R. L. N

The Book and Its Story: A Narrative for the Young

NY: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1862. 1862. NY: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1862. 1862. Good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt. The binding is spotted & the spine is faded. 463 pp. plus ads. Illustrated with woodcuts in the text. Lightly cracked; owner's inscription on the front endpaper. Good. Good .

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Book number: 6313

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; ART OF THE BOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; (Religion). (Bible). THE BOOK AND ITS STORY: A NARRATIVE FOR THE YOUNG. R. L. N.

Olds, Gamaliel S

The Substance of Several Sermons, Upon the Subjects of Episcopacy and Presbyterian Parity

Greenfield: Printed by Denio & Phelps, 1815. 1815. Greenfield: Printed by Denio & Phelps, 1815. 1815. Fair. - Small octavo, contemporary brown calf. The covers are rubbed and scuffed and the spine is chipped with the brittle leather split along the top of the front joint. 206 pages. The hinges are cracked, the pages foxed and a previous owner's name is penned at the top of the title page. Fair. Fair .

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Book number: 22322

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; GAMALIEL OLDS; CHRISTIANITY; EPISCOPAL; PRESBYTERIAN; EPISCOPACY; PARITY; SERMONS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Orcutt, William Dana

Mary Baker Eddy and Her Books

Boston, MA: The Christian Science Publishing Company, (1950). (1950). Boston, MA: The Christian Science Publishing Company, (1950). (1950). Fine. - Octavo, orange cloth titled in black, in dw. The dw is rubbed. 198 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Near fine in a very good dw. Fine .

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Book number: 6318

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; CHRISTIAN SCIENCE; MARY BAKER EDDY; WILLIAM DANA ORCUTT. (Religion). (Christian Science). MARY BAKER EDDY AND HER BOOKS. Orcutt, William Dana.

Liarcao Fluarice Neapery. C.F.N.P.

Esercizi Cristiani Uniti, E Fatti Ristampare a Sua Spesa Da Liarcao Fluarice Neapery. C.F. N.P. [a Privately Published Collection of Spiritual Exercises in Italian. ]

Nell' Anno 1785. 1785. Nell' Anno 1785. 1785. Very good. - Tricesimo-secondo (32mo), 5-1/2 inches high by 3-5/8 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in full brown calf elaborately decorated in gilt with the initials C.F.N.P on the front and back covers and titled with decorations in gilt between raised bands on the spine. Marbled pastedowns further enhance the binding. All edges are gilt. The corners are bumped and the covers are slightly warped. 128 pages, with a woodcut initial on the first page of the prayer book. The front edges of the endpapers and title page are slightly stained and there is some minor occasional foxing. There is a small hole to the front margin of page 55 and a small piece of the corner of page 73 has been repaired. A beautifully printed and bound book. RARE. We have been unable to locate another copy. From the library of Agostino Ferrante di Ruffano (1885-1974) the Consul General of his Majesty, the King of Italy, in Frankfurt am Main (1936-1939) and Dresden (1940-1943). He was imprisoned in 1943 by the German Reich authorities and later by the Italian authorities for refusing to recognize the Mussolini government. The author writes in his introduction: "L.F.N. Al Christiano. / Molti, e vari libri ci sono di Cristiani Esercizi y onde disutil cosa sembra darne degli altri alla luce. A me intanto e piaciuto, per mio vantaggio, e de'miei amici farne ristampar uno, con cui render piu comodi, tutti, e quei soli atti di pieta, da quali, senza dubio, un uomo Cristiano non vien disobligato, essendoci di mezzo, per lo malagevole aspro sentiero, che a virtu conduce. Qualunque maggiore occupazione non deve assolutamente esentarvi di cominciar la giornata da Dio unico, e sommo Bene, per cio eseguire qui trovate un epilogo d'atti, d'affetti, proponimenti, preghiere, ricordi, e massime migliori della nostra Cattolica Religione. Very good .

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Book number: 98710

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; ROMAN CATHOLICISM; ESERCIZI CRISTIANI UNITI, E FATTI RISTAMPARE A SUA SPESA DA LIARCAO FLUARICE NEAPERY. C.F.N.P.; A PRIVATELY PUBLISHED COLLECTION OF SPIRITUAL EXERCISES IN ITALIAN; LIARCAO FLUARICE NEAPERY; 18TH CENTURY; RARE; EIGHTEENTH CEN

Petrie, W.M. Flinders.

Religion and Conscience in Ancient Egypt. Lectures Delivered at University College, London.

London: Methuen & Co. 1898. 1898. London: Methuen & Co. 1898. 1898. Good. - Octavo, 7-1/2 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in dark blue cloth with a gilt device on the front cover and titled in gilt on the spine. The covers are slightly cocked, the corners are bumped and the head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. 180 deckle-edged pages and a 40 page catalogue dated November 1907. There is offsetting to the endpapers and pastedowns and the last page of the catalog is darkened. A previous owner's name and a date is penned on the front endpaper. Good. First edition. Good .

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Book number: 98761

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; EGYPT; RELIGION AND CONSCIENCE IN ANCIENT EGYPT; LECTURES DELIVERED AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON; W.M. FLINDERS PETRIE; 1ST EDITION; FIRST EDITION; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY.

Pevernagio, Andrea; Lydius, Johannes, (1577-1643).

Velitatio Epistolica Ioannis Lydii Ministri Ecclesia Veteraquinensi, Cum Andrea Pevernagio Qui Se Dicit Societatis Jesu Sacerdotem Gandaui.

Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Apud Andraeam Clouquium, 1610. 1610. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Apud Andraeam Clouquium, 1610. 1610. Very good. - 12mo, 5-6/16 inches high by 3-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed self-wrappers. The book was once bound into gray wraps with remnants of the spine. 109, [1] pages, with printed marginalia. The top edge of the book is tightly cropped. Very good. First edition. The book is made up of a series of letters from Lydius to the Ghent Jesuit Andrea Pevernagio. Johannes Lydius, the son of the theologian Martinus Lydius, was born in Frankfurt in 1577. He was the brother of the vehement opponent of the Remonstrants Balthasar Lydius. He studied theology in Leiden and was an associate of Hugo Grotius, Gerardus Vossius and Josephus Justus Scaliger. He served briefly as a pastor in Aarlanderveen but soon left for Oudewater. Lydius, like his brother Balthasar, was zealously opposed to the Remonstrants and lost his contacts with his Arminian friends. Lydius edited "De vitis pontificum Romanorum" by Robert Barnes and John Bale as well as the works of Nicolas De Clamanges. He died in Oudewater on January 20, 1643. The text is in Latin. RARE. Very good .

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Book number: 98554

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; VELITATIO EPISTOLICA IOANNIS LYDII MMINISTRI ECCLESIA VETERAQUINENSI, CUM ANDREA PEVERNAGIO QUI SE DICIT SOCIETATIS JESU SACERDOTEM GANDAUI; ANDREA PEVERNAGIO; JOHANNES LYDIUS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; 17TH CENTURY; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; LETTE

Pierpont, John

On Substitutes for Religion. Printed for the American Unitarian Association

Boston: Gray and Bowen, 141 Washington Street, 1832. 1832. Boston: Gray and Bowen, 141 Washington Street, 1832. 1832. Good. - Octavo, printed self-wraps, removed from a larger collection. 23 pages. There are stains to the title with a large, dark stain to the rear blank & the last page of the text. There are areas of staining to the top & front edges of the remaining leaves. The title is detached, its bottom edge is chipped & there is an owner's ink name on its top edge. Good only.

First edition. [American Unitarian Association Tracts]1st series, No. 56.

The substitutes for religion include such stratagems as making good resolutions, making a show of professing religion, and observing the rites and ceremonies of religion without actually carrying out the righteous deeds owed to God by a Christian.

John Pierpont [1785-1866] was an American teacher, lawyer and merchant who began to serve as a Congregational minister at the Hollis Street Church in Boston in 1819. He ran as a Liberty Party candidate for Massachusetts governor in the 1840s, and as a Free Soil Party candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1850. His best-known literary work was "Airs of Palestine: A Poem" [1816]. His poems were frequently recited at anti-slavery meetings and his "Anti-Slavery Poems" were published by Oliver Johnson, a leading anti- slavery publisher and associate of Garrison, in 1843.

Uncommon. Good .

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Book number: 17128

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; CONGREGATIONAL MINISTER; POET; JOHN PIERPONT; AMERICAN UNITARIAN ASSOCIATION TRACT; ON SUBSTITUTES FOR RELIGION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Pirenne, Jacques.

Civilisations Antiques: La Societe Hebraã�Que D'Apres la Bible.

Paris: Editions Albin Michel, (1965). (1965). - Octavo, original pictiorial white wraps title in black with an illustration in blue on the front cover. As expected, the white wraps are stained. 228 pages with a color frontispiece map. A very good, largely unopened copy.

Inscribed & signed by the author, Jacques Pirenne, to the historian Arnold Toynbee. Very good .

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Book number: 1319

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; HISTORY; ANTHROPOLOGY; HEBRAICA; JUDAICA; ANTIQUITY; JACQUES PIRENNE; PARIS IMPRINT; FRENCH LANGUAGE; SOCIETY; HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION; INSCRIBED; SIGNED.

Bourne, Frederick William (1830-1905). English preacher and author.

Autograph Note Signed by the English Preacher and Author Frederick William Bourne.

11, Woolstone Road, Calford, London. 11, Woolstone Road, Calford, London. Good. - Over 25 words penned on 6-3/8 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide buff paper. Bourne writes "I recd the note of Rand this morning duly signed, and have pleasure in at once forwarding it." Signed "F.W. Bourne". Slightly soiled and folded for mailing with evidence of glue stains to the top edge of the verso. Good. The English preacher and author Frederick William Bourne (1830-1905) was born at Woodchurch Kent. He joined the Bible Christian Movement as a preacher and became editor of the "Bible Christian Magazine". Bourne wrote several books, including "The Kings Son - a memoir of Billy Bray", "The Centenary Life of James Thorne of Shebbear", and "The Bible Christians: Their Origin and History". Good .

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Book number: 96492

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; FREDERICK WILLIAM BOURNE; AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED; SIGNATURE; ENGLISH PREACHER & AUTHOR; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; BIBLE CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT.

Champneys, William Weldon (1807-1875). Anglican priest and author who served as Dean of Lichfield.

Autograph Letter Signed by the Anglican Priest and Author William Champneys Who Served As Dean of Lichfield from 1868.

White Chapel, February 8, 1860. 1860. - Two pages, approximately 40 words penned on both sides of 6-3/4 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide creamy white paper. Champneys writes that he is "about to leave my present Parrish after a ministry of nearly twenty three years.." Signed "W.W. Champneys". Folded for mailing with some minor creases, the letter was once apparently mounted into an album with remnants of paper adhering to the top edge of the second page slightly touching the top of two letters. Good. The Anglican priest and author William Weldon Champneys (1807-1875) served as Dean of Lichfield from 1868 until his death in 1875. Ordained as curate of Dorchester on Thames near Oxford, he soon transferred to the curacy of St. Ebbe's Church and was admitted a fellow of Oxford College. He was appointed rector of St. Mary's in Whitechapel in 1837 and was responsible for seeing to the building of three new churches as well as erecting schools for boys and girls. He also saw to the creation of a special school for infants and, as many of the poor did not have suitable clothing, opened one of the first "ragged schools" in the metropolis. Champneys was one of the originators of the Church of England's Young Men's Society and of a local association for the health and comfort of the industrial class. He was appointed Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral in 1851. He authored several books including "The Path of a Sunbeam", "The Spirit of the World", "Parish Work" and "Things New and Old", among others. Good .

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Book number: 96465

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; ANGLICAN; DEAN OF LICHFIELD; WILLIAM WELDON CHAMPNEYS; PRIEST; AUTHOR; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; SIGNATURE; OXFORD; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; RAGGED SCHOOL; ST. MARY'S; WHITECHAPEL; CHURCH OF ENGLAND YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY; INDUSTRIA

Pruess, James B., editor.

The That Phanom Chronicle: A Shrine History and Its Interpretation. Edited and Translated by James B. Pruess. Data Paper : Number 104. Southeast Asia Program, Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University.

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University, November 1976. 1976. - Quarto, 10-7/8 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed red wrappers. x & 86 pages including a list of Cornell University Southeast Asia Program publications. Illustrated with a full page map. There is a crease to the rear wrapper. Very good.

"James B. Pruess's edition of The That Phanom Chronicle, presented in this volume gives us an important example of Buddhist historiography. In the course of introducing this work, Pruess also contributed notably to our understanding of the historical consciousness of the Lao and (now) Thai-Lao of the Middle Mekong Valley, for whom the shrine of the Buddha's Breast-bone Telic at That Phanom long has served as a symbol of their identity.

"This translation of the That Phanom shrine chronicle is an indirect product of field research on contemporary Theravade Buddhist pilgrimage in Thailand.." - from the author's preface. Very good .

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Book number: 36078

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: HISTORY; RELIGION; BUDDHISM; THAILAND; THE THAT PHANOM CHRONICLE: A SHRINE HISTORY AND ITS INTERPRETATION; JAMES B. PRUESS; DATA PAPER: NUMBER 104; SOUTHEAST ASIA PROGRAM; DEPARTMENT OF ASIAN STUDIES; CORNELL UNIVERSITY.

Punshon, William Morley. (1824-1881). English Nonconformist minister.

Slip of Paper Signed by English Nonconformist Minister William Morley Punshon.

Circa [1870s]. [1870s]. - A slip of cream paper, approximately 1-3/8 inches high by 2-3/4 inches wide, has been signed within a decorative pink frame "Faithfully Yours / W. Morley Punshon." The slip has been mounted on a slightly larger piece of pink paper partially framed in black. There is some glue staining to the slip of paper & the mount and the mount is slightly unevenly cut. Good. William Morley Punshon [1824-1881] was an English Nonconformist Minister. In 1868 he went to Chicago as the representative of the Wesleyan Methodist conference, then settled in Canada. During his five years in Canada he did much to advance the cause of his denomination. His preaching and lecturing drew huge crowds, both in Canada and the United States. He returned to England in 1873 and was elected president of conference in 1874. An indication of the power of his preaching was the collections raised after his sermons. One of his sermons at the City Road chapel in 1873 raised S2,079. Good .

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Book number: 96353

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; ENGLISH NONCONFORMIST PREACHER AND LECTURER; WILLIAM MORLEY PUNSHON; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; FUND-RAISING. CANADA; UNITED STATES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Wise, Stephen Samuel (1874-1949). American Progressive Era, Reform rabbi and Zionist leader who started the "Free Synagogue" movement, served as president of the American Jewish Congress and co-founded the NAACP.

Typed Letter Signed by the Progressive Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise, an Early Supporter of Zionism Who Started the "Free Synagogue" Movement, in Reply to James B. Pond's Invitation to Join His Reception Committee for Maeterlinck's First American Lecture.

New York, December 11, 1919. 1919. - Over 30 words typed on his 6 inch high by 8 inch wide buff "Free Synagogue / New York" stationery. Stephen Samuel Wise is pleased to accept American impresario and lecture agent James B. Pond's invitation to serve on the committee welcoming Maurice Maeterlinck to America. Wise writes "I accept with much pleasure your kind invitation to serve as a member of the Honorary Reception Committee.." Signed "Stephen S. Wise". Folded for mailing, with a small piece out from the top left corner. Very good. Born in Budapest, Stephen Samuel Wise (1874-1949) emigrated to the US when his father accepted service as rabbi of Brooklyn's Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes. After completing his studies at Columbia University, Wise pursued rabbinical studies under several noted rabbis of the era, including Richard J.H. Gottheil, Kohut, Gersoni, Joff, and Margolis. He was appointed assistant rabbi of NYC's Congregation B'nai Jeshurun becoming the Congregation's senior rabbi later that year. Taking over as rabbi of Portland, Oregon's Congregation Beth Israel, he attacked many of the social and political ills facing the country. He soon broke with the traditional reform movement and established his "Free Synagogue" in 1907, launching a movement. Wise was an early supporter of Zionism and laid the groundwork for what became the Zionist Organization of America and served as president of the American Jewish Congress. His good friend Albert Einstein profoundly praised him in a tribute that Einstein presented at the celebration of Wise' 60th birthday. In 1914, Wise co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Wise, early on, saw the threat posed by Hitler's rise in Germany and fought to shape U.S. public opinion against the growing German threat, leading efforts for a Jewish Boycott of Germany and the creation of the World Jewish Congress. James B. Pond, the American impresario and lecture agent who headed the J.B. Pond Lyceum Bureau, brought the great Belgian poet Maurice Maeterlinck to America for a series of lectures. The first lecture took place at Carnegie hall on January 2nd, 1920. Unfortunately Maeterlinck failed to carry out his intention to lecture in English because of his labored "phonetic" English. He declared his intention to continue his lectures in French and have the translation read by another person. As a result, the lecture tour was a failure and lawsuits ensued on both sides. Very good .

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Book number: 36908

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; JUDAICA; HISTORY; RABBI; STEPHEN SAMUEL WISE; PROGRESSIVE ERA; TYPED LETTER SIGNED; TLS; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; REFORM; ZIONIST LEADER; ZIONISM; WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS; FREE SYNAGOGUE MOVEMENT; CONGREGATION B'NAI JESHURUN; CONGREGATION BET ISR

Potter, Henry C. (1835-1908). Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. Notable for his interest in social reform and politics.

Autograph Letter Regarding Dividends on an Insurance Policy Signed by Henry C. Potter Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York Known for His Interest in Social Reform and Politics.

96 Fourth Avenue, New York City, June 11, 1884. 1884. - Over 60 words penned on both sides of 5-5/8 inch high by 5-1/4 inch wide creamy white paper. Bishop Potter writes to a Mr. Lloyd regarding dividends on 2 insurance policies. Signed "H. C. Potter". Folded vertically down the center, else fine. The address, 96th Fourth Avenue was the location of Grace Church School and the Church houses. Henry C. Potter [1835-1908] was the seventh Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. In 1892, during his administration, the cornerstone of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine was laid. Potter was notable for his interest in social reform and politics. While he was rector of Grace Church, New York [1868-1884] he worked to inaugurate working men's clubs, day nurseries and kindergartens and, long after he became bishop, he continued to take part in the summer work of missions on the east side of New York City. In 1900, he attacked the Tammany Hall administration, accusing the city of protecting vice and helped lead a reform movement which elected a new mayor. Fine .

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Book number: 96369

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; EPISCOPAL CHURCH; NEW YORK CITY; BISHOP OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF NEW YORK; RECTOR OF GRACE CHURCH; HENRY C. POTTER; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; ALS; A.L.S.; SIGNATURE; PERSONAL FINANCES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Renan, Ernest

Vie de Jesus. Par Ernest Renan, Membre de L'Institut

Berlin: Jul. Springer, 1863. 1863. Berlin: Jul. Springer, 1863. 1863. Good. - Octavo, bound in later green marbled boards backed with a plain green cloth spine. The covers are rubbed with some slight chipping to the cloth at the head and tail of the spine. 298 pages. The hinges are cracked and the text block is loose in its casing. The front endpaper is nearly detached. The pages are darkened with some foxing throughout. Good.

The first Berlin edition, published in the same year as the first Paris edition.

".. Meanwhile he had published his 'Life of Jesus', which had an immediate and resounding success both at home and abroad. In six months sixty thousand copies of the French edition had been sold and edition succeeded edition. Renan regarded the book as the first of a series on the 'Origins of Christianity', which he continued with 'The Apostles' (1866), 'Saint Paul' (1869), 'The Anti-Christ' (1873), 'The Gospels' (1877), 'The Christian Church' (1879) and 'Marcus Aurelius' (1881) but none of these emulated the success of the 'Life of Jesus'.. Immediate success was partly a succes de scandale but this would not have kept the book alive. It is Renan's approach to the subject and his beautiful prose that gave it lasting eminence.. Renan's theory of history was based on personalities, and in reconstructing it he endeavoured always to penetrate and to expound the psychology of the leading characters.. It is a pastoral idyll with the central figure a gentle, albeit oracular visionary, his powers to work miracles a part of his unique personality -- the son of man, but not the Son of God.." -- Printing and the Mind of Man #352. Good .

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Book number: 25226

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; ERNEST RENAN; LA VIE DE JESUS; LIFE OF JESUS; FIRST BERLIN EDITION; 1ST; CHRISTIAN; CHRISTIANITY; CATHOLIC; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOLARLY; VISIONARY; MIRACLES.