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18500010080France. Good with no dust jacket. 1850. Ephemera. On offer is an outstanding example of the Catholic Churchs teachings at a grass-roots level in 19th century France. This beautiful handwritten sermon is titled Sermon de III Dimanche de Careme Sermon for the 3rd Sunday of Lent and notes that it is given by Monsieur le Cure the Parish Priest. The handwriting is small and clear and an excellent example of the penmanship of the time. The source of the sermon is unknown. There is no specific reference to a parish community or author. We do know from its title that it was written to be given at a mass on the 3rd Sunday of Lent. The Easter Season of Lent and Easter Sunday is the most important in the Catholic church more so than Christmas. An excerpt from the sermon: Les miracles que Dieu fait en notre faveire sont toujours des marques de la bonte et de la misericordie et les infirmites que JC aurit sont la figures des differentes maladies de notre ame .Translation: The miracles that God does in our favor are always marks of goodness and mercy and the infirmities that JC would have are the images of the different diseases of our soul.Throughout his text you can see where he has crossed out words and edited expressions. This was very much a living manuscript in his hands. For a social historian this is an excellent look into the world of the average French person and into the thought processes of the clergy who so dominated life in the small towns and villages of France in the 19th century. This manuscript measures 6.0 inches by 6.25 inches and contains 34 carefully handwritten pages. It is 100% complete. The manuscript is simply folded along a centre line. There is no cover but the pages are in fine condition. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 34 pages . unknown
18240009038MANCHESTER UK ROTTERDAM HAGUE NETHERLANDS HOLLAND. Good. 1824. On offer is a short but fascinating travel book of one wealthy young Englishmans journey to Rotterdam and The Hague Holland in 1824. It is a unique and rare look at the travel of English aristocracy in the first half of the 19th century the last great age of the English landed gentry. The book is 30 pages in length of which writing is on every single page. Every page is filled with excursions observations and examples of lavish living for William Money his father and his cousin as they travel first to Rotterdam and then spend over a month in The Hague living at quite a fancy hotel exploring the city itself and taking day trips to landmarks around the country. The little book also includes descriptions of lavish dinners and days being waited on driven and doted on by servants and friends. It begins in the Summer 1824: June 25 1824. To commence my narrative I will give a short account of the two last days before our embarkation to Holland. I went to bed rather late on Sunday and was very tired. I had been running about Town the whole day had my teeth filed By the abominable dentist which is one of the Miserries of human life. My head was distracted in short I was a picture of misery.; June 26. The servants awoke me rather early this morning about five OClock however I was much refreshed and went to work like one who had done nothing but I forgot to state that I went to dine at a Gentlemans house on Friday and after all when I came home I had to prepare my things for Holland. Well to go on with my story we get off from No. 9 Manchester Street Manchester Square at 6 oclock this was Saturday morning June 26th 1824 our Party consisted of three my precious Father my cousin and myself. We had a gentleman's carriage to take us about town and a hackney coach to carry our luggage to the Tower that place which has executed French of the greatest and has been destroyed with Royal blood by the hoards of unnatural rebellion. The next day they are on a sailboat going from the East Coast of England and then landing in the Netherlands the next day: June 27th. Went on deck. I was expecting to see nothing but blue skies and the watery ocean but was pleasantly astonished at seeing land all around. This was lacey land I Know it by that name because the Dutch gobble so. We soon got into the river Maas after a fine voyage. We then eat our hearty breakfast.We here took up a pistol and tacked along at a fine rate saw plenty of Tony-legged bison which they called Storks. We got to Rotterdam at 12. From the instant of arrival Money is taken aback by how clean and orderly the Dutch cities are and how kind and lovely the Dutch people are as well. The layout of the cities with the canals and bridges also is commented on quite frequently. June 28th1824. We took Breakfast at Home. we went out with with and enjoyed the town. It is an elegant clean looking place. Trees shaded the walk from the burning sun and canals divide the Principal Streets. However we saw nothing no hous as they call it but came home to dinner at 4. Here we had a bottle of Mousel for dinner we went out again so that I was very tired we then came home and had tea at Mr. Mackplats where we had another Prayer and a delightful conversation. He accompanied us home where I soon got to bed and fast asleep.; After two days in Rotterdam it is off to the Hague where Money and his father and cousin will spend the rest of their time in Holland. Drove off to the Hague with which Place we are most highly delighted. I the beauty of it. It far surpassed my places that I have seen. We walked everywhere the People the PLace and all are so clean. We came to the Hotel de Belle where we have so very nice rooms that had attendance the man who drove us here cheated as that. We were not long here before . Of the gentleman who got these rooms for Papa he took us out to Table d`ote d`hotewhere we dined . This was 4 oclock and had an excellent dinner and a bottle of vin ordinaire called Bordeau.after dinner we went to Mr. Ls house to get him to show us the Place. He showed us everything in the wood.` The `wood` is most probably the Haagse Bos a rectangular neighbourhood and forest in the Haagse Hout district of The Hague Netherlands. This was simply called Die Hout The Woods Mr. L.made a capital bargain with the man only one Golden to go to that sweet Ducking Place the old man of the Place has fishing boats to go over to England for something or other. We came back after a good bathe.We then came home and prepared for dinner and went to Table Doht d`hote and after that we came back and then went to the Wood where we had tea.; After early June there are no entries until late July. July 23 1824. We got up at seven and had breakfast. We set off at 8 in a caravan with Mr. London and Mr. Tosc. We reached Leyden at 9 very much interested.We first went to the University where we saw all of plenty Indians what from all parts of the globe. We saw there a tree which was brought from Egypt in 1573 just about the time when Leyden was besieged. It was made a present by William the first and planted there We then went to the museum and saw curious specimens of all types. Mr. London went to the Anatomy Hall to gut us to see a Head. He came back saying we could only see one which was most beautiful all the views of the Head Neck and parts of the body it was very interesting.; Money also has a deep regard for the engineering works of the day and has a special fascination for the canals and waterways of Holland. We had dinner and then went to to see the sluis the most Beautiful work I ever saw. It was begun in 1784 and finished in 1787. The whole country was inundated by the overflowing of the Bacchus of the Nile. It was like a sea but now these are houses where there was formerly nothing but water. This formed so when the sea is very boisterous there's a good deal of sand connected to the side of the gate so that it is had to clear away as it is on the sea side. The way they do it is the precipe overflows then they lift the gates all of a sudden which goes with such force that it forces the sand away.`` This is accompanied by a page-length drawing of the canal with it`s locks and steps and houses on each sides. The drawing is amateur but well done. The book is in very good shape structurally. The writing is clear and concise script done in black ink. A few pages have some smudging and one page in particular has a good bit of ink fading but which impedes legibility but does not make it impossible. The front cover of the journal states: `Short account of a holiday spent in The Hague by William Money later Rev. William in the summer of 1824 when he was 22 years old.` This is not in Money`s handwriting and was added later by an unknown person.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF REVEREND WILLIAM MONEY ENGLISH GENTLEMAN LANDED GENTRY 19TH CENTURY ROTTERDAM MANCHESTER ENGLAND UNITED KINGDOM THE HAGUE DEN HAAG DIE HOUT LEYDEN LEIDEN THE NETHERLANDS HOLLAND CANALS IN THE NETHERLANDS FLOOD CONTROL EXTRAVAGANT TRAVEL TABLE DHOTE SLUICE GATE AGE OF BRITISH NOBILITY COLONIAL ERA ENGLAND BRITANNICA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO DANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
18330012303England. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1833. Non-Book. On offer is an autographed letter signed by a Rob Porter likely Reverend Robert Ker Porter 1777-1842. The letter measures 9 x 7-1/4 inches two pages. Autograph letter signed dated Draycot September 26th 1833. A couple of letters ink smudged otherwise very good condition. Letter to unnamed correspondent. Extending an invitation to visit and noting that the "picture framer at Newcastle . Had seen a proof of Sir Walter before the letters some time ago." The author of this letter is possibly Rev. Robert Ker Porter of Draycott-in-the-Moors in Staffordshire. The Heath House mentioned in this letter is also located in Staffordshire. Rev. Robert Ker Porter was born in Haigh Wigan Lancs. 1774 ; son of William Porter ; educated Man. Gr. Sch. 12th June 1787 ; Mat. Brasenose Coll. Ox. 23rd May 1792 ; Exhibitioner 1792 ; Hulme Exhibitioner 1796 ; B. A. 14th Jan. 1796 ; M. A. 24th Oct. 1796 ; Curate of Buiy 17991806 ; Rector of Draycott-le-Moors 1806 to death ; married Mary daughter of Rev. H. Thomas Curate of Leigh ; died. 25th March 1838 ; buried. Draycott. ; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author . unknown
1837010705Menomoneville Wiconsin Territory 1837. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This two-page stampless letter sent from the Reverend Daniel E. Brown at Menomoneville to the Reverend Philander Chase "near Peoria / Illinoise" measures 16" x 9.75" unfolded. It is datelined "Mission Buildings Green Bay / April 3rd 1837" and bears an especially scarce manuscript postmark "Menomoneville Apr 5" of which only one other example is recorded by the Wisconsin Postal History Society. In nice shape</p> <br /> <br /> <p>In this letter Brown requests clarification as to whether the few churches that had been established in Wisconsin would remain part of the newly formed Diocese of Michigan or form into a separated organization. It reads in part</p> <br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left:5%; margin-right:10%;">"I have presumed to address you upon a subject of much interest to the religious community of Wisconsin which . . . is of serious importance to the Church. It is presumed that the question whether Wisconsin is yet a part of the Diocese of Michigan as claimed by the worthy Prelate of that Diocese . . . or are we separated & no longer for and integral part thereof. . . This question is now assuming a very serious aspect for the Vestry of Christ's Church Green Bay. . . There are now four resident Clergymen in this Territory . . . three in the employ of the Board of Domestic Missions. We have but one organized Church who has no Rector the Rev R. F. Cadle having resigned. . . It is also anticipated that . . . a church will be organized at Milwaukee & also that the Garrison at Fort Winnebago will organize themselves into a Parish. I have felt . . . as if it was unwise to agitate the question in our present situation & particularly as it regards questions of jurisdictions with Michigan but I would wish your advice. For if we are fully separated from Michigan & have the right to form a new Diocese . . . it would be prudent to do so. . . Will you be kind enough my Dear Father to give me your views upon the claim set forth by the Rt Rev Prelate of Michigan & whether . . . it is right now expedient to organize at this time. . ."</p> . When Wisconsin was part of the Michigan Territory from 1818 until 1836 Episcopalian fell under the purview of Missionary Bishop of the Northwest. Its first mission the Oneida Duck Creek Mission originally under the Diocese of New York at Green Bay was the beginning of Church work in the MIdwest. After the Diocese of Michigan was formed in 1834 Wisconsin activities were place under the temporary supervision of the Bishop of Ohio and did not come under the oversight of the Bishop of Michigan until 1836 after which he maintained that the establishment of the Wisconsin Territory had should not divide his diocese successfully thwarting the establishment of a Diocese of Wisconsin until 1847.</p> <br /> <br /> <p>For more information see Ford's A Brief History of the Diocese of Michigan and "Oneida History" at the Milwaukee Public Museum website.</p> <br /> <br /> <p>A first-hand document attesting to the religious competition that sprang into being with the establishment of the Wisconsin Territory. At the time of listing nothing similar is for sale in the trade nor has appeared at auction per the Rare Book Hub. OCLC shows no similar items held in institutional collections. We have another lot for sale regarding the Oneida Duck Creek Mission.</p> . unknown
18430001770Baltimore Maryland MD - at Sea Aboard the Charles 1843. On offer are two 2 super original manuscript relics of Christian outreach and missionary work handwritten by Reverend Walter Gunn one of the first missionaries to India addressed to Frederick Schott of Waterloo New York. Bio notes follow. The first is a one 1 page letter written by Gunn dated 1843 while in Baltimore. The second letter is written by Rev. Gunn while on the boat "The Charles" heading to India in 1844. He has been at sea for 138 days. This is a 3¼ page letter. Here are snippets: 1 "Baltimore May 24 1843 Dear Brother in the Lord I should like to write a long letter to you and enter into many particulars but I have but only a few moments to spare as Bro Selmser is soon to leave B. and I have a press of business on hand. Well how do you do. How is your family and how do your souls prosper. Is Christ precious are you actively engaged in his service. O my brother watch your heart your words and your actions and strive to live so that the flame of love may burn brightly in your heart to God. How pleasant it would be for me to enjoy the hospitalities of your table again to bow with you again around the family altar to walk to the house of God in company but instead of walking the street of Waterloo I shall soon be walking the deck of the vessel that bears me to the heathen land. But shall I ever forget you and the beloved brethren of W. No. Even now while going from house to house among the brethren in imagination the tears fall upon the paper and bedew these lines I write .Your brother in Christ Walter Gunn." 2 "Ship Charles Indian Ocean March 25th 1844 Dear Brother Shutt While penning these lines I am sailing up the Indian Ocean towards the shores of Hindustan. I have crossed the equator twice doubled the Cape of Good Hope and shall in a few weeks I trust reach my field of labor. But though I am separated from you by a distance of so many thousand miles I have not forgotten you no in imagination I often walk the streets of Waterloo visit the houses of the brethren and join in your acts of worship in the congregation. The different articles of apparel that I wear at this moment remind me of you and many others in W. While contemplating the interesting scenes that transpire in your place one year ago my eyes often fill with tears. Were not those precious and heavenly seasons when you and so many of your associates and friends took a stand on the Lord's side. Though I am now denied the privilege of witnessing such glorious displays of the power and grace of God in the conviction and conversion of sinners I do not on that account conclude that I am out of the path of duty. True it would be a pleasing task for the minister of Christ to be engaged daily in the work of directing the inquiring to the Savior and strengthening those who had just commenced running the Christian course. But that privilege at present is denied me. From no one for the last few months have I heard the inquiry "What must I do to be saved." Except the missionaries who are going with me to the heathen. I am surrounded by those who seem to think but little of their undying souls .You will undoubtedly wish to know how I feel now that I am so far away from kindred friends and natives land with but little prospect of ever seeing them again. To answer for the most part I feel cheerful contented and happy. Often have I seen the ocean all lashed into commotion the vessel at one moment raised upon the top of a mighty billow and the next plunged into the fearful chasm below; at such a moment it seemed as though we must all be engulfed beneath the troubled ocean but even then my mind has been calm and unruffled .Tell your sister Mrs. Bean that the pantaloons she made me became very spotted by the damp weather around the Cape of Good Hope but that the spots did not make them any the less comfortable. Tell Jackson that I hope and pray that he may become a minister. Tell Mrs. Mayer that my wife often speaks of her and the pleasant time that they spent together in Johnstown and Whitesboro. Tomorrow or next day we expect that our vessel will anchor in the harbor of Amherst in Burmah. One hundred and thirty eight days I have been tossed upon the billows of the ocean without setting my feet on land and many more anxious days will pass before I reach Guntur the field of my labor. Pray for me and my companion that we may be preserved from the temptations to which we are exposed and that we may be the faithful servants of Christ among the heathen. Yours in the bonds of Christian love Walter Gunn. Near the shores of Burmah April 3rd 1844." BIO NOTES: "The Rev. W. Gunn. The Missionary was a graduate of Union College N.Y. in 1841; studied theology at Gettysburg; was ordained by the Hartwick Synod in 1843 at Johnstown; appointed missionary to India in the same year; arrived at Guntur on June 18th 1844 and was a faithful and an indefatigable colleague of the Rev. Mr. Heyer until 1851 when after a period of seven years service in the cause of Jesus he departed this life at Guntur esteemed and loved by all who knew him. He is spoken of as a good man full of zeal for the Lord so much so that on one occasion in the Guntur bazaar he became so indignant at some idolatrous performances of the heathen that he lifted up his voice in great earnest against the idolaters who became exasperated at him and consequently proceeded to pelt him with stones. But he prudently withdrew from the enraged rabble only to return on subsequent occasions to continue publishing the message of salvation to them. His remains rest in the Guntur Cemetery until the day of the resurrection. He died while in Guntur in 1851 from Tuberculosis." "Reverend Adam Long went to India almost immediately after being ordained. The Lutheran mission to India was still in its early phases when Long arrived it have been started in the Andhra region by Rev. John Christian Frederick Heyer in 1842 who at 48 and widowed was an anomaly compared to other missionaries. He was joined by the Rev. and Mrs. Water Gunn another Gettysburg College and Seminary graduate in 1844 and by Rev. George Martz in 1849. There these men and Gunn's wife Lorena began the task of educating and converting Indians. In a country that is dominated by the polytheistic Hinduism and Mohammedanism this was not an easy task. Traveling from village to village these men and women counted their accomplishments by the individuals that they could convert and the schools and churches that they built. . Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Manuscript. unknown
18450001254ERZROOM ERZURUM TURKEY. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1845. Non-Book. On offer is an original manuscript extract handwritten dated Erzurum Turkey Mar. 3 1854 it is believed to be in the hand of Rev. Josiah Peabody 1807-1873. Peabody served under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions A. B. C. F. M. . He and his wife Mary Lawrence Herbert Peabody 1817-1899 lived in Turkey for his missionary work from 1941-1955 see BIO NOTES at the end of the listing. The writings are a superb relic of the times; what historians and collectors of Turkish-Russian relations era will recognize as pivotal being only mere months after Russia destroyed Turkey's fleet and this note reports the Turks' struggle to gain any advantage the handwriting describes: "As to the war everything is still dark. Immense efforts are made by the Turks in this region and hopes are entertained that they may be able to withstand the Russians especially as they have a number of European officers "The letter also includes content regarding some of the new officers the Sultan and further analysis of Turkey's chances against Russia. While unsigned this extract was found amongst the letters sent by his wife Mary L. H. Peabody to her brother Rev. Charles D. Herbert 1818- in Missouri. Timelines and genealogical records indicate that this letter extract can be confidently attributed to Josiah. Condition: Handwritten on 7.5 x 5.5 inch scrap of paper. Overall VG. BIO NOTES: Reverend Josiah Peabody 1807-1873 was born in Topsfield Mass. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1936 and Andover Theological Seminary in 1840. In March 1841 he married Mary Lawrence Herbert 1817-1899 of Ellsworth Maine. About a month after their wedding Peabody and his bride sailed to Smyrna on route to Ezroum Turkey for his missionary work under the direction of A. B. C. F. M. He served in Turkey until his transfer to Constantinople in 1855. The Peabodys returned to the USA in 1860. They had three children that survived beyond infancy: Mary Charlotte Anne Lucy and Josiah Charles. Mary Lawrence Herbert 1817-1899 and Charles D. Herbert 1818-1893 were born to George Herbert 1778-1820 and Charlotte Tuttle 1782-1869. They were two of six children born to George and Charlotte. George Herbert was educated at Dartmouth and became a well-known lawyer in Ellsworth Maine sometimes referred to as the first lawyer in Ellsworth. Reverend Charles D. Herbert was the youngest son of the family. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1841 and from Bangor Theological Seminary in 1843. Following a few years doing home missionary work "in the west" he became the pastor of the West Newbury Church in Mass. He married and had two sons George Herbert and Rev. C. E. Herbert. ; Manuscripts; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; 1 pages; ANATOLIA CITY OF KARIN MISSIONARY MISSIONARIES CHRISTIAN CHRISTIANITY OTTOMAN EMPIRE OUTREACH TURKEY ERZROOM ERZURUM TURKISH MIDDLE EAST THE LEVANT POLITICS Russia War HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY TRAVEL 19TH CENTURY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown
185433600New York and Boston 1854. Paper. Very good. Paper. Three documents. One manuscript and the other two part manuscript and printed form.<br /> <br /> 1. First document is manuscript on blue folded paper measuring approx. 10" x 8". One page with the three other pages blank. The document reads: "The undersigned members of the N.Y. Young Men's Christian Association and Connected with the Amity St. Baptist Church desirous of testifying their regard for yourself personally and their appreciation of your labors as this Pastor pro. tem. have constituted you a Member of Life of the New York Men's Christian Association by the payment of the requisite sum." This document written in one hand has a list of 20 names and is dated July 8 1854 New York. Folded.<br /> <br /> The second document part manuscript and printed form is a certificate with hand written names and dates. Rev. Curtis paid money to the American Baptist Missionary Association for a life time membership. This document is dated May 9th 1854 printed in Boston and signed by the treasurer. Folded paper with splits at the folds. <br /> <br /> The third document is part manuscript and printed form. One page of content two pages blank and one page with the written inscription "Rev. T. F. Curtis. Present". Printed top of the form is "New York Young Men's Christian Association. Rooms 659 Broadway Stuyvesant Institute." Document relates to a "Life Membership in the New York Young Men's Christian Association." It is signed by the Secretary July 8th 1854. Multiple folds to the paper. unknown
1880000978Good. 1880. Leather. On offer is the original handwritten diary of the Reverend G.E. Ihison. It appears the young Reverend is newly installed in Clinton Congregational Church and there are immediate problems he must deal with. In neat tight script Rev. Ihison reveals immediately of his writing a Mr. Duncan refusing the pastoral position in Benton Harbor Congregational Church. He further details all his contacts congregants welcoming him new purchases and moving into his new home with his wife Ellen. Local historians and collectors will delight as the Reverend fully names all his contacts visitors and occasions attended. There are a great number of entries dealing with his personal economy. The leather binding is in rough shape and the text block is still attached but beginning to separate at the front pages.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Michigan Ann Arbor Religion Church Collection Charity genealogy Personal Memoir Handwritten hand written autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author holograph personal Americana Religion Pioneer Florida FL Education ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT . hardcover
186317912Dublin: W. B. Kelly. Good. 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers are worn with rubbing at the corners & spine ends. The spine is faded and rubbed through for about 1" about 2" below the top of the front hinge. Rear inner hinge has a small separation but is not split. Inscribed by the author: "presented to . With the best wishes of the author. Aug. 1/69". ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 466 pages; Signed by Author . W. B. Kelly hardcover
181234742New York: various 1812. Ten sermons bound in contemporary half sheep and marbled boards rubbed gum label at spine base. Rubberstamp on blank front pastedown. Manuscript table of contents. Each sermon as follows:<br/><br/> 1. A SERMON PREACHED IN NEW-YORK JULY 4TH 1793. BEING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF AMERICA: AT THE REQUEST OF THE TAMMANY SOCIETY OR COLUMBIAN ORDER. BY.ONE OF THE MINISTERS OF THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES IN THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. New York: Greenleaf. 1793. 38 2 blanks pp. Very Good. On the final blank is Miller's written notes. The Tammany Society should "stand as guardians over those inestimable rights and privileges which have been so dearly purchased." Christianity teaches the equality of all. Slavery will "be forever banished from a nation" which regards everyone "as subject to the same great laws and amenable to the same awful tribunal in the end." <br/>Evans 25823. <br/> 2. A DISCOURSE DELIVERED IN THE NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NEW-YORK: BEFORE THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK AND THE BRETHREN OF THAT FRATERNITY ASSEMBLED IN GENERAL COMMUNICATION ON THE FESTIVAL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST JUNE 24TH 1795. New York: Childs. 1795. 32pp. Light to moderate foxing Good. Verso of title page has Miller's notes laid in explaining another of his discourses should have been inserted. His Discourse says Masonic principles "are such as the blessed Redeemer perpetually dropped from his hallowed lips." <br/>Evans 29081.<br/> 3. A SERMON DELIVERED FEBRUARY 5 1799; RECOMMENDED BY THE CLERGY OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK TO BE OBSERVED AS A DAY OF THANKSGIVING HUMILIATION AND PRAYER ON ACCOUNT OF THE REMOVAL OF A MALIGNANT AND MORTAL DISEASE WHICH HAD PREVAILED IN THE CITY SOME TIME BEFORE. New York: Forman. 1799. 36pp scattered foxing. Good. With a chart showing 2082 deaths listed by religions including eleven Jews; also listing forty-three Negroes. <br/>Evans 35821. Not in Austin.<br/> 4. A SERMON DELIVERED MAY 9 1798 RECOMMENDED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE OBSERVED AS A DAY OF GENERAL HUMILIATION FASTING AND PRAYER. New-York: Swords. 1798. 46 2 blanks pp. Very Good. The "events in Europe" are characterized by atheism profaneness a "selfish and mercenary spirit." Miller warns against the "curse" of "European connections."<br/>Evans 34109.<br/> 5. A SERMON DELIVERED DECEMBER 29 1799; OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE AMERICAN ARMIES. New York: Swords. 1800. 39 1 blank pp with the half title. Light toning Very Good. Evidently Miller's sermon was similar to one delivered by Dr. Erskine of Edinburgh because an 'Advertisement' on the verso of the title page denies that "such coincidence" was the result of plagiarism. <br/>Evans 37964. Stillwell 171a.<br/> 6. A SERMON DELIVERED BEFORE THE NEW-YORK MISSIONARY SOCIETY. APRIL 6TH 1802. TO WHICH ARE ADDED THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND OTHER PAPERS RELATING TO AMERICAN MISSIONS. New York: Swords. 1802. 81 3 blanks pp. Lightly foxed else Very Good.<br/>AI 2660 5.<br/> 7. THE GUILT FOLLY AND SOURCES OF SUICIDE: TWO DISCOURSES PREACHED IN THE CITY OF NEW-YORK FEBRUARY 1805. New York: Swords. 1805. 72pp with the half title. Mild foxing Very Good.<br/>AI 8903 4.<br/> 8. A SERMON PREACHED MARCH 13TH 1808 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SOCIETY INSTITUTED IN THE CITY OF NEW-YORK FOR THE RELIEF OF POOR WIDOWS WITH SMALL CHILDREN. New York: Hopkins and Seymour. 1808. 31 1 blank pp. Very Good.<br/>AI 15610 3. <br/> 9. THE ADDRESS INTRODUCTORY TO THE ORDINATION SERVICE AND THE CHARGE TO THE MINISTER. Pages 19-38 comprising Miller's Address in a pamphlet on Reverend Gardiner Spring's ordination AI 20738. With Miller's handwritten notes. <br/> 10. THE DUTY OF THE CHURCH TO TAKE MEASURES FOR PROVIDING AN ABLE AND FAITHFUL MINISTRY: A SERMON DELIVERED AT PRINCETON AUGUST 12 1812 AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE REV. ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER D.D. AS PROFESSOR OF DIDACTIC AND POLEMIC THEOLOGY IN THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Pages 5-54 comprising Miller's remarks in a pamphlet comprising his and other Addresses on the occasion. See American Imprints 26080. various unknown books
1825mon0000141508Longman and Co 1825-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Well read copy with some spine wear but still very useable. Hardback/Hard cover. Longman and Co hardcover
1865219705Shanghae sic & London.: London Mission Press and Trubner & Co. 1865. Two volumes in one: <br>Volume I. ii Title i-x Advertisement Preface 762 pp including Index of Chinese characters pp 1-99 pagination duplicated for pp 224 & 239. <br>Volume II. ii Title 724pp iv List of the Radicals of the Chinese Language. <br> <br>22 x 15 cms contemporary half calf spine gilt between raised bands expertly rebacked mounting the original spine numerous annotations and underlinings in pencil a handful in ink at the head the final blanks with notes and translation age-toned and worn boards rubbed but a good complete copy of the scarce reprint. <br> <br>Provenance: <br>With the early inked signature of "Hugh Wadell Newchwang 1869" the pioneering missionary whose work laid the foundation for the Irish Presbyterian Church's long-term presence in East Asia. In 1869 Waddell 1839–1901 landed at Newchwang now Yingkou where he established a mission station that included a church school and dispensary. His daughter was Helen Waddell poet scholar and theological novelist. <br> <br>Recent signature of A. Allan Shearer Wellington. Scarce reprint of the second part of Morrison's Dictionary first published between 1815 and 1823 with a notable provenance. The 1865 reprint was issued as a single volume combining the second part of the dictionary with an index of characters arranged according to the Kangxi radicals. <br> <br>"The Second Part of Morrison's Dictionary has been generally commended by experienced Sinologues as the most perfect and useful of the whole. The present is merely a reprint of it with such slight modifications as are mentioned at the close of the original preface." Preface <br>Löwendahl 1334 . London Mission Press [and] Trubner & Co. hardcover
1868006787London: John Russell Smith 1868. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 6.25" x 8.25" Small 4to. Half calf binding green spine label with gilt titling tan buckram boards. liv 616 pp. All edges yellow. Wear to corners rubbing to joints and spine ends. Some soiling and light staining to buckram. Soiled to top edge of text block. Staining and chipping to edges of front pastedown. Professional repairs to front and rear hinges. Interior is bright and clean. Constitutional Club Library bookplate to front pastedown. Subscriber list at rear. A prodigious treatment of the north-eastern British dialect of Cleveland Northumbria. John Russell Smith hardcover
1861110263Philadelphia: J B Lippincott 1861. Full Leather. Good/No Dj. Larger 8vo. pp. vii 1 302 bound in worn full leather front hinge weak boards and hinges scuffed corners bumped with corrections and additional matter by the American editor. J B Lippincott hardcover
1839blb01252London: T.M. Cradock 1839. 10th . Hardcover. Very Good . Full leather boards original with black title box on spine. Book is protected in professionally applied mylar. Binding is loose at bottom of spine but otherwise book is Very Good with clean interior. Uncommon to Rare in any condition. T.M. Cradock hardcover
18419929London: Robert Tyas 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No DJ. First Edition. DESCRIPTION: Green cloth with gilt coat of arms to front on blind stamped border. Gilt titles to spine. Folding genealogical table opposite title page. Language: English. Book Condition: Fair: Wear to corners edges and spine ends. Heavily rubbed cloth. Toned spine and margins. Neat historic repair to endpapers. Previous owners name to ffep dated 1844 and more recent bookplate to front paste down of P.R. Thompson. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages viii 409. Size: 23cm by 14.5cm. Robert Tyas hardcover
1870030898LONDON: George Bell & Sons 1870 A nice set of the second edition of Morris's History of British Birds. In 6 volumes with original decorative cloth bindings and 365 hand coloured plates as called for. The bindings are all clean with bright gilt pictures of birds to each front board and gilt titles and decoration to spine. There is some wear: volume I has some cloth splitting at the hinges and splitting at the rear endpaper with rubbing to corners; volumes II III and IV have very slight pulling to top and bottom of spine and a little rubbing at corners; volume V has very small splits at the top and bottom of the spine; and volume VI has a 1 inch tear at the top of the spine with no loss and scuffing at the corners. Internally all have the original endpapers; the first section including the frontispiece is becoming loose on volumes I II and III; volume IV is sound but the stitching is looser than on the others. There is a little spotting to some plates and text pages but in general the contents are very clean looking unread and the plates are bright and well coloured. A few plates in volume III lack tissue guards and the plate of the Whitethroat is present but detached. Volume 5 has 4 plates present but detached: the Little Stint Schinz's Sandpiper Pochard and Polish Swan - and pages 131-134 the same. A few pages have been roughly opened and a few have darkening to edges. Overall the set is complete with bright bindings and well coloured plates. George Bell & Sons hardcover
1896114062London: John C. Nimmo 1896. Paperback. Very Good. London John C. Nimmo 1896 fifth edition. Large octavo four volumes xxxii 253; vi 180; ii iv 223; and vi 5-321 pages with 3 illustrations plus 132 hand-coloured plates. Bound from the original parts in contemporary binder's cloth with the wrappers from one of the parts bound in at the rear of each volume; cloth slightly marked and rubbed with minor wear to the head of the rear joint of the last volume; endpapers offset; an excellent set. Provenance: Johann Gottlieb Otto Tepper 1841-1923 botanist schoolteacher and entomologist with the 1906 receipt for the binding and the address label to him at 'Room No. 3 Public Library North Terrace' from the Adelaide bookseller and bookbinder W.C. Rigby mounted on the first flyleaf. 'In March 1883 Tepper was appointed natural history collector at the South Australian Museum; in 1888 he was promoted to entomologist numismatist and librarian there' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. John C. Nimmo paperback
186480053London: Groombridge and Sons 1864. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Morris 1810-93 an Anglo-Irish "parson-naturalist" aimed to inspire appreciation for Britain's native butterfly species and their habitats with this exquisitely-rendered work. Small quarto: viii 168 29 1 blank pp. with a frontispiece with tissue guard and 70 full-page plates with tissue guards all color wood engravings with additional hand coloring by Benjamin Fawcett as well as 1 double-page plate with tissue guard a wood engraving. In the publisher's forest green irregular-grain cloth binding with blind-stamped ruled and ornamental borders with decorative corners and spandrels and a gilt-stamped vignette of butterflies on a branch on the front panel; gilt-stamped floral decorations vignettes of butterflies and caterpillars and titling on the spine; a blind-stamped repetition of the front on the rear panel and yellow coated endpapers. Some occasional foxing to the contents; the plates are largely unaffected. The binding is uncommonly clean and bright. Provenance: from the Publishers' Bookbindings collection of Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin. Groombridge and Sons hardcover
187921021701879. London Palestine Exploration Fund April 1879. 8vo. Original yellow illustrated wrappers; pp. 59-72; well-preserved.Rare sole edition of the report of the exploration of a part of the Sinai peninsula. 'Having paid four previous visits to the Peninsula of Sinai I was already well known to the Towarah Arabs who inhabit that region and found little difficulty in coming to a satisfactory agreement with Sheikh Nassar to accompany me with two other Arabs and three camels' p. 59. unknown
1895835P6London: Edward Arnold 1895. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. An association copy of Reverend Samuel Reynolds Hole's travel work on America a presentation copy from Holy to his longtime friend William Shepherd. First edition.Author's presentation copy. Loosely inserted is a signed photograph of S. Reynolds Hole signed to the caption of the photograph and inscribed to the reverse 'William Shepherd from his old friend S. Reynolds Hole Deanery Rochester May 31 1896'.Two letters from the author to William Shepherd loosely inserted in an envelope dated July 28 1893 and July 23 1896. The first letter discusses an old murder the second is a letter of thanks.Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-six illustrations both full paged and in text.Thirty-two pages of adverts to the rear.Collated complete. An extensive travel work by Samuel Hole touring America and Canada from New York to Toronto Chicago to the Rocky Mountains.Samuel Reynolds Hole was a notable horticulturist and Anglican priest. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally smart. Very light bumping and rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is lightly faded. A few minor marks to the boards and spine. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Edward Arnold hardcover
187231740AB1872. Suffolk c.1872. 69 11 pages. Hardcover / Half Morocco with gilt lettering to spine. Very good condition. This unpublished Manuscript of an unfinished Work on the History of Finger - Rings by Reverend James Beck includes for example the following chapters: - History of Finger Rings Eqyptians as true inventors of the Finger Ring "according to Pliny the Greeks could not have known of them at the time of the Trojan Wars as no mention of them is made by Homer" - Beck dissects the meaning of Rings on certain fingers and explains why the "Ring Finger" was chosen as such: "By some this finger is called the digitus medicus or medicinalis but its more correct name is annularis Digitus anularis today known as Ring Finger" ".it was selected as annular finger because it was less employed than any of the others & it was protected by the middle & little finger hence as Atteus Capito says it was better suited for preserving a Ring. Aulus Gellius mentions that the anatomists had discovered a vein which extended from the Heart to the fourth finger of the left hand & that on this account it was selected as the ring finger." The Manuscript makes further cases for Rings worn on the other fingers on the hand. Includes sections on: - Signet Rings / Signet Rings with Crystals and Enamels / Rebus / Letters and Coronets / Signet Heraldic - Rings with angraved Cameos - Sergeant at Law - Rings The manuscript includes a larger section on Rings for Serjeants at Law - Rings of Investiture / Rings for Poet Laureates - Xtian Rings Christian Rings / Iconographic Rings - Rings for Prelates - Doctors of Divinity - Canons & Priests - Rings for Consegrated Virgins / Rings used as Reliquaries "The custom of putting Relics with Rings" - Rings as Gifts at Marriage of Servants / Ring Money - Ad Memoriam Ring etc. etc. - Finger Rings as Charms against Diseases "annali virtuosi" Beck lists here a story of a Charm - Ring against Epilepsy which was found at Kemp Weston in Somerset - Finger Rings as Talisman "Crapaudine - Talismanie" - Rings with merchant Marks Attractive quarto bound in half deep red morocco over cloth covered boards with gilt lettering. Blue endpapers and paper stock throughout; circular stamp of Assay Office Library Birmingham on flyleaf. A sequence of pasted letters about 10 pages in all precede the manuscript starting with a letter to Beck from Thomas Clifford Allbutt inventor of the Clinical Thermometer and co-founder with Sir William Osler of the History of Medicine Society from the Royal Archaeological Institute about works held in their library on finger rings; a book order form from W H Smith; and a brief note from the former Bishop of Glasgow Walter Trower. Becks manuscript has a typed title page and is dated circa 1872. His history of rings runs to 69 pages with an additional 11 pages of notes laid down on the blue paper stock. Beck proceeds from the ancient Egyptians through the classical world occasionally adding illustrations dealing with signet rings and rings of office such as the Serjeant of Law as well as the ring of the poets laureate. The final notes become increasingly fragmentary at the end. James Beck 1819/20-1886 was educated at Corpus Christi College Cambridge serving as Rector of Parham Sussex and subsequently of Bildeston Suffolk; in 1867 he married Caroline Jeannette Bignell Walter. This volumes has the feeling of a family memento probably bound up after Becks death to preserve his hard work on this fascinating subject. Source of Description: Dr.Christian White. hardcover
1898007763Wellington: Government Printer 1898 SPECIMEN copy being only 111pp of the 'A' section of the Maori lexicon and 21 disconnected samples of the English lexicon cover titled in gilt 'Maori-English Lexicon of the New Zealand Tongue by the Rev. W. Colenso F.R.S. & F.L.S. Specimen' blind panelled cloth lightly handling bumped original black endpapers rear one has minor edge tear three small pen 'ticks' to half-title printed slip tipped onto title 'With Author's Compliments' xii 1-111 iv -21pp The complete lexicon was never issued pp 17-21 at rear are Colenso's letters to the General Assembly of the New Zealand Government concerning his work on the lexicon Bagnall C1195 scarce. association copy. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Government Printer hardcover
183014271American Tract Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1830. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 496 page volume in oroginal embossed cloth covered boards with spinal gilt heavily worn. Foxing prevalent throughout. Pencil ownership name in script on second free endpaper. While bound tightly threads do show at hinges. Cloth boards show fading discoloration and modest but fairly light shelf and edge/corner wear. . American Tract Society hardcover
186421966Lyon et Paris, J.B. Pélagaud (Lyon, imprimerie J.B. Pélagaud), 1864 ; in-18, demi-chagrin marron, titre doré (reliure de l’époque) ; [4], 85 pp.
