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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
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
1666ALDR0371London, Printed for J. Starkey 1666. Kl.4°. 96 S. [Frontispiz fehlt]. - Angebunden: STUBBE, Henry. The Miraculous Conformist: Or An account of severall Marvailous Cures, performed by the stroaking oft the Hands of Mr Valentini Greatarick (sic!); With A Physicall Discourse thereupon, In a Letter to...Robert Boyle Esq;...By Henry Stubbe, Physician at Stratford upon Avon (etc.) - Oxford, Printed by H. (Henry) Hall Printer to the University, for Ric. (Richard) Davis 1666. Kl.4°. 2 unbedr. Bl., Titelbl., 2 nn. Bll., 44 (= 40) S. (Ss. 35 bis 38 überspr.) - Angebunden: LLOYD, David. Wonders No Miracles; Or, Mr. Valentine Greatrates (sic!) Gift of Healing Examindet, Upon occasion of a Sad Effect of his Stroaking, (etc.) - London, Printed for Sam. (Samuel Speed) 1666. Titelbl., 46 S. Lederband d. Zeit, Einbandrücken restauriert, Reste des früheren Rückenbezugs mit (abgeriebener) Goldprägung und des von alter Hand beschriebenen Rückenschildchens aufgeklebt, Einbanddeckel mit Zierrahmen in Goldprägung, mit dreiseitiger, grossteils abgeriebener Stehkantenverzierung, Buchschnitt rotgefärbt, Vorsatz erneuert. Wenig gebräunt, nur schwach stockfleckig. Mit ausführlichen bibliographischen und biographischen Anmerkungen von alten Händen auf den unbedruckten Blättern (This Book is very Curious & very Scarce), eine Anmerkung betreffend die falsche Seitenzählung am zweiten und eine Autorenangabe (by David Bryde) am dritten Titelblatt. NUC 216,238. 574,340 u. 336,191 - Sammelband mit drei selbständig erschienenen Schriften in Erstausgaben (bzw. im Jahr der Erstausgabe erschienen) von bzw. über den zu seiner Zeit berühmten und umstrittenen - auch noch später immer wieder in Publikationen erwähnten - Wunderheiler - Valentine Greatrakes (1628-1682). Der aus Irland stammende 'Geistheiler', wirkte in Irland und England und hatte neben Erfolgen auch Misserfolge zu verzeichnen. Der Sammelband enthält eine Schrift des Naturwissenschaftlers und anerkannten Altphilologen H. Stubbe (auch Stubbes; 1632-1676), die Greatrakes Heilungen durch Handauflegen ins Bereich des Wunderbaren und Mysteriösen verweisen, sowie eine Schrift, die heute dem Biographen David Lloyd (1635-1692) - nicht David Bryce, wie auf dem Titelblatt vermerkt - zugeschrieben wird, in welcher er gegen Greatrakes Stellung nimmt. Als Reaktion darauf verfasste Greatrakes den vorliegenden 'Brief Account' in Form eines Briefes an den bekannten Naturforscher Robert Boyle. Der aus Irland stammende Boyle (1627-1692) gilt als Mitbegründer der modernen Naturwissenschaften. Diese drei zeitgenössischen, noch zu Greatrakes Lebzeiten erschienenen, Schriften sind überaus selten. - Das fehlende Frontispiz liegt in Kopie bei. - Differenzbesteuert
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
1611805London: Robert Barker 1611. Leather Bound. Very Good . 9 x 13 1/4 inches. Folio. 78 of 80 pages. Lacking title page. Griffiths 1611/2. Bound with: The Bible: That is The holy Scriptures contained in the Old & New Testament. London: Robert Barker 1612. 4 362 OT 361-444 Apocrypha 135 NT 7 tables leaves. Collates as A 4 leaves A-Lll in 6s Mmm - Ooo in 8s Ppp - Eeee in 6s Ffff 4 leaves. Engraved title page with old repair to closed tear at bottom. Full page woodcut of Garden of Eden presentwith loss to lower outer corner of image. B6 with old manuscript repair to loss at outer corner. Lacks 2Z3.4 Isaiah 17:13-24:18. Herbert 312. STC 2218. NT with separate title page dated 1611. Printed in two column Roman type. Bound with: Sternhold Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Booke of Psalmes: Collected into English Meeter. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers 1612. 114 6 of 8 pages. Collates as A-K in 6s L 1 of 2 leaves lacking index. STC 2539. Endpapers with 17th and 18th Century owners' inscriptions. Some marginal soiling and minor dampstains. Bound in contemporary brown calf with blindstamped arabesque centerpiece on covers brass corner pieces catches and clasps now lacking. Covers with old repairs and modern professional rebacking. A very good collection of the BCP of James I with the Geneva/Breeches Bible and Psalmes in folio with brass hardware. More complete than the copy located in Hills. Robert Barker unknown
1658ST16442s.l.: s.n. Printed Anno Domini 1658. FIRST EDITION. 190 x 135 mm. 7 1/2 x 5 3/8". 3 p.l. 14 pp. complete. <br/> 20th century vellum-backed marbled boards flat spine with vertical titling. Front pastedown with bookplate of the Fox Pointe Collection. Wing P-2842B; ESTC R207754. ◆Text lightly washed and pressed but still crisp faint foxing to lower edge of title page otherwise a fine fresh copy in an unworn binding.<br/> <br/> Written by an opinionated English cleric this is an extraordinarily rare pamphlet proposing an unusual fund to support young 17th century scholars. According to DNB the scheme outlined in the present work was meant "to support the university studies of young men of promise seeking entry into the ministry." The plan "was approved by John Worthington and Anthony Tuckney and had the support also of John Arrowsmith DD Ralph Cudworth William Dillingham DD and Benjamin Whichcote. The fund raised about £900 and it appears that William Sherlock afterwards dean of St Paul's received assistance from this fund during his studies at Peterhouse Cambridge until 1660 when he graduated BA. Those entrusted with administering the fund sent Poole regular reports on students interviewed and the ratings they had received in philosophy logic and languages. The scheme was abandoned at the Restoration." Poole 1624 - 79 was the author of a number of controversialist pamphlets on subjects ranging from Unitarianism to preaching by lay persons before undertaking his major work: a synthesis of critical biblical commentaries "Synopsis criticorum aliorumque sacrae scripturae interpretum." This is one of his scarcest writings: ESTC lists seven copies two in North America while ABPC and RBH record just two copies at auction. s.n. Printed Anno Domini unknown
1633457London: Robert Barker and Assignes of John Bill 1633. Leather Bound. Very Good. 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches. Folio. 2 ffep A - b 4 leaf quires B - H 6 leaf quires I 4 leaf quire. Title page cropped and relaid with loss to imprint. Marginal loss to A3 not affecting text. Griffiths 1633/2. Bound with: The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New Authorised/KJV version. London: Robert Barker and Assignes of John Bill 1633. 10 327 numbered leaves OT 328-403 of 404 Apocrypha 406-507 NT. Engraved title to Bible closely cropped at fore-edge. Lower half of last leaf of preface A8 lacking. Folio 1 of OT with lower marginal loss affecting text. 163 with loss of lower quarter. Old repairs to marginal tears on a few pages. Occasional closed tear or marginal loss with no loss of text and minor soiling and old marking. Folio 108 misnumbered 118 117 as 61 148 as 184 152 as 154 216 as 215 224 as 223 225 as 226 232 as 231 233 as 237 234 as 238 235 as 246 then resuming at 236 as 240 due to the misfoliation noted in Herbert 249 as 242 302 as 281 379 as 378 392 as 372 452 as 470. The general title reflects the alteration of "1632" to "1633" noted in Herbert. NT colophon dated 1632. Herbert 466. Bound with: Sternhold Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Booke of Psalmes Collected into English Meeter. London: Printed by R. Badger for the Company of Stationers 1632. Title page 1 - 114 numbered pages 2 rfep. 35 and 36 misnumbered. ESTCS122383. All edges rouged. Marbled endpapers. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Thomas Whitmore and 1 ffep with 18th Century Whitmore family records. Bound in later Georgian full paneled reverse calf. Spine with six raised bands and red morocco spine label with gilt "Holy Bible" and border. Chipping to head and tail of spine and hinges starting. Rounding to corners with minimal loss. An excellent copy of the 1552 English BCP and KJV Bible. Normally found in quarto this much scarcer folio edition in a Georgian binding. Robert Barker and Assignes of John Bill unknown
166234668<p>London: Printed by James Flesher for R. Royston Book-seller to His most Sacred Majesty. 1662; 1662. 2 volumes bound in one. First Edition. Illustrated with superb folio plates engraved on copper a frontispiece "Dieu et Mon Droit" depicting the Royal Coat of Arms and engraved illustrated title-page a double-page illustration showing Charles and the ship of state another double-plate showing the 'Bramble speaking to the Trees' and another double-page plate of the Cedar showing the apostolic delineations a final plate showing the Earl of Clarendon the engravings and title-pages throughout bordered with double and triple-ruling in red collated complete. Large Thick Folio 14" x 9.25" handsomely bound in the original contempoaray polished speckled calf the spine with raised bands over cords double ruled in gilt red morocco lettering label bgilt central gilt ornamental devices in the compartments. 2 frontispiece and engraved title xii 120 2 458 2; viii 733 4 Table plates pp. An unusually fine survival still retaining its original binding. The text-block and illustrations all crisp and clean and unpressed the binding still strong and in a a very pleasing state of preservation. An especially pleasing copy. FIRST EDITION OF THE MOST COMPLETE OF ALL WORKS ON KING CHARLES I OF ENGLAND AND THE KINGDOM. Charles I 1600 – 1649 was King of England Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.<br />Charles was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of Scotland. After his father inherited the English throne in 1603 he moved to England where he spent much of the rest of his life. He became heir apparent to the kingdoms of England Scotland and Ireland in 1612 upon the death of his elder brother Henry Frederick Prince of Wales.<br />After his accession in 1625 Charles quarreled with the English Parliament which sought to curb his royal prerogative. He believed in the divine right of kings and was determined to govern according to his own conscience. Many of his subjects opposed his policies in particular the levying of taxes without Parliamentary consent and perceived his actions as those of a tyrannical absolute monarch. His religious policies coupled with his marriage to a Catholic generated antipathy and mistrust from Reformed religious groups such as the English Puritans and Scottish Covenanters who thought his views too Catholic. He supported high church Anglican ecclesiastics and failed to aid continental Protestant forces successfully during the Thirty Years' War. His attempts to force the Church of Scotland to adopt high Anglican practices led to the Bishops' Wars strengthened the position of the English and Scottish parliaments and helped precipitate his own downfall.<br />From 1642 Charles fought the armies of the English and Scottish parliaments in the English Civil War. After his defeat in 1645 at the hands of the Parliamentarian New Model Army he fled north from his base at Oxford. Charles surrendered to a Scottish force and after lengthy negotiations between the English and Scottish parliaments was handed over to the Long Parliament in London. Charles refused to accept his captors' demands for a constitutional monarchy and temporarily escaped captivity in November 1647. Re-imprisoned on the Isle of Wight he forged an alliance with Scotland but by the end of 1648 the New Model Army had consolidated its control over England. Charles was tried convicted and executed for high treason in January 1649. The monarchy was abolished and the Commonwealth of England was established as a republic. The monarchy was restored in 1660 with Charles's son Charles II as king.<br />Archbishop William Laud whom Parliament beheaded during the war called Charles a "mild and gracious prince who knew not how to be or how to be made great." Charles was more sober and refined than his father but he was intransigent. He deliberately pursued unpopular policies that brought ruin on himself. Both Charles and James were advocates of the divine right of kings but while James's ambitions concerning absolute prerogative were tempered by compromise and consensus with his subjects Charles believed he had no need to compromise or even to explain his actions. He thought he was answerable only to God. "Princes are not bound to give account of their actions" he wrote "but to God alone". wiki</p> Printed by James Flesher for R. Royston, Book-seller to His most Sacred Majesty. hardcover
1615611London: Printed by Robert Barker 1615. Leather Bound. Very Good . 7 x 8 1/2 inches. 4to. B 10 leaves C-E in 8s. Lacks preliminaries. Begins with Communion. Griffiths 1615/4. Bound with: The Bible that is the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages; with most profitable annotations vpon all hard places and other things of great importance Geneva/Breeches version. London: Robert Barker 1615. Collates as 4 leaves of NT Preliminaries before BCP A-Hhh in 8s Iii 2 leaves Kkk-Yyy in 8s Zzz 10 leaves. General title lacking. Bible text complete with light dampstain throughout. A few pages with old ink marks or stains tears or repairs without loss of text. Top margin closely cropped on some pages. NT title page and preliminaries bound before BCP. Herbert 340/341. Bound with: Robert Herrey Two Right Profitable and Fruitfull Concordances or Large and Ample Tables Alphabeticall. London: Printed by Robert Barker 1615. 158 of 164 pages. Collates as A - I in 8s K 7 of 8 leaves. ESTCS122242. Bound with: Sternhold Thomas and John Hopkins The Whole Book of Psalms. Cambridge: John Field 1666. 34 pages with final blank. Lacks title page. Printed in unusual four column Roman type. Printing information from ESTCR17943. Prior owner's name John Adcock 1683 on endpapers in fancy script. Bound in full period brown leather with remnants of clasps and deep blindstamped central lozenges to covers. Professionally rebacked with original spine relaid new sewn headbands and new endpapers. The last Black Letter Geneva Bible in Quarto bound with a version of the 1552 English BCP. Printed by Robert Barker unknown
1630482London: Printed by Robert Barker and the Assignes of John Bill 1630. 3/4 leather. Very Good. 7 x 9 inches. 4to. 84 of 92 pages. A 8 leaves B 10 leaves C - E 8 leaves. Printed in two column black letter. Lacks title page title page for The Whole Booke of Psalmes Collected into English meetre by Thomas Sternhold John Hopkins and others. . . dated 1600 bound before BCP and preliminaries. Griffiths 1630/7. ESTCS123192. Bound with: The Bible: translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages. Geneva/Breeches version. London: Robert Barker 1602. 2 434 4 441 - 554 leaves. Printed in two column black letter. Title page with old tissue repairs to margin and lower portion of text. Closed tears to 335 and 462 loss to top corner of 9-11 32 324 and 392. Loss to bottom of 131 145 198 210 235 248 454 458 459 486 and 546 and to top half of 165. Lacks 50 G2 220 252 253 and 289. Several pages misnumbered. Herbert 269. ESTCS116971. Bound with: Herrey Robert. Two right profitable and fruitfull concordances or large and ample tables alphabeticall. London: Robert Barker 1602. 162 of 164 pages. Collates as A - K 8 leaf quires L2. Lacks K8. ESTCS102034. Compare ESTCS5161 signature of B4 under "it" of "habitation". An occasional light stain smudge or mark but generally clean. Bound in modern 3/4 dark brown calf with red spine label and five raised bands to spine. A very good copy of the original 1552 English BCP bound with a Geneva/Breeches Bible and Psalms. A staple of many American colonists. Printed by Robert Barker and the Assignes of John Bill unknown
1656F96168s.l. [London?], 1656 2 parts in one volume: [8],321,[i] + 152,34,[18] pp., "Editio tertia" (in fact this is the 4th edition ; 1st in Paris 1624, 2nd in London 1633, 3rd enlarged in 1645), contemporary full vellum bit soiled though in very good condition, 14cm., text in good condition but paper is somewhat browned on quite some pages, old inscription on second last blanco endpaper, good condition, rare, [Herbert of Cherbury, 1583-1648, religious philosopher and considered as "the father of English Deism", created with his major work "De Veritate" the first purely metaphysical treatise ever written by an Englishman. In "De Veritate" he states the 5 articles which became the charter of English Deism. "De causis errorum" deals with logical fallacies but was unfinished. Both works are clearly meant to be published together and are commonly so bound], F96168
1662490London: John Bill and Christopher Barker 1662. First edition. Half leather. Very Good. 7 1/2 x 11 3/8 inches. b3 - b8 c 8 leaf quire d 2 leaf quire B - Gg 6 leaf quires Hh 7 of 8 leaves. Lacks initial 8 leaves G3 R5 and Hh8. Begins with part of the Act of Uniformity. Kalendar in red and black. Soiled and dampstained. Several pages with contemporary ink notes. Several pages with closed tears that have been repaired with no loss. A few pages with marginal losses affecting text mostly minimally and a few other marginal losses not affecting text. ESTCR211954. Griffiths 1662/2. Bound with: Sternhold Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Booke of Psalmes Collected into English Meeter. London: Printed by S.G. for the Company of Stationers 1661. 19 153 16 pages lacking pages after 139. ESTCR31616. Bound in modern tan half leather with brown buckram boards and new endpapers. True First Edition of the corrected 1662 edition of the English BCP. Very rare. John Bill and Christopher Barker unknown
1629481London: Printed by Bonham Norton and John Bill 1629. 3/4 leather. Very Good. 7 x 8 3/4 inches. 4to. A2 - A6 B - H 8 leaf quires. Title page lacking. Printed in two column Roman type. Margins of first two signatures a little grubby with closed tears and a few pages with marginal losses affecting a few letters of text. Otherwise pages lightly soiled. G8 with closed tear and old repair with no loss of text. Griffiths 1629/4. ESTCS93878. Bound with: The Holy Bible contayning the Old Testament and the New: newly translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and reuised by his Maiesties speciall commandement Authorised KJV version. London: Bonham Norton and John Bill 1629. 6 introductory material 32 numbered pages genealogies lacking 1 2 5-8 15-16 21-22. Printed in two column Roman type. Loss to lower quarter of pages 31 and 32. A - Ffff 8 leaf quires. Light soiling and close cropped but otherwise nice. P2 bound after P3. Lacks Cc2 Cc3 Bbb4 Bbb5 Ppp1 NT title Gggg1 and Gggg2. Marginal losses to Qq1 Qq8 Vu1 Ggg4 and Ppp9 affecting notes and minimally text. Loss to lower corner of Ii4 Ii5 Dddd7 and Dddd8 affecting small amount of text. Loss of lower 1/4 to Mm8. Herbert 425. ESTCS124382. Bound with: Sternhold Thomas and John Hopkins. The booke of Psalmes collected into English meeter. London: Imprinted for the Company of Stationers 1628: A - H 8 leaf quires. Lacks A1 and H8. Printed in two column Roman type. ESTCS4530. All page edges rouged. Bound in modern 3/4 brown calf with brown cloth. Five raised bands to spine with red morocco spine label with title and date to lower spine. A very good copy of the original 1552 English BCP bound with a Geneva/Breeches Bible and Psalms. A staple of many American colonists. Printed by B[onham] Norton and J[ohn] Bill unknown
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
162347255ABLondon, printed by John Beale, for George Humble 1623. The Second Edition. 2°. [10] Bl. [statt 11?], 1058 S., 1059-1101 [recte 1102] Bl., 1007-1258, [4] S., [40] Bl. Leder des 19. Jahrhunderts mit 6 imitierten Bünden, 2 Rückenschildern, Rücken- und Kantenvergoldung. Kanten wenig berieben. Fehlt ein Frontispiz (Portrait?). Vorsätze erneuert. Exlibris am Spiegel, Besitzvermerke von 1654 und 1830. Zwei weitere alte Besitz-Einträge hs. tektiert. Wenige Seiten etwas angeschmutzt, einige Anmerkungen und Unterstreichungen von alter Hd. Die ersten Blätter etwas fleckig, Titel und Folgeblatt desselben im Rand ergänzt, ein weiteres Bl. mit Papierergänzung im weißen Rand. Teils geringf. Wasserrand im Außensteg, teils geringf. gebräunt. Ein kl. Randeinriß. 2
1670ABC_45696London 1670. Small 4to. in the Savoy printed by the assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker = Thomas Newcombe printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty Sewn. With a woodcut factotum and decorative bands built up from typographic ornaments the crowned rose harp leak - depicted by a fleur-de-lis - and thistle representing England Ireland Wales and Scotland. 1 1 blank 11 1 pp. English translation of the Treaty of Madrid dated 1670 also called the Godolphin Treaty between England and Spain. Adopted in July 1670 and ratified on 28 September it officially ended the so-called Anglo-Spanish War 1654-1660 in the Caribbean. The open warfare between England and Spain caused by commercial rivalry had already ended in 1660 after six years of attacking each others commercial and colonial interests but the tension in the Caribbean caused conflict for ten more years. The war officially ended with two peace treaties signed at Madrid: the first dated 1667 and the present second dated 1670. The name Godolphin Treaty derives from William Godolphin 1635-1696 an English diplomat for Charles II and a member of Parliament. The negociations for this treaty between him and the Spanish representative Gaspar de Bracamonte Guzmán ca. 1595 - 1676 a Spanish statesman and count of Peñaranda who also played an important role in the famous Peace of Münster 1648 between France and the Holy Roman Empire started in the autumn of 1669. We can find those names at the end of the treaty.The present treaty was reprinted alone in 1698 printed by Charles Bill and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceasd printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty ESTC R223888.Lacking A1 the title-page verso blank and the final blank leaf but otherwise complete so with no loss in the text of the treaty. Paper a little frayed around the edges first and last page a little dust-soiled but otherwise in good condition. The rare first edition of an important treaty for American history.l Chalmers A collection of treaties between Great Britain and other powers II 1790 pp. 34-40 naming an 1686 imprint; ESTC R35944; Sabin 96528 cf. 96527 for a Spanish edition; Wing C3616A; for Newcombe and the Kings printing office: C. William Miller In the Savoy: a study in post-Reformation imprints in: Papers of the Bibliogr. Soc. 1 1948/49 pp. 39-46 at pp. 42-43. unknown
168834660Cambridge: Printed by John Hayes for the Author 1688. First Edition. Complete and illustrated with all five finely engraved folio portrait plates called for of Edward armoured and in various other poses the Prince of Wales-the Black Prince and the Author Joshua Barnes finely decorated six seven and ten-line initial letters and engraved devices title-page printed in red and black. Large Folio 14" x 9" bound in contemporary paneled calf the spine with raised bands over the cords tan morocco lettering label gilt ruled and lettered. xvi 911 pp. A handsome copy the text-block and engraved plates all very clean crisp and unpressed the binding very strong and solid some expected evidence of age the corners in good order the spine panel original the hinges sometime strengthened and sophisticated. FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT BIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD III WITH FINELY ENGRAVED PLATES. Edward III 1312–1377 was King of England from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous and unorthodox reign of his father Edward II. Edward III transformed the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe. His fifty-year reign is one of the longest in English history and saw vital developments in legislation and government in particular the evolution of the English Parliament as well as the ravages of the Black Death. He outlived his eldest son Edward the Black Prince and was succeeded by his grandson Richard II.<br> Edward was crowned at age fourteen after his father was deposed. After a successful campaign in Scotland he declared himself rightful heir to the French throne starting the Hundred Years' War 1337–1453. Following some initial setbacks this first phase of the war went exceptionally well for England and would become known as the Edwardian War. Victories at Crécy and Poitiers led to the highly favourable Treaty of Brétigny 1360 in which England made territorial gains and Edward renounced his claim to the French throne. <br> Edward was temperamental and thought himself capable of feats such as healing by the royal touch as some prior English kings did. He was also capable of unusual clemency. He was in many ways a conventional medieval king whose main interest was warfare but he also had a broad range of non-military interests. Admired in his own time and for centuries after. modern historians credit him with significant achievements. <br> Complete copies of this great work on Edward are rare. Most lack all or some of the engraved plates or are rebound. Printed by John Hayes for the Author hardcover
16488019Hague i.e.London Printed by Sam: Browne 1648. 1648 Two volumes in one. 2 96 2 78 77-355 1; 8 48 67-80 49-66 81-374 9-123 9 p. Vol. I Engraved portrait of the king with his hands on a globe signed Guil. Marshall sculpt. The title page ruled in red. Sectional titles included in the pagination. Vol. II The general title follows the title and folded frontis. of Eikon Basilicae. The Eikon is Madan 64 the second issue. The titlepage is printed in red and black and has the crown CR emblem surmounting a skull. Contemporary calf the boards panelled with a two line roll and small corner tools. The plain spine with raised bands and the title in later gilt in the second panel. The binding is rather worn on the edges corners and joints but the boards are still firmly attached. Front free endpaper removed. Early signature of Edw. Roberts on the top margin of the frontispiece. Book stamp of J.H. Rudemare at the foot of the titlepage possibly the Abbé Rudemare. Inscribed below the first line of the title 'Bib. Confess. Monial. Aug. de Sion'. A sound unrestored copy of a scarce book ESTC R200749. Madan states that although Brown did indeed print many royalist publications at the Hague this was actually printed in London. Hague [i.e.London], Printed by Sam: Browne, hardcover
1681BB1603London: Printed by R. Norton for Richard Royston Bookseller to His most Sacred Majesty from 1649 1681. Morocco. Fine. Later seventeenth-century edition of this purported spiritual autobiography attributed to King Charles I of England. Crown 8vo 181 x 101mm: 16256pp with frontispiece engraved by William Marshall Madan 47 and full-page portrait of Charles II facing Chapter XXVII. Beautifully bound to period style by Fitterer in black morocco spine in six compartments divided by raised bands ruled in blind covers paneled in gilt with curlicue corner devices burgundy red leather lettering piece gilt end papers renewed. An exceptional copy tightly bound and clean throughout with crisp impressions of the plates. Madan 66. Almack 62. ESTC R204383. Wing E311A. Originally attributed to Charles I but according to Madan composed by John Gauden Bishop of Worcester who probably included some authentic writings of the King and may even have collaborated with him. The first edition was in print on the day of Charles I's execution on 30 January 1649 followed by many editions with various erroneous dates and publishing details. The Eikon reviews the course of the civil wars from the calling of the Long Parliament in 1640 to Charles's imprisonment at Carisbrooke Castle in 1647 and defends the King's policies. It is part political memoir and part spiritual autobiography presenting Charles as the defender of both Church and State. Written in a moving straightforward style in diary form the Eikon combines irenic prayers urging forgiveness of Charles's executioners with a justification of royalism. The poem "Majesty in Misery" said to have been written by the King at Carisbrooke first appeared in the 1676 edition of Perinchief's Life of King Charles but this is the first edition of the Eikon in which it was printed. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. Printed by R. Norton for Richard Royston Bookseller to His most Sacred Majesty [from 1649] unknown
166225619<p><strong>1662 King Charles I 1st FOLIO ed Eikon Basilike England Martyr English Civil War</strong></p><p><em>I would rather choose to wear a crown of thorns with my Saviour than to exchange that of gold which is due to me for one of lead whose embased flexibleness shall be forced to bend and comply to the various and oft contrary dictates of any factions when instead of reason and public concernments they obtrude nothing but what makes for the interest of parties and flows from the partialities of private wills and passions. I know no resolutions more worthy a Christian king than to prefer his conscience before his kingdoms.</em></p><p><em>– </em>King Charles I England <em>Eikon Basilike</em></p><p>A first edition printing of the works of Charles I King of England. "A few hours after the King's execution his Eikon Basilike was in the hands of the people." This book is collectively a set of meditations during the King's imprisonment and consisted of many of the government's problems and corruption. Almack 3. According to Kunitz and Kaycraft </p><p>"The work is a masterpiece in its expression of Charles' principles personal feelings and prejudices and by making a martyr of this Stuart king exercised a considerable influence on English history" Kunitz & Haycraft 212. </p><p>Item number: #25619</p><p>Price: $1950</p><p>King Charles I of England</p><p><strong><em>Basilika : the workes of King Charles the martyr : with a collection of declarations treaties and other papers concerning the differences betwixt His said Majesty and his two houses of Parliament</em></strong></p><p>London : Printed by James Flesher for R. Royston . 1662. First edition. British Museum Catalog denotes 1st edition</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation complete with all pages:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->458p 1</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: BM Catalogue; Wing C 2075; Almack 61; Lowndes I:413.; Madan 65</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Eikon Basilike attributed to John Gauden</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~14.5in X 9.75in 37cm x 24.5cm</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->We find this same edition having sold at Christie's auction house in 2010 for $3000</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>25619</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> James Flesher for R. Royston hardcover
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
1680ABC_46098Cologne recté: Amsterdam 1680. 4to. Pierre Marteau" 19th-century brown paper wrappers. With the woodcut English royal arms on the title-page. 8 pp. Extremely rare pamphlet with the text - in French - of the Anglo-Dutch defensive alliance of 3 March 1678. In May 1672 French forces had invaded the Dutch Republic and initially seemed to have achieved an overwhelming victory the so-called Rampjaar 1672. England supported France in what became the Second Anglo-Dutch maritime war 1672-1674. By late July 1672 however the Dutch position had stabilized thanks to the new Stadholder Willem III. Concern about French gains led to the August 1673 Treaty of the Hague between the Republic Brandenburg-Prussia the Emperor Leopold and King Charles II of Spain; in early 1674 England and the Dutch made peace in the Treaty of Westminster. In November 1677 Willem III married his cousin Mary niece of King Charles II of England. In the meantime peace talks had begun in 1676 in Nijmegen resulting in an Anglo-Dutch defensive alliance concluded on the 3rd of March 1678 almost a half year before the treaty was signed in August. But English troops arrived in significant numbers only in late May allowing King Louis XIV to improve his negotiating position by capturing Ghent on the same day the alliance was concluded on 3 March.Untrimmed and with bolts unopened. In good condition.l Muller 7609; STCN 160843154 2 copies; not in Knuttel; VD17. unknown
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
169316114(No date, no place, (1693). Very large engraved seechart, measuring 60,5 x 85,5 cm. in original outline colouring with inset view of the River Dee at Chester. The chart showing the whole of Ireland and the Westcoast of England from Cornwall to Cuningham in the north. A fine impression on good thick paper, bearing the watermark: BYCOLUMBIER. Folded down the center.
169316114No date no place 1693. Very large engraved seechart measuring 605 x 855 cm. in original outline colouring with inset view of the River Dee at Chester. The chart showing the whole of Ireland and the Westcoast of England from Cornwall to Cuningham in the north. A fine impression on good thick paper bearing the watermark: BYCOLUMBIER. Folded down the center. <br/><br/><em>The "Neptune Francois" was published in 1693 and its charts are larger and more lavishly decorated then those of any preceding book of its kind.This cart is without year place and "par ordre du Roi" pointing to a later print but issued from the original copperplate. It is also without "Imprimerie Royale" belonging to the most recent impression from 1792. Koeman IV425:10. </em> unknown
