1824rif. 14663C & J Rivington 1824. Sm. 8vo. contemporary full tree calf SPCK roundel blocked in blind on upper board back with six bands ruled in gilt red sprinkled edges neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down a remarkably bright crisp copy. Complete with half-title and with the contemporary trade stamp of John Bird bookbinder of Hatton Garden on front paste-down. The Rivingtons were at this stage booksellers to SPCK. The Royalist divine Richard Allestree is generally regarded as the primary if not sole author an attribution first given in Nichols' Anecdotes ii. 603. SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION. C & J Rivington, unknown
1838rif. 14914John W. Parker 1838. 8vo. Second and Best Edition; handsomely bound in contemporary full roan BY STAUNTON sides with triple frame border in blind stopped at corners by gilt rosettes back with five raised bands tooled in gilt second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt all other compartments elaborately tooled in blind to an oval pattern red sprinkled edges doublures tooled in blind buff endpapers one or two small scuff marks on lower board else a remarkably bright fresh clean copy. With a nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate on front paste-down some light offsetting to free endpaper and Staunton's binder's ticket on rear paste-down. Dedicated to Hugh Jones Archdeacon of Essex Soames' history was first published in 1835. The present edition introduces italic type for Saxon terms to aid reference and comprehension. A most attractive copy in wholly unrestored contemporary binding. John W. Parker, hardcover
1663rif. 13036Jean de Ravenstein Amsterdam 1663. 16mo. on laid paper title and preliminaries very lightly age-soiled; most attractively bound in seventeenth century red full morocco sides with triple frame border stopped at corners by rosettes all in gilt back with five raised bands second compartment framed and lettered in gilt all other compartments framed in gilt all edges gilt marbled endpapers one corner lightly bruised joints very lightly rubbed short split in upper joint but binding entirely sound a very good clean copy of a scarce work in wholly unrestored period binding. Scarce life of Paolo Sarpi by his disciple Fulgenzio Micanzio 1570-1654. Sarpi 1552-1623 Venetian scholar church reformer and patriot was the author of several works of which the most important is his 'Istoria del Concilio Tridentio' first published in Italian London 1619 with an English translation by Brent in the following year and a French edition by Elzevier in 1661. It was his approach to treat ecclesiastical history in the manner of politics; 'a kind of Anglican picture of the debates and decisions' Hay. His contempt for the Curia made him popular with Protestants; Milton refers to him as 'the great unmasker'. Prudently Sarpi never acknowledged his authorship of the work despite the efforts of Louis II to extract his admission. Willems p.217 n.876. Jean de Ravenstein, Amsterdam, hardcover
1948rif. 13545New Life Publishing House 1948. Roy. 8vo. with a portrait frontispiece original tissue guard present some light and occasional spotting; original brown boards backstrip with paper label printed in black uncut a few leaves poorly opened else a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED AND DECORATED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The recipients are the author's close friends Colonel & Mrs Goddard; Newlandsmith has decorated his inscription with a musical stave captioned 'Ad Dei Gloriam'. The first volume of 'The Musician's Pilgrimage' the autobiography of the famous musicologist founder of the New Life Movement and transcriber of Coptic church music. Extremely scarce especially as a presentation copy. We have been unable to trace any institutional copy of this work. New Life Publishing House, hardcover
1823rif. 12736In Insula S. Lazari Venice 1823. 12mo. Second Edition with engraved portrait frontispiece original tissue guard present neat contemporary signature on front paste-down some light marginal spotting; contemporary mottled red and brown calf sides with floral frame border in gilt back tooled and ruled in gilt second compartment with red leather label lettered and ruled in gilt gilt edgesexpertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down a very good bright clean copy. With fine early nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate bearing the widespread motto 'pro aris et focis'. This scarce work contains the twenty-four prayers and orisons of the Armenian patriarch Nerses IV or Saint Nerses the Gracious 1102-1173 a younger contemporary of St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Effectively a type specimen book it was printed at the Armenian monastery on the isle of St. Lazarus off Venice and presents the prayers in no fewer than 24 different languages including Dutch Gaelic Hungarian Spanish and Russian. The collection was first issued in 1818 with the prayers present in fourteen languages; a fourth edition 1837 was several times reprinted. Brunet IV 859; Nersessian 510. In Insula S. Lazari, Venice, hardcover
1892rif. 12145Salvation Army International Headquarters 1892. 3 vols. roy. 8vo. First Edition with 3 fine portrait frontispieces all original tissue guards present 21 plates a folding facsimile and very numerous engraved illustrations many full-page in the text; original black half morocco diced black cloth boards backs with five raised bands second compartments with red leather label lettered and ruled in gilt fourth and sixth compartments lettered and blocked in gilt red edges black endpapers upper hinge of second volume cracked but binding entirely sound else a near fine virtually unread set in publisher's original binding. Salvation Army International Headquarters, hardcover
1917rif. 10348Mowbray for the Alcuin Club 1917. Roy. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; free endpapers lightly browned; original series binding of green boards lettered in black cloth back gilt uncut covers and fore-edges a little dust-soiled else a very good clean copy. With 5pp series catalogue bound in at end. Alcuin Club Collections XXI. Mowbray [for the Alcuin Club], hardcover
1844rif. 10387Rivington 1844. 8vo. Fourth Edition; neat inscription on blank preliminary; handsomely bound in late nineteenth century full roan sides with elaborate double frame border enclosing florets all in blind back with five raised bands tooled in blind second compartment with red leather label lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt doublures tooled in blind red edges marbled endpapers BY CLYDE OF NEWMAN STREET covers lightly rubbed and chafed at extremities else a most attractive copy. SIGNED BY THE BINDER ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSO. First published in 1840 from a series of monthly articles Hook's dictionary was an immediate success and remained in vogue throughout the century. A much abridged fifteenth edition appeared in 1897. Rivington, hardcover
1841rif. 10825Vanlinthout et Vandenzande Lovanii Louvain 1841. 8vo. First Edition with armorial woodcut on dedication endpapers lightly browned some light spotting throughout text; strongly bound in marbled boards calf back backstrip with five flat bands ruled in gilt second compartment with leather label lettered in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt speckled edges a very good crisp copy. Augustus Kempeneers 1812-1889 philosopher and theologian was born at Montenaken and later studied at Louvain the world's oldest Catholic university. Very scarce. Vanlinthout et Vandenzande, Lovanii [Louvain], hardcover
1888rif. 11088Burns & Oates 1888. Roy. 4to. First Edition thus on laid paper text in Latin throughout with a frontispiece original captioned tissue guard present title in red and black and 6 plates all original captioned tissue guards present free endpapers lightly spotted; original faux-vellum boards printed in red and black very neatly rebacked with holland lettered in black hinges neatly strengthened with passe-partout uncut a very bright crisp tight copy. Sold from an institution with its cancelled bookplate on front paste-down and small neat stamps on title and plate versos. With a personal bookplate on front free endpaper. An important account of one of the key periods in the history of the Carthusians in London. In 1535 when the majority of Carthusians refused the Oath of Supremacy Chauncy was one of the few to concede an act that he was never thereafter able to reconcile with his conscience. With the accession of Queen Mary hopes for a Catholic restoration were revived and Chauncy was elected prior of a small gathering of monks at Sheen but the dramatic events of 1558 forced them to flee to Bruges. After many relocations in the Low Countries Chancy died at Bruges in 1581. His vivid account of the martyrdom of most of his fellow London Carthusians supported by graphic almost gruesome plates showing the various forms of torture and execution was evidently one attempt at restoring his faith. Very scarce. Burns & Oates, hardcover
1758rif. 9503Printed for S Leake at Bath and C. Henderson under the Royal-Exchange 1758. 12mo. on laid paper; neat contemporary inscription on blank leaf following front free endpaper; handsomely bound in contemporary full calf sides blocked with an elaborate frame panel in gilt including eagles thistles and flowers the whole stopped at corners by enhanced crowns back gilt with five raised bands tooled in gilt all compartments tooled in gilt all edges gilt gilt doublures and dentelles marbled endpapers very neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down one corner lightly bruised else a most attractive copy in period binding. With the half-title; leaves C9-11 clipped at upper outer corner with minimal loss of text. The work comprises 'Two Discourses' with separately paginated 'Prayers and Meditations relating to the Holy Communion' with unpaginated 'The Church Service'. Extremely scarce especially in period binding in this condition. A most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Printed for S, Leake at Bath, and C. Henderson under the Royal-Exchange, hardcover
1758rif. 9916Printed for S Leake at Bath and C. Henderson under the Royal-Exchange 1758. 12mo. on laid paper; neat contemporary inscription on blank leaf following front free endpaper; handsomely bound in contemporary full calf sides blocked with an elaborate frame panel in gilt including eagles thistles and flowers the whole stopped at corners by enhanced crowns back gilt with five raised bands tooled in gilt all compartments tooled in gilt all edges gilt gilt doublures and dentelles marbled endpapers very neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down one corner lightly bruised else a most attractive copy in period binding. With the half-title; leaves C9-11 clipped at upper outer corner with minimal loss of text. The work comprises 'Two Discourses' with separately paginated 'Prayers and Meditations relating to the Holy Communion' with unpaginated 'The Church Service'. Extremely scarce especially in period binding in this condition. A SPLENDID CRISP CLEAN COPY IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Printed for S, Leake at Bath, and C. Henderson under the Royal-Exchange, hardcover
1719rif. 8816The first work Printed by John Baskett Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty and by the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills 1719. The second work Printed by Tho. Wilmer 1720 1719-1720. 2 works in 1 vol. 12mo. with wood-engraved frontispiece wood-engraved and printed titles the second work with separate printed title and 47 fine wood-engraved plates neat eighteenth century signature on blank preliminary a few leaves closely cropped at margins but without loss of text; attractively bound in early nineteenth full calf sides elaborately tooled with multiple frame and decorative borders in black enclosing a decorative lozenge blocked in blind back with five raised bands second compartment lettered in gilt all other compartments blocked in black marbled endpapers doublures tooled in blind red edges very neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down a very good crisp clean copy. [The first work] Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, and by the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb hardcover
1816rif. 8870W. Bent 1816. Roy. 8vo. with a fine engraved frontispiece very neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; contemporary full calf back with eight double rules in gilt second compartment with original red leather label lettered in gilt sprinkled edges upper hinge cracked but binding entirely sound else a remarkably crisp clean copy. The frontispiece depicts Jesus Christ holding a scroll headed 'The Christian Faith' accompanied by Moses with the Tablets above these two figures a number of cherubs disport themselves in the sky. The Royalist divine Richard Allestree is generally regarded as the primary if not sole author an attribution first given in Nichols' Anecdotes ii. 603. W. Bent, hardcover
1854rif. 6505John W. Parker 1854-55. 2 vols. roy. 8vo. very handsomely bound in a splendid mid-nineteenth century armorial binding of full near-black calf sides with triple gilt frame border stopped at corners by gilt rosettes enclosing a triple frame border similarly stopped in blind the whole containing an elaborate armorial bearing blocked in gilt backs gilt with five raised bands all compartments tooled with multiple frame borders in gilt and blind first compartment tooled in gilt with the Tudor rose surmounted by a crown last compartment tooled in gilt with a figurative portcullis surmounted by similar crown leather labels gilt blind doublures marbled endpapers marbled edges an excellent example of a private armorial binding of the period. A lovely set of Archbishop Trench's two major works first published in 1846 and 1841 respectively both of which are keystones of Victorian theology. The lists of contents in both volumes have been skilfully and neatly annotated in a contemporary and scholarly hand probably that of the original owner to attribute to each miracle and parable the appropriate point in the clerical calendar. John W. Parker, hardcover
1804rif. 3684Printed by Ann Rivington 1804. Sm. 8vo. First Edition; sewed as issued disbound a very fresh crisp clean copy. VERY SCARCE. Printed by Ann Rivington, unknown
1802rif. 7253H. Mozley Gainsborough 1802. 12mo. wanting front free endpaper some light age-staining mid-nineteenth-century doodles on rear endpapers; contemporary full sheep covers mildly scuffed and age-marked hinges cracked but binding entirely sound a good tight copy. First published in 1712 Lewis's 'Catechism' was swiftly recognised as a valuable aid to the teaching of scripture and liturgy. Dedicated to the SPCK it seems to have become a standard tool of the newly-formed charity schools where pupils were regularly assessed on their prowess in responding to the vicar's catechism. Symson's letters reveal that the text that guided their learning was Lewis's; one of three books the others being the Bible itself and Allestree's 'The Whole Duty of Man' that White Kennett of the SPCK hoped would help turn young children into 'little garrisons against Popery'. See Jones 'The Charity School Movement' 1995 p.14. John Lewis 1675-1747 was educated at Exeter College Oxford ordained in 1698 and served as vicar of Minster in Kent from 1709 until his death interestingly he is given on the title of the present edition as 'Minister of Margate in Kent'. His works include biographies of Wycliffe Caxton and Pecock valuable topographical studies of Kent and numerous contributions to religious history and bibliography.This Lincolnshire edition must be unusually scarce for we can find no reference to it in any standard source. J Mozley is the first recorded printer at Gainsborough where he established his press in 1778. Henry Mozley the present printer appears to have succeeded him sometime in the late 1790s. Not listed in BLPC or NLC. H. Mozley, Gainsborough, unknown
1755rif. 7418Printed by A. Wilde for the Company of Stationers.At Stationers-Hall near Ludgate 1755. 8vo. on laid paper dedication leaf and title mildly creased without significant loss fore-edges somewhat dusty wanting front and rear free blank endpapers; contemporary full calf back with five raised bands ruled in gilt boards and backstrip moderately worn and frayed joints rubbed and split but binding entirely sound a good clean copy in unrestored period binding. The 'New' English psalter commonly known as 'Brady and Tate' was first published in 1696. It replaced the 'Old Version' by Sternhold and Hopkins and included a number of new metres among them 888 and a few 37 long metre renditions not found in the Old Version or the Scottish Psalter.Nicolas Brady was Chaplain in Ordinary to the King; Nahum Tate 1652-1715 poet laureate dramatist and adapter of other's plays including several popular versions of Shakespeare.A well above average eighteenth century copy in worn but sound contemporary binding. Printed by A. Wilde, for the Company of Stationers...At Stationers-Hall, near Ludgate, hardcover
1808rif. 8018F C and J Rivington and many others 1808. 8vo. Twenty-Sixth Edition some minor age-staining mainly marginal neat early nineteenth century inscription on front paste-down; contemporary tree calf very neatly rebacked in calf to style old backstrip ruled and tooled in gilt with original leather label lettered in gilt laid down original endpapers preserved speckled edges a crisp firm copy in well restored period binding. Benjamin Jenks 1646-1724 clergyman and theological writer officiated for a time as curate at Harley vicar at Harley and Kenley and chaplain to Francis Viscount Newport the patron of these livings. Little is known of him other than his several works of which his 'Prayers and Offices of Devotion for Families' is by far the most important. First published in two volumes in 1697 the collection was an immediate success and quickly became a liturgical standard. The first Simeon edition as here increased the work's popularity and was many times reissued throughout the nineteenth century. Charles Simeon himself was a leading activist in the overseas missionary movement. F C and J Rivington [and many others], hardcover
1999rif. 009233Springer Pub Co 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Octavo. Illustrated boards. Very light edge wear on boards and small bumps to a few page corners else fine. Springer Pub Co hardcover
1976rif. 009291Dimension Books 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Octavo. Red boards with gilt lettering on spine pictorial dust jacket. Book is in fine condition. Jacket has edge wear rubbing creasing some small chips and closed tears. Jacket not price clipped binding sound text clean and unmarked. Scarce in hardcover with jacket. Dimension Books hardcover
1979rif. 009381Beacon Press 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Octavo. First printing with full number line. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine pictorial dust jacket. Previous owner name stamp on bottom edge of text block very light edge wear on boards small spots/stains and light toning on end papers. Jacket has light toning. Beacon Press hardcover
1992rif. 009391Longstreet Pr 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Quarto. First printing. Brown boards with red foil lettering on front and spine pictorial dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by author on half-title. Rubbing on bottom edge of boards and light edge wear on rest of boards. Jacket is not price clipped binding sound text clean and unmarked. Longstreet Pr hardcover
1973rif. 009426Schocken NY 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Octavo. First printing of new and revised edition 1973. Maroon cloth boards with yellow lettering on spine pictorial dust jacket. Light edge wear on boards text block glued into casing a little low towards the bottom edge at printer. Jacket has edge wear rubbing light chipping creasing some closed tears and spine is sunned. Jacket not clipped binding sound text clean and unmarked. Schocken, NY hardcover
1998rif. 009474Oxford/Sandpiper 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Large octavo. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine typographical dust jacket. Some light edge wear on text block and scuffs on dust jacket. Else fine. Oxford/Sandpiper hardcover