Cristianesimo e teologia

The Whole Duty of Man Consider&Apos;D Under Its Three Principal and General Divisions, Namely, the Duties We Owe to God, Our Selves and Our Neighbours. Faithfully Extracted from That Excellent Book So Entitled, and Published for the Benefit of the Poorer Sort.

A Gentleman · 1717 · Rooke Books

£227.99 (€273.28 | $301.21 | ¥48,099)

London, R. Gosling, 1717. Leather. Extracts taken from Richard Allestree's religious book of the same title. Full calf leather binding. Richard Allestree (1621/2–1681), was a Church of England clergyman. Allestree's influence on the late seventeenth-century church ma...

Dying and Dead Men&Apos;S Living Words or, Fair Warnings to a Careless World

David Lloyd · 1682 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.06 | $924.80 | ¥147,678)

London, John Amery, 1682. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of David Lloyd's Dying and Dead Men's Living Words. A British biographer, David Lloyd (1635-92) was educated at Merton College, Oxford. He became bishop of St Asaph in north-east Wales in the la...

The Devotional Family Bible with Practical and Experimental Reflections on Each of the Old and New Testament and Rich Marginal References

Rev. Alexander Fletcher · 0 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, George Virtue, c1880. Leather. A comprehensive family bible, profusely illustrated with ninety-seven plates across both volumes. Edited by Reverend Alexander Fletcher. Illustrated throughout, with forty plates to vol I and fifty seven plates to volume II. An engraved t...

The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays Throughout the Year

Anon · 1876 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, James Parker and Co, 1876. Leather. A Christian book of verse for the Sundays and Holy Days of the year. Authorized Edition. "In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength." - Isaiah XXX. 15. With many head and tail pieces throughout. In a full blue calf leathe...

Holy Bible

Various · 1875 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,303)

None, Not Stated, c1875. Leather. A lovely bible in a presentation binding. With four colour maps to the front. Presented by Mrs Kinnersly of Clough Hall, 1875. 'To the most high and mighty prince James, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, defe...

A General Treatise of Morality Formed Upon the Principles of Natural Reason Only

Richard Fiddes, D.D. · 1724 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.79 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,872)

London, Billings, 1724. Leather. A traditionalist defence of God's benevolence and the innate distinction between good and evil. Richard Fiddes (1671-1725) was educated at Oxford, where he first earned his reputation as a hard drinker. He was nominally rector of Hailsham ...

An Historical and Critical Enquiry Into the Interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures, with Remarks on Mr. Bellamy&Apos;S New Translation

John William Whittaker · 1819 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

Cambridge, J Smith, 1819. Leather. A scarce essay examining biblical translations from the original languages. Commenting particularly on Mr Bellamy's translation. With examples of Hebrew in the text. In a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, rubbed to extre...

Five Sermons on the Nature of Christianity Preached in Advent and Christmas Tide, 1846 Before the University of Cambridge

W. H. Mill · 1848 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London , Joseph Masters, 1848. Cloth. A scarce copy of this collection of sermons on Christianity by W. H. Mill. From the antiquarian library of Emeritus Professor David A. Palin of the University of Manchester (signature and bookplate to front pastedown), collected over a per...

The Book and Its Story: A Narrative for the Young

L.N.R; Rev. T. Phillips (Intro) · 1854 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Samuel Bagster and Sons, 1854. Cloth. An illustrated narrative and history of the Bible for young readers with examples of alphabets for the 'particulars of various translations&apos. With an engraving to the frontispiece and further illustrations throughout. Fift...

A Commentary on the Prophecy of Malachi

Edward Pocock D.D · 1677 · Rooke Books

£540.00 (€647.28 | $713.42 | ¥113,923)

Oxford, Printed at the Theatre, 1677. Hardback. A very scarce and important early volume bound in decorative, paper covered boards. Edward Pococke (1604-1691) was an English Orientalist and biblical scholar. His most important works were a Lexicon heptaglotton (1669) and Engli...

Le Christianisme Et Ses Origines

Ernest Havet · 1873 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,382)

Paris, Michel Levy, 1873. Leather. A second edition of this scarce history of Christianity by Ernest Havet. In the original French.The second edition of this work.Volume I only, out of a total of II Volumes.A detailed study of the history of Christianity.By Ernst Havet, a note...

Bullarium Ordinis Ff. Minorum S.P. Francisci Capucinorum. Volumes One and Two.

N.A. · 1883 · Rooke Books

£143.99 (€172.59 | $190.23 | ¥30,377)

Oeniponte, Innsbruck, Typis Wagnerianis, 1883 - 1884. Loose Pages, Articles. A collection of bulls and briefs from the order of Capuchins. Volumes One and Two only. Two Volumes of Three. "A continuation of the work published Rome : Zempel, 1740-1752" -Copac. Unbound gatherings...

Paroles D&Apos;Un Croyant

Félicité de La Mennais · 1913 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

Paris, Payot and Cie, 1913. Leather. A beautifully bound and scarce late edition of La Mennais' 1834 daring aphoristic work, in which he denounced the established social order and declared his rupture with the church. Featuring a vignette frontispiece and illustrated titl...

Bullarium Ordinis Ff. Minorum S.P. Francisci Capucinorum: Seu Collectio Bullarum, Brevium, Decretorum, Rescriptorum, Etc. Quae a Sede Apostolica Pro Ordine Capucino Emanarunt Sub Gubernio Reverendissimi Patris Bernardi Ab Andermatt Variis Notis Elucubrata a P. Petro Damiano a Munster Continuationis Tomus Tertius, Totius Operis Tomus Octavus Decimus, Continens Constitutiones, Brevia, Decreta Etc

Anon · 1884 · Rooke Books

£76.99 (€92.28 | $101.71 | ¥16,242)

N/A, Oeniponte typis Wagnerianis, 1884. Leather. A religious text on the order of the Capuchins, continuing a work first published between 1740 and 1752. Illustrated with 3 black and white woodcuts. Latin text. The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin is an order of friars within th...

La Vie de Nostre Benoit Sauveur Ihesuscrist & la Saincte Vie de Nostre Dame,

Millard Meiss and Elizabeth Beatson. · 1977 · Rooke Books

£47.99 (€57.52 | $63.40 | ¥10,124)

New York, University Press, 1977. Cloth. Transcription of the fourteenth century text on the life of Jesus and on the sanctity of Mary, From the illuminated manuscript in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Translated from the Latin manuscript into the French vernacular in the ...

Guide Biblique

S. Decomaz · 1856 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Toulouse , Societe Des Livres Religieux, 1856. Leather. A smartly bound scarce set of this guide and history of the bible, illustrated with maps. A scarce three volume set of this Nineteenth-Century Bible guide and history, in attractive quarter-morocco leather bindings. The v...

Discourses Preached at the Temple Church, and on Several Occasions

Thomas Sherlock; Rev. D. S. Wayland · 1824 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, William Baynes and Son, 1824. Leather. A new complete edition of Thomas Sherlock's discourses preached at the Temple Church, bound in tan calf. New edition, complete in one volume. Bound in full calf, with gilt to the spine. Half title for Biographical Sketch boun...

The Divine Banquet: Or, Sacramental Devotions

Anonymous · 1716 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

London, N. Crouch, 1716 . Leather. Illustrated throughout with engraved plates, this is a very scarce early 18th century Anglican devotional work with prayers and reflections. The vanishingly scarce illustrated early 18th century sacramental work.Illustrated with a frontispiec...

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; Together with the Proper Lessons for Sundays and Other Holy-Days, and the New Version of the Psalms of David.

None Stated · 1865 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Oxford, Printed at the University Press, 1865. Leather. A handsome mid-Victorian Oxford "Nonpareil" pocket Book of Common Prayer in blind-stamped full calf with brass clasp and fittings. In a pleasing full calf binding with blind stamping, with brass fittings and clasp.The Boo...

News from the Invisible World; or, Interesting Anecdotes of the Dead

John Tregortha · 1806 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Burslem, J. Tregortha, c1817 . Leather. A smart improved edition of publisher John Tregortha's very scarce collection of writings on ghosts, apparitions, and the supernatural, intended to prove to the reader the existence of the afterlife. A 'new and improved edition...