for almost every manuscript illuminated by the Masters of the Dark Eyes but we can assume that the present book of hours is illuminated in the former County of Holland. The present manuscript was long time unrecorded as a manuscript illuminated by one of the Masters of the Dark Eyes because it circulated for years in private collections. We know that the manuscript was formerly part of the library of the Old Catholic Clergy of Sts. Gummarus and Pancratius in Enkhuizen based upon the 19th-century inscription on the verso of the front endpaper. In May 1909 the manuscript was at auction Frederik Muller nr. 814 and again a year later on 16-17 June 1910 nr. 1736 where it was bought by the jurist W.H. Köhler living in Maarssen. The manuscript was sold again on auction at Van Huffelen on 7 February 1946 where it was bought by W.A. Hofman. From then on the present manuscript remained family property obtained by the current owner by inheritance.Binding slightly worn and professionally restored around the spine. Fastenings 2 and 1 anchor plate lost. Some marginal dust-soiling of the leaves some marginal spots and stains a few very minor marginal tears never affecting the miniatures or text two small wormholes in the last quire not affecting the text and some more worming on the last endpaper endpapers browned and chipped a few marginal creases some miniatures initials and border decoration show signs of wear but overall the book of hours being a beautiful and curious example of book illumination by one of the Masters of the Dark Eyes is still in good condition.l The description made by Willem de Vreese of the present manuscript can be found in the Bibliotheca Neerlandica Manuscripta 856. For the Masters of the Dark Eyes and the Brezborodko group: Klara H. Broekhuijsen The Masters of the Dark Eyes. Late medieval manuscript painting in Holland 2009; Klara H. Broekhuijsen Masters and miniatures. Proceedings of the congress on medieval manuscript illumination in the Northern Netherlands Utrecht 10-13 December 1989 pp. 403-412. hardcover
1890469384Winchester England 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. A remarkable color illuminated album presented to Harold Browne Bishop of Winchester by members of his Diocese in honor of the 50th anniversary of his wedding in 1890. Large quarto. Bound dark brown morocco with elaborate gilt stamped and blind embossed boards metal ecclesiastical coat of arms mounted on the front board silver silk floral endpapers signed in gold on front silk pastedown: “Blackwell Market Place Readingâ€. The album contains 12 hand written and hand painted color plates mounted in boards. The first three plates include detailed wash drawings inset as vignettes at the center of the bottom illuminated border. A few small light scrapes to the corners and spine ends modest toning and foxing to the silk free endpapers on the blank paper sides very good or better with modest offsetting on the blank versos of the mounts from the facing illuminated plate. A handsome meticulously hand-crafted presentation manuscript. hardcover
1703B7089Paris: Chez Simon Langlois c 1703. near fine with text clean and crisp. . Edition: First Edition. Binding: Contemporary full paper boards expertly rebacked; raised spine with five 5 bands black ink title on vellum label on two; central black fleur de lis design on four. Notes: Provenance: Upper pasted endpaper with owner’s armorial bookplate: “Watkin Williams Esq of Penbedw // in the County of Denbighâ€. Concerning this name Archaeologia Cambrensis states: “1789. Watkin Williams Esq. of Penbedw in the county of Denbigh but owner of property in the parishes of Mallwyd and Llan-y-mowddwy in the county of Merioneth M.P. first for Montgomeryshire and afterwards during nearly thirty years for the Flint contributary boroughs was appointed lieutenant and custos rotulorum for Merionethshire.†Final free endpaper watermarked. <br>This edition of this Canadiana publication is unique in that we are not able to locate another copy of the same anywhere. The second last paragraph of the introduction to the priests clergy and missionaries in this edition states that this publication encloses at the end of the first part or 'Rituel' a second part entitled 'les Statuts Ordonnances & Mandemens.' instructions prepared at various times by the Church for the conduct of all including those entrusted to the clergy that these instructions may not be ignored. The recipient are advised that they are restatements of instructions previously given to be read often just as such given in the Ritual itself; they are to be followed with precisions including all the rules contained not to be lost sight of observed faithfully in all works and ones conduct. The inclusion of this paragraph is unlike the introduction of another edition published at the same time and same location but not including this paragraph or the 'Statuts.'. <br>The present work describing festivals sacraments statutes and ordinances for the use by priests in Quebec is extremely rare and was immediately followed by a second edition published the same year: Gagnon reports that in a copy of the second edition of 1703 now at the Laval University library and previously owned by Abbé Plante a note says that the first edition “would have been almost completely destroyed by the sinking of the ship …carrying it to Canada and for this reason a second edition was immediately made.†<br>On the “privilege†included as the final leaf in our first edition example it is stated that the work was registered on March 30 1703 and completed for print for the first time on March 31 1703; <br><br>Saint-Valier was a supporter of the Counter Reformation. His initial intent in the New World was to engage in the conversion of the indigenous residents. He introduced Jesuits and Recollects in an attempt to evangelize New France. Many of these missions Illinois Louisiana and Mississippi resulted in conflicts between Bishop Saint-Vallier the Jesuits and the seminary of Quebec.<br><br>His various construction projects reflect a desire to restore and renew the authority in the Catholic Church as the main institution of administrative organization. In 1697 Saint-Valier built a palace in Quebec for his clergy and as a place of hospitality. During the same year he also established a nuns monastery in Trois-Rivières Saint-Vallier’s zeal for religious activities and establishments stretched from Quebec Montreal Acadia and Louisiana. His way of life embodied that of the ideals of the Council of Trent.<br><br>The Diocese of Quebec was vast and its population diverse and widespread. It included the whole of French North America or what was called New France divided in seven colonies: Newfoundland Acadia ÃŽle Royale Louisiana Illinois Upper Country and Canada inhabited by Indigenous people and the European settlers. During the tenure of Saint-Vallier immigration from France was mostly over; the European colonists were farmers fishermen sailors merchants and ‘coureurs des bois’ overseen by a small elite of aristocratic leaders but a great demographic explosion occurred between 1685 and 1730 the white population in New France jumping from c. 12000 inhabitants to c. 41500.<br><br>During the same time the number of Amerindian fell from c. 163500 to c. 61500. That loss mainly in the tribes of Louisiana was attributed to warfare and diseases brought to the valley of the Mississippi. The number of Aboriginals compared to white settlers is one reason for the presence of so many religious orders in New France. The missions and conversions to Christianity were deemed very important.<br><br>Priests of the Missions Étrangères of Paris the Jesuits the Recollets and the Sulpicians often worked in collaboration with the nuns from different orders like the Congrégation de Notre-Dame or the Canonesses of St. Augustine of the Mercy of Jesus at l’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec. The arrival of Saint-Vallier and his strong views on what should be the duties of the priests created a shock wave in the orders especially for the Seminary of Quebec newly founded by his predecessor Bishop Laval. … Saint-Vallier's tenure as bishop was defined by interminable quarrels with governmental and religious institutions in French North America. … his active leadership style brought him into conflict with various groups who perceived him as at times domineering and micromanaging.<br>While subject to much criticism Saint-Vallier was also admired in his diocese for his dedication and self-sacrifice. Rather than staying in Quebec or Montreal he tirelessly traveled the back-country. The founding of the Hôpital Général and installation of Jesuits and Recollets at Montreal were also to his credit.<br><br>There was a very strong suspicion in the colonies and in France that the Bishop of Quebec was in fact a follower of Jansenism. . In the beginning of the 18th century the Bishop wrote 3 books; the Ritual the Catechism and the ‘Statuts et ordonnances’ – two of which are bound in the present volume. <br>…the Superior of the jesuite order decided to attack Saint-Vallier’s authority by writing a long critic of those three books seeing them as a "lapse into Arianism Pelagianism Jansenism Lutheranism and Calvinism". Father Bouvart based his accusations on different passages of the works of the Bishop … who eventually appealed to the Sorbonne to have his works rehabilitated. The doctors of the Faculty of Theology declared the Ritual and the Catechism perfectly orthodox and censured the critic of Bouvart. Nevertheless Saint-Vallier decided to re-edit in 1713 the Ritual so as to cast away all doubts about his pretended Jansenist ideas. This book remained in use in the parishes until the middle of the 19th century. The present work is the unedited original and first edition of his ritual and statuts. <br><br>The disputes with the religious orders of New France the government and the merchants gave way to a more peaceful period that lasted until his death. Austere throughout his life he became more and more humble in his way of living and turned toward contemplation and simple duties. .He also took very seriously his duties of Bishop and developed parishes in the farthest corners of the diocese.<br><br> Size: Octavo 213 x133mm. Illustration: Text in French; with some text in Latin<br>Achevé d'imprimer pour la premiere fois ce 31 mars 1703. Relié avec le Rituel du même. <br><br>Illustrated with two printer's devices representing the arms of the archdiocese of Quebec; various head and tail pieces incl. vignettes; in-text music notes on Qiiii-Si; Ggii-iiii. References: Philéas Gagnon: Essai de bibliographie canadienne: Inventaire d'une bibliothèque . Volume 1: 3138 & 3139 p.437; Archaeologia Cambrensis Volume 1 p.142. Pages: Ff. 2 bl. ill. title bl. author to priests on the use of the book 4 Fetes Observe’es 4 604 table 2 errata 3 bl.; ill. title bl. letter 3 8-146 table 2 privilege 2 bl.2; In leaf collation: bl. v A-Z8 Aa-Nn8 Oo-Rr4 iiiff. table; a1 a3-a8 e8 i8 o8 u8 aa8 ee8 ii2 oo8 uu8 aaa1 ii bl. Category: Book Canada; Book Religious Christianity; Chez Simon Langlois, hardcover
16227492Madrid: Bernardino de Guzmán 1622. First Edition Primera edición. Hardcover Tapa dura. 293x204mm. 11½x8". Madrid Bernardino de Guzmán 1622. En folio 293 x 204mm. 20 h. 108 14 h. Preciosa portada grabada. Reencuadernado en su pergamino de época. Primera edición de las Constituciones Sinodales de la Diócesis de Toledo Sínodo de 1620. Bernardino de Guzmán hardcover
17902777Madrid 1790. Peter Marin. Small 4to. 224 pp. Bound in contemporary horsehide -- on covers a flower tool has been impressed in gold to form a cross in the outer edges a rope-work roll at the corners the same flower tool four raised bands on spine in the compartments impressions in gold of the same flower tool; two pair of original catches and clasps affixed by nails one indistinguishable replacement all edges gilt around edges of the textblock are 11 impressions of a 6-pointed star. Minor wear to binding text clean and crisp. Preserved in a cloth box. FEASTS AND FESTIVALS in Toledo. It was suggested to us that this book was bound in Columbia South America where it had been beautifully preserved located since Colonial times. Be that as it may the front and back pastedowns consist of printed Spanish Revenue Stamped paper: "Quarenta Maravedis / Sello Quarto Quarenta Maravedis Ano de Mil y Ochocientos Siete" 1806. Such documents would have been valid for one year only in Spain after which time the document was unusable in any official capacity and therefore of no value except as scrap paper. Our binding must date ca. 1807-1810. The provenance suggests that the book originated in Granada: on the verso is the contemporary inscription "Fratre Francisco Illorales" presumably of Illora Granda. ¶ Of particular veneration in Toledo was Saint Ildefonsus 607-667 Bishop of Toledo whose Feast is celebrated on 23 January. El Greco's portrait of him is in the Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad Illescas Toledo where it has been preserved along with four other El Greco paintings for more than 400 years. ¶ COMMENT: We are grateful to Farley Katz Esq. for his kind assistance in the cataloguing of this item. unknown
178211399Poitiers: J.-F. Faulcon & F. Barbier 1782. Contemporary mottled sheep slightly scuffed gilt spine and title red edges. <p>       The music chants and prayers for the annual processions celebrated by the canons of the 11th-century Church of St. Hilary in Poitiers. For extramural ceremonies the text specifies the routes and which other religious groups — Capuchins Augustinians Ursulines etc. — may participate. In good condition paper flaw slightly affecting text on one leaf bookplate of the Rouen Abp. É.-H. de Cambacérès 1756-1818.<br /> ¶See Collette’s “Le Processional de Saint-Hilaire le Grand de Poitiers aux XVIe et XVIIIe siècles édition et commentaire†in École pratique des hautes études. 4e section 1975 995-9.</p> J.-F. Faulcon & F. Barbier unknown
a873921805. Fully handwritten manuscript very neatly written but in tiny ink letters. Octavo 40 213 leaves or 426p. original 3/4 leather with marbled boards and spine label. Opens to title page. Good Plus cover rubbed and worn; label worn off backstrip. Text clean. No ownership marks. Intact; binding secure. Pictures available on request. . hardcover
1857455443Stuttgart : Verlag der Frauen-Zeitung 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Good tight copies both in cloth-backed paper boards now slightly scuffed and somewhat worn at the edges. Contemporary manuscript title labels to front boards. Text blocks foxed mostly lightly and to the margins. A well-preserved set overall. Physical description; 2 volumes ; 25 cm. Notes; Volumes for Jahrg. 1 1857 and 6 1862 the latter with alternate subtitle ""ein Archiv für kirchliche Kunstschöpfungen und christliche Alterthumskunde"". Subjects; Ecclesiastical art - Germany - Periodicals - 19th century Church decoration and ornament - Periodicals Needlework - Patterns - Periodicals. Stuttgart : Verlag der Frauen-Zeitung hardcover
1873179809London : Longmans 1873. First Edition. Hardback. Finely and sumptuously bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 482 pages; Series: Rerum britannicarum medii aevi scriptores ; 61. Rolls Series. Physical desc.: xliv 482p. Notes: Contains extracts from the episcopal registers of Carlisle Durham and York. Subject: Carlisle. Diocese - Bishops - Registers and acta. Carlisle - Diocese - Archival resources. Durham. Diocese - Bishops - Registers and acta. Durham. Diocese - Archival resources.York. Diocese - Bishops/Archbishops - Registers and acta. York. Diocese - Archival resources. Other names: Raine James younger editor Durham. Diocese. York. Province. London : Longmans hardcover
18398014Metis Metz: Collignon DD. Episcopi 1839. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo 552pp. ccxii. A very good copy in contemporary full calf. Leather generally dried and scuffed outer joints tender but holding and any remnant of a spine label is no longer present. Contemporary marbled endpapers. Period ownership inscription in Lorain County Ohio of all places!. A very scarce Latin-language book of songs in Latin with sheet music-style notation almost throughout. OCLC describes the contents as containing Gregorian chants. We can locate just one copy of this 1839 edition at an Abbey in Indiana. We presume some other copies may exist in European cathedral libraries but in any event it's a scarce volume. Collignon, DD. Episcopi hardcover
1715724874London: Printed for and Sold by H. Clements at the Half-Moon in St Paul's Churchyard 1715. Hardcover. Good/No D/J as Published. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Full-leather. Bookplate to front paste down. Ffep and title page detached but present with damage to corner. Wear to binding with some staining to paste downs. An attractive and unusual title. Printed for and Sold by H. Clements at the Half-Moon in St Paul's Churchyard hardcover
1868030112Oxford: The University Press 1868 Two books in one very small volume. Book 1: 452 numbered pp. Book 2: 334 numbered pp. Pages: clean ivory tight; brown eps red edgestain ribbon marker; "Charles William Cook" in period script to ffep verso and to title page a few chipped pp scuffs to a.e. Cover: smooth leather on flexible boards brown linework all surfaces gilt ornamentation geometic shapes created by arrows front gilt titles spine. Very small. Could use a light cleaning and leather dressing which we are glad to do upon request for no additional charge. The University Press hardcover
2011x-1409405702Ashgate Pub Co 2011. Hardcover. New. 205 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. Ashgate Pub Co hardcover
1909ZB573224Oxford: B. H. Blackwell 1909-1916. Whole Numbers 85 March 1909 through 167 January 1916; most approximately 20 pages all in self wrappers; general age toning a few covers detached and a few issues margin chipped with no loss an overall good group. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Oxford: B. H. Blackwell, unknown
14673by the Lord Bishop of Adelaide on Thursday May 24 1849 . Adelaide : Printed by George Dehane King William Street 1849. Quarto printed wrappers 6 pp mild vertical fold line and some corner creasing; ex Webster Collection with small red stamp and manuscript collection number 2657 to last page; a good copy. Ferguson 5160. Copies are recorded in three Australian collections National Library of Australia; State Library of South Australia; State Library of Victoria unknown
1845004505New York: D. Appleton & Co 1845. Hardcover. Very Good -. 333 1 p.; 22 cm. Contemporary half red morocco with five spine compartments between raised bands with gilt-tooled decoration. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment "Bishop Onderdonk's Trial" with blind-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Maroon cloth over boards. All page edges speckled. Marbled endpapers. Imprint includes: Philadelphia: George S. Appleton. Without the 16 pages of publisher's advertisements found in some copies. The official account of the trial of the Rev. Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk 1791-1861 on charges of immorality and impurity by the court of bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Small oval paper label at head of spine. Small label at lower edge of front fixed endpaper reading: "From the Library of Herbert Boyce Satcher." Tipped in on the second blank leaf following the front endpapers is a portrait of Onderdonk engraved by W.L. Ormsby from a photograph by Brady. Tipped in on 2 blank pages following the text is a report of Bishop Onderdonk's funeral in 1861. Having been convicted of 6 counts of lewdness based on the testimony of various women who had rejected his advances the bishop had been suspended from his post. The author of the account of his funeral viewed him as "an innocent person visited with the severest punishment." Gift inscription at head of title page: "For John McKeon Esq with cmplnts of David Graham." Added to that an inscription indicating that it had been purchased at the sale of A. Oakey Hall's estate. Tipped in on the first blank leaf following the front endpapers is an autograph letter from David Graham to A. Oakey Hall esq. about another case. Inscriptions in pencil on the front free endpaper indicate that David Graham was the counsel for Onderdonk's defense; at foot of the page: "The Episcopal Church Bishop Richter." David Graham 1808-1852 was an English lawyer who spent part of his career in the United States. John McKeon 1808-1883 was an American lawyer who served as New York County district attorney from 1846 to 1850. Abraham Oakey Hall 1826-1898 was an American lawyer who served as mayor of New York City from 1869 to 1872. Herbert Boyce Satcher was the vicar of St. Aidan's Parish in Cheltenham Pa. from 1924 to 1958. In Very Good- Condition: edges rubbed; minor loss at head of spine; front hinge weak; the blank leaf with the tipped-in portrait is detached but present; minor foxing; otherwise clean and tight. D. Appleton & Co hardcover
1778LD15793Metz: Joannes-Baptista Collignon 1778. Hardcover. Very Good. French 18th-century olive crushed morocco gilt tooled with scrolling acanthus leaves and fleurons spine gilt in six compartments enclosing fleurons two red morocco lettering labels BREVIARI METENSE PARS AUTUMNALIS marbled endpapers inner gilt dentelles all edges gilt; corners lightly bumped. Folio 255 x 195mm. Sold as a binding. <br/><br/> Joannes-Baptista Collignon hardcover
1891071993Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. 10" x 7.5" x 1. Rebacked this copy is bound in half brown leather and brown cloth boards. Gilt trims the seams along the cover. Hubbed spine bears four raised bands with gilt lettering and ornamentation. Deckled foredge and foot. Teal endpapers. Leaves are a laid cotton rag paper. Title page bears small black and white engraving also present on the last page. Two large fold-out data tables are present in beautiful condition printed on vellum. Other printed data tables throughout. Includes seven appendices. x 154 pp. <br><br>CONDITION: Very good. Cover shows wear and spine repair is solid. Reinforced inner hinges with a dark teal publisher's cloth. Leaves have lightly toned with light foxing throughout. Text is very bold and bright. Occasional small tears on page edges. Unmarked except for previous owner's name written within the front endpapers and notation about the book's contents in pencil on a front flyleaf. A solid handsome copy. Full refund if not satisfied. <br><br>ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Daniel Berkeley Updike 1860-1941 was an American printer and historian of typography. In 1880 he joined the publishers Houghton Mifflin & Company of Boston as an errand boy. He worked for the firm's Riverside Press and trained as a printer but soon moved to typographic design. In 1896 he founded the Merrymount Press. . Updike was greatly interested in the history of printing types and in 1922 published Printing Types: Their History Forms and Use. An extensively revised second edition was published in 1937. He was involved in the Anglo-American 'Typographical Renaissance' of the time together with Frederic Goudy Stanley Morison Bruce Rogers and Theodore Low De Vinne." Wikipedia. Printed at the Riverside Press hardcover
187732064Maine: Protestant Episcopal Church Diocese of Maine. Various printers 1877. Wraps. Good. Octavo size. Binding in poor condition with covers and end sheets missing. Top text edges gilt. Pamphlet condition ranges from fair to very good with most in good to very good condition. Some light edge chips to the fragile covers. A complete abbreviated list of the twenty five titles follows:<br /> <br /> 1. Diocese of Maine 1820-1829. No date or printer listed. 32 pages. 1874 inscription on the title page. Light spotting front cover. Good.<br /> <br /> 2. Journal of the Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Churchin The State of Maine Held in St. Paul's Church Portland June 12 & 13 1833. Published in Portland 1833. 16 pages Light toning to the paper. Very good.<br /> <br /> 3. Journal of the sixteenth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church June 1835. 16 pages. Missing the outer covers. Fair condition;<br /> <br /> 4. Diocese of Maine 1820-1840. Printed in Portland 1876. 92 pages of Journals of the Annual Conventions. Diocese of Massachusetts inscription with its embossed blind stamp on the front outer wrap. 92 pages. Very good.<br /> <br /> 5. Journal of the Twenty Second Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of Maine May 1841. Printed in Gardiner 1841. 12 pages. No outer wraps. Good condition;<br /> <br /> 6. Maine Convention Protestant Episcopal Church Journal of the Twenty Third Annual Convention. Printed in Gardiner 1842. 14 pages. Original wraps present. Very good;<br /> <br /> 7. Journal of the Twenty Fourth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Maine. Portland 1843. 20 pages. Light foxing and wear. Good condition;<br /> <br /> 8. Journal of the Twenty Fifth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Maine. Printed in Portland 1844. 24 pages. No outer wraps. Ink stain front cover. Good condition;<br /> <br /> 9. Journal of the Twenty Sixth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Maine. Printed in Portland 1845. 24 pages. No outer wraps. Very good condition;<br /> <br /> 10. Journal of the Twenty Seventh Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Maine. Printed in Augusta 1846. 24 pages. No outer wraps. Very good condition;<br /> <br /> 11. Journal of the Twenty Eighth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Maine. Printed in Augusta 1847. 24 pages. No outer wraps. Very good condition;<br /> <br /> 12. Journal of the Twenty Ninth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Maine. Printed in Augusta 1848. 39 pages. Outer wraps with "Diocese of Maine" printed on the front cover. 39 pages. Very good condition;<br /> <br /> 13. Journal of the Thirtieth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Maine. Printed in Augusta 1849. 43 pages. Outer wraps with "Diocese of Maine" printed on the front cover. Very good condition;<br /> <br /> 14. Journal of the Thirty First Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Maine. Printed in Augusta 1850. 40 pages. Outer wraps with "Diocese of Maine" printed on the front cover. Very good condition;<br /> <br /> 15. Journal of the Thirty Second Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Maine. Printed in Augusta 1851. 43 pages. Outer wraps with "Diocese of Maine" printed on the front cover. Very good condition;<br /> <br /> 16. Journal of the Thirty Third Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Maine. Printed in Augusta 1852. 43 pages. Outer wraps with "Diocese of Maine" printed on the front cover. Very good condition;<br /> <br /> 17. Journal of the Thirty Fourth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Maine. Printed in Augusta 1853. 45 pages. Outer wraps with "Diocese of Maine" printed on the front cover. Very good condition;<br /> <br /> 18. Journal of the Thirty Fifth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Maine. Printed in Augusta 1854. 45 pages. Outer wraps with "Diocese of Maine" printed on the front cover. Very good condition;<br /> <br /> 19. Journal of the Thirty Sixth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Maine. Printed in Portland 1855. 43 pages. Outer wraps with "Diocese of Maine" printed on the front cover. Larger size paper which is chipped on the edges and covers. Fair condition;<br /> <br /> 20. Journal of the Thirty Seventh Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Maine. Printed in Augusta 1856. 56 pages. Outer wraps with "Diocese of Maine" printed on the front cover. Very good condition;<br /> <br /> 21. Journal of the Thirty Fourth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Maine. Printed in Augusta 1857. 48 pages. Includes folding chart. Outer wraps with "Diocese of Maine" printed on the front cover. Light edge chipping to the covers. Very good condition; <br /> <br /> 22. A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Maine At the Annual Convention by George Burgess. Printed in Augusta 1853. 20 pages. Includes outer wraps. Institutional and discard stamps on the front wrap and title page. Good condition;<br /> <br /> 23. The Third Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese of Maine Delivered at the Thirty Seventh Annual Convention in St. Mark's Church Augusta. By Right Rev. George Burgess. Printed in Augusta 1856. 21 pages. Institutional and discard stamps on the front cover and title page. Good condition;<br /> <br /> 24. A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Maine In Christ Church Gardiner at the Annual Convention July 9 1862. By Right Rev. George Burgess. Printed in Bangor 1862. 22 pages. Institutional and discard stamps on the front cover and title page. Good condition;<br /> <br /> 25 Cathedral Church of Saint Luke Portland Maine. Sermon Preached at the Consecration on the Feast of S. Luke October 18 A.D. 1877. By Morgan Dix. Printed in Portland 1877. 32 pages. Institutional stamp on the front cover and pencil marks on the title page. Light edge chips to the covers. Good condition. Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Maine. Various printers unknown
184731562Tallahassee: Office of the Florida Sentinel; Printed by Joseph Clisby 1847. First Edition. Wraps. Fair. Original printed stitched wraps. 31 pages. Discoloration spots to the outer wrap. Contents include the minutes of proceedings Bishop's speech Church reports and data including numbers of "colored" congregants Treasurer's Report Constitution Canons etc. Light toning and creases to the contents. Early Florida imprint. Office of the Florida Sentinel; Printed by Joseph Clisby unknown
18971408040025Pub. for the Early English Text Society by K. Paul Trench Trubner & Co 1897-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Octavo. Rebound in modern cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Tight binding and cover. Library markings. Chipping and loss to page ends. Tear to page 63. Scattered pencil markings/underlining to a few pages. Pub. for the Early English Text Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co hardcover
17711802280039London : Printed for J. Russell 1771. Hardcover. Acceptable. Octavo 19 cm. Contemporary calf. Marbled endpapers. viii 1 10-240 8 249-307 1 p. Front board detached rear joint split. Moderate rubbing loss to spine leather. Toning. <br> Lord Grosvenor was a British peer racehorse owner and art collector. In July of 1764 Lord Grosvenor married Henrietta Vernon daughter of Henry Vernon of Hilton Park Staffordshire. They had four sons. However the marriage was not happy and Henrietta had an affair with Henry Duke of Cumberland the younger brother of George III. The couple were discovered "in flagrante delicto" in 1769 which led to Grosvenor bringing legal action against the Duke for "criminal conversation" adultery. Grosvenor was awarded damages of £10000 which together with costs amounted to £13000. But Grosvenor was also known to be guilty of adultery himself so he could not sue for divorce. The couple separated and he settled an annual allowance of £1200 to his estranged wife. London : Printed for J. Russell hardcover
185973494Wertheim Mackintosh and Hunt AND John Henry and James Parker 1859. hardback. two essays bound together in 1l2 leather and brown cloth; near very good condition with some wear. there is a bookplate on the front end page. no dust jacket. shipping via USPS Wertheim, Mackintosh and Hunt AND John Henry and James Parker hardcover
1837011315Edinburgi / Edinburgh Scotland: Privately Published 1837 There is a label inside the front cover for "The Sinclair Collection. Heraldic Genealogical and Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts which belonged to the Late ALEXANDER SINCLAIR ESQ. and now deposited in the Library at Crawford Priory Fife N.B." Below the label is the signature of Robert Pitcairn W.S. July 27 1838. Robert Pitcairn 1793-1855 was a writer to the signet and in 1833 published a three volume set titled "Trials and Other Proceedings in Matters Criminal Before the High Court of Justice in Scotland" which Sir Walter Scott latched onto. After Scott read one of the narratives in Pitcairn's 'Criminal Trials' he was inspired to write his 'Ayrshire Tragedy'. The two remained friends with Scott reviewing an early portion of the set in the 'Quarterly Review' for 1831. The National Library of Scotland holds 10 Letters from Sir Walter Scott addressed to Robert Pitcairn W.S. Pitcairn was also a member of of the Society of Antiquaries in Scotland and part of the group around James Maidment in the Bannatyne Club. There is also a small book label for A.B.W. MacEwen of Maine a Scottish medieval genealogist. He also researched the genealogy of the families of Prince Edward Island for which he received an Award. He published widely in American and British journals of history and genealogy considered the greatest scholar of medieval Scottish genealogy and was bestowed with an honorary membership in The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. 8 xlviii 4 xxiv 476pp xl printed on heavy laid paper deckled page edges bound in half cloth and paper over boards with the paper spine label intact binding and hinges tight occasional pencil annotations with plates throughout and a double page map in back. Preface is in English with the bulk of the text in Latin. OVERSIZED. Privately Published hardcover
1906299184Richmond: Whittet & Shepperson 1906. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. 8vo; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding; with tilting on the upper board and spine in gilt; double ruled on the upper board; 150 pages including the Index; complete with 21 black and white photographs throughout; some wear to the top and bottom of the spine; light foxing; a couple of pencil marks; overall a very clean and tight copy.~~An uncommon book detailing the early days of the Catholic Church in Richmond with information not found elsewhere including Civil War. Very Good binding / no dust jacket. Whittet & Shepperson unknown
