Religion from Quercus Rare Books

Philadelphia: Herman Hooker, 1848. For over two centuries the question of the anti-Judaism of "Voltaire" [Francois-Marie Arouet 1694-1778] has perplexed and been debated. A brilliant child of the Enlightenment and a prolific satirist like Jonathan Swift, his works spew an excessive dislike for Jews. But he was a Deist, uncomfortable with superstition and the revealed religion of the Old Testament;… Read more about this item

Venice: Bassani, 1783. This "Life and Works of the Church Fathers" was a major work by the Jesuit theologian Pierre-Joseph Tricalet (1696-1761). This is a Very Good copy of Volume Eight only from the First Edition. Scarce to rare. Title (and text) is in Latin: "Complectens Illorium vitae, & geftorum breviarium: Operum Synopsim: Illustriora testimonia Dogmata, Mores, Disciplinam spectantia, &… Read more about this item

Venice: Bassani, 1783. This "Life and Works of the Church Fathers" was a major work by the Jesuit theologian Pierre-Joseph Tricalet (1696-1761). This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of Volume Six only from the First Edition. Scarce to rare. Title (and text) is in Latin: "Complectens Illorium vitae, & geftorum breviarium: Operum Synopsim: Illustriora testimonia Dogmata, Mores, Disciplinam spectantia,… Read more about this item

London: Mary Hinde, 1769. Catholic theologian Francois Fenelon (1651-1715) was a strong supported of Human Rights and connected with the "Quietism" heresy, hence he was a controversial but popular author.(and poet). This is a Very Good copy of the Fourth Edition (stated). Marbled paper-covered boards with spine and tips of black leather. Five raised bands on the spine, with gilt… Read more about this item

Utrecht: Typis & Sumptibus Jacobi Lekens, 1778. The most famous work of the Roman Catholic theologian Peter Dens ( 1690-1775), text in Latin. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the first edition, a posthumous issue. Two volumes bound as one. Full leather binding of polished calf. waving rule to covers; five raised bands; stamped titling on the spine,… Read more about this item

Hoboken: KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 1990. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition. Bright blue cloth binding with silver titling on the spine. Clean text; 310 pages. Introduction by Irving Greenberg. This copy has been INSCRIBED by the author on the FFEP. In an archival plastic protector. . Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo -… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1913. First published in November 1913; this is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the Second Printing, from a month later (stated "Reprinted December, 1913"). Green cloth binding titled in gilt on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 164 pages, with three pages of publisher's adverts for Tagore's other works in the rear. Bumped,… Read more about this item

London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1927. This "wisdom book" of ethical teachings dates to the Second Century BCE. It is accepted by Roman Catholicism and the Eastern Orthodox as canonical scripture; for others, it is part of the Apocrypha ("The text of this Volume is the Revised Version of the Apocrypha"). This is an attractive production, with sixteen… Read more about this item

Oxford: Chez P.Fr. Gueffier, 1780. Jean-Pierre Cotelle (1709-1795), a rather controversial French cleric and theologian, wrote several volumes of the series, evidently regarded well-enough as to qualify for a pension. This is a Near Fine copy of Volume 15 of the the "Ecclesiastical Conferences of Agners on Human Acts." Rare. Full mottled calf binding. Five raised bands on the spine;… Read more about this item

Dublin: Robert Jackson, 1790. A major work by the blind Quaker philosopher John Gough of Kendal (1757-1825). This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition (Volume IV only). Smooth calf binding; five raised bands on the spine; red label with gilt lettering ("Gough's History"). Clean text; 171 pages, indexed. Contemporary (1815) gift inscription on the Title Page. The… Read more about this item

New York & Cincinnati: Phillips & Hunt and Cranston & Stowe, 1888. Daniel Dorchester (1827-1907) was a Methodist minister who wrote several of his books on temperance; here he pens an anti-"Romanism" tract regarding attempts by the Roman Catholic Church to establish parochial schools in the US. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition. An uncommon… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. Companion to 'The Seven Story Mountain." This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition, lacking the dustjacket. Light turquoise cloth binding, with gilt titling and decorative gilt stamping on spine and front cover. Clean text; xxix, 377 pages. Bibliography, glossary of monastic terms, and index. Decorative endpapers; illustrated. Small bookseller… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1855. Henry James (1811-1882) was a noted theologian who fathered William, Henry, and Alice. John Banville has written that "All of the Jameses had a morbidly acute sense of the darkness underlying life." James considers whether there is Evil or are there only Evil Deeds. This is a Very Good copy of the First… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Henry Longstreth, 1877. Originally written in 1783, this version was first published in 1857. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the Second Edition, from twenty years later. Includes a Memoir of Penn by James M. Brown of Virginia. Maroon cloth binding, stamped on the front cover, with gilt titling. Clean text; 89 pages, with an Appendix of… Read more about this item

New York, Boston, Rochester, Louisville, St. Louis: American Sunday-School Union, 1855. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition. Softcover, with stiff paper boards with a brown cloth spine; less common than the hardbound version. Clean text; 96 pages; generally clean, bright, and supple. Maps and diagrams, some hand-colored: the Temples of Solomon and Herod, the form of… Read more about this item

New York: P. O'Shea, 1883. A collection of poems by an American Catholic author who wrote under the pen-name "Marie." This is a scarce title. It is not in WorldCat and the First Edition (1877) that the LOC has is an electronic version. A Very Good copy of the Fourth Edition, with a long, full-page inscription by the author, followed… Read more about this item

Providence: Knowles & Vose, 1847. Ichabod Cook (1779-1851) wrote this book to address the doctrinal differences between the Society of Friends and other Christian sects. Judging by his Introduction, he was under attack for his positions. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition. Cook wrote two other books; all are uncommon today. Marbled paper-covered boards with… Read more about this item

Boston: A. Tompkins, 1839. Otis Skinner (1807-1861) became pastor of the First Universalist Society of Boston two years prior to publishing this book; he was also instrumental in founding Tufts College (now University). This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition. Dark green cloth binding, decoratively stamped in the blind, with seven rules on the spine; title… Read more about this item

Boston: Bowles and Dearborn, 1827. An anthology containing twelve doctrinal phamplets (actually eleven and an index) issued in various years by the American Unitarian Association. Although the Title Page gives the publication date as 1827, the chapters have different publishers and dates, from when they were origially printed. The latest one is 1837; Quercus therefore believes this to be the… Read more about this item

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1898. "Being a Series of Letters of Adina, a Jewess of Alexandria, supposed to be sojourning in Jerusalem in the days of Herod, addressed to her father, a wealthy Jew in Egypt; and relating, as if by an eye-witness, All the Scenes and Wonderful Incidents in the Life of Jesus of Nazareth." This is a Very Good… Read more about this item