Rev. Thomas Brookes

Apples of Gold for Young Men and Women; or, the Young Man&Apos;S Duty and Excellency

London, James Nisbet, 1825. Leather. A religious text by Reverend Thomas Brookes. A scarce work. A pocket sized, full leather volume, with gilt detailing to the spine. This is a religious text, intended for young women and men. This volume has green, marbled pastedowns and end papers. There is some wear to the extremities, including rubbing to the corners of the boards and fading and cracking to the spine. The rear board and all internal pages are securely attached, although the front board is attached loosely by the cords. The majority of the binding is tight and firm, although the cords are visible between the front, blank-end papers. Internally the pages are generally clean and bright, apart from the occasional mild handling mark and very minor brown spot. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: LTH3-C-14

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Trefwoorden: Religious Religion Anglican Instructional Religion None

Rev. Thomas Brooks

The Mute Christian Under the Smarting Rod; with Sovereign Antidotes for Every Case

London, William Baynes, 1820 . Leather. The fifty-first edition of English non-conformist Puritan preacher Thomas Brooks's work. The fifty-first edition of this work of religious and moral guidance, scarce in all editions.Brooks (1608-1680) published a number of religious treatises, though relatively little is known about him. He was chosen to preach before the House of Commons in December 1648.In this work, Brooks presents a series of moral questions that a Christian may ask, and offers his responses.Baptist preacher C.H. Spurgeon wrote of Brooks, 'Brooks scatters stars with both hands, with an eagle eye of faith as well as the eagle eye of imagination&apos.'Retaining the original half title.With a former owner's blind stamp to the half title. In a half calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Rubbing to centre of boards and joints, otherwise externally smart. Front hinge lightly strained but firmly held. Lacking front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Blind stamp to half title. Pages lightly age toned, but generally clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 858F51

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Trefwoorden: Thomas Brooks christianity puritan minister act of uniformity christianity None

John Bunyan

The Pilgrims Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1910. Leather. A beautifully illustrated copy of The Pilgrims Progress. In a beautiful tree calf binding by Bickers and Sons. Illustrated with eight full page coloured plates John Bunyan was an English writer and preacher best remembered as the author of the religious allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature. In a full tree calf prize binding with gilt detailing. Externally, in lovely condition. Prize bookplate to Portsmouth Grammar School to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean throughout with scattered spotting With previous owners ink inscription to the front free end-paper. Near Fine . Ill.: Gertrude Demain Hammond. Near Fine .

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Boeknummer: FIN3-B-14

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Richard Burnham

Pious Memorials; or the Power of Religion Upon the Mind in Sickness and at Death; Exemplified in the Experience of Many Divines and Other Eminent Persons at Those Important Seasons Interspersed with What Was Most Remarkable in Their Lives

Bungay, J. and R. Childs, 1821. Leather. A very scarce work on the influence of faith and religion on the mind. Illustrated throughout with some fifteen engraved plates, including a frontispiece and an engraved title page. New edition, to which is added an appendix. Richard Burnham (1711 1752) was an English clergyman and biographer. Born in Guildford, Surrey, he collected the dying sayings of more than a hundred pious persons and compiled the Pious Memorials, published in 1753 after his death. The Pious Memorials were reprinted at Paisley in 1788 with additions, and again enlarged in 1789. It was reprinted with a continuation by the Rev. George Burder in 1820, forming a large octavo volume, and a there was a later stereotyped reprint. Having said all that however, all editions seem now unobtainable. Rebound in a tree calf binding. Externally, smart, though with some wear to the extremities, some rubbing, and cracking to the joints. Hinges are strained. Internally, firmly bound. Private ex-libris blindstamp to front free-endpaper. Paper repair to plate facing page 507. Pages are bright, though with some scattered spotting throughout, and some offsetting from the plates. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: LTH22-D-12

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Trefwoorden: religion mind psychology leather mind None

Victorini Bythneri

Lyra Prophetica Davidis Regis Sive Analysis Criticoporactica Psalmorum [with] Lingua Eruditorum: Sive Methodica Instituti Lingua Sanctae

London, Jacobi Flesher, 1650. First edition. Leather. Two very scarce works on the grammatical lexicon of the Hebrew psalter. 'Lyra Prophetica' is a first edition, and is one of Bythner's major works. It was not translated into English until 1836. Bound to the rear is a 1650 copy of 'Lingua Eruditorum' which was first issued in 1638. This work being to the rear is as called for. Part II has a separate title page, also dated 1650, and has separate pagination and register, with the new pagination starting on B1. The Hebrew text is interspersed with Latin commentary. There are 352 pages to the first work, with page 352 misnumbered 342 as called for. The errata leaf, which is usually G4 of the second work, has been trimmed down and pasted to the verso of G3. Both works are written by Victor Bythner, a Polish Hebraist, grammarian and university teacher in England.ESTC reference no: R230929. In a later full calf binding. Externally, generally smart with rubbing to the head and tail of spine and to the extremities. Bumping to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards. Title is laid down, on a new sheet. Bookplate to the front pastedown, 'Fide et Fortitudine&apos. Prior owner's inscription to the title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright. Light tidemark to the top half of many leaves throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 714L1

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Trefwoorden: Bythner Hebraist Grammarian Hebraist None

M. C.

Light on the Path & Karma

London, The Theosophical Publishing House, c1928. Leather. A scarce work exploring concepts of Theosophy, from American writer and anthropologist Mabel Cook Cole. Scarce work. Two philosophical essays on the spiritualism and mysticism of Theosophy, a religious movement established in the United States in the late nineteenth century which draws its teachings from the writings of Helena Blavatsky, a Russian-American mystic and author. Written with notes and comments from Mabel Cook Cole, an American writer and anthropologist. Bound in full crushed morocco. Externally, smart with rubbing to the extremities resulting in minor loss. Light fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Small cracks to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 900T72

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Trefwoorden: Light Path Karma Theosophy Path None

Thomas Chalmers; John Kidd; Peter Mark Roget; William Kirby

On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God As Manifested in the Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellectual Constitution of Man; on the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man; Animal and Vegetable Physiology Considered with Reference to Natural Theology; on the Wisdom and Goodness of God As Manifested in the Creation of Animals and in Their History, Habits, and Instincts

London, William Pickering, 1834-1835. Fine Binding. An attractive set comprising four nineteenth century treatises on natural theology. Treatise I, II, V and VII of the Bridgewater Treatises. With over four hundred in-text illustrations to the fifth treatise by Peter Mark Roget. With eight plates to the first volume by Kirby, and fifteen to the second, collated and complete. The Bridgewater Treatises are a series of eight works on natural theology written by leading nineteenth century scientific figures. The present collection contains treatises by Thomas Chalmers, John Kidd, Peter Mark Roget, and William Kirby, who were all appointed by the President of the Royal Society to fulfil the 8th Earl of Bridgewater's request for a work on the 'Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation&apos. The series was widely read upon its publications, and made an important contribution to Victorian discussions of the relationship been religion and science. The treatises by Chalmers and Kidd are bound in one volume, whilst those by Roget and Kirby are spread across two. The selection comprises mixed editions, including a first edition of the treatise by William Kirby, a second edition of Peter Mark Roget's treatise, and third editions of Thomas Chalmers and John Kidd's contributions. Prior owner's ink inscription to the series title in across all six volumes, 'Wentworth W. Butler. February 1856.' In a contemporary calf binding with decorative spines. Externally, very smart. Very lightly rubbed to the joints and the spine, with some light rubbing to the extremities of the volume by Chalmers, and the second part of Roget's treatise. Internally, firmly bound. With light scattered foxing throughout, except from treatise by Roget, in which pages are generally bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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Boeknummer: 853N23

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Trefwoorden: Bridgewater Treatises Thomas Chalmers John Kidd Peter Mark Poget Thomas Chalmers the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation Leather Binding None

Martin Chemnitz

Examinis Concilii Tridentini Per D.D. Martinum Chemnicium Scripti Opus Integrum, Quatuor Partes, in Quibus Prãƒâ¦Cipuorum Capitum Totius Doctrinãƒâ¦ Papisticãƒâ¦, Firma & Solida Refutatio, Tum Ex Sacrãƒâ¦ Scripturãƒâ¦ Fontibus, Tum Ex Orthodoxorum Patrum Consensu, Collecta Est, Uno Volumine Complectens. Ad Veritatis Christianãƒâ¦, Et Antichristianãƒâ¦ Falsitatis Cognitionem, Perquam Vtile & Necessarium... Cum Indice Diligentissime Collecto, Qui Praeter Materiam Doctrinãƒâ¦, Scripturãƒâ¦ Quoque Testimonia Explicata, Aut Ita Citata, Vt Explicata Videantur, Nec Non Patrum Authoritates, Promptissime Subministrat.

Geneva, Excudebat Stephanus Gamonetus, 1614. Leather. A very scarce edition of this highly influnetial Lutheran work regarding the Council of Trent by noted theological scholar Martin Chemnitz. In Latin. Folio. Collated, lacking front blank otherwise complete with all engraved title pages present. Four volumes in one containing: Examen Concilii Tridentini Secunda pars Examinis decretorum Concilii Tridentini Tertia pars Examinis decretorum Concilii Tridentini Quarta et postrema pars Examinis decretorum Concilii Tridentini A very scarce early edition of the work published in Geneva by Excudebat Stephanus Gamonetus. First published in Frankfurt in 1576. Bookplate to the front pastedown stating 'Presented by the Rev WM. Livingston to the Free Church College Library Aberdeen, Kirriemuir May 1895&apos. Martin Chemnitz was a highly influential Evangelical Lutheran Theologian and Protestant reformer who is credited as a key figure in the continuation of Lutheran thought and doctrine. Chemnitz was a prolific writer, publishing a wide variety of work regarding theological doctrine, Biblical studies and religious history, as well as a highly influential and success autobiographical work. This work is considered to be one of the most important works relating to The Council of Trent. The Council of Trent was an ecumenical council of the Catholic Church, during which it issued condemnations regarding Protestantism, as well as clarifications regarding a number of key Catholic doctrine including original sin, Mass, scripture and Biblical Canon. Chemnitz's work analyses the decrees and canons of the Council of Trent from a Lutheran perspective and went through many editions during his lifetime. The work is an extremely important example of an influential work of theological exegesis regarding dogma relating to The Council of Trent. In a contemporary vellum binding with handwritten title to the spine. Externally smart with slight rubbing to the extremities and head and tail of the spine. Handling marks to the boards.Bookplate to front pastedown. Ink signature to front free endpaper. Loss to the extremities of front free endpaper. Vellum is begin to lift from boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot and marginal age toning. Light tidemarks to the extremities of pages 1-125. The occasional ink annotation.Creasing to the final eight leaves. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 631K30

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Trefwoorden: Lutheran Martin Chemnitz Protestant Reformation The Council of Trent Martin Chemnitz Martin Luther Catholicism None

Jean Le Clerc

De L&Apos;Incredulite Ou L&Apos;on Examine Les Motifs Et Les Raisons Generales Qui Portent Les Incredules a Rejetter la Religion Chretienne

Amsterdam, Henri Wetstein, 1696. Leather. A smart, scarce treatise by the Genevan theologian and biblical scholar Jean Leclerc. A bright copy of this work. The first edition of this work. In the original French.A scarce work on the examination of religious dissent. Here Le Clerc looks at the general reasons that lead ubelievers to reject Christianity. Le Clerc was a Genevan theologian and biblical scholar. He was famous for promoting exegesis or critical interpretation of the Bible. He was a radical of his age, and parted with Calvinism over his interpretations and left Geneva for that reason.  In a contemporary calf binding. Rebacked, with the original boards preserved. Repair to the board edges. Inscription to the recto of front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright, with the occasional light spots to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 712L11

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Trefwoorden: Leclerc Theology Geneva Religion Theology None

Richard Cobden

Five Pamphlets

Edinburgh; London; Dublin, Edmonston and Douglas, 1862-64. Cloth. A collection of five assorted pamphlets published in the 1860s. Containing: What is Sabbath-Breaking? A Discussion Occasioned by the Proposal to Open the Botanical Gardens of Edinburgh on Sunday Afternoons. 1863, Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas The Three Panics: An Historical Episode by Richard Cobden. Sixth edition. 1862, London: Ward and Co. A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of St. David's by Connop Thirlwall, D.D. Bishop of St David's, at His Eighth Visitation, October 1863. Second edition. 1864, London: Rivingtons The Eternity of Future Punishment and the Place Which This Doctrine Ought to Hold in Christian Preaching. Two Sermons, Preached in the Chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, by George Salmon. 1864, Dublin: Hodges, Smith and Co. The Suffering of the Righteous. Two Sermons, Preached Before the University of Dublin by John H. Jellet. 1864, Dublin: Hodges, Smith and Co. Rebound in a brown cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with just a couple of marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are quite bright, though with some foxing and some handling marks throughout. GOOD interior. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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Boeknummer: GEN17-F-21

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Trefwoorden: Sabbath Richard Cobden Connop Thirlwall George Salmon Richard Cobden None

William Cooper

The Work of Ministers Represented Under the Figure of Sowers. In a Sermon Preach&Apos;D at Springfield, January 26. 1736. At the Ordination of the Reverend Mr. Robert Breck to the Pastoral Office in the First Church There.

Boston, J. Draper, 1736. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce copy of this sermon delivered at the Ordination of the Reverend Mr. Robert Breck by William Cooper. The first edition of this very scarce Boston Congregational work in the publisher's original paper wraps. Previous owner's ink inscription to the front of the wraps and to the title page. A very scarce copy of a sermon preached on 26th January 1736 in Springfield by William Cooper, at the Ordination of the Reverend Mr. Robert Breck. According to the title page, this work was 'published at the urgent and repeated request of the ministers and people that heard it&apos.William Cooper was a minister of the Brattle Street Church from 1716 to 1743. This was a Congregational and later a Unitarian church on Brattle Street in Boston, Massachusetts. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally generally smart but age toned, with spotting to the wraps. Small losses to the extremities of the front of the wrap. Ink inscription to the front of the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with the odd spot throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 907M19

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Trefwoorden: Sermon William Cooper Robert Breck Ordination William Cooper Not Stated

Alain Danielou

Hindu Polytheism

London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Alain Daniélou's fascinating study of Hinduism, complete with original pictorial dustwrapper. In the publisher's orange cloth binding with green and gilt spine label and pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated throughout with thirty two numbered plates and frontispiece. Alain Daniélou was a French historian, intellectual, musicologist, Indologist, and a noted western convert to and expert of Shaivite Hinduism. Daniélou was the author of over thirty books on Indian music and culture. He received several awards for his work on music and was also a photographer and painter. He studied Indian classical music in Varanasi with Shivendranath Basu and played the veena. He also translated some of the works of Swami Karpatri by whom he was initiated into Shaivism under the name Shiva Sharan (Protected by Shiva). He is perhaps best remembered for his important work on classical Indian music. In the publisher's cloth binding with dustwrapper. Externally lovely. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. The dust wrapper is excellent, with very slight wear to extremities and handling marks. Fine . Ill.: Various. Fine/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: GEN10-B-1

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Trefwoorden: Daniélou First Edition Dustwrapper India First Edition Hinduism Polytheism Various

Leon Michel Desdouits

Les Soirees de Montlhery Entretiens Sur Les Origines Bibliques

Paris, Librairie Classique de Perisse Freres, 1838. Leather. An uncommon religious book by Leon M. Desdouits An uncommon religious book by Leon M. Desdouits In French Title translates as: The evenings of Motlhery; Interview on Biblical Origins. A transcribed conversation musing on religious subjects. Leon Michel Desdouits is also the author of Physics in action, or useful and interesting applications of this science, and various treaties geography, astronomy, cosmography of arithmetic and geometry for use in schools. He also annotated edition of selections from Buffon. In a quarter calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally smart with some minor shelf wear. Ink signature to front free-endpaper Internally firmly bound. Pages are clean and bright with light scattered spots. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: FGN22-E-13

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Trefwoorden: religious philosophy Desdouits Physics in Action Motlhery Desdouits Not Stated

Lorenzo Dow

The Opinion of Dow; or, Lorenzo&Apos;S Thoughts on Different Religious Subjects, in an Address to the People of New England

Windham, J. Byrne, 1804. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of The Opinion of Dow by the eccentric American preacher, Lorenzo Dow. Bound in cloth. Lorenzo Dow, 1777 – 1834, was an eccentric itinerant American preacher. He was an important figure in the Second Great Awakening. He was also a successful writer. His autobiography at one time was the second best-selling book in the United States, exceeded only by the Bible. Dow's enthusiasm sustained him through the incessant labors of more than 30 years, during which he preached in almost all parts of the United States. A fierce abolitionist, Dow's sermons were often unpopular in the southern United States. His later efforts were directed chiefly against the Jesuits; indeed he was in general a vigorous opponent of Roman Catholicism. In a cloth binding. Externally, there is almost no wear to the extremities. Internally the pages have browning, that becomes significant to the first and last few pages, and scattered spots. There is chipping and small closed tears to the first and last few pages, with loss to pages 161-164, as shown above. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: GEN17-C-1

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Trefwoorden: Catholicism Dow Abolition Christianity Dow None

F. Gerald Downing

Has Christianity a Revelation?

London, SCM Press Ltd, 1964. Cloth. A fascinating work about the revelation of god within Christianity from 'The Library of Philosophy and Theology&apos. With chapters including 'Two Problems', 'How to Test Religious Language', 'Knowledge and Revelation, Misunderstanding and Disobedience&apos. From the library of the theological scholar David Palin. Complete with scarce dustwrapper. In a full cloth binding with unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear only. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and clean throughout. Neat ink inscription to front pastedown. Dustwrapper is smart with some handling marks and a few chips and small closed tears to extremities. Backstrip is a little faded. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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Boeknummer: GEN9-F-13

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Trefwoorden: Palin Religion Theology Downing Religion Dustwrapper None