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Item 211446Chemical Change in the Eucharist. In four letters shewing the relations of faith to sense from the French of Jacquws...

Abbadie, Jacques.

Price: $125

London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston...for the Editor, [1867]. Printed Whittingham & Wilkins at the Chiswick Press. Anti-Catholic rant against Transubstantiation. Read More Item Details for Chemical Change in the Eucharist. In four letters shewing the relations of faith to sense from the French of Jacquws Abbadie, by John W. Hamersley, A.M Add to Wish List

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Item 30795The Evidences of the Christian Religion…to which are added Several Discourses against Atheism and Infidelity, and in Defence of the...

Addison, Joseph.

Price: $150

London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1733. Second edition. Read More Item Details for The Evidences of the Christian Religion…to which are added Several Discourses against Atheism and Infidelity, and in Defence of the Christian Revelation, occasionally published by Him and others: and now collected into One Body, and digested under their Proper heads. With a Preface containing the Sentiments of Mr. Boyle, Mr. Lock and Sir Isaac Newton concerning the Gospel-Revelation Add to Wish List

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Item 304502Beyond Words A Holocaust History in Sixteen Woodcuts Done in 1945 by Miklos Adler, a Hungarian Survivor.

(Adler, Miklos) Touster, Saul, editor.

Price: $250

New York: American Jewish Historical Society, 2001. First edition of which this is No. 74 of 600 copies, signed by Saul Touster. Read More Item Details for Beyond Words A Holocaust History in Sixteen Woodcuts Done in 1945 by Miklos Adler, a Hungarian Survivor Add to Wish List

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Item 229557The Pleasures of Imagination. A Poem in Three Books.

Akenside, Mark.

Price: $450

“London [i.e., Newcastle?]: [s.n.], Printed in the year 1744”. Pirated edition (?). Bound with 3 others: [ANONYMOUS]. Lucius and Celadon: or, a Dialogue on the Existence and Immortality of the Soul. [4], 68 pp. 8vo, Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed by I. Thompson and Company, for Thomas Slack, 1755. ESTCN33841; Apparently..... Read More Item Details for The Pleasures of Imagination. A Poem in Three Books Add to Wish List

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Item 56699Dictionnaire portatif des prédicateurs françois : dont les sermons, prônes, homélies, panégyriques, et oraisons funèbres sont imprimés : où l'on...

Albert, Antoine and Jean François de Court.

Price: $150

Lyon: Pierre Bruyset Ponthus, 1757. First edition. Biographical dictionary of French preachers, with useful bibliographical content. Read More Item Details for Dictionnaire portatif des prédicateurs françois : dont les sermons, prônes, homélies, panégyriques, et oraisons funèbres sont imprimés : où l'on a marqué les meilleures éditions qui en ont été faites, & les jugemens que les sçavans en ont portés : avec de courtes analyses de traités de l'éloquence de la chaire qui ont paru en françois : ouvrage utile ê ceux qui se destinent av ministère de la Chaire, & qui veulent se former sur d'excellens modèles Add to Wish List

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Item 308918ALS. "Rev and Dear Sir" Acknowledging receipt of Annals Vol. VIII Unitarian.

Allibone, S. Austin (1816-1889).

Price: $50

Philadelphia: April 20, 1865. Librarian at the Lenox Library from 1879-1888. Read More Item Details for ALS. "Rev and Dear Sir" Acknowledging receipt of Annals Vol. VIII Unitarian Add to Wish List

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Item 22985An Historical Discourse concerning the Necessity of the Ministers Intention in administring the sacraments. May 31. 1688. Imprimatur. Jo. Battely.

[Allix, Pierre].

Price: $150

London: Printed for Richard Chiswell, 1688. First edition. Due to the Edict of Nantes Allix was forced to leave France for England where he founded a French church for refugees based upon the Anglican church. He was highly esteemed for his learning and principles and on intimate terms with eminent..... Read More Item Details for An Historical Discourse concerning the Necessity of the Ministers Intention in administring the sacraments. May 31. 1688. Imprimatur. Jo. Battely Add to Wish List

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Item 212753Alphabetum Aethiopicum sive Gheez et Amhharicum, cum Oratione dominicali, Salutatione angelica, Symbolo fidei, praeceptis decalogi & initio Evangelii S. Johannis...

Price: $1,000

Rome: Typis. Sac. Congreg. de Prop. Fide, 1789. Read More Item Details for Alphabetum Aethiopicum sive Gheez et Amhharicum, cum Oratione dominicali, Salutatione angelica, Symbolo fidei, praeceptis decalogi & initio Evangelii S. Johannis Add to Wish List

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Item 212754Alphabetum Arabicum una cum Oratione Dominicali, Salutatione Angelica et Symbolo fidei.

Price: $750

Rome: Typis. Sac. Congreg. de Prop. Fide, 1797. Read More Item Details for Alphabetum Arabicum una cum Oratione Dominicali, Salutatione Angelica et Symbolo fidei Add to Wish List

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Item 212766Alphabetum Brammhanicum seu Indostanum Universitatis Kasi.

Price: $1,500

Rome: Typis. Sac. Congreg. de Prop. Fide, 1771. First edition. Read More Item Details for Alphabetum Brammhanicum seu Indostanum Universitatis Kasi Add to Wish List

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Item 212767Alphabetum Cophtum sive Aegyptiacum [Caption title].

Price: $750

[Rome: Typis. Sac. Congreg. de Prop. Fide, n.d., 1809]. The last in the series of elegant type specimens of exotic languages issued by the Propaganda Press from the 1770s onward. Uncommon. Read More Item Details for Alphabetum Cophtum sive Aegyptiacum [Caption title] Add to Wish List

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Item 212768Alphabetum Graecum cum Oratione Dominicali, Salutatione Angelica, Symbolo Fidei, & Praeceptis Decalogi.

Price: $750

Rome: Typis. Sac. Congreg. de Prop. Fide, 1771. Read More Item Details for Alphabetum Graecum cum Oratione Dominicali, Salutatione Angelica, Symbolo Fidei, & Praeceptis Decalogi Add to Wish List

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Item 212795Alphabetum Hebraicum Addito Samaritano et Rabbinico cum Oratione Dominicali, Salutatione Angelica, & Symbolo Apostolico.

Price: $900

Rome: Typis. Sac. Congreg. de Prop. Fide, 1771. First edition. Read More Item Details for Alphabetum Hebraicum Addito Samaritano et Rabbinico cum Oratione Dominicali, Salutatione Angelica, & Symbolo Apostolico Add to Wish List

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Item 353247Fragments d'un Journal Intime. [Two Volume Set].

Amiel, Henri-Frederic.

Price: $200

Genève: H. Georg, 1887. Reprint. Read More Item Details for Fragments d'un Journal Intime. [Two Volume Set] Add to Wish List

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Item 317281The Congressional Psalmist, Containing Favorite Hymn Tunes, arranged for Treble & Bass Voices, with the Words printed in full by...

Andrrews, Richard.

Price: $150

Manchester: Printed and sold at R. Andrews, nd. Signed by Andrews at bottom of the title-page. Read More Item Details for The Congressional Psalmist, Containing Favorite Hymn Tunes, arranged for Treble & Bass Voices, with the Words printed in full by Add to Wish List

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Item 375736Antibarbarorum … liber unus.

(Antibarbari) Erasmus, Desiderius.

Price: $17,500

Basel: Froben, 1520. First edition, printed in May. Ignorantiam esse superbiae matrem. Eruditionem contra modestiam parere. [Ignorance is the mother of pride; it is from learning, on the contrary, that modesty is born.] First edition of Antibarbari, Erasmus’ manifesto “defending the arts against the scruples of the barbarians” (Tracy). Erasmus..... Read More Item Details for Antibarbarorum … liber unus Add to Wish List

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Item 322797Sammelband of material relating to Leo M. Frank, assembled by Herbert J. Hannoch.

(Antisemitism).

Price: $2,500

Vp: 1915. 1) Connolly, C. P. The Turth About the Frank Case. New York: Vail-Ballou Company, [1915]. Frontispiece portrait, plate. 95pp. Original upper wrapper. 2) Alexander, Henry A. Some Facts about the Murder Notes in the Phagan Case. [Atlanta: 1915]. Plates. 8pp. Original wrappers. 3) Extracts from the Transcript of..... Read More Item Details for Sammelband of material relating to Leo M. Frank, assembled by Herbert J. Hannoch Add to Wish List

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Item 351950[Bible. New Testament. Arabic. Galatians and Ephesians]. Ghalatiah [and:] Risalat Bulus al-Rasul ila Ahl Afasas.

(Arabic New Testament).

Price: $250

[Cairo: n.d., ca. 1870]. Proof sheet from an edition of the Arabic New Testament, Galatians 6:7 to end, and Ephesians 1:1-19 (without full vowel markers), with marginal references and notes. With a contemporary holograph note in English: “proof sheet (corrected) … given to me by the American Vice Consul at..... Read More Item Details for [Bible. New Testament. Arabic. Galatians and Ephesians]. Ghalatiah [and:] Risalat Bulus al-Rasul ila Ahl Afasas Add to Wish List

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Item 372110Lyturgia Armena ... [Bound with:] Ministerium Missae.

(Armenian Church).

Price: $1,000

Rome: Typis Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1677. Read More Item Details for Lyturgia Armena ... [Bound with:] Ministerium Missae Add to Wish List

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Item 31853Les Regles de la Morale Chrestienne, Recueilles du Nouveau Testament par Saint Basile le Grand Archevesque de Cesaree.

(Arnaud, Antoine).

Price: $450

Paris: Chez C. Saureux, 1661. With the signature of Ant[oine] Arnauld on the title and a notation by Prospere Zorbé confirming Arnauld's ownership on verso of endpaper. Arnauld, known as "the Great Arnauld" of the noted family of lawyers was the disciple of Cornelius Jansen and leader of the Jansenists..... Read More Item Details for Les Regles de la Morale Chrestienne, Recueilles du Nouveau Testament par Saint Basile le Grand Archevesque de Cesaree Add to Wish List

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Item 371946Confessionum libri tredecim.

Augustine, Saint.

Price: $3,500

Paris: Thomas Blaise, 1634. Editio nova, accurate recognita, & ab innumeris quibus priores scatebant mendis, expurgata. Paris printing of the Confessions of St. Augustine, from the library of the collège du Plessis-Sorbonne. Read More Item Details for Confessionum libri tredecim Add to Wish List

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Item 221921Spiegel der Sibyllen, van Vierderley Vertooningen ... Seer rykelijk verçiert met allerhande raare Kopere platen, waar onder de XII Sibyllen...

[Aysma, Johannes, et al.].

Price: $3,000

Amsterdam: Gedrukt [by Hendrik Harmensz] voor d'Autheur, waar by dit werk ook te bekomen is, op de Bloemgraft, omtrent de drukkery van d'Heer Blaauw : en by Timotheus ten Hoorn, Boekverkooper in de Nes, naast de Brakke-Gront, 1685. First edition. Four-part work on religion in the ancient world, the early..... Read More Item Details for Spiegel der Sibyllen, van Vierderley Vertooningen ... Seer rykelijk verçiert met allerhande raare Kopere platen, waar onder de XII Sibyllen Add to Wish List

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Item 27357Autograph letter signed “S. Baring Gould”.

Baring-Gould, Sabine.

Price: $300

North Devon: Lew Trenchard, 24 May 1907. Baring-Gould, the eminent novelist, essayist and vicar, is best recalled as the author of the verses to “Onward Christian Soldiers” and “Now the Day is Over” as well as his notable “Book of Were-Wolves.” On the death of his father, the squire of..... Read More Item Details for Autograph letter signed “S. Baring Gould” Add to Wish List

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