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169520104London: Printed by Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas'd 1695. Folio. Stitched inserted into later brown wrappers. Some marginal soiling and browning some page numbers trimmed else a very good copy of this edict. Folio. Establishing Greenwich Hospital. Setting up the commission for the hospital established to aid seamen and their families. The king selected the commissioners John Evelyn as Treasurer and Register and arranged the finances in what was previously Charles II's Greenwich Palace. Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd unknown books
169616958London: E. Jones 1696. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. Engraved frontispiece. Full calf probably 18th century or early 19th century. Spine in 6 compartments; red lettering label gilt; the remaining compartments with a Maltese cross impressed in blind. Plain endpapers. 19th century ownership signature scrawled across the title page. Light scuffing to the binding some staining and soil to the text front inner hinge neatly mended else a very good copy. Includes the Psalter and rites of ordination: 'Una cum Psalterio seu Psalmis Davidis Ea Punctatione distinctis qua Cantari aut Recitari debent in ECCLESIIS Itemque Forma & Modus Faciendi Ordinandi & Consecrandi Episcopos Presbyteros Diaconos.' Wing B3694A; ESTC R214201. E. Jones hardcover books
1683674251683. An Oath that Incensed the Puritans Church of England. Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical Treated Upon by the Bishop of London President of the Convocation for the Province of Canterbury and the Rest of the Bishops and Clergie of the Said Province: And Agreed Upon with the Kings Majesties Licence in Their Synod Begun at London Anno Domini 1603. And in the Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord James By the Grace of God King of England France & Ireland the First and of Scotland the Thirty Seventh. And Now Published for the Due Observation of Them by His Majesties Authority Under the Great Seal of England. London: Printed by the Assigns of John Bill Deceas'd 1683. viii 69 11 pp. The first leaf bears woodcut royal arms on verso last leaf is a blank. Quarto 7-1/2" x 6". Disbound pamphlet bound into recent period-style three-quarter calf over paper-covered boards calf title panel to center of front board. Moderate toning to text light foxing and tiny inkspots to a few leaves "2" in early hand to head of front endleaf. A nice copy in a handsome binding. $300. An important document in the history of the English Reformation this was the first collection of ecclesiastical law compiled by the Church of England that was not derived from Roman Catholic sources. It was originally enacted in 1571 and amended in 1603 and 1640. This latter issue contains the notorious Article VI "Impugners of the Rites and Ceremonies Established in the Church Censured" which incensed the Puritans. English Short-Title Catalogue R6436. unknown books
1640WRCLIT65815London: Printed by Robert Barker . And by the Assignes of John Bill 1640. 410 42 pp. Collation: A-G4. Quarto. Extracted from pamphlet volume. Decorated headpieces and initials. Early ink inscription in upper margin of blank A1 fore- margins markedly browned just a good copy. First edition. STC and ESTC delineate two settings of quires B and C: in this copy B1v:1 reads 'fidelity'and C1v catchword: 'they'. ESTC R212834. McALPIN I:546. STC 10080. Printed by Robert Barker ... And by the Assignes of John Bill unknown books
1621310863London: Printed by Bonham Norton and John Bill printers to the Kings most excellent Maiestie 1621. 20 pp. 4to. Later quarter reddish morocco rebacked. Dust-soiling to first leaf title and last two leaves some minor spotting very good. 20 pp. 4to. ESTC S107590; STC14399 Printed by Bonham Norton and John Bill, printers to the Kings most excellent Maiestie unknown books
1649303254London: Printed by Roger Daniel 1649. Second edition. 8 263 pp. Woodcut device of the King's arms on recto of first leaf. LACKING folded engraved frontispiece. 2 engraved portraits. 1 vols. 8vo. 19th-century sheep. Bookplates. Second edition. 8 263 pp. Woodcut device of the King's arms on recto of first leaf. LACKING folded engraved frontispiece. 2 engraved portraits. 1 vols. 8vo. Madan 25; Wing 2nd ed. E307 Printed by Roger Daniel] unknown books
1695565London: Printed for J. Wickins; and to be sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster 1695. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. COLLATION: A-B4 C-F8 G-Q4 COMPLETE. 2 19-176 pp. Attractive half calf antique marbled boards red morocco label gilt compartments gilt with small tools. ¶ FIRST EDITION of this important collection of Parliamentary debates providing original and valuable documentation of the constitutional crisis that ensued during the Glorious Revolution of 1688. James II of England a.k.a. James VII of Scotland while fleeing to France dropped the Great Seal of the Realm into the Thames. In Parliament the question was discussed whether he had forfeited the throne or had abdicated. The present volume offers detailed arguments for the both but ultimately the latter designation was agreed upon and in a full assembly of the Lords and Commons it was resolved in spite of James's protest "that King James II having endeavored to subvert the constitution of the kingdom by breaking the original contract between king and people and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn himself out of this kingdom has abdicated the government and that the throne is thereby vacant." The Scottish parliament pronounced a decree of forfeiture and deposition. ¶ In our copy the imprint reads "and to be sold" in another issue the imprint reads "and sold". ¶ References: Wing 2nd ed. E1288A. ESTC R14958. Provenance: the Sunderland copy sale of the Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana Puttick & Simpson 1882 Fourth Portion lot 9338 -- subsequently in the Theological Institute of Connecticut now known as the Hartford Seminary with blindstamps. NB: in 1976 a collection of more than 200000 books from the Hartford Seminary Library were sold to Emory University including this one --> deaccessioned from Pitts Theology Library. Printed for J. Wickins; and to be sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster hardcover books
1608WRCLIT65814London: Imprinted . by Robert Barker . Anno 1608. 120pp. Collation: A-P4. Quarto. Extracted from pamphlet volume. Elaborate floral headpiece on title. Light dust soiling faint tidemark affecting last third of text block toward gutter at top a few early ink annotations but a good crisp copy. One of the six printings of the English text dated 1604 distinguished by STC and ESTC. The copy in hand has the catchword 'Reuerence' on D1r and STC suggests it may have been printed in 1608. ESTC locates four copies in North America including the present copy. STC 10071.5. ESTC 2623. McALPIN I:179. Imprinted ... by Robert Barker ... Anno unknown books
165726937London: Printed by Henry Hills and John Field Printers to His Highness 1657. 1st edition Wing E-1046. Not in Gabler nor Goldsmith. Printed self-wrappers. VG split developing along fold. Now housed in archival mylar sleeve. 2 2 pp. Commonwealth seal to t.p. Folio: 2. 10-5/8" x 6-3/4" <br/><br/>Gabler though not listing this item does briefly discuss & list divers tracts & pamphlets written in the early 1640s voicing public outrage over a contract between Charles I and the Vintner's Company of London- under said contract the Vintners agreed to pay a 46 shilling tax on every ton of Spanish & French wine & also agreed to annually buy a certain amount from English importers. In return the vintners were permitted to sell cooked victuals a proviso not in their original charter & allowed to recoup the tax by charging a penny a quart more that the officially published price. The ultimate effect was to give the Vintners' Company a monopoly on the wine trade all the while enriching the coffers of Charles I. Needless to say wine drinkers were livid. Parliament eventually responded in the consumers' favor. Gabler pp. 2-3. This act of Cromwell's establishes limitations on prices for Spanish & French wines a proclamation issued perhaps in memory of the Vintner's Company earlier attempts at profiteering Printed by Henry Hills, and John Field, Printers to His Highness unknown books
1688WRCLIT65540London: Imprimée par R. Everingham & se vend chez R. Bentley & M. Magnes . 1688. 36348148pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf gilt leather label. Corners and spine worn head and toe of spine chipped front pastedown loose but present; later bookplate on pastedown signature on free endsheet: "Rich. Rycroft" possibly Sir Richard Rycroft 1st Baronet 1736-1786. Contemporary inscription on first titlepage some tanning and occasional light smudging but a good copy. An uncommon printing of the revised text of the Delaune's translation of the English Liturgy first published in 1616 and John Durel's translation of the 39 Articles. Durel 1625-1683 an Anglican clergyman and apologist enjoyed a distinguished career and royal favor securing a printing monopoly on this French prayer book and eventually becoming a royal chaplain in 1662. "A revised text completed before 1665 retained much of Delaune's original but incorporated changes embodied in the Act of Uniformity and Durel's translation of the Thirty-Nine Articles; it was published eight times between 1666 and 1695" - DNB. The Psalms included here have a separate titlepage dated 1686 and register though their inclusion is noted on the initial title-page. The translation into French verse is that undertaken by Clement Marot and Theodore de Beze early in the previous century. Scarce: ESTC locates ESTC locates two copies in the UK BL and Oxford Hertford College and two copies in North America. ESTC R28597. WING B3683AB. GRIFFITHS 36.8 note. Imprimée par R. Everingham, & se vend chez R. Bentley, & M. Magnes ... hardcover books
1649402219London: printed by John Grismond for Richard Royston 1649. 12mo 165 x 95 mm; 6½ x 3¾ inches. Engraved double-page portrait by William Marshall. Early 20th-century half calf marbled boards all edges gilt by Zaehnsdorf. Light wear to extremities; a few occasional pale stains lacks terminal blank generally fresh. FIRST EDITION third state with correct pagination in quire G. Originally attributed to Charles I the bibliographer Falconer Madan believes it was written by John Gauden who probably included some authentic writings of the king. Though the title-page reads 1648 it was published on 9 February 1649 ten days after the king was beheaded in the aftermath of the English Civil War. The famous allegorical frontispiece by William Marshall depicts Charles I as a Christian martyr. The work was so successful in its portrayal of the king that at the Restoration a special commemoration of the king on 30 January was added to the Book of Common Prayer. Charles I is the only saint formally canonized by the Church of England. ESTC R10559; Madan 1c; Wing E270. . <br/><br/> [printed by John Grismond for Richard Royston] hardcover books
1648256708London: for Richard Royston 1648. First edition third issue with pagination of sheet "G" corrected. 8 269 pp. Lacking first and last blank leaves A1 and S8 and lacking the engraved frontispiece portrait by Marshall. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in 20th-century black crushed morocco gilt-lettered spine marbled endpapers a.e.g. by Rivière and Son. Some staining to upper corners of pp. 197-269 for the most part in the margin errata leaf bound recto-verso. Bookplate of Frederick Adolphus Philbrick lawyer and an early British philatelist on front pastedown institutional bookplate on recto and verso of front free endpaper. Joints with traces of rubbing. Overall a very attractive copy. First edition third issue with pagination of sheet "G" corrected. 8 269 pp. Lacking first and last blank leaves A1 and S8 and lacking the engraved frontispiece portrait by Marshall. 1 vols. 8vo. A book so infrequently found with the portrait by Marshall that earlier bibliographies incuding Pforzheimer following Almack's lead assumed that when one did appear it was "tipped in". Madan #1 3; Pforzheimer 171 note for Richard Royston] unknown books
1683264178London: printed by the assigns of John Bill deceas'd; and by Henry Hills and Thomas Newcomb printers to the Kings most excellen t Majesty 1683. Printed broadside. Woodcut royal arms at head large decorative initial capital. 1 vols. 14-1/2 x 11-1/4 inches. Backed with tissue some old dampstaining some loss at margins but printed area complete except for a very small area of the royal arms. Old folds rust marks along with marginal wear suggest that this may at one time have been "affixt to some conspicuous place" as the text instructs. Printed broadside. Woodcut royal arms at head large decorative initial capital. 1 vols. 14-1/2 x 11-1/4 inches. King's Evil and the Royal Touch. From the Middle Ages in England and France it was believed that scrofula or "the King's Evil" could be cured by the touch of royalty; ceremonies were held in which the King would touch and "heal" hundreds of afflicted subjects. <br/>By the late 1400s it was believed that one could also be cured by touching a type of coin called an angel which had been touched by the monarch. After angels ceased to be minted in the 1620s the same effect was said to be achieved by touching a gold medallion embossed much like the old coin.<br/>Some monarchs touched many people. King Henry IV of France touched up to 1500 at one time. The last English monarch to carry out this practice was Queen Anne who died in 1714 but it continued in France. Louis XV touched more than 2000 scrofula sufferers and the last French monarch to do this was Charles X in 1825 Science Museum London. Cf. F Barlow "The King's Evil"Â The English Historical Review 95/374 January 1980 pp 3-27; M BlochThe Royal Touch: Sacred Monarchy and Scrofula in England and France London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1973.<br/>The present broadside setting the dates for such ceremonies is rare on the market: no copies are listed for sale and none have appeared at auction. It also is signed in type by Lord Chief Justice George Jeffryes sic "The Hanging Judge" amongst others.<br/>An interesting manuscript note in a contemporary hand at the lower margin with significant loss calls the attention of "All Parsons Vicars and Curates" to the regulations set forth in the broadside. ESTC R34884 11 copies in UK 6 in US; OCLC 15328355 2 copies; Wing E-831 printed by the assigns of John Bill deceas'd; and by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, printers to the Kings most excellen t Maje unknown books
1692D4272Amsterdam: n.p. Chez Pierre Brunel 1692. First Edition in French. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 232 pp. Title in red and black with etched royal cypher. 120 copper engraved commemorative medals by Adriaen Schoonebeeck. Added engraved title page signed by Romeyn de Hooghe dated 1691. 12 full-page etchings signed by de Hooghe that depict festival constructions for Williams entry into The Hague in 1691 and also portraits of William and Mary among other emblems. Engraved headpiece and initial decoration on dedication leaf signed by Schoonebeck followed by full-page engraved leaf honoring Chevalier with depictions of Atlas Aristotle and other muses. Full contemporary vellum blind-stamped with central lozenge design; very slight foxing or staining engravings fresh; covers slightly bowed. Initialled bookplate P.M.G to front pastedown. First Edition in French of this biography of William III of England extensively illustrated to show important events in the monarchs life. This work was privately printed for Nicolas Chevalier who was a hobbyist and coin collector. A large proportion of Dutch print-making at the end of the 17th century focused on William III. An almost categorical personality cult surrounded the stadtholder-king. Among the print-makers Romeyn de Hooghe 1645-1708 was an important and prolific late Dutch Baroque engraver and caricaturist. He is best known for his political caricatures of Louis XIV and propagandistic prints supporting William of Orange. De Hooghes 12 etchings of triumphal arches for this work are adaptations of plates in the works by Bidloo and Tronchin de Breuil published in 1691 and 1692. Adriaen Schoonebeek c. 1657- 1705 is often mentioned because of his appearance as witness for the prosecution in a court case against de Hooghe that formed the climax of a slanderous exchange of pamphets between Orangists and members of the Amsterdam faction in 1690. These animosities did not prevent re- employment of both engravers in executing plates for this Nicolas Chevaliers 1692 illustrated volume on numismatics and the life of King William. Rare. Worldcat locates only 3 copies in institutional collections in North America. Brunet I1838; Graesse II 25; Landwehr 81 <br/><br/> [n.p., Chez Pierre Brunel?] hardcover books
1693221334all published in London: by various publishers 1693. All first editions unless otherwise noted. 1 vols. All Sm. 4tos. Contemporary panelled calf rebacked with cloth tape. Shaken front flyleaf detached. All first editions unless otherwise noted. 1 vols. All Sm. 4tos. Kings and Clergy. Interesing collection of sermons from the Anglican clergy during the reigns of the Stuart monarchs Charles II r. 1660-85 and James II r. 1685-88 in which fears of a Roman Catholic dynasty led to James II's eventual overthrow and the invasion of William & Mary. The sermons contained herein are as follows:<br/><br/>1. Du Moulin Peter. A Sermon Preached in the Metropolitical Church of Canterbury October 17 MDCLXXII at the funeral of the Very Reverend Thomas Turner D.D. Dean of the same church. 2 29 pp.: Printed for Henry Brome 1672<br/><br/>2. Turner Francis. A Sermon preached before the King of the 30/1 of January 1680/1. Being the Fast for the Martyrdom of King Charles I of Blessed Memory. 47pp. Printed by J. Macock for R Royston 1681<br/><br/>3. 3. Turner Francis. A Sermon Preached before the King of the 30th of Januarym 1684/5/ Being the Fast for the Martyrdom of King Charles the First of Blessed Memory. By Francis Lord Bishop of Ely and Almoner to His Majecty. 2 30pp. Printed for Robert Clavell 1685<br/><br/>4. Turner Francis . A Sermon Prached before Their Majesties K. James II and Q. Mary at their Coronation in Westminster-Abbey April 23 1685. 2 30pp. Printed for Robert Clavell 1685<br/><br/>5. Turner Francis. A Sermon Preached before the Lord Mayor and the Court of Aldermen at Guild-Hall Chappel on the 7th of May 1682. 8 32pp. Printed by J. Macock for R. Royston 1682<br/><br/>6. Sprat Thomas. A Sermon Preach'd to the Natives of the County of Dorset Residing in and about the Cities of London and Westminster at St. Mary Le Bowe on Dec. 8 1692 being the Day of their Anniversary Feast. 40pp. Printed by Edward Jones 1693<br/><br/>7. Fleetwood William. A Sermon Preach'd before the Queen at White-Hall February the 12th 1692/3. 31 1pp. Printed for Thomas Newborough 1693<br/><br/>8. Fleetwood William. A Sermon Preach'd before the Honourable the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen at St. Mary le Bow on Friday the 11th of April 1692. Being the Fast-Day. 29 1 2 blank. Printed for Thomas Newborough 1692<br/><br/>9. Fleetwood William. A Sermon Preached at Guild-Hall Chapel December the xi 1692. Before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen. 29 3pp. Printed for Thomas Newborough . 1693<br/><br/>10. Dove Henry. A Sermon Preached bfore the Right Honorable The Lord Mayor of the City of London and the Court of Aldermen. At Bow-Church on the Feast of S Michael 1682. The Day for the Election of a Lord Mayor. 6. 31pp. Printed for Benj. Tooke 1682<br/><br/>11. Smythies William. A Sermon Preached before the Right Honourable Sr. Thomas Stampe Lord Mayor the Court of Alderman and Citizens of London September 29th. 1692 at the Election of the Lord Mayor for the Year ensuing. 2 blank 6 22 1pp. Printed for J. Southby 1692<br/><br/>12. Sprat Thomas. A Sermon Preached before the Artillery Company of London at St. Mary Le Bow April 20. 1682. The second edition. 4 31pp. Printed for John Baker . 1682. by various publishers unknown books
164844496London 1648. Early edition Madan 21; Almack 15; Wing E-270. Full red morocco leather binding 18th C with elaborate gilt decorative stamping to front & rear boards; raised spine bands; gilt stamped title in second compartment & gilt stamped decorations in the remainder. AEG. Gilt dentelles. Marbled eps. Binding with minor signs of use & wear. Recent bookseller notes to preliminary blank with modern London bookseller ticket to front blank. Frontis is a touch grubby and shows a tiny bit of edge chipping. Title leaf floated with period signatures of Robert Bridge and Joseph MacIntyre. H2 with small hole along gutter. Pale staining to margins heavier to first half of the volume. Tiny worm run to edge of first couple of leaves and some tiny runs to margins in places. Scattered pale marginal foxing. Withal a handsome VG copy of this title. 4 302 16 pp. Numerous mispaginations throughout. Double-page engraved frontispiece by William Marshall "designed for this edition". Madan. 8vo: A - U8 D1 mis-signed as E1 ¶4 a4. 6-1/4" x 3-13/16" 16 cm x 9.7 cm. <br/><br/>A lovely copy of this famous Royalist publication purporting to be the memoirs of the recently executed King. So controversial was it that Parliament commissioned an answer with John Milton's Eikonoklastes. Milton was the first to cast doubt on its authorship and Madan's New Bibliography of the Eikon Basilike demonstrated that while Dr. John Gauden was the author he worked closely from Charles' manuscripts. hardcover books
166537826En te Kantabrigia: Ioannou Phieldou 1665. 12mo 14.5 cm 5.75". 36 126 2 blank pp. <br><br>as issued with the same publisher's Bible. Psalms. Greek. 1664. Psalterion toy Dabid kata tous Hebdomekonta eis ta tmemata ta en te tes Agglikanes Ekkesias leitourgia nomizomena diegemenon. 12mo. 1664. 2 115 3 11771 1 pp. and Bible. New Testament. Greek. 1665. Tes kaines diathekes apanta. 12mo. 2 419 1 pp.<br>Â Â Â Â First edition of this Greek translation of the Book of Common Prayer. The preface is signed "I.D." i.e. James Duport a popular professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge who had the year before printed a translation of the Psalter which appears here with the BCP as issued under a separate title-page and Ordinal along with the Greek New Testament and Apocrypha the title-page of the New Testament being an insert and the Apocrypha having separate pagination. This is only the second translation of the BCP into Greek following the first by Elias Petley in 1638. There were apparently two settings of this edition produced by printer John Field in the same year under the same title and imprint with priority not established; the present example has line six of the main title-page all in capital letters and the "Alma mater Cantabrigia" device following the last page of the Psalter but while the sun is on the left and the cup on the right of the Psalter title-page device they are reversed on the New Testament title-page apparently indicating that the New Testament is from a variant post-dating the BCP and Psalter.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Contemporary mottled calf Cambridge-style covers framed in double gilt fillets and panelled in triple gilt fillets with gilt-tooled corner fleurons; spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and gilt-ruled compartments.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Front free endpaper with early inscription in red pencil: "Gibson's / Queens / Oxon. / 1787." Most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard small booklabel "AHA" at rear. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Biblos: Wing rev. ed. B3632; ESTC R204258; Griffiths 45:3. Psalterion: Wing B2720A; ESTC R204259. Tes kaines diathekes: Darlow & Moule 4702; Wing B2733. Bound as above worn and showing expectable acid-pitting with edges extremities and spine rubbed; spine label cracked with loss of central portion of label. Endpapers with early inked annotations in Greek and English. Central portion with top-marginal faint to light waterstaining generally though not always but a sliver; one leaf with tear from outer margin into text with loss of one letter; one leaf with short tear along paper flaw without loss of text. Final work with early inked underlining; rear fly-leaf with a few jotted references in Greek. => A scholar's copy of this nice example of early English Greek liturgical/scriptural printing. Ioannou Phieldou hardcover books
166540968Cambridge: James Field 1665. 12mo 14.5 cm 5.75". 18 ff. 126 pp. 1 blank f. <br><br>also bound in Bible. Psalms. Greek. 1664. title-page in Greek romanized asPsalterion tou David. Kata tous Hevdomekonta. Cambridge: James Field 1664. 12mo. 1 f 171 1 blank pp. lacks blank leaf k6.<br>Â Â Â Â The mid-17th century was a low point in the history of English typography but in this pair of Anglican religious texts James Field printer to the University of Cambridge produced => a very good example of the printer's art of Greek printing especially in the use of a small point size. The guiding force behind their production was James Duport 160679 dean of Peterborough and master of Magdelene College Cambridge a noted scholar of Latin and Greek and supporter of the university press. The preface to the Book of Common Prayer is signed with his initials and it is established that he was the editor of the Psalms; the texts were almost certainly issued together but are also at times found individually in contemporary binding.<br>Â Â Â Â Field's minute typography here is dense and presented chiefly in double-column format in both works; and instead of woodcut head- or tailpieces and xylographic initials he deploys printer's ornaments to enliven the text at the top of some sections and occasionally elsewhere. => The layout is overall lovely and thoughtful and the printing is extremely clear and precise.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Contemporary morocco with covers framed in a single blind fillet; spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and gilt-stamped compartment decorations. Marbled endpapers all edges gilt. => All pages ruled in red in the best style of the era.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Isaac Watts 16741748 the godfather of English hymnody is also fondly remembered for his Psalms of David: Imitated in the Language of the New Testament a work that was reprinted over a thousand times. His ownership signature is on the blank leaf opposite the BCP title-page here. Later the volume was owned by Charles Mayo 17671858 a scholar of Old English who dated his ownership as "St. John's College Oxford 1787." Most recently in the library of American collector of Greek printing Albert A. Howard small booklabel "AHA" at rear. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â BCP: Benton Book of Common Prayer 2nd ed. p. 25 no. 122; ESTC R24205; Wing 2nd ed. B3632; Griffiths Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer 453. Psalms: STC R204252; Wing 2nd ed. 1994 B2720A. Bound as above extremities a little rubbed with small chip at head of spine and edges of label chipped; joints strengthened some time ago and volume varnished. Inscriptions and small booklabel as above; pages gently age-toned otherwise clean. => A solid and attractive copy of an attractive production with wonderful provenance. James Field hardcover books
166044488London: Printed for James Davis and are to be sold at the Grey-hound in St. Pauls Church-yard 1660. 1st Edition Abbott 1043; Wing G351. Later binding by Riviere & Son full red morocco triple gilt border rule to boards. AEG. Spine with elaborate gilt tooling five raised bands. Gilt stamped title to spine. Gilt dentelles. Very minor binding wear. Age-toning to eps & text paper. A handsome & pleasing VG - Nr Fine volume. 8 131 13 pp. A6 blank. 12 pages of bookseller offerings conclude volume. Engraved frontispiece restored lower corner. 12mo; A6 B - G12 A1 = Frontis. 5-1/2" x 3-1/4" 14 cm x 8.3 cm. <br/><br/> Printed for James Davis, and are to be sold at the Grey-hound in St. Pauls Church-yard hardcover books
162516043JLondon: Whitehall May 28 1625. CHARLES I King of England. Original Document Signed "Charles R". Bifolium with affixed wafer seal on the second sheet address verso text written in brown ink in a legible courthand signed at the head of the first leaf recto approximately 28 lines dated Whitehall 28th of May 1625. Some minor foxing minor wear to folds. Framed with an engraved portrait of the King. The document is addressed to a group of Scots peers including Sir William Oliphant. "Having understoode that a submission was sent to our late dear father from diverse gentlemen and others neighboring within the . of Glenalmond the right and title that they pretended thereto." Whitehall unknown books
16113462Latin manuscript on vellum with large 6 in diameter suspended black wax seal of James I of England and autograph of Anne of Denmark dated July 23 1610 granting title to Corrodownan Manor in County Cavan Ulster to one John Browne Gent. of Gorgiemill near Edinburgh and his descendants during the Plantation i.e. colonization of Ulster under James I beginning in 1609. The colonists were settled on land confiscated from the Irish inhabitants following the conquest of Ulster 1594-1603 under James's predecessor Elizabeth I. The Plantation was intended to consolidate royal control of Ulster and repress rebellion by importing a substantial Protestant population. Like John Browne and indeed James himself many of the new colonists were Scottish. Some of these families went on to form the backbone of the Protestant Ascendancy in the province. John Browne and his heirs however were not among them. Sir George Carew sent by the king in 1611 to report on the progress of the Plantation noted that "he Browne . sent an agent who took possession set the lands to the Irish returned to Scotland and . performed nothing." The land was sold in 1613 to another Scottish colonist Archibald Acheson. Acheson's descendants were raised to the peerage of Ireland in 1806 as Earls of Gosford and still owned the property in the late nineteenth century. The first nineteen lines of the document grant the Scottish Browne the rights and privileges of James's English and Irish citizens. Especially notable are the requirement that the grantee maintain an adequate supply of arms for defense against the king's enemies lines 77-80 the attempt to encourage the growth of towns 74-76 and the ban on sale of the property to "mere Irish" or to anyone who failed to acknowledge the sovereign as head of the church thus excluding all Catholics by swearing the Oath of Supremacy 114-121. See Rev. George Hill The Conquest of Ireland. An Historical Account of the Plantation of Ulster at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century 1608-1620 Belfast 1877 308; idem Plantation Papers. Containing a Summary Sketch of the Great Ulster Plantation in the Year 1610 Belfast 1889 188-190; F.J. McCaughey Arvagh. Sources for a Local History Arvagh 1998 16.; Moiré chemise lined with exact recess for seal housed in handsome ruled red morocco clamshell case with gilt title to front cover and raised bands gilt particulars and decoration to spine; gilt rolled edges. Two leaves 65 x 81 cm; the first illuminated with a portrait of the king. Stain to upper left see image.; 65 x 81 cm; 1 pages; Signed by Notable Personage Related; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . hardcover books