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Author: Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby (1745-1828) (by A Lady) Title: A New System of Domestic Cookery; Formed Upon Principles of Economy: and Adapted to the Use of Private Families. Description: London, 1846, Embossed Cloth, With Ten Illustrations. By A Lady. London: Published by T. Noble, 79, Fleet Street. - Binding is the original dark green design embossed cloth. Leaves are clean and crisp with minimal foxing. Quite good condition. Engraved Frontispiece plus all 9 Plates (per binding instruction s). Frontispiece shows a woman in a kitchen scene preparing various animal carcasses. The nine engraved plates illustrate cuts of meat, carving, and trussing. - The DNB gives the following account of the publication of this book: While living at Swansea in 1806 Mrs. Rundell collected various recipes for cookery and suggestions for household management for the use of her married daughters. " She sent the manuscript to the publisher, John Murray (1778-1843) , of whose family she was an old friend. He suggested the title "Domestic Cookery, " and had the work carefully revised by competent editors, among whom was Dr. Charles Taylor, of the Society of Arts, and added engravings. It was published as "A New System of Domestic Cookery" in 1808, and had an immense success. From five to ten thousand copies were long [sic] printed yearly. It became one of Murray's most valuable properties, and in 1812, when he bought the lease of the house in Albemarle Street, part of the surety consisted of the copyright of the "Domestic Cookery. " As the earliest manual of household management with any pretensions to completeness, it called forth many imitations. - REFERENCE: Cagle's, A Matter of Taste, # 977. ; 8vo; xxiv,361 pages Item No: A- 107 Price: $ 125.00 Author: Ryssen, Leonard. (Rijssen) (Riissen) (Leonardo Rijssenio) (Leonardus Ryssenius) - (1636-1700) Title: Summa Theologiae Elencticae Completa. Et Didacticticæ Quantum Sufficit. Auctore Leonardo Rijssenio, SS. Th. Doct. V. D. M. Daventriensi. Impressio Nova Ad Usum Juventutis Academicae in Scotia. Description: Edinburgi, 1692, FIRST EDITION, Full Calf Leather, Excudebat, George Mosman, Bibliopola. Anno, Dom. MDCXCII [1692] - Includes the Dedecatio dated 1671, Praefatio, (18) Capitum (Chapters) and concludes with Errata. Original calf leather binding. - Extremely Rare. ; 12mo; [8],364, [2] pages Item No: A- 1323 Price: $ 500.00 Author: S. A. Title: The True Englishman's Character. In a letter to Mr. J. P. To which is added a Postcript, Humbly addressed to the Most Honourable and worthy Parliament of Great-Britain, &c. Description: London, 1717, FIRST EDITION, Full Calf Leather, Printed and Sold by J. Baker and T. Warner, at the Black Boy in Pater-noste r-row, 1717. - Letter signed at the end: S. A. - Extremely Rare, only two located in the world. - REFERENCE: ESTCT91523 ; 8vo; [6],32 pages Item No: A- 1324 Price: $ 150.00 Author: Sage, John. Rev. Bishop (1652-1711) - Cyprian Works - Scotland Title: A Vindication Of A Discourse Entituled The Principles Of The Cyprianic Age With Regard To Episcopal Power And Jurisdiction: Description: London, 1701, FIRST EDITION, Full Calf Leather, Wherein Besides A Great Many Things More Briefly Considered, The Usefulness Of Fixing The Principles Of The Cyprianic Age Is Succinctly Represented; The Main Controversie Between Those Of The Church And The Presbyterians Is Fully And Distinctly Stated; Their Main Subterfuges Are Utterly Overthrown; Large Supplements Are Added To The Principles Of The Cyprianic Age; The Cyprianic Episcopacy Is Shewn To Be Inconsistent With A Papacy; And It Is Demonstrated That Episcopal Government Was Universally Delivered to be Of Diving Right In The Days Of St. Cyprian. --- London: Printed By G. Croom, For Robert Clavel At The Peacock At The West End Of St. Pauls, And George Strahan At The Golden-Ball Over Gainst The Royal Exchange. MDCCI. (1701) - Original Binding with handsome blindstamped tooled covers. Quite Rare. - Reference: ESTCT138649; 4to; [20],536 pages Item No: A- 52 Price: $ 450.00 Author: Saintsbury, George. (editor) Title: Specimens English Prose Style Malory to Macaulay - Selected and Annotated with an Introductory Essay by George Saintsbury. Description: London & Chicago, Kegan Paul, Trench & Jansen, McClurg, 1886, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, Half Calf Leather, Handsome Binding in original burgundy calf and marbled boards decorated in gilt. Five raised banded spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Magnificentl y Marbled endpapers with signature inscriptions on blank endpaper of "Edward Prime Goodell, 1906" and "Lawrence Soutter, 1938". Internally, the leaves are crisp and clean in good condition. -- CONTENTS: Include authors Sir Thomas Malory, Hugh Latimer, Walter Raleigh, Edmund Spenser, Richard Hooker, John Lyly, Francis Bacon, Benjamin Jonson, Thomas Hobbes, Izaac Walton, Sir Thomas Browne, Thomas Fuller, John Milton, Jeremy Taylor, Henry More, Richard Baxter, Abraham Cowley, John Evelyn, Algernon Sidney, John Bunyan, Sir William Temple, George Savile, John Dryden, John Locke, Robert South, Aphra Behn, Gilbert Burnett, Daniel Defoe, Richard Bentley, Jonathan Swift, Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, Conyers Middleton, George Berkeley, Alexander Pope, Samuel Richardson, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Joseph Butler, Henry Fielding, Samuel Johnson, David Hume, Laurence Sterne, Thomas Gray, Horace Walpole, Gilbert White, Tobias Smollett, Adam Smith, Oliver Goldsmith, Adam Smith, Tobias Smollett, Edmund Burke, Edward Gibbon, James Boswell, Sir Philip Francis, William Paley, Frances Burney, William Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft, William Cobbett, Anne Radcliffe, Robert Hall, Sir James Mackintosh, Maria Edgeworth, Sir Walter Scott, Sydney Smith, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, Jane Austen, Charles Lamb, Walter Savage Landor, Henry Hallam, William Hazlitt, Thomas Moore, John Wilson, Thomas Love Peacock, Henry Hart Milman, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Edward Irving, Thomas Carlyle, Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay, Etc; 8vo; xlvi, 367 pages Item No: A- 1348 Price: $ 125.00 Author: Salmon, Thomas Title: Lo Stato Presente Di Tutti I Paesi E Popoli Del Mondo - Naturale, Politico, E Morale, Con Nuove Osservazioni E Correzioni Degli Antichi, E Moderni Viaggiatori. (Vol. XIV. ). Del Regno Di Spagna. Description: Venezia, 1745, Full Vellum Leather, In Venezia, Presso Giambatista Albrizzi q. Gir. MDCCXLV (1745). Con Licenza de’ Superiori, e Privilegio. --- Contemporary full vellum binding with gilt label and handwritten title on spine. Full page Engraved Frontispiece of "Storia Moderna di tutti I Popoli del Mondo". Quite good condition with leaves clean and crisp. --- Italian translation of Thomas Salmon's Modern History. (Volume XIV. ONLY) - This volume is from the second edition in Italian (first edition, 1734) of Thomas Salmon's work, Modern History: or, the present state of all Nations. . . Entitled Lo Stato Presente... Published in Venice from 1740-1762. A rival publication was published simultaneously in Naples by Francesco Ricciardo. ; 8vo; [16], 464 pages Item No: A- 1187 Price: $ 225.00 Author: Salmon, Thomas (1679-1767) editor Of The State Trials At Large Title: A New Abridgement and Critical Review of the State Trials, and Impeachments for High-Treason; from the Reign of King Richard II, Down to the Remarkable Trial of Captain Porteous in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His Present Majesty King George II. The Whole Containing, I. the Substance of the Indictment or Charge. II. the Evidence. III. the Prisoner's Defence. IV. the Several Points of Law Arising. V. the Event of the Trial, or Fate of the Prisoner, & C. Description: 1738, FIRST EDITION, Full Calf Leather, In this ABRIDGEMENT are inferted Several TRIALS not to be found in any other Collection. ALSO, Some TRIALS taken in hafte, are now brought into regular Order ; and many Deficiencies throughout the Whole fupply'd. WITH Several curious Remarks on each TRIAL, shewing what the Law in Criminal Cafes anciently was ; and how it has been alter'd, and stands at this Time. LIKEWISE, Impartial Memoirs of the TIMES, and Characters of the SUFFERERS. To which is added, A Compleat ALPHABETICAL INDEX of the Names of the Prifoners tried ; the Times when ; their Crimes, and Punifhments. By Mr. S A L M O N, Editor of the State Trials at Large. - London : printed for J. And J. Hazard against Stationers Hall; W. Mears on Ludgate-Hill; J. Mechell next the Leg-Tavern, and J. Applebee in Bolt-Court, Fleet-street; J. Stone near Gray's-Inn; C. Ward and R. Chandler without Temple-Bar, and at their shops in York and Scarborough, M. DCC. XXXVIII.. - Titlepage in Red and Black Ink. Burgundy Label with Gilt Lettering on Spine. Bookplate of Harry Lancelot Lee, Esq. - Quite good condition. - ESTCN5646 - STATE TRIALS, in English law, a name which primarily denotes all trials relating to offences against the state, but in practice is often used of cases illustrative of the law relating to state officers or of international or constitutional law. The first collection of accounts of state trials was published in 1719 in four volumes. Although without an editors name, it appears that Thomas Salmon (1679-1767) , an historical and geographical writer, was responsible for the collection. The trials are invaluable not only for their reports of criminal cases, in which the whole course of criminal , procedure and evidence may be traced, but for their historical information. This work is, in fact, a compendium of some of the most famous events in British history from 1388 to 1736 and makes fascinating reading. ; Folio 18" x 12"; iv, 922 pages Item No: A- 562 Price: $ 1200.00 Author: Salmon, William. (1703-1779) - Architecture - Builders' Manual Title: Palladio Londinensis: Or, the London Art of Building. in Three Parts. (SECOND EDITION) --- (52) Fifty-Two Copper Plates Description: London, 1738, SECOND EDITION, Full Calf Leather, London : Printed for A. Ward; J. Clarke; J. Oswald; T. Osborne; and E. Wicksteed, 1738. - (I). Containing a Demonstration of all Geometrical Problems necessary to describe Squares, Circles, Ovals, Polygons, Arches, and Groins. ; (II). Containing plain and easy Directions for the Construction of the Five Orders of Architecture, with their several Pedestals, Columns, and Entablatures, accurately described; and a Parallel drawn between this and Mr. Gibb's Method, and that of the Builder's Repository, shewing how the Orders are to be used over each other; with their Intercolumniations, & c. ; (III). Copiously treating of the several kinds of Stair-Cases; the various Forms of their twisted Rails...With a Collection of the Ground Rules necessary to be observed in Architecture and Building...The Whole Illustrated with Fifty-Two Copper Plates: To which is annexed, The Builder's Dictionary; or, an Alphabetical Explanation of all the terms used in Architecture: By William Salmon. The Second Edition: Inriched with Fifteen Additional Copper Plates, and sundry Alterations and Improvements, by E. Hoppus, Surveyor to the Corporation of London-Assurance . - Original Binding. - This Builders' Manual is an early Standard in the Architectural and Building Industry and quite Rare to find. - Originally published 1734, this work “for nearly forty years remained a standard builder’s manual and in that time saw more editions than any of the several other books of its kind. ” - Harris. This is one of the most important source books for studying the architecture of colonial America. It was designed to provide the builder with everything he needed to build and decorate a house according to a plan provided in some other source. It was especially influential in colonial Virginia; on this see T. T. Waterman’s Mansions of Virginia (in passim) ; Harris, BABW, 794; Park List 75; Schimmelman 125; Wiebenson III-C-19; Archer 438.2; BAL, Early printed books, 2888--2890; ESTCN11247. ; 4to (9.75" x 8"); [12],132,[28], [1 final adv. leaf] pages Item No: A- 574 Price: $ 1750.00 Author: Schoell, M. (1766-1833) - Koch, Christopher William. (1737-1813) - J.G. Cogswell. Title: History of the Revolutions in Europe from the Subversion of the Roman Empire in the West, to the Congress of Vienna, from the French of Christopher William Koch. With a continuation to the Year 1815, by M. Schoell. Revised and Corrected by J.G. Cogswell. With a Sketch of the Late Revolutions in France, Belgium, Poland, and Greece. Embellished with Engravings. Description: Middletown, Hunt & Noyes, 1838, Full Calf Leather, Two Volumes bound in One. - Includes Frontispiece in both volumes and (24) wood-engraved illustrations on (12) plates, some of which are signed "JWB"; In Two Volumes; 8vo; 280, 389 pages Item No: A- 1329 Price: $ 125.00 Author: Scott, John, D.D. (1639-1695) - late Rector of St. Giles's in the Fields Title: The Christian Life. Wherein is shew'd: (I.) The Worth and Excellency of the Soul, (II.) The Divinity and Incarnation of our Saviour, (III.) The Authority of the Holy Scripture, (IV.) A Dissuasive from Apostacy. - Vol. V. and Last. [Volume 5 Only] Description: London, 1699, FIRST EDITION, Full Calf Leather, Printed for W. Kettilby at the Bishop's Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and S. Manship at the Ship near the Royal-Exchange in Cornhill, MDCXCIX. [1699]. Editor's dedication signed: Humphrey Zouch. - Original Binding securely bound with blindstamped label on spine. Internally, the leaves are crisp and clean. ; 8vo; [8], 504 pages Item No: A- 1361 Price: $ 250.00 Author: Shadwell, Thomas Title: Bury-Fair Description: 1689, FIRST EDITION, Full Calf Leather, Bury-Fair By Thomas Shadwell, C1689, Lacking Preliminaries And Title, The Play Is In It's Entirety, 1-60, Followed By Prolouge. Generally Good With Last Few Leaves Tattered But Legible. Cropping, With Loss Of Possibly 2-3 Final Lines. ; 8Vo; 60 Pages Item No: A- 139 Price: $ 300.00 Author: Sharp, John - Archbishop Of York (1645-1714) Title: Fifteen Sermons Preach'd ( Preached ) on Several Occasions by the Most Reverend Father in God, John, Lord Archbishop of York, Primate of England, and Metropolitan. Description: London, Will. Bowyer, 1700, FIRST EDITION, Full Calf Leather, Printed for Walter Kettilby at the Bishop's Head in St. Paul's Church Yard. Sermon (I) Preached before the Lord Mayor in 1674 at Guild-Hall Chapel. Sermon (II) Preached before the Lord Mayor in 1675 at Bow-Church. Sermon (III) Preached at the Yorkshire Feast in 1680 at Bow-Church. Sermon (IV) Preached in 1680 at the Spittal (Spittle) . Sermon (V) Preached at the Election of the Lord Mayor in 1680 at Bow-Church. Sermon (VI) Preached in 1684 at White-Hall. Sermon (VII) Preached before the Queen in 1690 at White-Hall. Sermon (VIII) Preached before the House of Commons in 1690. Sermon (IX) Preached as a Farewell Sermon at St. Giles in 1691. Sermon (X) Preached before the House of Lords in 1691. Sermon (XI) Preached before the King and Queen on Christmas Day in 1691 at White-Hall. Sermon (XII) Preached before the Queen on Easter Day in 1692 at White-Hall. Sermon (XIII) Preached before the King and Queen on the Day of Thanksgiving in 1693 at White-Hall. Sermon (XIV) Preached before the King and Queen in 1693 at White-Hall. Sermon (XV) Preached before the King in 1697 at St. James's. ; 8vo; 512 pages Item No: A- 344 Price: $ 275.00 Author: Shower, Bartholomew. - Great Britain. Court Of King's Bench. Title: The Reports of Sir Bartholomew Shower, Knt. of Cases Adjudg'd in the Court of King's-Bench, in the Reign of His Late Majesty King William III. With Several Learned Arguments. with Two Tables: the First, of the Names of the Cases; the Other, of the Principal Matters. Description: London, 1708, FIRST EDITION, Full Calf Leather, London : Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esqs; for Daniel Browne at the Black Swan and Bible without Temple-Bar, and J. Walthoe in the Middle-Temple-Cloysters, 1708. - Law Report Cases from (1678-1694). Contemporary Bindings with Burgundy Label on rebacked Spine with six raised bands. Blindstamped "Cambridge Style" designs on both boards. Full page Portrait Frontispiece of Sr. Bartholomew Shower, Jos. Nutting, Sculp. Leaves clean and crisp with Black Letter text. ( [10],560,[43] pages ). Overall, good condition. Bookplate of Thomas Gittings, Attorney at Law, Baltimore on front pastedown and brown ink signature inscription on title page. Reference: ESTCT97774; Folio (12.5" x 8.5") Item No: A- 1104 Price: $ 350.00 Author: Sims, Richard (Of The British Museum) Title: A Manual for the Genealogist, Topographer, Antiquary and Legal Professor, Consisting of Descriptions of Public Records; Parochial and Other Registers; Wills; County and Family Histories; Heraldic Collections in Public Libraries, Etc. Etc. Description: London, 1856, FIRST EDITION, Burgundy Cloth, By Richard Sims, of the British Museum, Compiler of the "Index to the Heralds' Visitations, " The "Hand-Book to the Library of the British Museum, ". London: John Russell Smith, 36, Soho Square. MDCCCLVI. 4to; (9" x 6") . 526 Pages + Advertisements. - The Manual's Contents include: Domesday Books, Monastic Records, Cartae Antiquae, Knights' Fees, Placita, Rotuli, Privy Seals, Records of Attainders, Parliamentary Records, Heraldic Collections, Miscellanea Genealogica, Wills, Parochial & Non-Parochial Registers, University, Public School, Counties Palantine, Scotch, Irish and Welsh Records. ; 4to; xx,526, adv. pages Item No: A- 443 Price: $ 75.00 Author: Sloss, James. M. A. (1698-1772) Title: The Doctrine of the Trinity, As it is Contained in the Scriptures, Explained and Confirmed: Description: London, 1752, Full Calf Leather, It's Consistency with the Principles of Natural Reason cleared; And Objections to the contrary ansewred: And the Supreme Deity of the Son an Holy Ghost, and their Equality withe Father in all divine Perfections and Glory, proved. With a full Answer to the Chief Objections against the Proper Godhead of these two Persons. In Several Sermons, preached at an Evening-Lecture, at Nottingham. By James Sloss, M. A. To which are Annexed, Several Letters wrote to the Author, relating to the same Subject, with his Answers. Printed for George Keith, at Mercer's Chapel, Cheapside. - INCLUDES: a Dedication to Sir Richard Ellys, Bart. ; Preface; and a two page Advertisement of published Books. - Bookplate of The Library of the Protestant Episcopal Theological School, of Massachusetts, Bishop Eastburn Library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; [2], xxiii, 439,78 pages Item No: A- 45 Price: $ 350.00 Author: Smalridge, George. (1663-1719) Title: Sixty Sermons Preach'd ( Preached ) on Several Occasions. By the Right Reverend Father in God, George Smalridge, D. D, Late Lord Bishop of Bristol, and Dean of Christ-Church, Oxford. Publish'd from the Originals. Description: Oxford, 1724, FIRST EDITION, Full Calf Leather, Printed at the Theater, 1724. - Original Cambridge Style leather binding with nicely tooled boards. Spine professionally restored having six raised bands, blindstamped designs, and gilt lettered leather label. Internally, the leaves are clean and crisp. Quite good condition for this rare work. Engraved Portrait Frontispiece of George Smalridge by G. Vertue and G. Kneller and includes the Smalridge Coat of Arms, "Argent, a cross engrailed azure, between four bustards respecting each other sable" (Parker). Other highlights include an engraved Vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre on Title page; Imprimatur by Mather, Vice-Can. Oxon, October, 28, 1724; Copyright License of Mary Smalridge; Twently pages containing the Names of Subscribers; Dedication Latin Poem and Dedication to Princess of Wales. --- George Smalridge (1663-1719). Dean of Christ - Church, Oxford (from 1713) and Bishop of Bristol (from 1714). He was honored by Addison, Steele, and Swift and his sermons were classed of those preached by an English divine. This Folio edition was published by his widow, Mary Smalridge, and dedicated to her Royal Highness, the Princess of Wales. ; Folio (16" X 10"); [28],[20],616 pages Item No: A- 17 Price: $ 425.00 Author: Smith, Henry. (1550-1591) Title: Twelve Sermons, Preached by Mr. Henry Smith. with Prayers, Both for the Morning and Euening Thereunto Adioyned. and Published by a More Perfect Copy Than Heretofore. Description: London, 1629, FIRST EDITION, Full Calf Leather, Printed by Iohn Hauiland for George Edwards, 1629. - Contains two additional title pages named, "Six sermons" and "Foure sermons" each have separate dated title page; "Six sermons" has separate register. - Sermon Contents include: (1) The Sinners Conversion; (2) The Sinners Confession; (3-4) Two Sermons of the Song of Simeon; (5) The fifth, of the Calling of Ionah; (6) The sixt, of the Rebellion of Ionah; (7-8) Of Ionahs punishment; (9) The trumpet of the Soule; (10) The sinfull mans Search; (11) Maries Choice; (12) Noahs Drunkennesse. REFERENCES: STC 22775 and 22760; ESTCS117559; 4to; [260] pages Item No: A- 1242 Price: $ 350.00 Author: Smith, William. (D. 1673) - Society Of Friends - Quakers Title: Balm from Gilead. a Collection of the Living Divine Testimonies. Written by the Faithful Servant of the Lord, William Smith. Description: London, 1675, FIRST EDITION, Full Calf Leather, Printed in the year, MDCLXXV. [1675]. - [22], 112, 89-120, [4], 121-180, 56, 53-96, 178, 115-236 pages. A collection of Smith's works arranged in chronological order. "Epistle dedicatory" signed: Ellis Hookes (d. 1681). "An epistle to Friend and other readers" signed: John Whitehead (1630-1696). Text appears continuous despite pagination. - "A Table of the Several Books contained in this Volumn; and of the Principal Heads and Matters contained in the said books" include over (58) main titles covering the years 1658-1672. Original binding and burgundy label on spine. Internally, the leaves are clean and crisp. Quite good condition of this rare title relating to the Society of Friends and Quakers. - REFERENCES: Wing S4287; Catalogue of Friends' books, II, p. 611; ESTCR26927. ; Folio Item No: A- 1288 Price: $ 500.00 Author: Snape, Andrew. D. D. (1675-1742) Title: A Second Letter to the Lord Bishop of Bangor, in Vindication of the Former. by Andrew Snape, D. D. Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty. Description: London, 1717, FIRST EDITION, Full Calf Leather, Printed for Jonah Bowyer, at the Rose in Ludgate-Street,1717. - Includes Half-title: 'Dr. Snape's second letter to the Lord Bishop of Bangor'. - The last 3 pages contain advertisements. - REFERENCE: ESTCT25853. - The Bangorian Controversy was a religious dispute in the Church of England during the early part of the reign of George I. Benjamin Hoadly, bishop of Bangor, Wales, delivered a sermon (1717) before the king in which he denied that the church had any doctrinal or disciplinary authority. Advocates of ecclesiastical authority (among them Andrew Snape and William Law) attacked Hoadly's position, and a sharp controversy ensued, in which some 50 writers participated and about 200 pamphlets were issued. Hoadly believed that the churches' authority should be limited to the Kingdom of Heaven. Andrew Snape, headmaster of Eton and like Hoadly a chaplain to the king, launched a counterattack in an open letter to Hoadly, to which Hoadly responded with "An Answer to the Reverend Dr. Snape's Accusation", which inspired this Second Letter from Snape, which in turn gave rise to numerous sequels, including "A Vindication of a Passage in Dr. Snape's Second Letter" and "Farther Remarks on the Reverend Dr. Snape's Second Letter ... By the Author of the former Remarks". ; 8vo; 69,[3] pages Item No: A- 1268 Price: $ 175.00 Author: Spencero, Joanne ( John Spencer ) S. T. P. (1630-1693) Title: De Legibus Hebraeorum Ritualibus Et Earum Rationibus, Libri Quatuor. (In Four Books) (Volume One Only) Description: 1727, Full Calf Leather, PRIMO: Fuse agitur de Rationibus Legun Judaicarum GENERALIBUS. Huic ad Calcem adduntur DISSERTATIONES Duae: De THEOCRATIA JUDAICA, una: De Lege USURAM prohibente, altera. SECUNDO: De Legibus Mosaicis quibus ZABIORUM Ritus occasionem dedere fuse disseritur. Huic, ob Argumenti vicinitatem, adjiciuntur DISSERTATIONES Duae: Una, in Decretumillud Apostolicum, Act. 15.20—Ut abstineant a pllutionibus Idolorum, & a Fornication, & a Suffacatio, & Sanguine. Altera, in Distichon illud MARTIALIS vexatissimum, ecce negas, Jurasque mihi per TEMPLA TONANTIS Non credo: Jura, Verpe, per ANCHIALUM. Lib. II. Epigr. 95. TERTIO: , De iis Hebraeorum Legibus & Institutis agitur, quibus Gentium usus occasionen praebuit. Hic Octo DISSERTATIONIBUS absolutus est. HARUM: (I) Generalius agitur de Ritibus e Gentium moribus in Legem translatis. (II) De Origine Sacrificiorum. (III) De Purificationibus. (IV) De Neomeniis. (V) De Arca & Cherubinis. (VI) De Templo. (VII) De Origine Urim & Thummim. (VIII) De Hiroc emissario. QUARTO: De Ritibus & Institutis Hebraorum a Gentium usu desumptis, nullibi vero (quod scimus) A Deo praeceptis aut ordinatis. Huic accessit DISSERTATIO de PHYLACTERIIS JUDAEORUM. - JOANNE SPENCERO S. T. D. Ecclesiae ELIENSIS Decano & Colleg. Corp. Christ. Apud Cantabric. Praefecto. Editos MSS. Cum Testimoniis Auctorum laudatis recensuit, & Indices adjecit, LEONARDUS CHAPPELOW, S. T. B. Col. S. JOHAN CANTAB. Socious, & Professor Arbaicus. CONTABRIGIAE, TYPIS ACADEMICIS. Prostant apud C. CROWNFIELD Celeberrimae Academiae Typographum, E. JEFFERY, & W. THURLBOOURN, Bibliopolas CANTABRIGIENSES: R. KNAPLOCK, & W. & J. INNYS, Bibliopolas LONDINENSES. MDCCXXVII. ---- John Spencer (1630-1693) , English theologian and Hebrew scholar. In his most famous work De legibus, Spencer laid the foundations of the science of comparative religion and provided a survey on the religious antiquities of the Hebrews. The first edition of this remarkable work which consisted of the first two "libri" was published in 1685. The Work was expanded to include the 3rd and 4th "Libri" of Spencer’s work. The expanded work was published posthumously in 1727. This volume being auctioned consists of the first 2 books comprising volume 1 of the 2 volume 1727 expanded edition. ARTICLE: One reviewer of Spencers Work writes: First edition of an influential work, by John Spencer (1630-93) , Dean of Ely and Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. It is one of the founding works of the study of comparative religion, in which the author discusses the relations between Hebrew rituals and beliefs, and those of other Semitic peoples. With examples produced from sacrificial rites, the Temple, and its appurtenances, and e. G. The institution of the scapegoat, Spencer links these laws and customs to those of other civilisations. The first three books were devoted to the laws and customs of Biblical and divine origin. A fourth book, dealing with the rabbinic institutions and largely based on Maimonides, is referred to in the work, but was published only after his death, in 1727. See EJ XV 261, Diestel 541-43, New Schaff-Herzog XI 41.The work is arranged as follows: After a general survey of Jewish laws and rites follows, with a separate title-page, the second book dealing with Mosaic laws underlying the Sabian rites [Zabiorum ritus]. Spencer properly distinguishes the Sabians (a sect much concerned with astrology and the heavenly phenomena) from the Sabaeans (or Mandaeans - see Pallis 44 & 82). The third book contains eight dissertations on the origin of sacrifices, the Ark of Covenant, the scapegoat, on Urim & Thummim (earlier published in 1669) , etc….." Original Binding embossed with gilt rule. (6) Six heavy chords on spine with gilt ornamentation within dentelles. Maroon spine label with gilt titling. Gilt to spine is somewhat faded; spine cover has surface cracking. Contents: all signatures very secure. Subscribers list. All pages present. Some foxing on titlepage else only light foxing mostly on margin edges. Remarkably clean condition. Numerous types used which makes the work quiet unique. Wide margins with notes and additional footnotes at the bottom of the page. Previous owners signature in small script at the head of the titlepage else no other markings noted. Beautiful detailed Full Page Portrait frontispiece of Spencer. Though not profuse there are a number of period embellishments especially on pages beginning the books and at the end. Text in Latin. An important early work on comparative religion. ; Folio (14.25" x 9.25"); [xxi], 635 pages Item No: A- 569 Price: $ 425.00 Author: Sprat, Thomas. (1635-1713) Title: Sermons Preached on Several Occasions. by the Right Reverend Father in God, Thomas Sprat, D. D. Lord Bishop of Rochester, and Dean of Westminster. (Collection of 10 Sermons - First Published in 1697, but Included Only 4 Sermons) Description: London, 1710, SECOND EDITION, Full Calf Leather, In the Savoy: printed by and for John Nutt, and for Charles Brome at the Gun at the west-end of St. Paul's, 1710. Each of the (10) sermons has a separate dated titlepage, but pagination and register are continuous. With two final leaves of advertisements. - The Sermons are as follows: 1) A Sermon preached before the King, at Whitehall, Decemb. 24. 1676. On St. Mark 10: 15. - 2) A Sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at St. Margaret's Westminster, January 30. 1677/8 on St. Matthew 5: 10. - 3) A Sermon preached at the Anniversary- Meeting of the Sons of Clergy-Men, in the Church of St. Mary-le-Bow, Novemb. 7. 1678. On Gal. 6: 10. - 4) A Sermon preached before the King, at Whitehall, Dec. 22. 1678. On Gal. 4. Part of Verse 18. - 5) A Sermon preached before the Lord Mayor, and the Court of Aldermen, at Guildhall Chappel, Jan. 29. 1681/2 on Prov. 21: 21 - 6) A Sermon preached before the Artillery-Company of London, at St. Mary-le-Bow, April 20. 1682. On St. Luke 22. Part of Verse 36. - 7) A Sermon preached before the Right Honourable Sir Henry Tulse, Lord Mayor, andthe Court of Aldermen, &c. May 29. 1684. Being the Anniversary-Day of His Majesty's Birth, and Happy Return to His Kingdoms: On Psalm 130: 4. - 8) A Sermon preached before the King and Queen, at Whitehall, on Good-Friday, 1690. On 1 St. Peter 2. Part of Verse. 21, 22. - 9) A Sermon preached to the Natives of the County of Dorset, residing in and about the Cities of London and Westminster, at St. Mary-le-Bow, Decemb. 8. 1692. Being the Day of their Anniversary-Feast: On Acts 4: 32. - 10) A Sermon preached before the King and Queen, at Whitehall, on Good-Friday, April 6. 1694. On St. Matthew 7: 11; 8vo; [4],440,[4] pages Item No: A- 1283 Price: $ 225.00 Author: Steele, Richard - Tatler Title: The LUCUBRATIONS of ISAAC BICKERSTAFF, ESQ - THE TATLER. (Complete in (4) Four Volumes) Description: London, 1749, Full Calf Leather, Complete in (4) Four Volumes. - Printed for H. Lintot, D. Midwinter, J. And P. Knapton, W. Innys [and 10 others in London]. The Tatler, which was a humorous gossipy English literary coffeehouse periodical. The 'Tatler' made its first appearance on April 12, 1709. It was partly a newspaper, a journal of politics and society, published three times a week. The name of Isaac Bickerstaff is an assumed name of the well known Irish man of lettres Richard Steele (1672-1729) , who edited the 'Tatler' with his friend Joseph Addison. - (Vol. I) 299 pp. + index; (Vol. II) 330 pp. + index; (Vol. III) 312 pp. + index; (Vol. IV) 309 pp. + index. - Original speckled calf binding with Gilt embossed fleuron designs on spine having five raised bands. Internally, the leaves are crisp and clean. Overall, a handsome set in good condition. ; 12mo Item No: A- 518 Price: $ 175.00 Author: Stewart, Dugald. (1753-1828) Title: Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind. (First Volume Only) - from the Latest London Edition. Description: New York, James Eastburn & Co., 1818, E & E HOSFORD, ALBANY, Full Calf Leather, Dugald Stewart was Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University, and Fellow of the Royal Society, of Edinburgh; Honorary Member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburgh; and Member of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia. He studied in Edinburgh logic and moral philosophy under teachers influenced by Thomas Reid"s "Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense" (1764). Stewart carried away the greatest admiration for "the inductive method" preached by Bacon. In 1771 he went to Glasgow, partly in order to hear Reid"s lectures. In 1792 he published the first volume of the "Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind" (the second in 1814, the third in 1827) ". ; 8vo; vii,425 pages Item No: A- 1287 Price: $ 55.00 Author: Stonhouse, James, Sir, 1716-1795. ( Stonehouse ) Title: UNIVERSAL RESTITUTION a SCRIPTURE DOCTRINE. THIS PROV'D in SEVERAL LETTERS WROTE on the NATURE and EXTENT of CHRIST'S KINGDOM: WHEREIN the SCRIPTURE PASSAGES, FALSLY ALLEGED in PROOF of the ETERNITY of HELL TORMENTS, Are TRULY TRANSLATED and EXPLAINED. Description: London, 1761, FIRST EDITION, Full Calf Leather, Sold by R. Dodsley, London; and T. Cadell, Bristol, 1761. Contains Twenty-Three Letters - Complete with Errata and Advertisement Leaf. Extremely Rare with (32) Thirty Two original HANDWRITTEN pages in 18th c. Brown Ink. These pages replace missing imprinted pages 369-384. (ESTCT145007) ; 8vo; [4],40,37-39,44-466,[2] pages Item No: A- 533 Price: $ 500.00 Author: Strong, James. S.T.D., LL.D., Title: Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible: Showing Every Work of the Text of the Common English Version of the Canonical Books, and Every Occurrence of Each Word in Regular Order. Description: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, New York & Nashville, 1946, SIXTEENTH PRINTING, Gilt Red Cloth, Together with a Comparative Concordance of the Authorised and Revised Versions, including the American Variations; Also Brief Dictionaries of the Hebrew and Greek Words of the Original with References to the English Words. - (Originally Published in 1890). Bookplate of the Lambeth Public Library, London. ; Folio ; 1340, 262, 127, 79 pages Item No: A- 1143 Price: $ 25.00 Author: Sue, Eugene. (1804-1857) - French author & novelist Title: The Wandering Jew. - Roscoe's Library Edition. By M. Eugene Sue, Author of "The Mysteries of Paris, " Etc. With an Authentic Portrait and Memoir of the Author. Description: London, 1845, FIRST EDITION, Half Calf Leather, Original Fine Leather Binding with Marbled Boards, Flyleaves, Endpapers and their Leaf Edges. Beautifully illustated Gilt Designs and date on Spine with black leather label lettered in gilt. Full Page Engraved Portrait Frontispiece Signed by the Author. - Contains: (14) Parts, Index, Dedication, and Epilogue with Numerous Full Page Woodcut Plates and Illustrations throughout text. - London: Published by E. Appleyard, 86, Farringdon Street; and Sold by all Booksellers. - Eugene Sue was a French novelist, whose name was originally Marie-Joseph Sue. A surgeon in the French navy, he went into exile when Napoleon III came to power. Sue’s popular and sensational tales of the Parisian underworld and slum life embraced humanitarian and reform ideals. Among them are Les Mystères de Paris (pub. serially, 1842–43; tr. The Mysteries of Paris, 1844) and Le Juif errant (1844–45; tr. The Wandering Jew, 1845) - Columbia Encyclopedia. ; 4to; iv, 554, [2] pages; Signed by Author Item No: A- 318 Price: $ 100.00 Author: Taylor, Edward - Behmen, Jacob (Boehme) (Bohme) (Behme) (Behm) Jakob Title: Jacob Behmen's Theosophick Philosophy Unfolded; In Divers Considerations And Demonstrations, Shewing The Verity And Utility Of The Several Doctrines Or Propositions Contained In The Writings Of That Divinely Instructed Author. { Digital Photographs of the Complete Work. High Resolution. Ti|examine in Detail. Pdf Format. } Description: London, Digital Rare Books, 1691, FIRST EDITION, CD, And Answers Given to the Remainder of the 177 Theosophick Questions, Propounded by the Said Jacob Behmen, which were Left Unanswered by Him at the Time of His Death. As a Help Towards the Better Understanding the Old and New Testament. Also What Man Is with Respect to Time and Eternity. Being an Open Gate to the Greatest Mysteries. By Edward Taylor. 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(1616-1691) Engraver Title: Antiquitates Christianae: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: As Also the Lives, Acts and Martyrdoms of His Apostles. In Two Parts: The First Part, Containing the Life of Christ, Written by Jeremy Taylor... The Second, Containing the Lives of the Apostles, With an Enumeration, and Some Brief Remarks upon their First Successors in the Five Great Apostolical Churches, By William Cave... Description: London, 1702-1703, Full Calf Leather, By Whom Also Is Added An Apparatus, Or Discourse Introductory to the Whole Work, Concerning the Three Great Dispensations of the Church, Patriarchal, Mosaical, and Evangelical. The Ninth Edition. -- Printed by J. Leake, for John Meredith, In Trust for Royston and Elizabeth Meredith, and are to be sold by S. and J. Sprint, B. Aylmer [and 7 others in London], (1703). -- Early Combined Folio Edition with Two Volumes Bound in One having general titlepage in red and black printed (1703). Vol. One, first published in 1649, has separate titlepage and pagination, 'The Great Exemplar of Sanctity and Holy life, according to the Christian institution', (1702). Vol. Two, first published in 1675, has separate titlepage and pagination, 'Antiquitat es Apostolicæ: or, the Lives, Acts and Martyrdoms of the Holy Apostles of our Saviour', (1702). - Engraved Frontispiece of the Annunciation with additional engraved title showing the Madonna and Child, the Four Evangelists, the Signs of the Passion and Christ in Majesty in compartments, both engraved by William Faithorne. Full page engraved Portrait of Jeremy Taylor, sculpted by Peter Lombart, precedes the 'Great Exemplar" title page. Additional engraved plates include: Double-page illustrated tree of "The Church Catholick"; (16) full-page engravings by Wm. Faithorne of Jesus and the Apostles dated (1678); (96) quarter-page engravings of the evangelists, saints and martyrs; with numerous head-pieces and decorative capital letters. - This extensive and early Combined Folio Edition joins the writings of the 17th century divines, William Cave and Jeremy Taylor and is written in English having Latin and Greek annotations and references throughout. It has been collated and is complete with [12], LI, [12], XXVIII, vi, [2], 432, [12]; [8], [xiv], 188 pages and its leaves clean and crisp. - Brown Ink Signature Inscription of William & Mary Hambly, 1787. Overall, quite good condition in its handsome contemporary binding. ; Folio Item No: A- 54 Price: $ 575.00 Author: Taylor (Jeremy) & Cave (William) . Title: Antiquitates Christianae: Or, The History Of The Life And Death Of The Holy Jesus: As Also The Lives, Acts And Martyrdoms Of His Apostles. In Two Parts. The First Part, Containing The Life Of Christ, By Whom Also is Added an Apparatus, or Discourse Introductory to the Whole Work, Concerning the Three Great Dispensations of the Church, Patriarchal, Mosaical and Evangelical. Description: London, 1675, FIRST EDITION, Hardcover, -- Early Combined Folio Edition with Two Volumes Bound in One having general titlepage in red and black printed (1703). Vol. One, first published in 1649, has separate titlepage and pagination, 'The Great Exemplar of Sanctity and Holy life, according to the Christian institution' , (1702). Vol. Two, first published in 1675, has separate titlepage and pagination, 'Antiquitates Apostolicæ: or, the Lives, Acts and Martyrdoms of the Holy Apostles of our Saviour', (1702). - Engraved Frontispiece of the Annunciation with additional engraved title showing the Madonna and Child, the Four Evangelists, the Signs of the Passion and Christ in Majesty in compartments, both engraved by William Faithorne. Full page engraved Portrait of Jeremy Taylor, sculpted by Peter Lombart, precedes the 'Great Exemplar" title page. Additional engraved plates include: Double-page illustrated tree of "The Church Catholick"; (16) full-page engravings by Wm. Faithorne of Jesus and the Apostles dated (1678); (96) quarter-page engravings of the evangelists, saints and martyrs; with numerous head-pieces and decorative capital letters. - This extensive and early Combined Folio Edition joins the writings of the 17th century divines, William Cave and Jeremy Taylor and is written in English having Latin and Greek annotations and references throughout. It has been collated and is complete with [12], LI, [12], XXVIII, vi, [2], 432, [12]; [8], [xiv], 188 pages and its leaves clean and crisp. - Brown Ink Signature Inscription of William & Mary Hambly, 1787. Overall, quite good condition in its handsome contemporary binding. The last page is entitled "A Brief Catalogue of Books newly Printed and Reprinted for R. Royston, Bookseller to his Most Sacred Majesty. " Item No: A- 10 Price: $ 600.00