Atomismus demonstratus et vindicatus ab impugnationibus philosophico-theologicis reverendi Admodum Patris Francisci Palanco, [.]. by SAGUENS, Joannes - 1715

London: Printed M.Clark for J.Martyn printer to the Royal Society 4th edition, 1680. Hardcover. Good. Frontis portrait (by Faithorne) + 69 copperplate or woodcut illustrations and diagrams.. Quarto contemporary calf ruled and with corner ornaments (worn to all corners, top cover re-attached lower cover held by cords). Frontis portrait + Titlepage +[2]pp dedication +xvi +[18]pp contents & errata +731pp (recte 723pp since pp17-23 are omitted but catchwords & signatures are correct) +[1]p blank. Contents generally in good clean and crisp condition but damp has damaged outer margins of preliminaries and first dozen or so leaves of text. This affects margins and some side notes only except for frontis & titlepage which have margins repaired. Library stamp "Bib.Scriptorum, S.J. Londinii" on back of frontis with shelf mark to upper corner, titlepage with old owner's name Ed. Southcott on blank area. Cancellandum leaves at 2F4 & 2H2 with original stubs as required. *The first 4 editions of this Latin… Read More

London: William Pickering, 1846. Second edition. Leather Bound. Near Fine. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches; 2 ffep + half title + clxi + 237 numbered pages + 2 rfep. Original marbled end papers preserved and new endpapers added. Text pages bright and clean. Bound in full modern brown leather with red spine label and gilt title. An excellent copy of this treatment of early liturgies which includes an extensive historical and analytical Preface, parallel treatments, and Additional Notes and Appendices containing liturgies from the Sarum Use, the Liturgy of St. Clement, and the Communion from the 1549 BCP.

London: Printed by C. Whittingham, for H.D. Symonds, 1797. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 4 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches. 12mo. 347 + 92 + [4] pages. All page edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Printed in single column Roman type. Scattered light foxing and toning. Griffiths 1797/8. Small binder's ticket on inside front cover: McKinlay, Book Binder, No. 8 Bow Street, Covent Garden. Bound in full contemporary straight grained morocco with gilt rules and rolls along borders. Spine has imitation raised bands with gilt decorations. Front hinge professionally repaired with Japanese tissue. Head and tail of spine lightly worn. Corners and edges worn with small losses to corners. A very good Georgian BCP in a fine binding with bookbinder's ticket.

Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868. Velvet and metal. Very Good +. 4 x 6 inches. 680 numbered pages. Decorative end papers, coated stock, embossed with leaf design. Gift presentation on ffep dated 1876. Engraved frontispiece. Not in Griffiths. Bound with: Selections from the Psalms of David in Metre; with Hymns, Suited to the Feasts and Fasts of the Church, and Other Occasions of Public Worship. Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868. 286 numbered pages. Hymns with separate title page and continuous pagination. Bound with: Additional Hymns set forth by the House of Bishops, at the Request of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies. In General Convention, October, 1865. Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1869. 56 numbered pages. Pages clean and bright. All page edges gilt. Bound in contemporary full blue velvet with metal edges, spine ends and devices, including one on spine engraved with title. With working metal clasp and catch. Velvet rubbed. An… Read More

Edinburgh: Cambridge University Press, [1912]. First edition. Leather Bound. Near Fine. 5 x 7 1/4 inches. lvi + 698 numbered pages, a (4 leaves, lacking a1 (initial blank)) + b (16 leaves) + C (8 leaves) + 1-21 (in 16s) + 22 (14 leaves). All page edges rouged and gilt. An interesting unrecorded variant of Griffiths 1912/2 and 1912/3. Bound in full flexible black leather with gilt cross on front cover and gilt "Common Prayer (Scotland) / Cambridge" on spine. Pasted inside the rear cover is a manuscript letter dated 18th March 1913 from E.H. Dowden, the niece of the noted Irish poet, professor and literary critic Edward Dowden, whose brother was Bishop of Edinburgh, addressed "Dear Dr. Hart" regarding the new Scottish BCP and the effect of the printer's strike upon it and the Scottish Chronicle, noting "how useful your American Revision Reports have been" and the current state of revision of the Lectionary among other related subjects, also included is a letter from… Read More

Andreae Poleti, Venice, 1705. Second Latin Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/None Issued. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text is in Latin. This is the Second Latin edition published in 1705. Full vellum, [28] + 659 pages. Jean Mapillon (1632-1707), famous French Benedictine scholar and historiographer, is considered the founder of paleography and diplomatics. He became famous for his "De Re Diplomatica" where he gives a detailed history of the Latin script and demonstrates the way in which the handwriting of his day developed out of the capital Roman letters. Following universal acclaim for this work, he was invited to draw up a plan of studies for persons leading a monastic life. This worked first appeared in French in 1691, was translated into Latin in 1702 and in 1705 by Josepho Porta Astensi and was an enormous success. The first part sketches out a course of study for monks, the second part discusses the difficulties of deciphering ancient manuscripts, and the third part, provides… Read More

New York: Printed and Published by William A. Mercein, 1838. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 4 1/2 x 7 inches. Collates as [i] - iv + [1] + 6-316 + 1 - 89 + [10] + [323] - 330 + [2] + [1] - 77. Separate title pages for "Additional Hymns" and Catechism, each with separate pagination. Scattered light foxing. Coated end papers discolored. Earlier owner's clipped signature (Abraham Varick) pasted onto ffep. Bound in full green leather with owner's name in gilt stamped on cover, "ABM. VARICK JUNr." Covers with blind tooling and gilt spine lettering. Corners rounded. Abraham Varick was a successful financier prominent in Utica and Oswego area banking and manufacturing ventures, including the Varick Canal, who also served as a director of the American Tract Society. Coated stock end papers suggest the son had his father's book rebound in the 1850s.

New-Haven, CT: N. Whiting, 1827. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 2 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. 505 numbered pages. Hymns with separate title page and continuous pagination. Scattered foxing and toning. Bound in contemporary full red leather with gilt rolled borders to covers and elaborate gilding to spine. Light wear to corners and edges. A very good early American printing of this standard, in a nice American binding.

Parisiis: Apud Ioannem Foucherium, via Iacobaea sub Scuto Florentiae, 1560. Vellum. Very Good. 4 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches. 323 numbered leaves. Leaves numbered on recto only. A few pages with neat ink marginalia, including drawings and decorations in a near contemporary hand. Paper backing spine and endpapers are near contemporary Spanish leaves relating to St. Francis of Assisi. Front pastedown with bookseller's label "W.W. Blake/Old Book Specialist/16 De Septiembre 13/Mexico City, Mex." Title page with old ownership inscriptions, including Antonio Mendez. Last four leaves with closed tears to lower margins affecting several lines of text. Bound in contemporary full limp vellum with remains of two ties now lacking. Cover with nice patina, and what appears to be "homilem hoffm" in contemporary hand to the spine. Cover has been detached at front hinge to reveal spine. Oval seal branded on lower page edge (apparently of St. James, with partially legible motto "to de… Read More

Cambridge: University Press. Good+. 1702. Second Edition. Hardcover. Shewing, What is meant by Schism; That Schism is a Damnable Sin; That there is a Schism between the Establish'd Church of England, and the Dissenters; That this Schism is to be charged on the Dissenters side; That the Modern Pretences of Toleration, Agreement is Fundamentals and will not excuse the Dissenter's from being guilty of Schism. Written by way of Letter to thre Dissenting Ministers in Essex viz. Mr. Gilson & Mr. Gledhill of Colchester and Mr. Shepherd of Braintree. To which is annexed an answer to a Book intituled, Thomas against Bennet, or, The Protestand Dissenters Vindicated from the Charge of Schism. Bound in the original embosed leather. Spine with raised bands and intact title label. Light cover wear Front cover was professionally reattached. Page edges age toned. Rear free endpaper with a tiny top edge chip. Religion; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 207 pages .