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19998929Zurich: Artibus Asiae Publishers Museum Rietberg 1999. Very Good/Very Good. Zurich: Artibus Asiae Publishers Museum Rietberg 1999. First Edition. Quarto 30.5x24x3cm; 344pp including appendices bibliography glossary and index. Illustrated with 222 photographic images in color and B&W. Note that this is the true first edition in hardcover not the 2008 reprint from Paul Holberton Publishing which bears the same ISBN. Lord Vishnu knows why.<br /> <br /> Illustrated dust jacket. Bound in gray linen with silver stamping on spine and front panel. Silver-gray marker ribbon bound in. Nearly as new; some slight signs of chafing against former shelf-fellows on dust jacket front and back; a chip of color loss to lower front flap fold. Textblock unmarred and unmarked.<br /> <br /> Seyller's study of the 16th century illustrated manuscript now in the Freer Gallery in Washington D.C. covers not only the document itself but also the historical technical and sociological issues of its creation and transmission. Artibus Asiae Publishers, Museum Rietberg unknown
2005100194<p><em><strong>CONSTANTINOPLE - The Eastern Orthodoxy Inside the Walls</strong></em></p><p>In greek. Two-volumes in slip case. Hard coverjacket 34x25 cm 816 pp. in total rich illustration; net weight 7 kg.</p><p><em>Two-volume edition with full historical data and illustrations of the byzantine churches that were in use for centuries in Constantinople.</em></p><p>==============================================================</p><p><strong><em><strong>IMPORTANT: The shipping cost estimated by the system covers books weighing up to 750 gr.; a surcharge depending on the actual weight and destination applies for heavier books.</strong></em></strong></p> Miletus hardcover
1983S7892<p>Thessalonica: Patriarchal Institute of Patristic Studies 1983. Series: <em>Analecta Vlatadon</em> No. 39. In Greek. Hard cover 24 cm 544 pp.</p><p><strong>CONTENTS: </strong></p><p>TO TRIADOLOGIKON PLAISION TES DIAKRISEOS OUSIAS KAI ENERGEIAS - O THEOS OS AGAThOS ETOI TO MYSTERION TES DIAKRISEOS TES ThEIAS OUSIAS KAI ENERGEIAS KAI AI DIAFOROI ThEOPREPEIS OPSEIS AUTOU - E ANANGAIOTES TES DIAKRISEOS OUSIAS KAI ENERGEIAS EN TE THEIA TRIADI - TI ESTIN E ENERGEIA TOU THEOU: SCHESEIS ENERGEIAS KAI OUSIAS ENERGEIAS KAI HYPOSTASEON - ENERGEIA - DYNAMIS - THELESIS - ENERGEIA KAI ENERGEIAI THEOU - DIAKRINONTAI E OUSIA KAI E ENERGEIA PRAGMATIKOS E KAT' EPINOIAN - TO AKTISTON KAI ANARCHON TES THEIAS ENERGEIAS - ANONYMIA KAI POLYONYMIA THEOU OS THEOLOGIKE EKPHRASIS TES DIAKRISEOS THEIAS OUSIAS KAI ENERGEIAS - AI THEOLOGIKAI EPIPTOSEIS TES DIAKRISEOS TES THEIAS OUSIAS KAI ENERGEIAS - AI THEOLOGIKAI EPIPTOSEIS TES ME DIAKRISEOS TES THEIAS OUSIAS KAI ENERGEIAS - O AGATHOS THEOS OS AGATHOPOIOS KAI THEOPOIOS ETOI PERI TES HYPO TOU ANTHROPOU BIOSEOS TOU THEOU EN TE MET' AUTOU KOINONIA KAI HENOSEI HYPO TO PHOS TES DIAKRISEOS TES THEIAS OUSIAS KAI ENERGEIAS - TO KAT' OUSIAN AMETHEKTON KAI TO KAT' ENERGEIAN METHEKTON TOU EN TRIADI THEOU - E KAT' OUSIAN "HYPERKEIMENE" KAI KAT' ENERGEIAN "HYPHEIMENE" THEOTES - E THEOSIS - E CORYPHE TES THEIAS METHEXEOS - TO MYSTERION TES KAT' OUSIAN AGNOSIAS TOU THEOU KAI TES KAT' ENERGEIAN THEOGNOSIAS - E THEA TOU AKTISTOU THEIOU PHOTOS ETOI TO MYSTERION TES KAT' ENERGEIAN THEAS TOU KAT' OUSIAN ATHEATOU THEOU.</p><p>ZUSAMMENFASSUNG - BIBLIOGRAPHY - PLATES.</p> Patriarchal Institute of Patristic Studies hardcover
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a87904Tubingen 1741 Schramm. Hardcover. 12mo. 351p. 36 fully manuscript pages bound in at beginning and end of text in dense contemporary brown ink quite legible if one can read the language errata 3/4 vellum with original "finger painting" type color paper-covered boards. Two contemporary names on margins of title page. Ink signature on front cover appears to be name of author of the mss pages and residue of old bookplate removed from inside rear cover. Good contemporary ink title on spine covers worn. . hardcover
180426935Newburyport MA: E.W. Allen / Thomas & Whipple 1804. Very Good. Newburyport MA: From the Press of E.W. Allen / for Sale at the Bookstore of Thomas & Whipple 1804. First Edition. Octavo; removed old remnants of spine leather; 28pp. A4 B-C4 D2 collated and presumed complete; woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Brief soil to title page serving as upper cover occasional uneven spotting else Very Good and sound.<br /> <br /> Sermon delivered in response to the fatal duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr which occurred less than a month previously. The Congregationalist minister condemns Hamilton's actions calling attention to his hypocrisy in "disapproving malicious Duels and yet practically justifying a polite duel" p. 19.<br /> <br /> SABIN 89807; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 7301. E.W. Allen / Thomas & Whipple unknown
178326932Boston: T. and J. Fleet 1783. Very Good. Boston: Printed and Sold by T. and J. Fleet at the Bible and Heart in Cornhill 1783. First Edition. Octavo; removed old leather remnants to spine; 2ii96pp. A2 B4 C-N4 collated and complete. Textblock a bit browned and brittle else Very Good and sound.<br /> <br /> Doctrinal rebuttal by the pastor of the Third Church in Roxbury in answer to Charles Chauncy's tract "Salvation of All Men." <br /> <br /> ESTC W38203. T. and J. Fleet unknown
184132795London: Charles Fox 1841. Very Good. London: Charles Fox 1841. First Edition. Slim octavo 23.5cm; publisher's brown cloth gilt-lettered spine; viii107pp.; publisher's advertisements tipped to final leaf. Cloth a bit soiled and worn fraying at spine ends old glue residue and previous bookseller's price to front free endpaper hairline crack to front hinge at title page else Very Good and sound. <br /> <br /> Provenance: Ownership ex libris to front pastedown and signature at head of title page of the noted English atheist and freethinker Joseph Mazzini Wheeler 1850-1898. Wheeler was best known as the compiler of "A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages" in which he described David Strauss as "A devoted servant of truth his mind was always advancing" pp. 307-8. Charles Fox unknown
178926872Boston: Samuel Hall 1789. Good. Boston: Samuel Hall 1789. First Edition. Octavo; removed contents entirely disbound; 32pp. A4 B4 C8 collated and complete with half title. Textblock rather spotted extremities trimmed partly affecting ownership signature of David Osgood at top margin of half title serving as upper cover else a Good complete copy.<br /> <br /> Uncommon sermon delivered in honor of the newly appointed Charlestown minister Jedidiah Morse 1761-1826 whose school textblock "Geography Made Easy" 1784 is considered to be the earliest geography of the United States. This copy with ownership signature of David Osgood 1747-1822 whose contribution "The Right Hand of Fellowship" appears on pp. 28-32. <br /> <br /> BAL 925; ESTC 29256; EVANS 21673. Samuel Hall unknown
172031374Lugduni Lyon: Sumptibus Anisson & Posuel 1720. Very Good. Lugduni Lyon: Sumptibus Anisson & Posuel 1720. Two volumes; folios 39.5cm.; later limp marbled boards pink printed spine labels Vol. II bound upside down; 2450876; 1657284pp. collated complete; large woodcut publisher's devices to both title pages signed in image "Papillon." Ex-seminary library with old shelf labels to spine feet and front pastedowns occasional internal rubber-stamps spines sunned else a Very Good pleasingly untrimmed set of this exhaustive work of canonical law by the Portuguese scholar. Sumptibus Anisson, & Posuel unknown
199218670<p>As New hardcovers in box. Five volumes in matching slipcase. Text in Hebrew and English linear translations. Brown linen-grain cloth over boards gilt titles and pictorial designs on covers and spine. Bright clean square covers and spines; tightly bound; bright crisp clean interiors. Slipcase is bright clean and complete without wear. 8vo 11945 total pp paged: 373 353 320 457 442. See OCLC #233889247.</p> New York?/Brookline MA: Metsudah Publications/ Israel Book Shop (dist.); 1987 - 1992 hardcover
194433125<p>New York: Lucis Publishing Company 1944 Scarce First Edition stated in gilt-stamped blue-black leatherette no markings NOT ex-lib binding tight pages bright if a touch toned only light edge/corner wear toning/quiet staining foredge text block else clean tight exemplary First Edition copy by the legendary theosophist and first coiner of the term 'New Age' - quite uncommon in first printing; from collection of the famed metaphysical library of William Clarke with his singular bookplate to front pastedown; thick 8vo; xvi 790pp colophon. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.</p> New York: Lucis Publishing Company hardcover
198330627Geneve: Libraire Droz 1983. Very Good. Genève: Librairie Droz 1983 1994. First Editions. Large octavos 25.5cm.; publisher's red cloth gilt-lettered spines; 4xvii1548; 2xix1938pp.; facsimiles throughout. Minor wear from handling corners bumped two white smudges to Vol. II upper cover textblocks lightly dust-soiled else a Very Good sound set. Issued as Travaux d'Humanisme et Renaissance Nos. CXCII and CCLXXII.<br /> <br /> The author's copies of this monumental bibliography with her signatures to front free endpapers Vol. II also labelled "Working copy" with Chambers' faint pencil marginalia throughout. Both volumes were eventually given to a colleague to whom Chambers has inscribed and signed in Italian on versos of both half titles. Libraire Droz unknown
1781222842London England: S. Crowder 1781. Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 1781 6th Edition Corrected and Amended. Scarce leather hardcover 252 pp. Expounds the young Bunyan's two covenant theology Adam - Old Testament and Jesus - New Testament. Book Condition: Good minus; front cover barely attached rear cover secured; some foxing throughout and spotting to text block; no text marks; creasing to front free end papers. Other than the separation at the front this book is in good condition for its age with relatively little scuffing to the covers. S. Crowder Hardcover
176629355Boston: Edes and Gill 1766. Very Good. Boston: Printed and Sold by Edes and Gill in Queen-Street 1766. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 391pp. lacking half title otherwise collated complete. Title page starting to separate foxing to external leaves light toning to textblock else Very Good and sound overall.<br /> <br /> Ordination sermon by Charles Chauncy a strong opponent of Jonathan Edwards'. His oration followed by a Charge by Samuel Checkley and "Right Hand of Fellowship" by Samuel Cooper.<br /> <br /> ESTC W30941; EVANS 10256. Edes and Gill unknown
162230902Dilingae: Udalricum Rem 1622. Very Good. Dilingae: Apud Udalricum Rem 1622. Later Edition. Small 12mo 13.5cm.; full contemporary parchment manuscript spine titling all edges speckled; 2140pp.; woodcut device to title page and initials throughout. Parchment soiled especially along bottom half of spine and rear cover textblock rather foxed else a Very Good sound copy overall.<br /> <br /> Small collection of Jesuit poetry compiled by the Jesuit astronomer-cosmographer Charles Malapert 1581-1630. Udalricum Rem unknown
167031507Antverpiae Antwerp: Sumptibus Andreae Frisii / Andreas Frisius 1670. Very Good-. Antverpiae Antwerp: Sumptibus Andreae Frisii Andrea Frisius 1670. "Editio novissima aucta emendata & figuris aeneis exornata." 24mo 13cm.; full 19th-century brown morocco gilt spine in five compartments; 3615820pp. collated complete; added engraved title page and eighteen engraved illustrations in text mostly full-paged. Ex-St. Michael's Monastery with their usual markings leather slightly rubbed worm-holing along bottom margin of most of the textblock not quite touching text else a Good to Very Good internally clean and sound copy. <br /> <br /> Generously-illustrated study of the crucifixion by Belgian Augustin monk Cornelius Curtius 1590-1638 adorned with a myriad of representations of Christ on the cross as well as depictions of the nails used and views of the crucified feet from the side and from above. Sumptibus Andreae Frisii / Andreas Frisius unknown
18666615New York: Methodist Episcopal Church 1866. Good or better. New York: Methodist Episcopal Church 1865-1866. Twenty-four volumes in one; tabloid format 36cm.; contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards; 96pp.; illus. throughout text in triple columns. Boards quite rubbed and leather dried and chipped one-inch losses at both spine ends shallow damp stain to textblock fore-edge general old soil throughout else Good internally sound.<br /> <br /> Complete single year of this religious juvenile periodical edited by Daniel Wise corresponding secretary of the Sunday School Union. Includes myriad moral parables and poetry many signed in text by "The Corporal." Other contributors include Emily Huntington Miller "The Gentleman and the Rascal"; and word games with the occasional faint contemporary pencil juvenile marginalia. Methodist Episcopal Church unknown
174730038Boston: N.E.: Printed by Rogers and Fowle in Queen-street 1747. Very Good. Boston: N.E.: Printed by Rogers and Fowle in Queen-street 1747. First Edition. Octavo. 28 4 pp. Removed. Ex-library but with stamp to rear as only institutional marking. Lightly rubbed along edges; long tear to front wrap with neat paper repair to verso; old dampstain along bottom half throughout though text remains legible and still a Very Good and sound copy of a scarce colonial printing. Printed by Rogers and Fowle in Queen-street unknown
176829377Boston: Edes and Gill / Bulkeley Emerson 1768. Very Good. Boston: Printed by Edes and Gill in Queen-Street for Bulkeley Emerson of Newbury-Port 1768. First Edition. Small octavo 21cm.; removed; 471pp. A-F4 collated complete. Scattered foxing to textblock leaves trimmed affecting author inscription at head of half title "A. Eliot / The auth. else Very Good and sound.<br /> <br /> Ordination sermon followed by a Charge by Paine Wingate and "The Right Hand of Fellowship" by Thomas Prentice.<br /> <br /> EVANS 10825; SABIN 3456. Edes and Gill / Bulkeley Emerson unknown
179029350New-Haven: A. Morse 1790. Very Good. New-Haven: A. Morse 1790. First Edition. Octavo; removed spine backed with black cloth tape; 291pp. lacking half title page otherwise collated complete. Foxing throughout textblock most heavily to later leaves else Very Good and sound.<br /> <br /> Ordination sermon providing an unusual biographical sketch of the late pastor being replaced Warham Williams. The sketch appears in a lengthy footnote spanning pp. 23-25 and includes mention of his ancestors Doctor Stephen Williams and Reverend John Williams of Deerfield Massachusetts who were both taken into "Indian captivity" to Canada in 1704 following the Raid on Deerfield.<br /> <br /> EVANS 22538; SABIN 27884; TRUMBULL 764. A. Morse unknown
179129322Hartford: Elisha Babcock 1791. Very Good. Hartford: Elisha Babcock 1791. First Edition. Small octavo; modern blue wrappers; 231pp. A-C4 collated complete. Leaves trimmed mostly erasing contemporary ownership inscription at head of title page light toning to textblock else Very Good and sound.<br /> <br /> Ordination sermon delivered by Enos Hitchcock 1744-1803 who served as a chaplain for the Continental Army in Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War before settling in Providence Rhode Island. The present oration delivered in the long wake of hostilities stating at one point that "It is our happy lot my fellow christians sic to live in a country that has the honor of exhibiting the first instance the world ever saw of a civil government established in favor of universal liberty" p. 17.<br /> <br /> ESTC W030803; EVANS 23442. Elisha Babcock unknown
189532733<p>Chicago: The Progressive Thinker Publishing House 1895 Likely First Printing copyright date of 1894 in original gilt-stamped burgundy cloth boards floral patterned endpapers no markings NOT ex-lib boards rubbed & a little soiled with softening to ends & corners hinges sound pages brittle and age-toned else Very Good copy of very scarce title; 8vo; 400pp illus; frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.</p> Chicago: The Progressive Thinker Publishing House hardcover
179526877Portsmouth: John Melcher 1795. Very Good. Portsmouth: John Melcher 1795. First Edition. Octavo; removed remnants of old spine leather present; 46pp. A3 B-F4 lacking half title but otherwise collated and complete. Textblock rather spotted else Very Good and sound.<br /> <br /> Uncommon New Hampshire Christmas sermon: "Alas! O wretched men that we are! The strongest powers of mortal vision beholding through a glass darkly are inadequate to these Pisgah heights of sublimest contemplations" pp. 16-7 etc etc. <br /> <br /> ESTC W37642; EVANS 29410. John Melcher unknown
167032689Amstelodami Amsterdam: Sumptibus Andreae Frisii Andreas Frisius 1670. Very Good. Amstelodami Amsterdam: Sumptibus Andreae Frisii Andreas Frisius 1670. Two volumes bound in one; 12mo; full contemporary blind-embossed parchment faint manuscript spine titling; 1222725; 12517pp. both volumes collated complete; added engraved half title page to first volume two folding plates steel engravings throughout text. Parchment uniformly dust-soiled brief ink dash across upper cover else Very Good internally clean and sound. <br /> <br /> Posthumous editions of two works by the Italian Catholic Bishop and historian brought out by the Dutch publisher Andreas Frisius known for issuing such stylishly-illustrated Latin works in the 1660s and '70s. Sumptibus Andreae Frisii [Andreas Frisius] unknown
