Alexandris (Cajetanus de)

Confessarius Monialium: Commoda, Brevi, & Practica Methodo Instructus

Venetiis [Venice, Italy], Balleoniana [Paolo Balleoni], 1728. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. The title continues: "Circa earum Obligationes, Privilegia... Editio quarta, pluribus in locis locupletata." Thus, the Fourth edition, the First Edition having been published in 1706 and another several after the author's death in 1730, two years after publication of this volume. Designed as a how-to manual for priests who would hear and pronounce upon the confessions of professed nuns. Priests had to hear both their transgressions and the moral dilemmas they sometimes faced, for example, how best to obtain and respond to a confession from a hermaphrodite. All early editions and printings are quite scarce in the trade. Bound in a short 16mo in stature, measuring 6 1/8" x 3 3/4" tall and high, respectively. Latin text throughout, text-block being sewn into the original full white vellum, with cords making for six raised bands. Engraved headers, engraved initials, and quite a lovely engraved vignette at title page. All edges speckled red, faint remains of titles in sepia on spine, classmark labels on front pastedown, symbols indicating its subject field, its shelf position, etc. Generally clean and unmarked of interior but for a seven-line inscription in pen in Latin on front free endpaper. A few ink blots here and there. Previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered on verso in Spanish and Latin in sepia ink, rubber stamp of Biblioteca San Francisco de Tunja on title, and another on page 73. Generally quite crisp and attractive, spine titles being a bit faded, prior, ancient stain on rear board running through into the lower margin of several pages, dissipating quickly. Was once owned by Brother Antoni Noza. His inscription refers to excommunication. Eventually having become a naturalized citizen of the Republic of South Korea, Brother Antoni's/Anthony's Korean name thus became An Sonjae, the Korean language form of "Sudhana," or "the little pilgrim" of the Buddhist scripture The Gandavyuha Sutra (Wikipedia). Anthony was born in 1942 in Cornwall, the United Kingdom, to Nan Albina Green, studied Medieval and Modern languages at Oxford and in 1969 joined the Taize community in France, "a monastic order composed of men from the Protestant, Anglican and Catholic traditions dedicated to spreading the message of trust and reconciliation" (Wikipedia). He also translated and edited a number of Korean authors including poets and theologians. Collated as complete, paginated as title page, frontis matter, 5-515 pp., not including blanks. ScarceMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Other. . Good

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Book number: 355313

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[Bruzeau]

La Conference Du Diable Avec Luther, Contre le Saint Sacrifice de la Messe, Avec la Refutation D'Un Ecrit Fait Part M. Ereiter, Ministre de M. L'Ambassadeur de Suede, Pour Defendre Ccette Conference

Paris, Jacques Edouard et Charles Saillant, 1760. Nouvelle Edition. . Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and still relatively sturdy and quite attractive. Potentially having been rebound in the past (the presence of newer decorated endpapers), but full leather over boards, five raised bands to spine, moderate wearing to covers, tips, edges, light scuffing to tips, slight loss to leather on rear panel, but with gilt-tooled titles at spine. It sits handsomely on the shelf. Penultimate endpaper torn at edge but present and intact. Text-block is waffly, but clean and unmarked. Published in Paris by Jacques Edouard and Charles Saillant, 1740, calfskin binding, title-piece in what was likely a red Morocco label. The tome was popular and controversial, appearing first in 1673. It is attributed either to Paul Bruzeau or to Nicolas Pillon, but I'd go with Gershon Legman's bibliographic note at first free endpaper saying ["par Bruzeau"]. The argument is that Martin Luther claimed to have debated with an apparition (Diable) and that, therefore, all Lutheran doctrine can only be inspired by the Devil himself. Sure. xxii [10], 172 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 345536

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Keywords: French language|Martin Luther|the Devil|Gershon Legman|Catholic Church

G. Cardinal Carpineu, ed.

Breviarium Romanum Ex Decreto Ss [Sacrosancti] Concilii Tridentini Restitutum, S. Pii V. Pontificis Maximi Jussu Editum, Clementis VIII. Et Urbani VIII. Auctoritate Recognitum, Cum Officiis Sanctorum Novissime Per Summos Pontifices Usque Ad Hanc Diem Concessis

, Mechliniae, for P.J. Hanicq , 1849. . Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. A nice exemplar of The Roman Breviary (Latin: Breviarium Romanum), a liturgical book, a breviary of the Roman Rite in the Catholic Church, containing public or canonical prayers, hymns, the Psalms, readings and interpretations and even learned-by-rote utterances to be made by bishops, priests, and deacons in the higher offices of the Catholic Church. This format was authorized from 1568 under 1974 when it morphed into the Book of Hours. A short, squat, handsomely rebound in a black cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt letter to spine including accession number, having been deaccessioned from the Library of Princeton University, having been donated by Prentiss B. Reed. Some but few additional signs of ex-library status (embossed stamp at title page, bookplate inside front flap, etc. Measures 5" x 3 1/2" tall and wide, respectively. Double-column texts printed in black and red. Lightly toned interior, else clean and unmarked. Empty check-out pocket inside rear flap. Extensive frontis matter, 1-596, ccxlvj, 9 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 357159

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Keywords: Christianity Catholicism Pope Clement Pope Urban theology Latin language Roman Catholicism

Eglise Catholique

Manuale Confessariorum Dioecesis Genevensis in Quo Juxta Disciplinam Ejusdem Dioecesis Ea Proponuntur & Explanantur Quae Ad Utiliorem & Faciliorem Sacramenti Poenitentiae Administrationem Magis Conferre Visa Sunt

, J.B. Burdet, 1766. . Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being only a single copy of this apparent First Edition available, and in only one library currently, in Lyon, France. Latin-language tome, a Catholic Church confessional, measuring 6 1/2" x 3 1/2" tall and wide, respectively. Bound in full leather, front board being bowed a bit, featuring five raised bands to spine, five fleurs-de-lis there, and short title ("manual") being stamped sharply into one compartment. Red and blue-speckled page edges, lightly wavy text-block, but clean and unmarked of interior but for first and final pages. Date of publication not stated, but appears to be c. 1766 according to a Worldcat dot org entry. Sharply penned inscription at first free endpaper dated to 1770 and then similar hand has penned extensive chronology at final page, verso and recto. Fine publisher's vignette at title page.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 357322

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Keywords: manual Catholic Church confessional

Lagrange, M. L'Abbe F.

Histoire de Sainte Paule

Paris, France, Librairie Poussielgue Freres, 1883. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Handsomely bound exemplar of the Fifth Edition of this popular French-language hagiography of Saint Paul. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy bound in pebbly red cloth over boards, creamy red leather-backed, with five raised bands, fleurs-de-lis in five compartments and gilt-tooled titling there, with unbruised tips, light waffling to paste-down and first few endpapers owing to light damp-staining there, dissipating; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Two prior owners' inscriptions penned at frontis. Gift inscription at second free endpaper, fine steel engraving at frontis, new marbled endpapers. Gilt edges all around, and with sewn-in linen ribbon bookmarks. [5], 6-645 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 351049

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Maldonati, Joannis

Joannis Maldonati Societatis Jesu Presbyteri Ac Theologi Praestantissimi Opera Varia Theologica Tribus Tomis Comprehensa

Farnborough, Hants, England, The Gregg Press, 1965. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy of the 1965 reprint of the original, quite scarce in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound in bright red buckram cloth over boards, with new, bright, clean endpapers. Tall folio format, double-column textual presentation in Latin. 153 pp. of the first title Illustrissimo Ecclesiae Principi D.D. Carolo Mauritio Le Tellier, then Joannis Maldonati, E Societate Iesu Presbyteri, Epistolae et Orationes, at 474 pp., then Indicum Biga Rerum, unpaginated, but roughly another 30 pp. of text.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 345247

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Mccloskey, Patrick J.

The Street Stops Here - a Year at a Catholic High School in Harlem

Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. From the publisher's blurb, "'The Street Stops Here' offers a deeply personal and compelling account of a Catholic high school in central Harlem, where mostly disadvantaged (and often non-Catholic) African American males graduate on time and get into college. Interweaving vivid portraits of day-to-day school life with clear and evenhanded analysis, Patrick J. McCloskey takes us through an eventful year at Rice High School, as staff, students, and families make heroic efforts to prevail against society's expectations. McCloskey's riveting narrative brings into sharp relief an urgent public policy question: whether (and how) to save these schools that provide the only viable option for thousands of poor and working-class students - and thus fulfill a crucial public mandate. Just as significantly, "The Street Stops Here" offers invaluable lessons for low-performing urban public schools.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,

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Book number: 347338

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Keywords: Patrick J. McCloskey|Samuel Freedman|Catholic High School|Harlem|New York|African-American Studies