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J. A. Spencer The East. Sketches of Travels in Egypt and the Holy Land.
$295.00
ondon: John Murray, 1850. RARE. Hardcover. 8vo. Very Good. Very rare British edition. Green cloth covered boards with girl title to spine end blind stamped decoration to boards. Minor bumping to edges. Light fading to spine as well as light soiling to boards. Minor foxing to interior though text is bright and mostly clean. Browning and foxing to several of the plates and protective pages while many remain bright with only minor foxing. Many pages remain uncut. Binding is Very tight. From the estate of Betty Washington Whiting, direct descendant of Martha Washington, with family tree and photo copy of estate auction notice laid in. Also includes a printed note explaining that the book formerly belonged to Martha Washington’s daughter Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis along with a list of other copies of the title available for sale at the time. Appendix, 503 pages + 16 pages of publisher’s ads.
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Two important Counter-Reformation works
Maurice Chauncy & Arnold Havens Commentariolus de Vitae Ratuion et Martyrio Octodecim Cartusianorum [bound with] Historica Relatio Duodecim Martyrum Cartusianorum
$325.00Ghent: Gualterus Manilius, 1608. Binding: Hardcover (Vellum). Illustrator: Johannes Leopold. Book Condition: Very Good Condition. Size: 6″ – Small Octavo (Sm. 8vo). 188 pages. Text is in Latin. Pagination: [8] 111 [1 blank]; [16] 77 [3] – Missing four pages [leaves 9-12], which Allison & Rogers (1989) describe as “the ‘Index capitum’ . . . [and] the end of dedicatory verses covered over with a new, folding, engraved plate ….” Collation: 4 A-G8 (E2 for F2); a/8 b-f8 – Allison & Rogers (1989) say, “In pt. 2 the title is cancelled and replaced by a bifolium consisting of a new title printed by Manilius and an engraved plate,” but that is not the case here, where the original title page (with no imprint) is retained. This small volume brings together two important Counter-Reformation works: Maurice Chauncy on the martyrdom of 18 Carthusian monks in England under Henry VIII between 1535 and 1540 and Arnold Havens on twelve Carthusians killed in the Netherlands in 1572 by soldiers of William of Orange. Both have a separate title page and one internal engraving by Johannes Leopold (pp. 48 & 27). Chauncy provides what Gribbin (2012) calls “a largely accurate and moving account of the martyrdom” of the English monks, who refused to take the Royal Supremacy oath recognizing Henry VIII as the head of the Church. In rejecting the English king’s claim, the refusal was viewed as treasonous. Chauncy, a monk at the London Charter House, initially refused to take the oath, but relented, thinking it would preserve the monastery. He quickly renounced his oath but was haunted by his brief betrayal. Havens was also a Carthusian monk, an eyewitness to the 1572 massacre from which he escaped. In 1608 he published a detailed account of the event. After Chauncy fled to Belgium he wrote four different versions of his account, one of which was first published in 1550. It appears here in a version adapted by Havens and printed in 1608 to accompany his new work on the Roermond martyrs. Although there is no indication of the place of publication or printer of Havens’ account, it is included in the initial omnibus title page, which has the imprint of Gualterus Manilius in Ghent. Both are dated 1608. Frans Hendrickx, in a 2008 review in Revue d’histoire ecclésiastique, writes, “Without an impressum, it is not known exactly where the first edition [of Havens’ work] was published. Reference has been made to the printed matter in Cologne, Würzburg and Ghent, all from 1608.” He argues “there is good reason to accept that the first place of publication was Ghent,” pointing particularly to the fact that Havens’ letter of dedication is dated February 29, 1608 in Ghent. He adds, “This may mean that Gualterus Manilius, a member of the famous Ghent printing family, published the story first.” The second part also includes Haven’s “Exhortatio … de observatione disciplinae regularis” (pp. 57-77) in which he praises the regular discipline and solidary life of the Carthusian monks. According to the STCV listing, this oration is mentioned in Vanderhaeghen, F. Bib. Gantoise I, 477, but it is overlooked in the other listings. The omnibus title from the first title page roughly translates, in part, as: “Account of the Life and the Martyrdom of Eighteen Carthusians who in England under King Henry VIII were cruelly murdered for the defense of the Church and against a detestable schism. … Together with a new Historical relation of the twelve Carthusian Martyrs of Roermond in the Year 1572.” There are two errors in the sub-title: (1) The year for the Roermond attack is misprinted as M.D.DXXII (with D rather than L for 72) and (2) “angonem” has been corrected to “agonem” by the extraneous “n” being scratched out. USTC 1003501, STCV 6623698, Allison & Rogers I, 239, Graesse III, p. 220. Allison & Rogers describe this as another issue of their no. 238, “Innocentia et constantia victrix …” (published by Bernard Gualterus, Cologne, 1608), with a revised title. The STCV listing adds that “Manilius substituted the title page and preliminaries” in this printing. Text block is unmarked. There is separation in the bottom three inches at the beginning of signature A in the first work. Sympathetically rebound with laid paper endpapers in the original vellum cover. The outside edge of the first title page has been carefully repaired to replace loss in the lower half of the margin, not affecting any text. There is a handwritten note in brown ink in an early hand at the head of the first title page. The USTC reports six copies in four institutions; Allison & Rogers report 15 copies in 15 institutions.
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Various Leather Bound Collection of Pamphlets Relating to New Hampshire and Massachusetts
$250.00Under The Covers Antique And Vintage Books
Dates span from 1821 to 1834. Quarter brown leather bound marble paper covered boards with seven gilt rules and gilt “Miscellany” to spine. Wear to exterior includes rubbing and browning as well as bumping to corners revealing boards. Crack to front hinge though binding remains tight and secure. Browning and foxing throughout though text remains bright. Hand-written list of titles on second front end paper. One pamphlet is inscribed by the author. An important piece of New England history. List of titles below: Come and See. The Duty of Those Who Dislike and Dread the Sentiments of Other Christians. By Wm. B. O. Peabody. Springfield. 1833. Sermon of the Signs of the Times, in Relation to Revealed Religion: Preached at Concord, N. H. Dec 23, 1832. By Moses G. Thomas. Concord: Moses G. Atwood, 1832. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Sermon Delivered at the Installation of Rev A. Dumont Jones, Over the Congregational church in Wilton, January 1, 1834. By Rev. Nathaniel Cage. Nashua, NH, 1834. Charge. By Rev. Isaac Allen of Bolton, Mass. Circa 1830s. Letter to Governor Lincoln in Relation to Harvard University from F. C. Gray. Boston: Carter, Hendee and Babcock, 1831. A Discourse Delivered at the Dedication of the Meetinghouse of the Keene Congregation Society, April 28, 1830. By T. R. Sullivan. Keene, NH, 1830 A Sermon, Preached at Needham, December 12, 1821, at the Installation the Installation of the Rev. William Ritchie, as Pastor of the First Church and Society in That Town. By David T. Kimball. Dedham, 1822. Charge. By Rev. L. Newell, of Stow. 1832. Right Hand of Fellowship. By Rev. Thomas Noyes, Pastor of the Second Church in Needham. 1832. Eulogy on Lafayette, Delivered at Concord, Agreeably to the Resolve of the New-Hampshire Legislature, on the 17th of June, 1835. By Nathaniel G. Pham. Concord, 1835. Report of the Select Committee to the House of Representatives upon the Subject of Building an Insane Hospital. Concord, NH, 1832. An Oration Delivered at Keene, N. H., February 22, 1832, Being the Centennial Anniversary of the Birth-Day of Washington. By Salma Hale. Keene, NH, 1832. An Address, Delivered Before the New-Hampshire Lyceum, at the Representatives Hall Concord; at Their First Annual Meeting, June 6, 1833. By Reverend Jonathan Clement. Concord, 1833. An Exposure of the Principles of the ‘Free Inquirer.’ By S. Everett. Boston, 1831. Sixth Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Prison Discipline Society. Boston, May 24, 1831. Boston, 1831. Seventeenth Report of the Directors of the American Asylum at Hartford, for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, Exhibited to the Asylum, May 11, 1833. Hartford, 1833
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A handsome and well preserved copy of The Homilies
CERTAIN SERMONS OR HOMILIES Appointed To Be Read In Churches In The Time Of Queen Elizabeth Of Famous Memory: And Now Thought Fit To Be Reprinted By Authority From The Kings Most Excellent Majesty
$636.17 *
* estimated currency conversionOxford; The Theatre, 1683. A handsome and well preserved copy of The Homilies in this less common Oxford imprint of 1683. Volume runs from title page to Finis, complete, with additional 4pp of The 39 Articles Of Religion to rear. Chain of ownership from 1728 to 1977 is noted in various hands to fep. A short inscription is written at the head of the preface page, noting the edition. Minor ink notation to the Table Of The Sermons (ie. index), but no further marks or annotations. Text is in VG order with no tears or repairs, though some toning to stock as expected. There is some damp staining to the upper right corner from circa p.250 onwards, but this is not too intrusive. Minor worm damage with two small holes at foot of page running almost the entirety of the book. Heavy boards firmly bound in full leather, with five raised bands to spine and red leather titlepiece. Leather well worn, esp to edges, with some surface loss, but not unappealing and likely contemporary or nearso to publication. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). Folio. [6] 388pp [4].
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An Important and Revealing Copy
Niebuhr, Reinhold The Nature and Destiny of Man
$400.00New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1949. First one volume edition. Signed and inscribed by Niebuhr, adding “I try in this volume to explain that the meaning of life for the individual and the whole of mankind is found in the love as it is revealed in Christ.” An important and revealing copy of this landmark of twentieth-century thought. Exploring the complexities of human nature and the philosophical and theological implications of humanity’s existence, the Nature and Destiny of Man was rated number 18 of the Modern Library’s Top 100 Nonfiction works in the 20th century. “A collection of theological lectures delivered by Niebuhr in 1939, The Nature and Destiny of Man tackles the Christian concept of human nature, the powerlessness of man, and Christianity’s impact on human history. Delivered just before the outbreak of World War II, these lectures were so influential that Cold War containment policies and aspects of realpolitik can be traced back to them. Highly recommended for fans of ontology.”
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