Cristianesimo e teologia

The Book of Common Prayer, the English Version of the Polyglot Bible and the New Testament

Various · 1843 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London , Samuel Bagster and Sons, 1843. Leather. A smart leather bound bible, with colour maps. The Book of Common Prayer, and administration of the Sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland; togeth...

Nativity Scene

0 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Unknown, Unknown, c1990. Unbound. A charming panoramic pop-up Nativity Scene in bright colour. An anonymous pop-up panorama with a complete Nativity scene, with charming and intricate illustrations in bright colour. A modern illustration, in full working order, an excellent pi...

Exposition Du Dogme Catholique Perfections de Jesus-Christ

Jacques-Marie-Louis Monsabré · 1879 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Paris, Edouard Baltenweck, Editeur, 1879 . First edition. Vellum. The very scarce first edition of a volume of Monsabre's Exposition de Dogme Catholique in half vellum binding. First edition of Exposition du Dogme Catholique Perfections de Jesus-Christ by Jacques-Marie-Lo...

Monks, Nuns and Monasteries

Sacheverell Sitwell · 1965 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A very good first edition copy of Sacheverell Sitwell's history of monasteries and nunneries through the Medieval period and the eighteenth century First edition with original publisher's binding and origin...

Sharpened Tools for Busy Workers

John Sweet Doidge · 1897 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, James Nisbet & Co. 1897. First edition. Cloth. Scarce first edition of this work dedicated to pastoral preaching by John Sweet Doidge. The first edition of this work, a scarce copy. Containing materials for preaching, public speaking, Sunday school teachings, temperanc...

Canones Et Decreta Sacrosancti Oecumenici Et Generalis Concilii Tridentini: Suv Paulo III. Julio III. Pio IIII. Pont. Max.

1564 · Rooke Books

£2,975.00 (€3,566.01 | $3,930.39 | ¥627,633)

[Dilingæ], [Excvdebat Sebaldvs Mayer], 1564. First edition. Leather. One of the first editions of the published text of the teachings and doctrines of the Catholic Church, published after the culmination of the Council of Trent. Including the 'index libororum' to th...

Landscape Illustrations of the Bible

Rev. Thomas Hartwell Horne · 1836 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, John Murray, 1836. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this two volume work of beautifully illustrated landscape engravings of Biblical locations, accompanied with descriptive passages. The first edition of this two volume collection of of landscape illustration...

Specimens of College Plate

Rev. J. J. Smith · 1845 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Cambridge, J & J J Deighton, 1845 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce mid nineteenth century study of the silver plate of the colleges of Cambridge University. The first edition of this very scarce work published for the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, and authored by Reveren...

The Mystery of Jesuitism, Discovered in Certain Letters

Anon · 1679 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

London, Richard Royston, 1679 . Leather. A scarce early English translation of Blaise Pascal's 'Les Provinciales', bound in smart nineteenth century leather. Pascal penned his 'lettre pronvinciales' defending the Jansenist Antione Arnauld. The letters ...

A Plain and Easy Method, Whereby a Man of Moderate Capacity May Arrive at a Full Satisfaction in All Things That Concern His Everlasting Salvation

Dr. Edward Synge · 1715 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Richard Sare, 1715. Brochure/Pamphlet. A lovely pocket-sized Anglican work on the subject of salvation and satisfaction, containing a paraphrase on St Athanasius' Creed. Edward Synge (1659-1741) was an Anglican clergyman who served as Chancellor of St Patrick&apos...

Le Manuel de la Jeune Fille Chretienne

l'Abbe Chevojon · 1889 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

Paris, Poussielgue Freres, 1889. Leather. An interesting French handbook, instructing the reader on how to live a successful Christian life. In the original French.An interesting guide intended for young women and girls, guiding the reader on how to be a successful Christian.W...

La Sainte Messe

Anon · 0 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

Anon, Anon, c1700. Leather. A charming, French language Catholic devotional work. With numerous illustrations. This pocket-sized work is bound in a full crushed morocco binding.Comprising a small excerpt of Catholic Mass, with the running title 'La Sainte Messe&apos. Pres...

A Letter to Mr. Britton, Minister at Downham, in the Isle of Ely

William Huntington · 1801 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, T. Bensley, 1801. First edition. Disbound. The very scarce first edition of this theological letter written by William Huntington to the minister Mr. Britton. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.Collated, complete.An intriguing pamphlet discussing the Bib...

A Sermon Preached at the Opening of St. Mary&Apos;S Catholic Church, in Derby, October 9, Mdcccxxxix

Nicholas Wiseman · 1839 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

Derby, James Storer, 1839. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce first edition of this interesting sermon delivered at the opening of a Catholic Church in Derby in 1839, by Nicholas Wiseman. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.Collated, complete.This se...

A Brief and Plain Exposition and Paraphrase of the Whole Book of the Revelation

Samuel Cradock · 1696 · Rooke Books

£7,500.00 (€8,989.94 | $9,908.55 | ¥1,582,267)

London, T Parkhurst, 1696. First edition. Leather. A very scarce, first edition of Samuel Cradock's exposition of the Book of Revelation. Here he dissects the book from a Nonconformist lens. John Evelyn was a contemporary of Samuel Pepys, whose diary did not cover a perio...

Archiepiscopi Tarraconensis Dialogorum Libri Duo de Emendatione Gratiani

Antonii Augustini [Antonio Augustin y Albanell] · 1672 · Rooke Books

£775.00 (€928.96 | $1,023.88 | ¥163,501)

Parisiis, Franciscus Muguetus Regis, 1672. Hardback. A very scarce edition of the humanist Augustinus' work criticising the Gratian Decree. In the original boards. The Decretum Gratiani, otherwise known as the Concordia Discordantium Canonum is a collection of canon law w...

Sermons, Doctrinal, Practical, and Experimental

Richard Bingham · 1835 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, R. B. Seeley and. W. Burnside, 1835. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this collection of sermons by the Curate of Holy Trinity Richard Bingham The first edition of this work. A very scarce work. A selection of sermons by Richard Bingham. This work...

Cobbett&Apos;S Legacy to Parsons; or, Have the Clergy of the Established Church an Equitable Right to the Tihes, or to Any Thing Called Church Property, Greater Than the Dissenters Have to the Same? and Ought There, or Ought There Not, to Be a Seperation of the Church Form the State? in Six Letters, Addressed to the Church-Parsons in General, Including the Cathedral and College Clergy and the Bishops

William Cobbett · 1835 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Not Stated, 1835. Leather. A collection of six letters by William Cobbett discussing the church in various aspects, in a smart crushed morocco binding. This is an interesting work containing letters from William Cobbett discussing various aspects of the Established Chu...

The Kingdom of God Is Within You: Or, Christianity Not As a Mystical Doctrine, But As a New Life-Conception

Count Leo Tolstoi; Leo Tolstoy; A. Delano [trans.] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Walter Scott, Ltd, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first English language edition copy of Tolstoy's compelling philosophical treatise. A very scarce copy of the first English language edition of Tolstoy's 1894 title, first published earlier that yea...

Jesu Chrisit Domini Nostri Novum Testamentum Sive, Novum Foedus

Theodoro Beza · 1713 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)

London, Guil. Bowyer, impensis societatis Stationariorum, c1713. Leather. A very scarce Latin New Testament by Theodoro Beza. An extremely scarce edition of the New Testament. This work is Beza's Latin new Testament. This edition is closely cropped at the edges and theref...