Habermann, Johann.

[Morning and Evening Prayers]. Geistreiche Morgan-Und Abend-Gebete. Denen Beygefuget Sind : Reiss-, Beicht-, Communion-, Stands-, Wetter-, Krancken- Nebst Darzu Gehorigen Morgen-Abend- Und Andern Liedern.

Nurnberg: Verlegt von der J. Andr. Endterischen Handlung, [1700's]. [1700's]. Nurnberg: Verlegt von der J. Andr. Endterischen Handlung, [1700's]. [1700's]. Very good. - Tricesimo-secundo (32mo), 5 inches high by 2-1/2 inches wide. Early marbled boards. The covers are rubbed with wear to the corners and the head & tail of the spine. The front edge of the rear cover is bumped. 191 & [1] pages. There is some light scattered foxing throughout and a chip to the front edge of one leaf which does not affect the text. Very good. N.B.: The text is in German. Very good .

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Book number: 97440

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; MORNING AND EVENING PRAYERS; JOHANN HABERMANN; GEISTREICHE MORGAN-UND ABEND-GEBETE; DENEN BEYGEFUGET SIND; REISS; BEICHT; COMMUNION; STANDS; WETTER; KRANCKEN; NEBST DARZU GEHORIGEN MORGEN- ABEND- UND ANDERN LIEDERN; 18TH CENTURY; EIGHTEENTH CENT

Harrington, Henry F

The Comparative Importance of Foreign and Domestic Missions; Including Statistics of Education, Philanthropy, Crime, &C. In Albany: A Discourse, Preached, January 7, 1846. By Henry F. Harrington, Minister of the First Unitarian Society in Albany. Published by Request

Albany: Printed by C. Van Benthuysen and Co. 1846. 1846. Albany: Printed by C. Van Benthuysen and Co. 1846. 1846. Good. - Octavo, printed self-wraps, unbound, removed. 30 pages. The first signature is detached. There is occasional foxing with a small, light stain to the top edges of the title & the following 3 leaves. The rear blank is lightly soiled & its edges are slightly darkened. There is a light vertical crease to each leaf where the pamphlet has been folded. Good.

First edition.

Harrington argues that work in the domestic field is at least as important and urgent for the Church as foreign missions. Good .

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Book number: 17116

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; MISSIONS; THE COMPARATIVE IMPORTANCE OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC MISSIONS; HENRY F. HARRINGTON; MINISTER; FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY, ALBANY; EDUCATION; PHILANTHROPY; CRIME; STATISTICS; DISCOURSE; SERMON; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION

Harrison, Sheila.

Butley Priory 1171-1538. An East Anglian Monastery.

Woodbridge, Suffolk: B.J. & S.M. Harrison, (2000). (2000). Woodbridge, Suffolk: B.J. & S.M. Harrison, (2000). (2000). Fine. - Octavo, 8-1/4 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in blue pictorial wrappers titled in black on the front cover. 48 pages, with six textual black & white illustrations. The corners of the book & pages are lightly bumped. Near fine. First edition. A historical guide to the monastery which was founded in 1171. It is also known as Butley Abbey. Fine .

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Book number: 98164

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: HISTORY; RELIGION; BUTLEY PRIORY 1171-1538; SHEILA HARRISON; EAST ANGLIAN MONASTERY; BUTLEY ABBEY; GUIDE BOOK; BLACK CANONS; AUGUSTINIANS; RELIGIOUS HOUSE OF CANONS; CHURCHES; 1ST EDITION; GIRST EDITION; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Hassan, M. Selim.

Hymnes Religieux Du Moyen Empire.

Le Caire: Imprimerie de L'Institut Francais D'Archeologie Orientale, 1928. 1928. Le Caire: Imprimerie de L'Institut Francais D'Archeologie Orientale, 1928. 1928. Good. - Quarto, 11 inches high by 9 inches wide. Softcover, lacking the original wrappers though with most of the original printed spine present. viii & 199 unopened pages. The book is housed in the printed envelope of Al-Ahram Distribution Agency, Cairo, Egypt. The front and rear blank leaves are slightly chipped and the bottom corners of the last few leaves are creased and chipped. Good. First edition. At the head of the title: "SERVICE DES ANTIQUITIES DE L'EGYPTE". Good .

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Book number: 98768

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: HYMNES A OSIRIS; HYMNES A MIN; HYMNS TO OSIRIS; HYMNS TO MIN;EGYPTOLOGY; RELIGION; HYMNES RELIGIEUX DU MOYEN EMPIRE; M.SELIM HASSAN; EGYPTIAN INSCRIPTIONS; ARCHAEOLOGY; IMPRIMERIE DE L'INSTITUT FRANCAIS D'ARCHEOLOGY ORIENTALE; ORIENT; EGYPT;

Hatfield, Edwin F., Rev

Universalism As It Is; or, Text Book of Modern Universalism in America

New York: J. A. Hoisington, 1841. 1841. New York: J. A. Hoisington, 1841. 1841. Good. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine with decorations in blind on both covers. The covers are rubbed & bumped. The head & tail of the spine are torn with pieces out & a stain obliterates several letters of the titling. xii & 341 pages plus 6-page publisher's catalog. The front hinge is cracked. There is an owner's ink name on the title page. The top corner of 1 leaf is creased & there is occasional foxing & staining. Good only.

First edition.

The book is an attack on Universalism and an examination of its purported errors. Good .

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Book number: 12495

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; SECT; UNIVERSALISM AS IT IS; AMERICA; REV. EDWIN F. HATFIELD; JOHN MURRAY; UNIVERSAL SALVATION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

[Hazlitt, William, Sr.]; Philalethes.

An Attempt to Obviate the Principal Objections Made Against the Doctrine of Philosophical Necessity; Occasioned by Philaretus's Reply to Augustus Toplady.

London: S. Bladon, MDCCLXXVI [1776]. [1776]. - Tricesimo-secondo (32mo), 5-3/4 inches high by 3-1/2 inches wide. Unbound, with remnants of a paper spine. 40 pages, including the title. The original price from the imprint following the publisher's name at the bottom of the title page reads: "Price 6 d." The edges of the pages are slightly darkened. There are a couple of minor light stains and a small paper remnant from a light blue wrapper adhering to the title page. Very good. First edition. RARE. ESTC locates only 3 copies. Hazlitt scholar Stephen Burley in his "A Bibliography of the Writings of William Hazlitt (1737-1820)" attributes authorship of this work to William Hazlitt, Sr. His justification is as follows: "Samuel Bladon published or sold only three works under the pseudonym 'Philalethes'; the first two, The Methodists Vindicated and Letters to Dawson, were certainly written by Hazlitt, Sr. and although I can find no direct external evidence of authorship in this instance, internal and circumstantial evidence suggests that he is the likely author of this pamphlet. Published a year before Priestley's The Doctrine of Philosophical Necessity (1777), this pamphlet argues in favor of the key metaphysical doctrine of the Unitarians, philosophical necessity, and rejects the Calvinist idea of election." William Hazlitt, Sr. (1737-1820) was a Unitarian minister. In the 1770's, during the period of time this pamphlet was published, he was a close friend of Joseph Priestley and shared his views on philosophical necessity. He contributed articles to Priestley's Theological Repository. In addition, he was an outspoken supporter of the American fight for independence. In 1783 he left Ireland for America where he spent three years. While in America he disseminated Unitarian theology and was prominent in converting Boston's King's Chapel to Unitarian forms of worship. There is an interesting entry in his daughter's diary with regard to the newly formed Dickinson College in Carlisle Pennsylvania. She writes that her father "spent some time [in Carlisle] and might have settled, with 300 pounds a year and a prospect of being president of a college that was erecting if he would have subscribed the confession of faith which the Orthodox insisted on; but he told them he would sooner die in a ditch than submit to human authority in matters of religion. Very good .

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Book number: 97588

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; WILLIAM HAZLITT, SR.; JOSEPH PRIESTLEY; PRESBYTERIAN; UNITARIAN; PHILARETUS; PHILALETHES; AUGUSTUS TOPLADY; SAMUEL BLADON; STEPHEN BURLEY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; METHODISTS VINDICATED; LETTERS

Hill, Rev. George. Pastor of the Leeds, South Parade Baptist Church (1877--1891).

Autograph Letter Signed by the Rev. George Hill, Pastor of the Leeds, South Parade Baptist Church, Sending Thanks for an Offer of Help Which He Cannot Accept.

Leeds: September 24, 1878. 1878. - Letter penned in black ink & filling both sides of a sheet of 6-7/8 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide cream-colored note paper. Signed " Geo. Hill". Folded once for mailing. Fine

Hill writes to a Mr. W. Friendship [?] about venues for [Baptist] Union Meetings. "We are very much obliged for your offer of help, of which however we fear we cannot avail ourselves as we understand alterations will be made in the train arrangements next month which will make it impossible for Delegates to be sent to Otley and Ilkley.

The historic Leeds, South Parade Church may properly be described as the mother of the Baptist churches of the city. After John Wesley visited Leeds in 1743 and declared that "No man cared for the things of God", a group of Methodists in the city built St. Peter's Chapel. One of their preachers, John Edwards, seceded from the Methodists and founded the first Congregational Church in Leeds. Some of his followers walked to Bradford to hear the Rev. William Crabtree preach and were received into the Bradford Church. At length it was decided to adopt the Baptist cause in Leeds and in 1779 part of the Old Assembly Rooms in Kirkgate was opened for public worship. Dr. Fawcett of Hebden Bridge preached the first sermon. George Hill was pastor of the church from 1877 to 1891, succeeding the Rev. William Best, during whose ministry Baptist work began at Burley Road and Beeston Hill. Fine .

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Book number: 36471

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; BRITISH BAPTISTS; HISTORY OF BAPTIST CHURCH, LEEDS; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY THE REV. GEORGE HILL, PASTOR OF THE LEEDS, SOUTH PARADE BAPTIST CHURCH, SENDING THANKS FOR AN OFFER OF HELP WHICH HE CANNOT ACCEPT; ALS; A.L.S; SIGNATURE; BAPTIST UNI

Hoyt, Reverend William K.

Autograph Letter Signed by the Rabid Anti-Catholic Reverend William K. Hoyt to the Editor of the Police Gazette Regarding Accusations of "Swindling".

New York, April 30th, 1850. 1850. - Over 80 words penned on 6-1/4 inch high by 7-3/4 inch wide buff paper. Under the heading of "A card - To the Public" Rev. William K. Hoyt addresses his letter to the editor of the Police Gazette. Complaining of an article which appeared in the Police Gazette the previous week entitled "A gross case of Swindling" which implicates Hoyt. The Reverend claims that it is "calculated to do me great injury while the facts of the case have not yet transpired by an investigation.." He goes on to request that "the community may suspend their opinion.." until he's had opportunity to defend himself in court from "the base charges thus made against me". Signed "Wllm K. Hoyt". Folded for mailing, the letter is creased and soiled with some tiny specks of ink touching the word "Gazette" at the top.

An anti-Catholic Protestant minister in New York, the Reverend William K. Hoyt published sensationalistic claims made by Maria Monk in a nativist periodical, the "American Protestant Vindicator". Several of the stories were probably fabricated by Hoyt. They were subsequently published in a book entitled "Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk", a work supposedly written by her. A young prostitute, Maria Monk had been confined in the Charitable Institution for Female Penitents by her mother. Her behavior having led to her expulsion, Maria ran off to the United States with the Reverend Hoyt. The book, supposedly narrated by Maria Monk to the Reverend John Jay Slocum, claimed she'd been a nun at the Hotel-Dieu convent in Montreal. According to the book and stories, Maria supposedly claimed that nuns were forced to have intercourse with priests and she had witnessed a nun being killed for resisting a priest's advances and that babies born to the nuns were strangled and buried in the convent's basement. Pregnant when she arrived in New York, which was not a surprising condition for a prostitute in the 19th Century, the book claimed that the father was the Abbe Patrick Phelan. The stories played into the anti-Catholic nativist's convictions of the period. The appearance of another supposed nun who was said to have also fled from the convent, drew even more attention. The tales of secret passages, scandalous behavior and crimes at the Hotel-Dieu convent came under investigation by journalists, including the American journalist William Leete Stone, who very quickly recognized the lie after gaining access to the convent. Stone wrote that "After 10 minutes the imposture had become as plain as day. I now declare more openly than ever that neither Maria Monk nor Francis Partridge have ever set foot in the convent of Hotel Dieu". Meanwhile, the Reverend Hoyt and his cohorts had pocketed most of the profits from the best seller and additional sensational books which supposedly related Maria's experiences as a nun were published. Interest in the Monk affair finally declined after a Protestant organization was given permission to visit the Hotel-Dieu and Iles des Soeurs. In 1849 Maria Monk was arrested in a "house of ill repute" for stealing from her "client" and, incarcerated in a New York prison. She died there that Summer.

A rare letter from one of the 19th century's most notorious charlatans. Good .

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Book number: 37267

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: AMERICANA; RELIGION; ANTI-CATHOLIC; NATIVIST MOVEMENT; REVEREND WILLIAM K. HOYT; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; SIGNATURE; SWINDLER; EDITOR OF THE POLICE GAZETTE; SWINDLE; MARIA MONK; AWFUL DISCLOSURES OF MARIA MONK; HOTEL-DIEU; MONTREAL; CONVENT; NEW YORK; NIN

[Johnson, William Lupton]

The Primitive State of Man: The Rector's Offering for Mdcccxlv. Being a Sixth Pastoral Address to the Parishioners of Grace Church, Jamaica, Long-Island

Jamaica, L. I.: James J. Brenton, Printer, 1845. 1845. Jamaica, L. I.: James J. Brenton, Printer, 1845. 1845. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed green wraps. The wraps are soiled & chipped with a piece out of the front edge of the front wrap. There is staining to the front wrap. The rear wrap is detached with some light staining. 28 pages. There is an ink notation on page 3. There are stains to the title page, the upper halves of the last 3 leaves are stained & there is scattered foxing & light staining throughout. Good.

First edition of a sermon on Genesis I. 26, 27. The address was given by William Lupton Johnson. Good .

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Book number: 14868

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; BIBLICAL; GENESIS; PASTORAL ADDRESS;THE PRIMITIVE STATE OF MAN: THE RECTOR'S OFFERING FOR MDCCCXLV; GRACE CHURCH, JAMAICA, LONG ISLAND; WILLIAM LUPTON JOHNSON; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Jortin, John

Remarks on Ecclesiastical History

London: Printed for C. Davis in Holborn, R. Manby and H. Shute Cox on Ludgate-hill, and J. Whiston in Fleet-street, 1751. 1751. London: Printed for C. Davis in Holborn, R. Manby and H. Shute Cox on Ludgate-hill, and J. Whiston in Fleet-street, 1751. 1751. Good. - Octavo, full brown calf rebacked with a modern calf spine. The covers are bumped, rubbed & scuffed with some small white stains to the front cover & with a small piece out of the leather at its bottom corner. lv & 388 pages. The pastedowns & endpapers are lightly stained & foxed & there is occasional light foxing to the text pages. 1 signature of the preliminaries is partially detached. Ex-library with an 1871 ink inscription presenting the volume to Keble College Library and the library's "Withdrawn" stamp on the front pastedown. Good.

First edition of the first volume of a work continued in five volumes through 1773.

John Jortin [1698-1770] was an English church historian and Christian humanist. He held various benefices and became Archdeacon of London in 1764. His five-volume "Remarks on Ecclesiastical History" [1751- 1773] has been called "the most significant Anglican ecclesiastical history of the eighteenth century". Written from "a markedly latitudinarian perspective", it was well regarded by Gibbon. Good .

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Book number: 21313

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; CHRISTIANITY; CHRISTIAN CHURCH; ROMANS; ANCIENT ROME; REMARKS ON ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY; JOHN JORTIN; CHURCHMAN; HISTORIAN; CHRISTIAN HUMANIST; AUTHOR; PROTESTANT; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Kingsley, Charles

David: Four Sermons Preached Before the University of Cambridge by Charles Kingsley, M.A. Rector of Eversley... Sermon I: David's Weakness. Sermon II: David's Strength. Sermon III: David's Anger. Sermon IV: David's Deserts

Cambridge and London: Macmillan and Co. 1865. 1865. Cambridge and London: Macmillan and Co. 1865. 1865. Good. - Small octavo, three quarters tan calf & marbled boards titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is bumped & bowed. The leather is rubbed & scuffed with a piece out of the head of the spine. Much of the marbled surface of the boards is rubbed away. viii & 86 pages. There is a contemporary ink notation on the front pastedown & a small area of the pastedown's surface is rubbed away. There is occasional light foxing with a small piece out of the rear blank. Ex-library with a blind stamp on the title page & the library's name stamped in gilt on the spine. Good.

First edition.

A dismissive review in the Spectator of Augus 5, 1965 describes the book as "Thoroughly Kingsleian, and not very satisfactory".

Scarce in commerce. Good .

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Book number: 31962

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; SERMONS; BIBLE; DAVID: FOUR SERMONS Preached before the University of Cambridge; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Kirwan, Patrick.

The Life and Death of St. Herbault.

London: Grayson and Grayson Limited, (1935). (1935). SIGNED BY PATRICK KIRWAN - Octavo, black cloth titled & decorated in gilt. Unpaginated. There is very light staining to the endpapers & preliminaries. Good. Number 216 of 250 copies numbered and signed by the author. From the library of pressman Fridolf Johnson with his book label on the front pastedown. A title in the Grayson Books series edited by John Hackney and made and printed by The Garden City Press Ltd. Letchworth, Herts. U.K. Good .

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Book number: 37444

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; SAINTS; THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ST. HERBAULT; COWHERD; MONK; VILLAGE PRIEST; PATRICK KIRWAN; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; FRIDOLF JOHNSON'S COPY; LIMITED EDITION.

Langworthy, Isaac P.

A Historical Discourse, Delivered at Chelsea, Mass. , Sept. 20, 1866. At the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Winnisimmet Congregational Church.

Chelsea, MA: Winnisimmet Congregational Church, 1866. 1866. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wrappers. The back strip is chipped. The wraps are soiled & darkened with the corners creased. 47 pages. 1 full-page black-and-white illustration. Good. As the former first pastor of the church, Isaac P. Langworthy was invited to deliver the address on the 25th anniversary of its founding in 1841. Good .

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Book number: 36660

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; CONGREGATIONALISM; A HISTORICAL DISCOURSE, DELIVERED AT CHELSEA, MASS., SEPT. 20, 1866. AT THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WINNISIMMET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH; ISAAC P. LANGWORTHY, FIRST PASTOR; SPEECH; ADDRESS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTUR

Lathers, Richard

The Address of Richard Lathers, a Member from Trinity Parish, New Rochelle. Delivered at the Anniversary Banquet of the Church Club of the City of New York 1889. The Duty of Churchmen to the State

New York: Church Club of the City of New York, 1889. 1889. New York: Church Club of the City of New York, 1889. 1889. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed olive green wrappers. The binding is bumped & chipped with numerous pieces out of the backstrip & out of the edges of the wraps. The wraps are darkened around the edges & partially detached & there is a very small area of white staining to the rear wrap. 32 pages. The page corners are lightly bumped. There is a light vertical crease to the wraps & pages where the pamphlet has been folded. The contents are in very good condition. Good.

First edition.

Inscribed in ink by the author and signed in full on the top corner of the front wrap.

Much of the address is concerned with the desirability of allowing prayers and the teaching of the Bible in schools. Good .

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Book number: 27799

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; THE ADDRESS OF RICHARD LATHERS DELIVERED AT THE Anniversary Banquet of the Church Club of the City of New York 1889; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; The Duty of Churchmen to the State; SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE; EDUCATION; PRAYER

(Latimer, Hugh). Gilpin, William.

The Life of Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester.

London: Printed by Charles Rivington, 1755. 1755. London: Printed by Charles Rivington, 1755. 1755. Fair. - Octavo, disbound, removed from a larger bound volume at some time in the past. Lacking covers, with remnants of the spine. [ii], 197 & [7] untrimmed pages with wide margins. The title page & the first leaf of the text are detached. The last leaf is detached with its edges darkened, creased & torn. There are small creases & tears to the front edges of other pages with occasional very light foxing. Good working copy.

First edition.

Hugh Latimer, [c. 1485-1555] was an English Protestant and martyr who advanced the cause of the Reformation in England through his vigorous preaching. After the Catholic Mary Tudor came to the throne in 1553, he was accused of treason and was burned at the stake. Fair .

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Book number: 33750

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH; PROTESTANTISM; ENGLISH REFORMATION; THE LIFE OF HUGH LATIMER, BISHOP OF WORCESTER; PROTESTANT BISHOP; MARTYR; WILLIAM GILPIN; 18TH CENTURY; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.