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Cobbett&Apos;S Legacy to Parsons

William Cobbett · 1835 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Bolt-Court, 1835. Leather. A collection of six letters by William Cobbett discussing the Anglican church. This is an interesting work containing letters from William Cobbett discussing various aspects of the Established Church.Some of the subjects discussed includes ho...

Scriptural Hints for the Nursery and School-Room

1840 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Bristol, Wright & Albright, 1840. Hardback. A collection of four very scarce early Victorian religious works, intended to spiritually guide the readers. Very scarce works.A collection of four religious Victorian works.'Scriptural Hints for the Nursery and School-Room&apo...

Safety in the Midst of Danger

Nathaniel Hardy · 1656 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,162)

London, J. G. for John Clark, 1656. First edition. Disbound. A scarce first edition of Nathaniel Hardy's sermon. Disbound.A nice clean copy.Very scarce.The full text. Title page missing.Nathaniel Hardy (16191670) was dean of Rochester. He was one of the few unmolested roy...

The Christian Directory

Robert Parsons · 1650 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.97 | $1,981.72 | ¥316,354)

Anon, Anon, 1650. Leather. A scarce second edition of The Christian Directory by Robert Parsons, published in protest against Edmund Buny's Protestant revision. Bound in leather with blindstamped decoration.The Second Edition, Revised.Possibly Antwerp but this is conjectu...

A True Chronologie of the Times of the Persian Monarchie and After to the Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romanes Rare in Commerce

Edward Lively · 1597 · Rooke Books

£4,500.00 (€5,393.90 | $5,945.16 | ¥949,063)

London, Thomas Man, 1597. First edition. Vellum. A very scarce, first edition of Edward Lively's historical and religious commentary on the seventy weeks mentioned in Daniel 9: 24-7. In the contemporary vellum binding. This work inspired debate among sixteenth century the...

The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church

Anon · 1760 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.37 | $1,585.38 | ¥253,084)

Cambridge, John Baskerville, 1760. Leather. A finely bound, early Baskerville edition of the Book of Common Prayer. This is the second Baskerville edition of this work. With seven shillings and six pence price at the foot of the title. The text is in double column within star ...

Ecclesiastical Cases Relating to the Duties and Rights of the Parochial Clergy, Stated and Resolved According to the Principles of Conscience and Law a Discourse Concerning Bonds of Resignation of Benefices, in Point of Law and Conscience

Edward Stillingfleet · 1698 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, J. H. for Henry Mortlock, 1698. Leather. Two very scarce Anglican works by the Bishop of Worcester Edward Stillingfleet, in a lovely condition considering it's age. A very scarce work.Two volumes bound in one.ESTC citation number R33861.One page of publisher&apos...

The Death of Abel the Life of Jesus Christ the Holy War, Made by Shaddai Upon Diabolus, for the Regaining of the Metropolis of the World; or, the Losing and Taking Again of the Town of Mansoul

Salomon Gessner · 1787 · Rooke Books

£500.00 (€599.32 | $660.57 | ¥105,451)

Newcastle, M. Brown, 1787-8. Leather. A collection of three devotional works bound in one, by Salomon Gessner, William Craig, and John Bunyan, illustrated with beautiful frontispieces. Three volumes in one.'The Death of Abel' is the second edition of this work, publ...

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

Anon · 1683 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥115,997)

Oxford, The Theatre, 1683. Leather. A scarce collection of sermons and homilies, which were delivered during Queen Elizabeth's reign. ESTC reference no: R233857. With the fourth line of the imprint reading 'Exchange in Cornhil, London. 1683&apos. Lacking M2 and N3-4....

Oeuvres de Bossuet

Jacques-Benigne Bossuet · 0 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

Paris, Garnier Freres, c1880. Fine Binding. A smartly bound collection of the works of renowned French bishop and theologian, Jacques-Benigne Bossuet. Uniformly bound, in a half morocco binding. With the original wraps bound in. Bossuet is regarded as one of the best orators, ...

Eight Lectures Upon the History of Jacob; Delivered During Lent, 1828, at the Church of St. Luke, Chelsea Twelve Lectures Upon the History of Abraham Twelve Lectures Upon the History of Saint Paul, Delivered During Lent, 1831, at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Upper Chelsea

Henry Blunt · 1831 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, J. Hatchard and Son, 1831-3. Leather. Four volumes of the evangelical lectures of Henry Blunt, these lectures being on the histories of Jacob, Abraham, and Paul. In four volumes. A collection of the lectures of Henry Blunt. 'Eight Lectures Upon the History of Jaco...

Nature and Grace: Set Forth in a Discourse Upon These Words, If Any Man Be in Christ, He Is a New Creature, 2 Cor. V. Ver. 17

1711 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, J Downing, 1711. Paperback. A very scarce, devotional work, being a discourse that highlights and outlines a way of living a pious life. Using a passage from Corinthians to outline nature and grace. With publisher's adverts to the rear. ESTC reference no: T28473. ...

Freemasonry in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

F D Laugharne · 1991 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A very bright, limited edition history on Freemasonry in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The first edition of this work. From the library of the 'Lodge of Harmony', Fareham. This lodge was first warranted in 1796 a...

History of the Lodge of Hengist

C J Whitting · 1897 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,889)

Bournemouth, W Mate and Sons , 1897. First edition. Cloth. The rare first and only edition of this history regarding Hengist Lodge, a masonic lodge in Bournemouth. With the bookplate of the Lodge of Harmony, Hants to the recto of front pastedown. The 'Lodge of Harmony&apo...

History of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons

John Heron Lepper; Philip Crossle · 1925 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.05 | $924.80 | ¥147,632)

Dublin, Lodge of Research, 1925. Cloth. An exceptional copy of the first edition of this very scarce reference text for the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ireland. Being Volume I only, as was published at the time. Volume 1. All published at the time. A second volu...

History of the Phoenix Lodge, No. 257, 1786 to 1893, Chapter of Friendship, No. 257, Originally No. 3, 1769 to 1893 and Royal Naval Preceptory of Knights Templar, No. 2, 1791 to 1893

Alexander Howell · 1894 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

Portsmouth, Privately Printed, 1894. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this history of the Masonic lodge, 'Phoenix Lodge no 257&apos. An illustrated, comprehensive history. This work looks at the history of Phoenix Lodge no 257, the Chapter of Friendship No 257 a...

Spicilegium Concionatorium Hoc Est Conceptus Morales Pro Cathedra...

R D Josephus Ignatius Claus · 1756 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

Augustae Vindel; Oeniponti, Josephi Wolff, 1756. Leather. Two volumes of Josephus Ignatz Claus' major work, 'Spicilegium Concionatorium&apos. In contemporary leather bindings. In Latin. Comprising of Pars Secunda, Pars Tertia and pars Quarta. Parts III and IV are bou...

A Form of Prayer to Be Used in All Churches and Chapels Throughout England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick Upon Tweed, Upon Wednesday the Twenty-Seventh of This Instant February, Being the Day Appointed by Proclamation for a General Fast and Humiliation Before Almighty God, to Be Observed in the Most Devout and Solemn Manner, by Sending Up Our Prayers and Supplications to the Divine Majesty: For Obtaining Pardon of Our Sins, and for Averting Those Heavy Judgements Which Our Manifold Provocations

1799 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1799. Disbound. A very scarce disbound collection of prayers from the Church of England, including morning prayers, communion service, and evening prayers. A very scarce work. Disbound. This work is a quarto, the signatures running as A-...

Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae Ex Codice Salmanticensi Nunc Primum Integre Edita

Charles de Smedt; Joseph de Backer · 1888 · Rooke Books

£420.00 (€503.43 | $554.88 | ¥88,579)

Edinburgh; London, Blackwood, 1888. Leather. A nice copy of the Acta Sanctorum, looking at the Irish Saints, these extracts written by Charles de Smedt and Joseph de Backer. In Latin. A work discussing the Saints of Ireland. Containing the works of Charles de Smedt and Joseph ...

Congregatione Sacroum Rituum Siue Eminentissimo, Ae Reuerendissimo D. Card Aldobrandino. Harlemen Beatificationis, & Cononizationis, Seu Declarationis Martyrii Nouendecim Martyrum Gorcomiensium Positio Super Dubio an Constet de Validitate Nouissimi Processus Namurcensis, Tam Remissorialis, Quam Compulsorralis; Necnon Testes in Eo Examinati, & Compulsati Respectiue, Sint Rite & Rect Examinati, & Aniura in Codem Contenta Suerint Legitime Compulsata Congregatione Sacrorum Rituum Siue Eminentissimo,

1664 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.51 | $1,453.26 | ¥231,993)

Romae; [Rome], Reuerendae Camerae Apostolicae, 1664. Leather. A very scarce Latin work on the Martyrs of Gorkum, written just before the beatification of the nineteen martyrs. A very scarce work. Written in Latin. [2], A-G4, [1], A-Z4, Aa-Bb4, A6, A4, A2, A6, A-B4, Cc4, A8. An...