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18961812240048Boston Mass. : Published by the New-England Historic Genealogical Society 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. The Tan Book series: Massachusetts Genealogy 182 volume set. Hardcovers. A massive collection of many of the towns in Tan Book series. Census information births marriages deaths. Contains the Vital Records of the following Massachusetts towns: Acton; Alford; Amesbury; Andover vols 1-2; Arlington; Ashfield; Ashburnham; Athol; Barre; Becket; Bedford; Beverly vols 1-2; Billerica; Brimfield; Bolton; Boxford; Bradford; Brockton; Brookfield; Burlington; Canton; Carlisle; Cambridge Vols 1-2; Charlemont; Charlestown Vol 1. Newer printing; Charlton; Chatham NP 1991; Chelmsford; Chelsea NP; Chester; Cohasset; Conway; Dalton; Danvers vols 1-2; Dartmouth Vos. 1-3; Deerfield; Dennis Vols. 1-3 np; Dorchester South; Douglas; Dracut; Dudley; Dunstable; Edgartown 2 vols; Essex; Falmouth Picton Press 1993; Framingham; Gardner; Gloucester vols. 1-3; Grafton; Granville; Great Barrington; Greenfield; Groton vols. 1-2; Hamilton; Harvard; Harwich Harwick Historical Soc 1982; Haverhill vols. 1-2; Heath; Hinsdale; Holden; Holliston; Hopkinton; Hubbardston; Hull; Ipswich Vols. 1-2; Lee; Leicester; Leominster; Lexington; Lowell Vols. 1-4; Lynn Vols. 1-2; Kingston; Malden; Marblehead Vols. 1-3; Marlborough; Manchester; Medford; Methuen; Middleborough Mass. Soc. Mayflower Desc. 1986 Vols 1-2; Middleton; Middlefield Vols. 1-4; Nantucket Vols. 1 3-5; New Ashford; New Bedford Vols. 1-2; New Braintree; Newbury vols. 1-2; Newton; Northbridge; Norton; Oakham; Palmer; Pelham; Pembroke; Petersham; Phillipston; Princeton; Plympton; Reading; Richmond; Rowley; Roxbury Vols. 1-2; Royalston; Rutland; Salem Vols. 1-6; Salisbury; Saugus; Shelburne; Shirley; Shrewsbury; Southborough; Southbridge Holbrook NP; Spencer; Stoneham; Stoughton; Stow; Sturbridge; Sudbury; Sutton; Taunton Vols. 1-3 vol 1; Templeton; Tewksbury; Tisbury; Topsfield; Tyngsborough; Tyringham; Webster Holbrook np; Wakefield; Warren; Washington; Wayland; Wenham; Westborough; West Bridgewater; West Boylston; Westford; Westminster; West Newbury; Westport; West Stockbridge; Weymouth Vols. 1-2; Winchendon; Windsor; Williamstown; Worthington; Upton; Uxbridge. Note: 9 of the volumes later printings as indicated. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Boston, Mass. : Published by the New-England Historic Genealogical Society, hardcover
101137aafin-Folio, cartes, enveloppes etc. proprement montées sur des bristols blancs, souvent avec légendes manuscrites (origine, nom du fabricant), avec quelques brochures, cartes postales, lettres, entre les feuilles.
First Edition. Original board with paper label on front, as issued, 8vo, 54 pages ; 22 cm. In English with Hebrew. Singerman 564; Rosenbach 368; Bruntjen 21148; Goldman-Kinsberg 183. Goldman notes, Joshua Seixas, the son of Gershom Mendes Seixas (the minister of New York's Shearith Israel congregation), was born in New York in 1802....He taught in Shearith Israel's Hebrew school in the mid-1820s and he established the congregation's first choir. Seixas moved to Charlestown, MA, in the early 1830s and gave lessons in Hebrew. Among his pupils were Harvard students. Seixas began referring to himself as James while in Charlestown...Seixas then settled in Hudson, OH. He offered private Hebrew classes to students at Oberlin College, and later at Western Reserve University...He also taught groups of Mormons- the center of the movement at the time was in Kirtland, OH- and among his students were Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, and Orson Hyde, another early leader of the movement." This is presumably the very edition of his book that he would have used with his Mormon students there. "Seixas left Ohio in 1836 and he was living in Staten Island, NY, by 1838.....a few of his many children remained within the community; others did not....Seixas's grammar was reviewed favorably in its time (Goldman, 'Joshua/James Seixas," 72), though Chomsky later criticized it (Chomsky [1958], 133-4). In addition, the printer, Gould, was a relative of Joseph Smith, who is descendant of Zaccheus Gould by the marriage of Samuel Smith and Priscilla Gould. The Smiths came from Topsfield, near Andover, where Gould had his press. For detailed analysis of Seixas' relationship with the founders of the Mormon church, see Rick Grunder's 2015 essay "A Teacher for the Temple: The Infectious Exuberance of Joshua Seixas" (www.rickgrunder.com/seixas.pdf). SUBJECT(S): Hebrew language -- Grammar. OCLC: 4821518. Period ownership signiture. Bookplate on rear pastedown. Lacks backstrip. Some foxing and staining, Good Condition (AMR-65-31A)
3 volumes in-8 (192 x 124 mm), plein veau tabac moucheté de l'époque, dos lisses richement ornés d'un décor de compartiments cloisonnés de roulettes en losange, fer central à l'urne répété et filets dorés, palettes en tête et pied, pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin bordeaux et olive, coiffes guillochées or, filet sur les coupes, tranches rouges, garde de papier d'Augsbourg, (4), xvj, 268, iii p. - (4), 275, (1) bl., iii p. - et (4), 299, (1) bl., iii p. Rare première et unique édition française de l’édition collective des principaux traités politiques du philosophe et théoricien du républicanisme James Harrington (1611-1677), traduits par l’historien et juriste Pierre-François Henry (1759-1833). Modèle pour la France révolutionnaire, l’ouvrage est publié fort à propos pendant les événements. L'édition renferme le texte intégral d' "Océana", "d'un point de vue sociologique ou politique, l'une des utopies les plus remarquables. 'Le plus savant de tous les utopistes' (cf. Ruyer, p. 180 sq. et Servier), le seul à présenter son budget et celui dont le but était la démocratie, sans corruption ni bureaucratie" (Valette, 'Utopies', n°145). "Ce qui distingue avant tout l'utopie des autres ouvrages de théorie politique, c'est que la société idéale y prend corps dans un espace concret, peuplé de personnes que l’on se représente en train de vaquer à leurs tâches quotidiennes" (cf. M.-I. Ducrocq, 'L’utopie de républicaine de Harrington…', "R.P.M.A.", Université de Rouen, 2013, p.31-42). 'The Commonwealth of Oceana' parut en 1656 à Londres durant la période "républicaine" qui s'étend de l'exécution de Charles Ier à la restauration par son fils Charles II. L'ouvrage est dédié à Oliver Cromwell, bien que celui-ci fit censurer la première version du livre. L'oeuvre, qui demeure un grand oublié dans l'histoire de la philosophie politique en France, est d'une importance fondamentale pour la genèse et l'émergence des régimes représentatifs modernes. Les idées exposées par Harrington ont directement inspiré les constituants de plusieurs états américains et, en France, Sieyès et la Constitution de l'an VIII dont il fut le principal artisan. (BnF, 'Utopie', p. 121. Hartig et Soboul, 'Utopie', n°78. Versins, 'Utopies', p. 408). Quelques rousseurs et petites brunissures éparses. Infimes traces de restaurations à la reliure. Bel exemplaire, très frais, très bien relié à l'époque.
175558878ABHalle, Francken, 1755-60. 4to. Mit gest. Frontispiz, 11 gest. Porträts, 2 gest. Faltkarten, 10 gest. Tabellen und 11 gest. Titelvignetten. Marmorierte Lederbände der Zeit mit rotem Rückenschild, reicher -vergoldung, Marmorpapiervorsätzen.
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
181555149ABLondon, Ackermann, 1815 -17. First Edition ! 3 Volumes. 8°, 295,285,299 S.,3 handcolor. Titelblätter, 96 handcolor. Aquatintarad. Hochfeine, blindgeprägte Leineneinbände, orange-braun mit aufwendiger, bildlicher Rü.-Vergoldung. Kopfgoldschnitt. Sehr dekorative Reihe. Ecken leicht bestoss., Besitzereintrag von alter Hand auf Titelbl., minim. stockfl., guter Zustand.
461727-1733 À La Haye, chez Alexandre de Rogissart, 1727-1733.
1967List2885Sheffield United Kingdom 1967. 20 x 30 inch poster on heavy cardstock. Some staining and scuffing pinholes and some tears at edges fine contrast; overall excellent. A poster advertising Stevie Wonder at Sheffield’s Mojo Club in October 1967. Wonder would have been just seventeen at the time though he had already dropped “Little†from his stage name. The Mojo Club in working-class Sheffield was the project of brothers Peter and Geoff Stringfellow; the pair had previously worked as promoters and were preternaturally talented having booked the Beatles for April of 1962 shortly before the release of “Love Me Doâ€.1 Stevie Wonder would be the last live act at the Mojo as it was shut down by the city three days later on October 10.<br /> <br /> 1 Steve Walker “The King Mojo Club†2020 https://www.kingmojostory.com. unknown
1835291674London: Willaim Darton and Son 1835. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Darton's Counties of England complete with 42 decorative engraved map 3 of which are folding with original hand-coloring. The maps have attractive vignettes of sights within each county and references to the "Hundreds" and "Market Towns and Market Days". Some offsetting as is usual. This is a later state of "Complete Atlas of the English Counties" begun by Thomas Dix of North Walsham and completed by William Darton in 1822. Undated but the imprint on most maps reads "London: William Darton & Son 58 Holborn Hill" which was Darton's company name only between 1835 and 1837. Rebacked in calf with a new spine label. Very Good binding. Willaim Darton and Son unknown books
108053Rare wax Great Seal of Queen Victoria presented with a large elaborately illustrated patent granted to William Edward Newton. Housed in a custom metal case the patent measures 7 inches in diameter and depicts Queen Victoria on the Royal Throne flanked by two ladies in waiting. The seal is affixed to the patent with a red braided twine. Partially printed on vellum the patent is dated 1858 and grants William Edward Newton the rights to his invention which made "improvements in the hanging and arranging of cylindrical conical or spiral steel railroad springs for Railway carriages" with elaborate engraved royal and botanical headpieces and borders and the original blue paper seal. Housed in the original royal presentation box with gilt royal coat of arms. In near fine condition. hardcover books
108053Rare wax Great Seal of Queen Victoria presented with a large elaborately illustrated patent granted to William Edward Newton. Housed in a custom metal case the patent measures 7 inches in diameter and depicts Queen Victoria on the Royal Throne flanked by two ladies in waiting. The seal is affixed to the patent with a red braided twine. Partially printed on vellum the patent is dated 1858 and grants William Edward Newton the rights to his invention which made "improvements in the hanging and arranging of cylindrical conical or spiral steel railroad springs for Railway carriages" with elaborate engraved royal and botanical headpieces and borders and the original blue paper seal. Housed in the original royal presentation box with gilt royal coat of arms. In near fine condition. hardcover
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
110370London Fores 1840. . Hand-coloured aquatint panorama heightened with gum arabic c. 10.5 x 626 cm. on conjoined sheets and folding concertina-style split into 2 parts with first half attached to front board and second part to rear one fold reinforced some light soiling; folding into modern cloth folder preserving original upper cover titled and decorated in gilt and with metal clasp with publisher's original paper label to front pastedown upper cover rubbed and a little stained lacking lower clasp<br /> Fine panorama of Queen Victoria's wedding to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1840 at the Chapel Royal at St. James's Palace resplendent with the pomp and ceremony one might expect from the first marriage of a reigning English Queen since Queen Mary in 1554. Queen Victoria was just 21 at the time and her husband a few months younger. They were married for 21 years during which time they had 9 children.<br /> Abbey Life 546; Bobins 1304 this copy. London, Fores, 1840. hardcover
52450<p>London Printed for J.C. 1645. TITLE CONTINUED: Who hath brought in 4. of the Kings collonels to the Parliament; with the whole proceedings of Rupert's perambulation from the King at Newark and his return to Woodstock with 400. Horse. And how cruelly they used Captain Pickering during the treatie; who by the help of Collonel Willis Collonel Honywood Collonel Fisher and Collonel Roulston is now returned safe to the Parliament and hath brought them in from the King. With Rupert's letter to the King about a bloody massacre. Die Saturn. Decemb. 13. 1645. Appointed to be printed and is published according to order. CIVIL WAR PAMPHLET 1645. FIRST EDITION small 4to approximately 175 x 130 mm 7 x 5 inches pages: 1-8 ornamental title page modern half morocco over cloth sides by Bayntun of Bath gilt title and date to spine new cream endpapers speckled edges padded out with blank paper gilt lettered red leather book label of Austin Smith to top of front pastedown contemporary old ink marginalia to fore margin of last page and a pointing hand in opposite margin. A very good crisp pamphlet. George Thomason Catalogue of the Pamphlets Books Relating to the Civil War 1640-1661 Volume 1 page 403 Oct. No. E 311. 27; ESTC R200645 lists 6 copies; Wing Short-Title Catalogue Volume 1 page 162 No.3294. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.</p> London, Printed for J.C., 1645. hardcover
1763BEL3269London, Robson, 1763. Seiten: Titel, 2-127, XVIII, (3),130-271, (dann falsch nummeriert: 262-3, 218-21), XX, zahlr. Kupferstiche, H 16 x 11 cm, marmor. Pappband der Zeit mit Rückenschild, Farbschnitt. - Einband leicht schadhaft (Ecken, Falze, Kapital, Fuss), innen wenige Flecken. Buchblock gebrochen. fest gebunden/ hardcover
17500009001London England Britain UK. Good. 1750. Vellum. On offer is an exemplary and rare Latin copy of the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion the defining statements of doctrines and practices of the Church of England and one of the most important religious documents of history. While the Articles themselves were formulated in the mid-1500s this particular book dates back to c.1700. The Articles were issued in both Latin and English. The entirety of this book is written in Latin. There is a vellum cover still fully intact though there are small tears at the ends and discoloration due to age. Written on the front cover and continued on the back are a table of contents for all 39 articles. They begin with I. De Fide in sacrosanctam Trinitatem. and ending with XXIX. De Christiani Juramento. The writing is still extremely clear. Smudging or discoloration of the text throughout the entire book is non-existent. The book is roughly 160 pages long. It has been sewed together using a 3-hole pamphlet stitching. There are also some anomalies throughout. Many pages contain tiny pieces of paper sewn in that have extra writing on them. One of them reads Christ a true sacrifice vide Eph: 20 which translates to Christs sacrifice see: Ephesians: 20. Another reads vide Art: XXI. Prop: V. These little notes seem to be addendums and cross-references that the owner most probably put in himself. While most pages are fully filled with text a few pages are mostly blank with some writing on the top De sexta propositione and a blank space under which the owner meant to continue writing but did not. History: When Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church and was excommunicated in 1538 he formed a new Church of England which would be headed by the monarch himself rather than the pope. The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion were initiated by the Convocation of 1563 under the direction of Matthew Parker the Archbishop of Canterbury. The articles pulled back from some of the more extreme Calvinist thinking and created the peculiar English reformed doctrine. Adherence to the Articles was made a legal requirement by the English Parliament in 1571 and incorporated into the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. Although not the end of the struggle between Catholic and Protestant monarchs and citizens the book helped to standardize the English language and was to have a lasting effect on religion in the United Kingdom and elsewhere through its wide use. ; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES OF RELIGION 39 ARTICLES XXXIX ARTICLES ANGLICAN CHURCH CHURCH OF ENGLAND LATIN BOOK HENRY VIII THOMAS CRANMER EXCOMMUNICATION NON VERNACULAR RELIGION RELIGIOUS DOCUMENT PROTESTANT REFORMATION UNITED . hardcover
8vo., First Edition, with 10 genealogical tables in the text; original decorative ribbed dark green cloth BY BONE & SON, boards elaborately tooled at corners to an arabesque design in blind, backstrip lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, primrose endpapers, very neatly recased, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, and particularly clean copy. A FAMILY PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS COUSIN THE REV. GEORGE CHILTON WITH THE FORMER'S UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The author's second genealogical work, following his study of Victoria and Albert (1841) and preceding his notable 'Shakepeareana Genealogica' in 1869. George Robert Comyn Chilton, b.1825, was educated at Christ Church Oxford where he gained his BA in 1848 and MA in 1852. A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the Bar in 1850. In 1861 he was appointed Vicar of Wanborough (Surrey) where he served until at least 1876. THIS WORK IS EXTREMELY SCARCE; PRESENTATION COPIES ARE THE MORE SO
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
191316729<p>Good HCs no DJs. 2 volume set. Green-brown buckram cloth over boards gilt stamped titles on spines. Covers are scuffed with uneven fading and some spotty stains; some rubbing at spine ends and fore corners light fraying; both volumes tightly bound; interiors are clean with slight general age darkening; all leaves are supple not brittle; cover leaf of final issue has short closed tear at mid-cover. Issues run from Vol 1 No 1 April 30 1910 through Vol 3 No 37 January 11 1913 presumably a complete run. Liberal-reformist weekly newspaper ran 1910-1913. Initial editor was Edward H. Clement thereafter Livy S. Richard. 100 shareholders held 1 share each. Exec. Comm: Ralph Albertson William E. Butler Alexander M. Wilson Robert Treat Paine Jr Charles M. Cabot. Many unsigned articles on local state and national affairs - political and social; some signed articles including writers: Mayor John F. 'Honey Fitz' Fitzgerald JFK's grandfather and mentor Gov. Curtis Guild Sen. Jonathan Bourne Jr Helen Campbell Frank Chouteau Brown Livingston Wright Everett B. Mero many others. Articles on politicians sports recreation architecture national politics railroads trusts reform movements theater socialism ranked voting planning development education and schools Henry Cabot Lodge Roosevelt law and the courts sanitation health laws much more. Fairly heavily illustrated in earlier issues less so later. Large 4to; paged by issue approx 1100 total pp. Cf OCLC #10741554.</p> Boston: Co-operative Publishing Company hardcover
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
2689Oxford: Printed by Thomas Baskett Printer to the University 1753. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. No pagination. Final leaf: Bb3. Contemporary red morocco repaired. With 47 engraved plates most likely by Frederick Hendrick van Hove. ESTC T182569. ESTC records a copy in Scotland three at Oxford some in private collections one in Australia but none in the US. Tear in title-page not affecting text. Bound with: The Whole Book of Psalms Collected into English Metre. London: Printed by C. and J. Ackers for the Company of Stationers 1753. <br/> <br/> Oxford: Printed by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the University, 1753. 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
1585456London: Printed by Christopher Barker 1585. Leather Bound. Very Good. 7 x 9 inches. 4to. ¶3 - ¶8 A - E 8 leaf quires F 5 leaves. Lacks title page and following leaf. Scattered stains and soiling mostly at margins. Small darker stain at top margin. Loss to lower forecorner of B8 affecting about 12 lines of text. Kalendar printed in red and black. Colophon at end with ownership inscription of John Purkiss dated February 1 1768. Griffiths 1585/3. Bound with: The Holy Bible Geneva/Breeches version. London: Printed by Christopher Barker 1585. A-3H 8 leaf quires 3I 2 leaf quire 4 leaves 3K-3Y 8 leaf quires 3Z 10 leaf quire. Printed in two column black letter type. Occasional small closed tear with no loss and a few marginal notes shaved esp. 3O. Lacks preliminaries and 3P4&5. 18th Century notes regarding Purkiss family on verso of NT title page. Herbert 187 following Herbert 165 and Herbert 170. Bound with: Herrey Robert F. Two right profitable and fruitfull Concordances or large and ample Tables Alphabeticall. London: Imprinted by Christopher Barker 1585. A-L 8 leaf quires M 4 leaf quire. Bound with: Sternhold Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Booke of Psalmes Collected into English meetre. London: Assignes of Richard Day 1585. A - G 8 leaf quires lacking G6 - G8. Last few pages tatty with slight loss of text. ESTCS90640. Bound in dark brown paneled calf with recent sympathetic rebacking with four raised bands offset by gilt rules. An excellent copy of the 1552 English BCP and Geneva Bible. Both standards for many American colonists. Printed by Christopher 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
