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[CHURCH OF SCOTLAND]. WILSON, WilliamBiblio.com

A defence of the Reformation-Principles of the Church of Scotland.

1739réf. AQ19694Edinburgh: Printed by T. Lumisden and J. Robertson for J. Jaffray Book-seller in Stirling 1739. xviii 19-331pp 3. ESTC T79910. Bound with: Acts and Proceedings of the Associate Presbytery Met at Edinburgh May 1739. Edinburgh. Printed for J. Jaffray 1739. First edition. vi 7-60pp. ESTC T79917. And: ERSKINE Ebenezer. The sovereignty of Zion's King; in some discourses upon psalm ii. 6. Edinburgh. Printed by Alexander Alison for David Duncan 1739. First edition. 84pp. ESTC T75161. Copies recorded at four locations in the British Isles BL Edinburgh Oxford and St. Andrews and one further in Australia Melbourne. And: GUTHRIE James. The great danger of backsliding and Defection From Covenanted Reformation-Principles. In a sermon on Isaiah lvii. 13 14. Edinburgh. Printed by Thomas Lumisden and John Robertson for George Paton 1739. First edition 22pp. ESTC T76485. Copies recorded at five locations in the British Isles BL Edinburgh Glasgow Mitchell and NLS none elsewhere. And: HEUGH Hugh. Shaftsbury's Ghost conjur'd: or a letter to Mr. Francis Hutcheson Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow. Edinburgh s.i. 1738. First edition. 42pp. ESTC T180801. Copies recorded at three locations in the British Isles Edinburgh Glasgow and NLS and a further three in North America Newberry Presbyterian College and Princeton. And: SEWARD William. Drop-head title: Copy of a letter from Mr. William Seward in answer to a letter sent him by his Brother the Reverend Mr. Thomas Seward at Genoa. London s.n. 1739. First edition. 7pp 1. ESTC N67249. Copies recorded at two locations in the British Isles Lambeth and Wesley and a further two in North America Michigan and New York Historical Society. And: A vindication of the Church and Kingdom of scotland from any accession to the murder of King Charles I. Edinburgh. Printed for James Forest 1718. First edition. 27pp 1. ESTC T178779. Copies recorded at four locations in the British Isles BL Edinburgh Glasgow and NLS and a further three in North America Duke Folger and Yale. 8vo. Contemporary calf contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities heavily rubbed. Pen-trials to front endpapers occasional spotting and light dust-soiling damp-staining throughout second mentioned work with closed horizontal tear to final leaf. A sammelband of seven works predominantly printed at Edinburgh in the first half of the eighteenth-century and concerned with Presbyterianism in Scotland. Highlights include: Two remarkably scarce sermons one by influential dissenting minister and a founder of the Secession church Ebenezer Erskine 1680-1754; the other by James Guthrie c.1612- 1661 a Church of Scotland minister exempted from general pardon following the Restoration and subsequently executed on charges of high treason in part for being complicit in issuing a public testimony against religious toleration and regulations previously agreed to by Church and State. The first published work of Hugh Heugh son of John Heugh 1688-1731 minister of Kingoldrum criticising the teaching methods of moral philosopher Francis Hutcheson 1694-1746 during his tenure at the University of Glasgow. . First edition. Printed by T. Lumisden and J. Robertson, for J. Jaffray Book-seller in Stirling unknown

Antiquates Ltd · Royaume-Uni500,00 £GB≈ 595,04 €

[Church of Scotland]Biblio.com

The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church According to the Use of The United Church of England Together with The Psalter or Psalms of David Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches and the Form and Manner of Making Ordaining and Consecrating Bishops Priests and Deacons and The Scottish Liturgy and the Permissible Additions to and Deviations from the Service Books of the Scottish Church as Canonically Sanctioned

1912réf. 717Edinburgh: 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 James Pott American agent for Cambridge Univ. Press notifying Dr. Hart of the forwarding of the New Scottish BCP. From the library of Samuel Hart which experienced a fire that damaged a number of books. As a result items from Hart's library are extremely rare. Samuel Hart 1845-1917 was dean of the Berkeley Divinity School the unofficial "middle way" seminary of the Episcopal Church at Middletown Connecticut. In 1886 he became the third custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer. In 1892 he became secretary of the House of Bishops. In 1898 he became the fourth historiographer of the Episcopal Church. He served in all three of these offices until his death. In 1893 he was elected Bishop of Vermont but he declined the office. A unique association copy with related correspondence. Cambridge University Press unknown

St. Wulfstans Books · États-Unis444,40 $US≈ 396,26 €

[Church of Scotland].Biblio.com

Two fine Scottish Herringbone bindings. The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments. Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the former translations Diligently Compared and Revised. Bound with: The Psalms of David in Metre. Newly Translated and diligently Compared with the Original Text and former Translations.

1716réf. 14942Edinburgh; Printed by James Watson One of His Majesty's Printers 1716. 1716. Two imprints in two volumes the Bible divided across both volumes and signed continuously the Psalms bound to end of volume two and signed independently. Duodecimo n. p. sig. A-Y12 Z1-2; Z3-12 2A-2S12 2T10 A-C12. The New Testament has a letterpress title-page. This copy lacks the two engraved title-pages to the Old and New Testaments reported by some institutional cataloguers otherwise complete. We locate both one volume and two volume copies in institutional libraries and copies with and without the Psalms. Both volumes bound in near-uniform black full morocco Scottish herringbone bindings. Volume one on four raised bands star and thistle ornaments within triple fillets to compartments; central herringbone panel in star thistle and wheel design within fleur-de-lis and pyramid roll borders to boards; pyramid rolls to turn-ins; marbled end-papers; all edges gilt; olive-green silk place-marker mounted to headband. Volume two on four raised bands; gilt floral tooling within triple fillets to compartments; thistle star and wheel herringbone panel surrounded by thistles stars and fleur-de-lis within fillet and pyramid roll border; floral rolls to board edges and turn-ins; marbled end-papers. Elaborate calligraphic bookplate in black green and red ink of Sarah McKie 'written at Edinburgh the XIIIth August 1735' to front free end-paper of volume one; pencil ownership inscription of one 'J. S. Muir 1888' to verso. Neat ownership inscription of one 'Stewart' dated December 5 1721 to front free end-paper of volume two. Later pencil annotation to foot of volume one T8v. Corners bumped slight rubbing to joints of raised bands on volume one shelf-wear to edges of boards but bindings otherwise bright neat and very solid. A few spots of occasional toning to contents of both volumes text-blocks very occasionally frayed and nicked to edges; one end-leaf of volume one repaired sympathetically with like paper; slight loss to corner of C1 affecting catchword only loss to corner of A2 A5 of Psalms affecting text; spots of ink to N1 of Bible ink stains to title-page B1v B2r of Psalms; 2R gathering of Bible and B C gatherings of Psalms cut close to fore-edge affecting text. Contents used but serviceable bindings both well-preserved examples. A curious pair of volumes bound in very similar herringbone style perhaps even from the same workshop but with no tools in common. The division of the volumes midway through the Psalms at Z2 is such an unusual choice which appears to differ from institutional copies in two volumes that this bookseller concludes they must be intended as a pair. Herringbone bindings were the dominant form of decorative binding in early eighteenth-century Scotland evolving from late-seventeenth century panel bindings. The thistle and pyramid tools on display here are peculiarly Scottish features. An excellent example of fine Scottish binding of the early eighteenth-century. ESTC T91732; T91831. Edinburgh; Printed by James Watson, One of His Majesty's Printers, 1716. hardcover

Keel Row Books · Royaume-Uni2 000,00 £GB≈ 2 380,16 €

[Commercial Bank of Scotland; George Salmond, Writer [solicitor], Glasgow [Procurator-Fiscal of Lanarkshire]; forgery]:Biblio.com

'Forgery of the Commercial Bank of Scotlands Guinea Note.' Lithographic notice in copperplate handwriting 'given to enable the public to distinguish the forged from the genuine Notes' with illustrations.

réf. 14009Without place or date but with reference to 'George Salmond Writer Glasgow'. Early nineteenth-century. 2pp. 4to. On leaf untidily torn from an album resulting in a ragged edge with minor loss of text a few parts of words. On aged and chipped paper. The document is headed 'Forgery of the Commercial Bank of Scotlands Guinea Note' and begins: As a few off these Forged Notes have made their appearance in Glasgow e following directions are given to enable the public to distinguish the forged from the genuine Notes.' A detailed description follows with small illustrations given of the shapes of the letter 'B' in forgery and genuine note with other illustrations of a thistle both with and 'without prickles'. The document ends: 'It is requested that if any of these forged Notes are presented the same and those offering them may be detained and proceeded with according to the Law and that notice may be immediately sent to George Salmond Writer Glasgow who will pay the expenses and liberally remunerate those giving any information which may be of Service or may lead to Conviction of offenders.' No other copy traced either on COPAC or WorldCat. The Scottish guinea note was introduced in 1758 and discontinued in 1828. The book 'Rambling Recollections of Old Glasgow' by 'Nestor' contains a reference to 'Mr. George Salmond long Procurator-Fiscal at Glasgow' who 'kept an album or rather nigrum containing a collection of forged notes with notices of the results to the persons implicated in their forgery or issue. There seldom was a Circuit in Glasgow where there were not several men or women sentenced to death for such crimes and several expiated their offences on the scaffold'. Salmond was Procurator-Fiscal by 1826 so this item would appear to date from before then. Without place or date, but with reference to 'George Salmond, Writer, Glasgow'. Early nineteenth-century. unknown

Richard M. Ford Ltd · Royaume-Uni250,00 £GB≈ 297,52 €

[Enslavement - Free Church of Scotland - Frederick Douglass - Presbyterianism] MacLeod, Mary; et alBiblio.com

1845 Scottish Presbyterian Letter Condemning the Free Church's Acceptance of Money from American Enslavers Written before Frederick Douglass's "Send Back the Money" Campaign

1845réf. BK0036Isle of Mull Scotland 1845. Autograph letter signed by a female member of the MacLeod family with an additional message signed "Mary McLeod" to the Rev. John Neil MacLeod in New York. 4pp measuring 9 x 7 inches. Addressed to "The Rev'd J. N. Macleod D.D. Presbyterian Minister New York United States North America." Postmarked at Tobermory prepaid "1/-" with London transit markings and intact black wax seal. Folded with very small holes at folds; excellent. A Scottish family and ecclesiastical letter containing an early direct condemnation of the Free Church of Scotland's acceptance of donations from slaveholding Presbyterians in the American South. Written in March 1845 the letter predates Frederick Douglass's arrival in Scotland and the public campaign urging the Free Church to "Send Back the Money." It demonstrates that criticism of the church's American fundraising was already circulating privately within Scottish Presbyterian networks before Douglass helped transform the controversy into a major transatlantic abolitionist cause. Following the Disruption of 1843 the newly established Free Church sent representatives to the United States to raise money. Contributions from southern churches and slaveholding ministers generated growing criticism particularly because the Free Church presented itself as a purer and more principled form of Presbyterianism. The writer identifies what she regarded as the central contradiction: the church refused communion with ministers who remained in the established Church of Scotland while recognizing slaveholding American ministers as Christian brethren and accepting their money. She writes: "What can you think now of their disclaiming to hold communion with any of their Bretheren in the Establishment and avowedly & publicly countenancing and holding communion with the Slave holding Ministers in your Southern States. Their coffers have been largely augmented by donations from these States and the leaders of the Free recognize them as Bretheren and write and speak of them with the greatest respect." Her criticism is directed as much at the church's financial expediency as at its inconsistency: "This has opened the eyes of some as to what they will resort to get money-this Church that professed to be a pure Church. Oh does it not clearly show the inconsistencies of man nay even of Christians what a different view these leaders may take of Slavery from what your respected Father had." Douglass began his Scottish campaign the following year when he and other abolitionists repeatedly challenged the Free Church to return the money received from American slaveholders. Writing to William Lloyd Garrison in April 1846 Douglass declared "Scotland is a blaze of anti-slavery agitation-the Free Church and Slavery are the all-engrossing topics."1 The present letter records essentially the same moral argument a year earlier made from within the church's own extended religious and family networks: that accepting southern funds compromised the Free Church's authority and exposed the limits of its professed purity. Addressed to the Rev. John Neil MacLeod in New York the letter places the dispute within a transatlantic Presbyterian context. The writer invokes the antislavery views of MacLeod's father and questions whether the recipient understood that a minister whom he had permitted to preach from his pulpit "advocated the course of the Southern Slave State Ministers so much" remarking "I should think not." The letter also contains news of a bereavement and other family and church news about Scotland and America. An important private response to the Free Church's American fundraising campaign written before the controversy reached its fullest public expression through Frederick Douglass's "Send Back the Money" campaign. The letter documents the early moral opposition of Scottish Presbyterians who believed that a church claiming spiritual independence and purity had compromised both by accepting the support of American slaveholders. . unknown