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1655ref. 746231655. Jefferson Owned a Copy of this Digest Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas. Court of King's Bench. Judgements as They Were Upon Solemne Arguments Given in the Upper-Bench and Common-pleas Upon the Most Difficult Points in All Manner of Actions: Together with the Terms and Number-Rolls In Which the Same are Entred. As also Other Speciall Judiciall Proceedings in Order Thereunto; Taken Out of the Records of the Same Court Very Usefull for All Clerks Attorneys And Others. With an Exact Alphabeticall Table Wherein May be Found the Principall Matters Therein Contained. London: Printed by Thomas Roycroft 1655. iv 235 240-336 339-344 22 pp. Pagination irregular text complete. Octavo 6-1/4" x 4". Recent calf retained early lettering piece blind fillets and gilt publication date to spine early hand-lettered title to fore-edge of text block endpapers renewed. Light browning to interior light foxing to a few leaves offsetting to margins of preliminaries and final few leaves a few minor marks to title page which is lightly soiled. $750. Only edition. Cited as "The First Book of Judgements" this is a collection of cases digested alphabetically by topic. Unusual for this type of book it provides the term of the court and the number of the roll on which the judgement is listed a feature that facilitated the citing of precedents. Jefferson owned a copy of this book. OCLC locates 11 copies in North American law libraries. Sowerby Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 1922. English Short-Title Catalogue R43325. unknown books
1871ref. 47698Barcelona: Antonio Bosch / Imp. de Ramirez 1871. First Edition. Original pictorial letterpress broadsheet 31.5x21.5cm.; original woodcut illus. to recto and verso text printed in double column. Tiny creases at corners faint fold lines else Near Fine. Uncommon newsheet recounting in highly critical terms the recent destruction following the assault on the Paris Commune the recto woodcut depicting a scene of pillaging and destruction at the hands of both the army and the Communards the city in flames; bottom verso margin adorned with a vignette of a Archbishop of Paris Georges Darboy being executed by firing squad at close range one of a number of hostages that met such a fate as the Commune was about to be overthrown. The text concludes with a song arguing that such uprisings destroy the people. None in the trade or auction records as of February 2020; OCLC no. 803955908 listing no holdings. Antonio Bosch / Imp. de Ramirez unknown books
1877ref. 51868Oneida NY: Office of the American Socialist 1877. Third edition though stated second. Octavo 22cm. Printed pale green wrappers; 32pp. A fresh apparently uncirculated copy Near Fine. A singular aspect of Noyes's Pefectionist philosophy as practiced by his followers at the Oneida commune was the sanctification of the human sexual bond through the practice of "male continence" i.e. coitus reservatus or the withholding of the male orgasm during intercourse. The current pamphlet falls somewhat short of elucidating technique at least to the satisfaction of the uninitiated reader but does provide at some length Noyes's Biblical justifications and his defense of the practice. The first edition appeared in 1866 with the full title Male Continence: or Self-Control in Sexual Intercourse. That title having drawn the attention of Noyes's censors all of the sub-title was dropped from the second edition of 1872 and third edition of 1877 - save the semi-colon which remained a mysterious punctuational ghost or vain apostle; universal symbol of something more to come. Full disclosure: we are in possession of a substantial remainder of this edition. Office of the American Socialist unknown books
2001ref. 47076Paris: Amis de la Commune de Paris 2001. First Edition. Large slim folio 37cm.; publisher's pictorial staplebound wrappers; 18pp.; color illus. throughout. Extremities rather worn corners starting to curl closed tear to rear wrapper fore-edge margin; Very Good only. Catalog of an exhibition commemorating the Paris Commune. Featured artists include François Arnal Henri Cueco François Féret André Fougeron Gérard Gosselin François Hilsum Ladislas Kijno Peter Klasen Jacques Monory Melik Ouzani Ernest Pignon-Ernest Jean Rustin Max Schœndorff Antonio Segui Anne Slacik Yvon Taillandier Boris Taslitzky Vladimir VeliÄkovic Jacques Villeglé and Catherine Viollet. OCLC does not list any copies in North America as of December 2019. Amis de la Commune de Paris] unknown books
1655ref. 671011655. Jefferson Owned a Copy of this Digest Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas. King's Bench. Judgements as They Were Upon Solemne Arguments Given in the Upper-Bench and Common-pleas Upon the Most Difficult Points in All Manner of Actions: Together with the Terms and Number-Rolls In Which the Same are Entred. As also Other Speciall Judiciall Proceedings in Order Thereunto; Taken Out of the Records of the Same Court Very Usefull for All Clerks Attorneys And Others. With an Exact Alphabeticall Table Wherein May be Found the Principall Matters Therein Contained. London: Printed by Thomas Roycroft 1655. iv 235 240-336 339-344 22 pp. Pagination irregular text complete. Octavo 6-1/4" x 4". Contemporary sheep blind rules to boards blind fillets to spine. Moderate rubbing to boards and extremities corners bumped and somewhat worn front hinge cracked front free endpaper lacking lower section lacking from rear pastedown. Light toning to text minor worming to upper margins of final eight leaves just touching headlines. $450. Only edition. Cited as "The First Book of Judgements" this is a collection of cases digested alphabetically by topic. Unusual for this type of book it provides the term of the court and the number of the roll on which the judgement is listed a feature that facilitated the citing of precedents. Jefferson owned a copy of this book. OCLC locates 11 copies in North American law libraries. Sowerby Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 1922. English Short-Title Catalogue R43325. unknown books
1742ref. 734531742. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. The Book of Common Prayer And Administration of the Sacraments London: Thomas Baskett and Robert Baskett 1742. Folio measuring 10 by 16 inches contemporary full paneled black morocco gilt elaborately gilt decorated spine raised bands marbled endpapers all edges gilt. $4800.Impressive 1742 edition of the magisterial Book of Common Prayer with engraved frontispiece view of St. Pauls Cathedral elegantly bound in contemporary full paneled morocco-gilt.Born of Thomas Cranmers desire for liturgical texts upon which all of Europes Protestant English-speaking churches could agree the beautiful and dignified language of the Book of Common Prayer first issued in 1549 has considerably influenced not only ecclesiastical practice but has served as a source of spiritual inspiration for most Englishmen second only to the Bible PMM 75. With engraved frontispiece depicting St. Pauls Cathedral ornamental woodcut head- and tailpieces and historiated woodcut initials. Bound with a 1744 edition of Sternhold and Hopkins metrical psalter. Griffiths 1742:1. Occasional light foxing; minor triangular loss to lower edge of first leaf a blank. A few abrasions to distinguished contemporary morocco gilt bright. A beautiful volume. hardcover books
1680ref. 653621680. The City Law City of London. Court of Common Council. Lex Londinensis; Or The City Law. Shewing the Powers Customs and Practice of All the Several Courts Belonging to the Famous City of London: viz. The Lord Majors Court. The Orphans Court. The Court of Hustings. The Court of Common Councel. The Court of Aldermen. The Wardmotes. The Courts of Conservacy for the River of Thames. The Court of Conscience. The Sheriffs Court. The Chamberlains Court. Together with Several Acts of Common Councel Very Useful and Necessary to be Known by All Merchants Citizens And Freemen of the Said City. And also A Method for the Ministers Within the Said City to Recover Their Tithes. With a Table to the Whole Book. London: Printed by S. Roycroft for Henry Twyford 1680. viii 260 12 pp. Octavo 6-1/2" x 4". Later quarter calf over moire-cloth boards lettering piece and raised bands to spine. A few minor stains to boards light rubbing to extremities corners bumped and somewhat worn crack in text block between pp. vi and vii minor edgewear to a few leaves. Light browning and faint dampspotting to text annotations to title page and margins of several leaves in an early hand. $650. Only edition. This book was the first digest of the London's laws and guide to its courts after the revisions of the city laws from 1647 and 1658. A useful work that gathered a great deal of disparate information it is a valuable resource today for students of seventeenth-century London and its legal system. Probably written by a practitioner the annotations are corrections glosses and amplifications of points in the text along with marks and underlining. English Short-Title Catalogue R2792. unknown books
1831ref. 744141831. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. The Book of Common Prayer. Oxford: Printed at the University Press by S. Collingwood 1831. Folio 12 by 20 inches contemporary full tan morocco rebacked with original spine laid down elaborately gilt-decorated spine and boards black morocco spine label marbled endpapers all edges gilt. $3200.Impressive 1831 Oxford folio edition of the magisterial Book of Common Prayer elegantly bound by Hayday in contemporary full morocco-gilt.Born of Thomas Cranmers desire for liturgical texts upon which all of Europes Protestant English-speaking churches could agree the beautiful and dignified language of the Book of Common Prayer first issued in 1549 has considerably influenced not only ecclesiastical practice but has served as a source of spiritual inspiration for most Englishmen second only to the Bible PMM 75. Beautifully bound by Hayday in contemporary full morocco with elaborately gilt-tooled spine and boards featuring central lozenges built up largely of circles and floral ornaments within decorative frames built up from floral scrolls. Griffiths 1831:8. Presentation inscription.Light rubbing and soiling to binding. A very nearly fine copy handsomely bound. hardcover books
1680ref. 632441680. The City Law Corporation of London. Court of Common Council. Lex Londinensis; Or The City Law. Shewing the Powers Customs and Practice of All the Several Courts Belonging to the Famous City of London: viz. The Lord Majors Court. The Orphans Court. The Court of Hustings. The Court of Common Councel. The Court of Aldermen. The Wardmotes. The Courts of Conservacy for the River of Thames. The Court of Conscience. The Sheriffs Court. The Chamberlains Court. Together with Several Acts of Common Councel Very Useful and Necessary to be Known by All Merchants Citizens And Freemen of the Said City. And also A Method for the Ministers Within the Said City to Recover Their Tithes. With a Table to the Whole Book. London: Printed by S. Roycroft for Henry Twyford 1680. viii 260 12 pp. Octavo 6-1/2" x 4". Later three-quarter calf over marbled boards rebacked retaining spine which has gilt ornaments and later lettering piece endpapers renewed. Some rubbing to boards and extremities corners bumped and lightly worn. Light browning and occasional light foxing to text. Early owner underlining to title page which has some edgewear interior otherwise clean. An appealing copy. $500. Only edition. This book was the first digest of the London's laws and guide to its courts after the revisions of the city laws from 1647 and 1658. A useful work that gathered a great deal of disparate information it is a valuable resource today for students of seventeenth-century London and its legal system. English Short-Title Catalogue R2792. unknown books
1801ref. 255003London: Published for John Reeves Printed by W. Bulmer . sold by J. Wright Piccadilly 1801. First Reeves edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Full contemporary black straight-grained morocco covers with gilt-rolled border and central gilt device of cross with "JHS" flat spine horizontally lined gilt lettered and decorated between the lines in gilt marbled endpapers a.e.g. Institutional bookplate on front pastedown shelfmark sticker at foot of spine and ghosts of markings on title--page; very slight rubbing to edges. Overall a very attractive cop. First Reeves edition. 1 vols. 8vo. "John Reeves was gazetted King's Printer in 1800 and held the appointment untyil his death in 1829. Between 1801 and 1815 he issued some 25 books of common prayer each printed by others on his behalf ." Griffiths. This is the first of Reeves' books of common prayer printed by Bulmer and a particularly attractive copy in contemporary binding. It is also apparently the first Book of Common Prayer to use the designation "United Church of England and Ireland.". Griffiths p. 215 Published for John Reeves, (Printed by W. Bulmer) ... sold by J. Wright, Piccadilly unknown books
1793ref. 1418569Paris: C.F. Patris 1793. Other. Side-Sewn Octavo Pamphlet 27 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Pamphlet has deckled edges; has light scuffing to first page and rear a small open tear to rear lower edge faint toning to top edge of leaves throughout fading to some text on right side of page 26 legibility unaffected and age-toning throughout. Text in French. Shelved in Box #3 in room F. A statement issued by the Paris Commune leadership following the Insurrection of 31 May - 2 June which forced out the remaining Girondins from the National Convention and marked the beginning of the Reign of Terror. 1418569. Special Collections - Upstairs. C.F. Patris unknown books
ref. 04269Oxford: Printed at the University Press by S. Collingwood and Co. 1839. A Fine Mid-Nineteenth Century Book of Common Prayer BIBLE IN ENGLISH. 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 and Ireland: 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 of bishops priests and deacons. Oxford: Printed at the University Press by S. Collingwood and Co. 1839. Sixteenmo 3 1/2 x 2 inches; 89 x 51 mm. Unpaginated. Contemporary full purple morocco covers decoratively bordered in gilt and blind spine with four raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments decorative gilt board edges and turn-ins yellow coated end-papers all edges gilt. Neat early ink inscription on front blank. A fine example. Oxford: Printed at the University Press, by S. Collingwood and Co..., 1839 unknown books
1785ref. 69085Philadelphia: Printed by Young Stewart & M'Culloch 1785. Full Description: BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. The A B C. With the Church of England Catechism. To which is annexed Prayers used in the Academy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. Also A Hymn on the Nativity of our Saviour; and another for Easter Day. Philadelphia: Printed by Young Stewart & M'Culloch 1785. First edition first issue of one of the first publications of the American Episcopal Church and one of the first Episcopal Catechism printed in America after the separation of the American and British church. The words "King" and "Him" have been omitted from page six so that American educators could use word that they deemed "Expedient". First issue title-page includes the words "To which is annexed" Small octavo pamphlet 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches; 190 x 120 mm. 12 pp plus additional modern binder's blanks at the end. Title-page with engraved vignette and border. Full modern orange cloth. With brown morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Some chipping to spine label. Newer endpapers. Two previous owner's bookplates on front pastedown. Leaves uncut. Some minor instances of toning and light dampstaining. Overall very good. Together with BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. The A B C. With the Church of England Catechism. To which are annexed Prayers used in the Academy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. Also A Hymn on the Nativity of our Saviour; and another for Easter Day. Philadelphia: Printed by Young Stewart & M'Culloch 1785. First edition second issue of one of the first publications of the American Episcopal Church and one of the first Episcopal Catechism printed in America after the separation of the American and British church. The words "King" and "Him" have been omitted from page six so that American educators could use word that they deemed "Expedient". Second issue title-page includes the words "To which are annexed" Small octavo pamphlet 7 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches; 190 x 117 mm. 12 pp. Title-page with engraved vignette and border. Self-bound. Leaves uncut. Some minor dampstaining. Overall very good. A Catechism for children providing guidance on living a Christian life and including standard prayers including one for Easter. The verso of the title-page contains a Roman alphabet an italic alphabet and a syllabary. Below the syllabary is a statement "The Blanks left in page 6 were formerly filled up with the words King and him; but as that Form of Expression does not suit our Republican Governments the Teacher will be pleased to full up the Blanks with what Words he may deem Expedient." Two wonderful examples of a catechism for children these were published just three years after the first Bible was printed in America. They contain the Ten Commandments and the Lord's Prayer. Evans 19208. Rosenbach 99. ESTC W31437. HBS 69085. $1250. Printed by Young, Stewart & M'Culloch unknown books
1718ref. 2514The Hague: C. Fritsch 1718. Very good. 8vo. xliv 728 2 pp. text lightly foxed. Collation: a-b⸠cⶠA-2Y⸠2Zⶠ-2Z6 a blank as per the Emory Pitts copy. Bound in 18th-century red morocco boards elaborately gilt à la dentelle spine elaborately gilt with raised bands morocco label a.e.g. spine and extremities somewhat rubbed. Bookplate of the Washington Cathedral Library inside upper cover. Title-page trimmed at top removing the name of an early owner and backed with later paper. Preserved in a protective cloth case. AN ENIGMATIC BINDING AT ONE TIME ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT AITKEN OF PHILADELPHIA THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL EARLY AMERICAN BOOKBINDERS. CERTAINLY IT SHARES THE EXTREMELY DISTINCTIVE SPINE TOOL WITH THE NYPL-LENOX COPY OF AITKEN'S 1782 BIBLE WHICH WE EXAMINED PERSONALLY AND YET THE DENTELLE TOOLS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE EMPLOYED BY RICHARD MONTAGU FOR THOMAS HOLLIS. This is the first complete German edition of the Book of Common Prayer including the Lections and Ordinals. It was probably translated into German by J.J. Caesar chaplain to King Frederick I of Prussia who had attempted to united the Lutheran and Reformed churches of Germany into a single episcopal church in communion with the Church of England. Published in 1718 our binding belongs certainly to the latter half of the 18th-century; it is therefore this book's second binding. The spine label reads "Prayer Book" and not "Gebet-Buch" and thus it was bound either in America or England and not in Germany or The Netherlands. Based on tool identification our binding may have been made in the same workshop as that which bound the Lenox-NYPL 1782 Aitken Bible. In 1902 the NYPL binding was attributed Aitken's own shop William Loring Andrews Bibliopegy in the United States p. 59 with a poor reproduction on plate XIV. Whereas the Lenox copy is by comparison relatively plain it shares with ours the unmistakable deformed bird / floral ornament in the spine compartments. The repeated tools on the covers have so far resisted identification despite extensive searching over a period of several years through innumerable reference works on early American and British bookbinding printed and online. Concerning the former there is a very serious lack of published scholarship and so we set our sights on the largest collection of unpublished notes on American bookbinding in the world namely Willman Spawn's gargantuan hopelessly disorganized archive of rubbings and files at the American Philosophical Society. We proceeded through Box 28 and yet more than 100 boxes remain to be explored. Whatever his nationality our binder was inspired by the work of Richard Montagu specifically his work for Thomas Hollis ca. 1758-1761 see Howard Nixon's Five Hundred Years of English Bookbinding nos. 68 and 69 although the tools are NOT identical to ours. According to a typed note from the American Cathedral Library where the present volume resided for at least 60 years until it was purchased by William Reese it was bound possibly for presentation to William White 1748-1836 the first Bishop of Philadelphia. On this card the identity of the binder is confidently assigned to Robert Aitken himself. Whether or not the binding originated from Aitken's shop or if indeed it is even American there can be no doubt that it was in Philadelphia at a very early date and its provenance is unbroken since that time see below. Certainly William White would have had need for a German language Book of Common Prayer to administer to his already significant German-speaking congregation. White knew well his Philadelphia neighbor Robert Aitken and as one of the Chaplains of the Congress of the United States he examined Aitken's Bible when it was in 1782. White was also the first President of the first Bible Society in the United States founded in Philadelphia in 1808. That Aitken printed and published the 1782 Bible does not automatically imply that he was the binder of the Lenox-NYPL copy or any others but the names of several of his former employees are known including James Muir who remained in Philadelphia and William Andrews who relocated to Boston. Another copy of the 1782 Aitken Bible remains unstudied namely that in the John Carter Brown Library which features a similarly decorated spine. Our binding was no doubt an expensive commission; that the tooling on it has remained so fresh is perhaps due to a paper or fabric covering that seems to have once surrounded it: inside the boards are traces of adhesive near the gutter margins at the top and bottom precisely where a covering would have been attached. Of this first edition of the German Language Book of Common Prayer there are copies at Huntington Lancaster Theological Seminary Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity United Lutheran Seminary Philadelphia and Emory. ¶ PROVENANCE: William White Bishop of Philadelphia -- old presentation inscription excised from title-page no doubt written in English in the 18th century with one remaining word clearly visible: "To" -- Suffrage Episcopal Bishop of Pennsylvania Samuel Bowman 1800-1861 -- by descent to his daughter Ellen Ledlie Bowman married Thomas Hubbard Vail Episcopal Bishop of Kansas -- by descent to their daughter Kellen Sitrgreaves Vail Motter 1870-1952 -- donated to the National Cathedral Library of Washington DC -- purchased by William Reese who sold it to us on behalf of a private collector -- bought back by us in 2023. For an account of Robert Aitken's bindery see Willman and Carol Spawn's "The Aitken Shop: Identification of an Eighteenth Century Bindery and its Tools" in: PBSA LVII 1963 pp. 422-437 although the title is misleading as the images are unnecessarily few in number ditto Willman Spawn's "Extra-Gilt Bindings of Robert Aitken 1787-88" in: Proceedings of the AAS pp. 415-417. The dentelle tools on the covers of our binding appear to be reproduced here for the first time. C. Fritsch unknown books
1715ref. 1067831715. London: printed by John Baskett and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills 1715. Folio 380 23 3 pp. unpaginated text ends on Aaa4 as per ESTC. Engraved frontispiece by Loggan after Caspars. Title-page printed in red and black ruled in red throughout. Contemporary red morocco covers tooled in gilt with a wide scrolled border central gilt block of the arms of the Duke of Chandos backstrip richly gilt gilt edges a lovely binding of the period in the style of Mearne skillfully restored at head and foot and along joints. Armorial bookplate of John van Hatten. § Lovely prayer book bound for James Brydges 1st Duke of Chandos 1674-1744. It once rested on an embroidered cushion in the Duke and Duchess's private pew in his magnificent chapel at Cannons described by the architect Gibbs as "the finest in England." The centerpiece of the elaborately-tooled binding is the Duke's gilt arms supported by two otters beneath a ducal coronet. Four other bindings with the block are recorded by the British Armorial Bindings database. Full description and provenance available on request. ESTC T81463. unknown books
1893ref. 254927New York: Printed for the Convention 1893. First edition according to the Standard of 1892. 28 566 2 pp. Title printed in red and black with floriated borders by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue title in black letter. 1 vols. Folio. Original heavily gilt decorated vellum over boards with brass fore-clasps t.e.g. others untrimmed ribbon marker. Binding a bit dust soiled with bruises to foretips and small chip from lower corner of front pastedown front inner hinge cracked but webbing sound some occasional dust and finger smudging to the margins of the early leaves bookplate and small label on front pastedown some bleed-through on the title from the array of original ink signatures on the verso otherwise about very good. First edition according to the Standard of 1892. 28 566 2 pp. Title printed in red and black with floriated borders by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue title in black letter. 1 vols. Folio. Copy #12 of the limited issue of the revised Book of Common Prayer overseen by D.B. Updike and signed in ink on the verso of the title of many of the principals associated with the revision approved at the 1892 General Convention including financier J.P. Morgan who helped fund the edition's publication. The limited edition was prepared in two forms one being this form intended for distribution to each diocese and jurisdiction within the Church with original signatures on the verso of the title and with a variant title all in black letter without border. The standard limited edition of 500 copies on handmade paper has the signatures of the principals in printed facsimile and a foliated border around the title resembling those around the main text and the central "Laudate Dominum" device and the two lines: "Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David." Updike comments at length on this project in his introduction to NOTES ON THE MERRYMOUNT PRESS and about his role in the attempted rescue of an ill-conceived attempt to produce a decorated edition from the plates of the 1892 printing: "The best things about the book were the cover and charming end-papers which Goodhue designed for it. Sad to relate the edition had an immediate and resounding success! We were congratulated and we blushed. Our shame was taken for modesty and we were congratulated more! While the book is indeed a strange one it is by no means so strange as the designs originally made for it" see pp. 9-10. Nonetheless the experience was an important prelude to the production in 1928 of Updike's own edition widely regarded as his finest work. Laid into this copy is a photocopy of the 4pp. leaflet ON THE DECORATIONS OF THE LIMITED EDITION OF THE STANDARD PRAYER BOOK OF MDCCCXCII. Griffths 1893; Updike Notes on the Merrymouth Press & Its Work p. 9; John Clyde Osborn Catalogue of Work of The De Vinne Press Exhibited at the Grolier Club p. 15 Printed for the Convention unknown books
1636ref. 371746London: Printed by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie: And by the Assignes of John Bill 1636. Title within ornamental border. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in contemporary gold-tooled leather rubbed missing ties. Later marbled endpapers with Myers & Co. sticker rubbed at margins; interior front spine cracked. Ownership signature "John Walker" in pencil on title page with several additional holograph ink notations. Paper flaw on D6 with loss to a few words. Title within ornamental border. 1 vols. 4to. Printed in Roman type double columns. Includes the Whole Book of Psalms printed at the "Universitie of Cambridge" 1634 with a 1635 Apocrypha extracted from a Bible printed by Tho: Buck & Roger Daniel printers to the University of Cambridge. Additionally the fifth line of the heading on B1r has: "reade" while another edition STC 2nd 16404.3 has "read." Provenance: Gift of the Rev. Christina K. Wible. Griffiths 1636 5; Pollard 2nd ed. 16404.4; ESTC S2781 Printed by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie: And by the Assignes of John Bill unknown books
1641ref. 371384London: Robert Barker printer to the Kings most excellent Majestie and by the Assignes of John Bill 1641. Title within woodcut border. Text in two columns. 104pp. 8vo. Nineteenth-century full dark red morocco stamped in gilt. Gilt edges. Marbled endpapers with GTS bookplates on first pastedown. Pages cropped. Autograph initials on title page with additional ownership inscription on A3. Title within woodcut border. Text in two columns. 104pp. 8vo. This compact Book of Common Prayer was published during a period of particularly fractious religious tumult just prior to the start of the First English Civil War which was fueled in part by what was seen as King Charles I's pro-Catholic sympathies exemplified by his implementation of a more ceremonial sacramental version of High Anglicanism. Some of these contentious changes - as well the disquiet fomented by them - are alluded to in the Preface and "Of Ceremonies Why Some Be abolished and some retained" all of which follow "An Act for the Uniformitie of Common Prayer" on A2-A3. "Cum privilegio" printed at the foot of the title page. A gift to the General Theological Seminary from the then-Dean of Trinity Cathedral George McCormick. ESTC R37432; Griffiths Common Prayer 1641:5; Wing B3612A Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most excellent Majestie, and by the Assignes of John Bill unknown books
1795ref. 371094New York: Hugh Gaine 1795. Printed in two columns. 208pp. A-d2 A-3B2. Folio. Contemporary black morocco gilt rebacked marbled endpapers gilt edges. Staining to title and first few leaves losses at lower outer corners of A1-C2 partly supplied in early manuscript Provenance: Christ Church Baltimore in gilt on upper cover. Printed in two columns. 208pp. A-d2 A-3B2. Folio. Very rare first folio edition of the 1789 United States Book of Common Prayer the second standard American prayer book beautifully printed by Gaine and designed for lecturn use. Most extant examples with the leaves containing the morning and evening daily prayers defective from overuse A1-C2 as here. Evans 29362; Griffiths Book of Common Prayer 1795:11; ESTC W29998 Hugh Gaine unknown books
1553ref. 371814London: Thomas Gaultier imprimeur du Roy en la langue francoise i.e. printed by N. Hill 1553. First edition of the translation of the Book of Common Prayer into French. Calendar printed in red and black. Ornamental initials throughout. Collation: a-e4 f2 A-ZZ4 -ZZ1-4 lacks the four leaves of final gathering ZZ. 1 vols. 4to. Eighteenth century brown calf spine with gilt monogram BDM. Some worming at bottom margins. First edition of the translation of the Book of Common Prayer into French. Calendar printed in red and black. Ornamental initials throughout. Collation: a-e4 f2 A-ZZ4 -ZZ1-4 lacks the four leaves of final gathering ZZ. 1 vols. 4to. A translation by François Philippe of the 1552 Book of Common Prayer for use in Calais and the Channel Islands. OCLC records only Cambridge and John Carter Brown; Griffiths cites copies at Lambeth and Harvard. ESTC adds Boston Public Huntington U. Liverpool Liverpool Hope Bodleian Keble. Though lacking the final gathering this book is uncommon in institutions and RARE in the trade. ESTC: S108734; Griffiths French 36:1. Provenance: Coll. Aqu. Soc. Iesu Cat. Insc. 1659 at head of title; ink stamp on title page of Bibliotheque de Marseille foot of a2 stamped: Vente 1845; armorial bookplate of A.rthur Brölemann Thomas Gaultier, imprimeur du Roy en la langue francoise [i.e., printed by N. Hill] unknown books
1791ref. 311008Oxford; and London: Printed at the Clarendon Press By W. Jackson and A. Hamilton 1791. xxii 536 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary c. 1802 full straight-grained blue morocco covers with gilt Greek key border flat spine divided into five compartments lettered in one central panel of wavy gilt lines the rest tooled in gilt with Christogram or sunburst tool over semé of dots a.e.g. Light rubbing to extremities. xxii 536 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. bound with: The Whole Book Psalms Collected into English Metre by Thomas Sternhold John Hopkins and Others . Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by Dawson Bensley and Cooke 1801. A beautiful copy in a fine contemporary binding. Griffiths 1791/7; ESTC T093069. Provenance: William Smith 1802 dated blue morocco ownership label on front pastedown Printed at the Clarendon Press, By W. Jackson and A. Hamilton unknown books
1797ref. 305572Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by W. Dawson T. Bensley and J. Cooke 1797. xxxii 360 pp. 8vo. Bound in contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt spine a.e.g. Covers rubbed and soiled pages finger-soiled. xxxii 360 pp. 8vo. Bound with: A New Version of the Psalms of David . London: Company of Stationers 1798. 228 pp. Griffiths 1797:3 Printed at the Clarendon Press, by W. Dawson, T. Bensley, and J. Cooke unknown books
1853ref. 257859New York: Appleton & Company 1853. Engraved frontispiece and 3 engraved plates additional hand-colored lithograph title by T. Sinclair. 670 237 3 pp. 12mo. Bound in full contemporary dark purple velvet covers overlaid with gilt metal outer frame surrounding a thin gilt metal filligree border front cover with central gilt cross clasp a.e.g. fine. Engraved frontispiece and 3 engraved plates additional hand-colored lithograph title by T. Sinclair. 670 237 3 pp. 12mo. Griffiths 1853:27 Appleton & Company unknown books
1854ref. 255549Philadelphia: Lippincott Grambo & Co 1854. Chromolithograph frontispiece and additional chromolithograph title page. xxxii 552; 252 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in full black velvet covers with borders of golden wire in filigree spine lettered with gold metal in gothic script velvet endsheets edges gilt golden metallic clasp. Fine. Gift inscription to institution on flyleaf; bookplate on front free endpaper. Chromolithograph frontispiece and additional chromolithograph title page. xxxii 552; 252 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Griffiths 1854: 39 Lippincott, Grambo & Co unknown books
1714ref. 37200London: Printed by John Baskett. Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills Deceased 1714. Engraved title page. Printed in black and red ruled in red. 1 vols. Folio. Bound in full red morocco richly gilt spine six panels raised bands gilt dentelles marbled endpapers a.e.g. Engraved title page. Printed in black and red ruled in red. 1 vols. Folio. Printed by John Baskett. Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, Dece unknown books
