DE COURCY (Richard):

Sermons, by the late Rev. Richard De Courcy, Vicar of Saint Alkmond, Shrewsbury. To which is prefixed, An Essay on the nature, &c. of pure and undefiled religion.

Shrewsbury: Printed and Sold by M. Wood, St. John's Hill; Sold also by Hatchard...and all other booksellers, 1805. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 227 x 132 mms., pp. xxix [xxx blank], 322 [333 Errata, 334 blank, 335 - 336 adverts], engraved portrait frontispiece (by Collyer after Russell), small printed notice to subscribers, dated March 8, 1805, tipped onto recto of front free end-paper,original boards, uncut, inscription on recto of front free end-paper, "Peter Clubbe/ Newbolt/ 1805"; small piece torn from lower margin of first leaf of Preface, joints cracked and tender, spine defective with some loss of paper and cords exposed, corners a bit worn. The subscribers' list includes Mr. Benjamin Club, Mr. Newbold Club and Mr. Joseph Clubbe; presumably one is related to Peter Clubbe. The politician and reformer William Wilberforce subscribed for five copies. A second edition was published in 1810. Copac locates copies in BL (2) and Bodleian only; no copies located in North American libraries.

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Book number: 7123

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FURNEAUX (Philip):

The Importance of Education. A Sermon preached at St. Thomas's, January 1. 1755. For the Benefit of the Charity-School in Gravel-Land, Southwark.

London: Printed by J. Waugh, and W. Fenner..., 1755. FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), pp. 40. BOUND WITH: FURNEAUX (Philip): A Sermon Preached at Clapham in Surry, on Friday the 17th Day of February, 1758. Being the Day appointed to be observed as a General Fast For confessing our Sins, and imploring a Blessing on His Majesty's Councils and Arms. And Afterwards, on February the 19th, at Salter's-Hall in London. London: Printed for J. Buckland..., [1758]. FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), pp. 46 [47 - 48 adverts]. BOUND WITH: FURNEAUX (Philip): A Sermon Occasioned by the Death of the Reverend Henry Miles, D. D. and F. R. S. Who departed this Life, February 10, 1763. In the 65th Year of his Age. Preached at Tooting in Surry, February 27, 1763. London: Printed for J. Buckland..., 1763. FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), pp. 39 [40 adverts]. BOUND WITH: CHANDLER (Samuel): The Character of a great and good King Full of Days, Riches, and Honour. A Sermon Preached on Occasion of the Death of his late Majesty King George II. of glorious and blessed Memory, in the Old Jury, November the 9th. 1760. London: Printed for J. Noon...and A. Millar.., 1760. FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), pp. [ii], 47 [48 blank]. 4 sermons bound in contemporary quarter calf, marbled boards (very worn), with joints cracked and tender and front cover almost detached). A nonce volume of four sermons, with the one on education by Furneaux being probably of more interest in this secular and profane age. Furneaux (1726 - 1783), an independent minister, was a staunch advocate of the rights of non-conformists and active in the Coward Trust for improving academic education. He also edited, but never published, some of Chandler's works. None of the sermons can be said to be truly rare, but they are uncommon: ESTC locates 15 of the first item; 10 (3 only in North America) of the second; 14 (3 in North America) of the third; and 19 of Chandler's sermon.

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Book number: 4696

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GWYTHER (James), Rev.:

Evangelical Preaching. An address delivered in Nether Chapel, Sheffield, on October 10th, 1836, at the Autumnal Meeting of the Congregational Union of England and Wales. By the Rev. James Gwyther, of Manchester,

Manchester: Henry H. Tubbs...; London: Jackson, Walford, & Hodder. 1867 ?FIRST EDITION. ?ONLY EDITION. Large 12mo, 174 x 117 mms., pp. 23 [24 blank], disbound. In a note before the text Gwyther states that "It was never designed for the press, but merely for the ear of a popular assembly...." Referring to preachers who do not espouse true evangelicanism, he comments, "Let there be no mistake, however, with regard to our references here. We are intimating no danger to the Gospel , either from professed friends or from avowed foes. Never were these in their nature, in their varied forms, and in their vast numbers, more really formidable. Hume and Gibbon, Rousseau, Voltaire, and Paines were less to be dreaded than these." Perhaps he might also have in mind Byron's lines in Don Juan: "Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded/ That all the apostles would have done as they did." Completely untraced.

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Book number: 8111

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HAMMOND (Henry):

[Seven Sermons] Of Conscience. Of Scandall. Of Will-Worship. Of Supersition. Of Idolatry [Oxford, Printed by Henry Hall, Printers to the Universities, 1646]. Of Sinnes of Weakness, Wilfilnesse: And appendant to it, A Paraphrasticall explication of two difficult Tex, Heb. and Heb. 10. Of a Late, or Death-Bed Repentance.

London [and Oxford] Printed in the yeere. 1646. Small 4to, 187 x 140 mms., pp. [iv], 126 [for the first four sermons]; 46; 22, 22 - 33, [35 - 36], 37 - 70, seven sermons in one volume, bound in 19th century blind-bordered calf, with spine in blind as well; front joint very slightly cracked, top of spine chipped, corners worn, ownership of [? E P Lench] 1866 on recto of front free end-paper. Wing H 603. Madan, II, 1874. Wing H565.

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Book number: 8477

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MOREHEAD (Robert):

A Series of Discourses on the Principles of Religious Belief, as connected with Human Happiness and Improvement. Third Edition [volume 1].

Edinburgh: Printed by George Ramsay & Company, for Archibald Constable and Company...., 1810, 1816. FIRST EDITION OF VOLUME 2. 2 volumes. 8vo, 212 x 128 mms., pp. xvi, 446; xii, 467 [468 blank], contemporary calf, with Arabesque pattern in blind on each cover, vine leaf ornament on spine with the same ornament replicate din each cover of the covers, morocco labels (fragments on volume 1; very slight wear to joints, but a very good set in an unusual binding. Morehead (1777 - 1842) had his eye on the philosophers and writers of the Scottish Enlightenment, and many of the topics in these sermons anticipate his later works, two of which, Dialogues on Natural and Revealed Religion (1830) and Philosophical Dialogues (1845) were designed as sequels to Hume's Dialogues concerning Natural Religion (1779). There are two sermons in volume one on natural and revelated religion; a sermon in volume two, "On the Distinction of Ranks in Society," would appear to be a clear allusion to John Millar's Observations Concerning the Distinction of Ranks in Society (1771).

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Book number: 7333

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PRICE (Richard) and PRIESTLEY (Joseph):

Sermons.

London: Printed in the Year 1791. FIRST EDITION of this collection. 12mo (in 6s), pp. [iv], [1] - 168, 167 - 214, with pp. 169 - 214 misnumbered, and p. 210 misnumbered 102, p. [115] fly-title to Priestley's Two Discourses, contemporary calf, gilt spine, black morocco label. A fine copy. The first three sermons are by Richard Price, the last four by Priestley. The work was reprinted in 1800, 1814, and 1830. Thomas, Stephens, and Jones, A Bibliography of the Works of Richard Price (1993), 36h. Crook, TR 215. ESTC locates 9 copies in British libraries and 7 in North American libraries (CaOTU, CtY, MH-AH, MH-H, NIC, PPL, ViRUT).

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Book number: 4826

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ROCHESTER. (PARSONS (Thomas [sic, for Robert]):

A Sermon Preach'd at the Funeral Of the Right Honourable John Earl of Rochester, who Died at Woodstock-Park, July 26. 1680. and was Buried at Spilsbury in Oxfordshire, Aug. 9. By Thomas [sic] Parsons, M. A. Chaplain to the Right Honourable Anne Countess-Dowager of Rochester. The Fourteenth Edition.

London: Printed for Richard Baldwin..., n. d., [1765]. 8vo (in 4s), pp. 31 [32 adverts], disbound; title-page almost detached at inner margin. Parsons' sermon was first published in 1680 and frequently reprinted. Here the title-page adds a long homily above the imprint about the publication of Rochester's poems. ESTC T87649 locates copies at L, C, and O, but notes, probably inaccurately, "The author's name is given incorrectly on the titlepage; by Robert Parsons, Rector of Oddington." Robert Parsons is, of course, correct, but he is not described in this copy as "Rector of Oddington."

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Book number: 4987

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SELLON (William):

Sermons on Various Subjects.

London: Printed for F. and C. Rivington..., 1792. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. xi [xii], 439 [440 blank], contemporary tree calf, spine ornately gilt in compartments, morocco label; front cover holding by one cord, rear joint cracked. Little seems to be known about Sellon (d. 1790), except that he was perpetual curate of St James's, Clerkenwell. The sermons were published unrevised after his death. One of the sermons is on the "National Advantages of the Magdalen Charity," and five other sermons were preached at the Magdalen Chapel. ESTC T116177 locates copies in the BL, NLS, Cambridge University Library, National Library of Wales, Glasgow University Library, University of Wales Lampeter, and University of Leeds Brotherton Library. No copies traced in North American libraries.

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Book number: 5603

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SHERLOCK (Thomas):

Several Discourses Preached at the Temple Church. The Third Edition.

London, Printed for J. Whiston and B. White..., W. Owen..., and E. Baker..., 1755. 12mo, pp. [viii], 240, newly rebound in quarter calf, gilt spines, morocco label, marbled boards; several fore-margins very closely trimmed. Thomas Sherlock (1677 - 1761) was the son of the controversial William Sherlock (1639/40 - 1707). The 14 discourses printed here are based on Biblical texts.

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Book number: 5083

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STERNE (Laurence):

Sermons Choisis de L. Sterne. Traduits de l'Anglais par Mr. D. L. B.

A Londres, & se trouve à Paris, Chez Buisson..., 1786. 12mo, pp. 359 [360 blank], including half-title, contemporary quarter calf, gilt spine, morocco label, marbled boards; bookplate removed from front paste-down end-paper, names in ink on free end-papers, but a very good copy. In "Towards a Sterne Bibliography" (The Winged Skull, 1971), Kenneth Monkman notes (no. 73) that "Despite the imprint, a Paris-printed edition, purged of all anti-Popery." The translation is by Antoine Gilbert Griffet de la Beaume, with pseudonymous initials. ESTC on-line locates copies in L, B, C, Dt, LEu; CLU-C; and TOu and WWs.

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Book number: 4074

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