Religione e teologia

Spicilegium Concionatorium, Hoc Est: Conceptus Morales Pro Cathedra, Quos Ad Instruendam in Fide Christiano-Catholica Plebem, Ad Extirpanda Vitia, Et Implantandas Virtutes Ex Praestantissimis Auctoribus Collectos, Atque Variis Sacrae Scripturae Figuris, Doctrinis Moralibus, Simlitudinibus Et Exquisitis Historiis Refertos Ad Populum Dixit, Dein Multorum Hortatu Et Desiderio Juris Publici Fecit

Joseph Ignatz Claus · 1746 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

Not Stated, Joannis Caspari Bencard, 1746. Leather. The third edition of this Latin collection of Catholic sermons, written by the obscure Catholic priest Joseph Ignatz Claus. In the original Latin. The third edition of this work. Volume one only, incomplete as volume one out ...

Abrege Des Views Des Principaux Fondatevrs Des Religions de L&Apos;Eglise Representex Dans le Choevr de L&Apos;Abbaie de S Lambert de Liessies En Haynaut Avec Les Maximes Spirituelles de Chaque Fondateur.

R P Estienne Binet · 1634 · Rooke Books

£2,150.00 (€2,577.49 | $2,840.93 | ¥453,714)

Anvers, Martin Nutius, 1634. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this uncommon, beautifully illustrated work regarding the foundation of the Church and its founding figures. With forty illustrations after paintings once held at the Benedictine Abbey of Liessies. The o...

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: And with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. By His Majesty&Apos;S Special Command. Appointed to Be Read in Churches the Vinegar Bible

Anon · 1716 · Rooke Books

£19,000.00 (€22,777.81 | $25,105.87 | ¥4,009,562)

Oxford, John Baskett, 1716-1717. First edition. Fine Binding. A beautiful set of the famed 'Vinegar Bible' published by John Baskett of Oxford. Dibdin notes this Bible as 'the most magnificent' of the Oxford Bibles. A handsome edition, with this set bound i...

Pontificale Romanum Clementis VIII Pont. Max. Iussu Restitutum Atque Editum

Anon · 1615 · Rooke Books

£3,400.00 (€4,076.03 | $4,492.63 | ¥717,500)

Parisiis, Rolinum Thierry; Eustachium Foucault , 1615. Cloth. A very scarce and well preserved Roman Pontifical, being the Clement VIII version. A lovely folio work, which is a piece of Catholic history. In the original Latin. The Roman Pontifical contains the rites of Bishops...

Krishna and Orpheus the Great Initiates of the East and West

Edouard Schure; F Rothwell · 1904 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Philip Wellby, 1904. Cloth. A very scarce English translation of this work by the French polymath Edouard Schure. Translated into English by F Rothwell. Edouard Roth wrote in a range of forms including philosophy, poetry, plays, novels, music and esoteric literature. C...

A Critical Examination of the &Apos;Essays and Reviews&Apos;

[An American Layman], [ed. by Francis Close, Dean of Carlisle] · 1861 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Hatchard and Co. 1861. Hardback. A very scarce critique of Hedge's unitarian Recent Inquiries in Theology, praised for both its eloquence and profound reasoning. A Critical Examination of the 'Essays and Reviews', a very scarce critique printed for Engli...

The Life and Epistles of St. Paul in Two Volumes

The Rev. W. J. Conybeare; The Rev. J. S. Howson · 1862 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862. Leather. An illustrated pair, bound in full calf, and featuring six total folding maps. A set of the people's edition.  Bound in full calf, and decorated with marbled endpapers and text block edges.  The joint work of ...

Prayers Written at Vailima

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1928 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1928. Hardback. A richly illustrated and gilt collection of prayers by the popular author of 'Treasure Island&apos. A collection of prayers penned by Scottish novelist, travel writer and poet Robert Louis Stevenson, most known for his publications...

The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton; James Montgomery · 1859 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, W. Kent & Co. (Late D. Bogue), 1859. Leather. A smart pair of works collecting the poetic legacy of John Milton, bound in full calf, and illustrated throughout. A rebacked pair of volumes, containing the popular poetic works of poet and hymn writer John Milton, in full...

The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England

1798 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Oxford, Printed at the Clarenson Press, by W. Dawson, T. Bensley, and J. Cooke, Printers to the University, 1798. Leather. A lovely eighteenth-century edition of this popular Anglican prayer book, smartly bound in full red morocco and featuring the bookplate of David Pugh. Han...

The Tambaram Series

Various · 1939 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

London, Oxford University Press: Humphrey Milford, 1939. Paperback. A four volume set of 'The Tambaram Series' with volumes spanning from the Authority of Faith, and Evangelism This is a collection of five volumes, from a seven volume set. Volumes One to Three and Si...

Hymns for the Young Selected for the Purpose of Being Committed to Memory

Various · 1845 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Religious Tract Society, 1845. Leather. A pocket-sized leather bound collection of hymns for young children. A collection of Hymns for young children. In a handy pocket-sized format. With a gift inscription to the recto of front endpaper dated 1847. Comprising of 103 h...

The Book of Common Prayer

Anon · 1797 · Rooke Books

£415.00 (€497.52 | $548.36 | ¥87,577)

Oxford, W. Dawson, T. Bensley, and J. Cooke, 1797. Leather. A scarce late eighteenth century edition, bound in full leather with decorative gilt borders. With marbled endpapers. Direct from the library at Newton Hall, the 18th century country house and estate in Northumberland...

The Romance of Canterbury Cathedral

Margaret A Babington · 1947 · Rooke Books

£27.00 (€32.37 | $35.68 | ¥5,698)

London, Raphael Tuck and Sons. 1947. Leather. A work on the 'romance' of Canterbury Cathedral. With a foreword by Archbishop Lord Lang of Lambeth. Illustrated throughout, with numerous photographs of the cathedral and artworks. The fifth edition of this work. Written...

The Book of Common Prayer

Anon · 1815 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, The Clarendon Press, 1815. Leather. A handsome volume of The Book of Common Prayer. Stereotype edition. With eminently readable text. A sought after edition, rather uncommon and in the original binding. Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches. In a full red ...

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 (€273.32 | $301.26 | ¥48,113)

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 (€839.18 | $924.95 | ¥147,721)

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 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

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 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

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 (€251.75 | $277.49 | ¥44,316)

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...