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Sturt, John; Fully Engraved BookMareMagnum

THE ORTHODOX COMMUNICANT By Way of Meditation on the Order for the Administration of the Lord-Supper, or Holy Communion; According to the Liturgy of the Church of England.

pp. (9), 82. 12mo. in 6. [191 x 118 mm]. Fully engraved text on ninety-one plates, each with an illustration or large vignette. The handsomely decorated borders to each page appear to have been engraved and impressed separately. Full contemporary sombre black morocco binding; joints slightly worn. All edges gold. ** The Duke of Sussex's copy, with his engraved bookplate (Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843); and with the additional ownerships of Henry White and Robert James Sells. From the Library of Edwin Wolf II. The text itself is ascribed to Laurence Howell (1664?-1720) by Halkett & Laing, but the greatest interest in this book comes from its engraved typography and decorations. John Sturt (1658-1730), was apprenticed at the age of 17 to Robert White, in whose manner he engraved a number of small portraits as frontispieces to several books. Becoming associated with John Ayres, he engraved the most important of that writing-master's books on calligraphy, and acquired celebrity for his skill in such work. The amazing skill of his engraving artistry still astonishes us. This work is probably somewhat scarcer than Sturt's more famous "Book of Common Prayer", especially in this (first?) state with single cherubs blowing horns at each side of the border of p. IX. Though some copies do have a list "Subscribers" pp. [83]-[85] - none is present here, nor does one seem to have ever been bound in the book. Maybe Sussex had some objection to some on the list? ESTC 19687. A remarkable feat of bookmaking. RARE FULLY ENGRAVED BOOK. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W140.

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ALLETZ Pons-AugustinMareMagnum

Description historique de la tenue du conclave, et de toutes les cérémonies qui s'observent à Rome, depuis la mort du pape, jusqu'à l'exaltation de son successeur. A laquelle on a ajouté la chronologie des papes, successeurs de S. Pierre, jusqu'â Clément XIII. Avec les noms & l'âge des cardinaux qui composent aujourd'hui le Sacré College.

- G. Desprez., à Paris 1769, in 4 (19x25cm), 25pp. (7)., relié. - Seconde édition faisant suite à la première édition de 1758. Reliure en demi maroquin rouge à grains longs milieu XIXe. Dos lisse orné de fleurons avec titre en long et filet d'encadrement. Frottis aux coiffes. Bel exemplaire. Ce traité parut d'abord en 1758 entre la mort de Benoît XIV et l'élection de son successeur Carlo Rezzonico sous le nom de Clément XIII, cette deuxième édition vit le jour après la mort de Clément XIII en 1769. Le feuillet final reproduit le bulletin de l'élection. Ex libris gravé : Bibliothèque de Monsieur le Comte Godefroy de Montgrand. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]