Religione e teologia

An Important Case Argued: In Three Dialogues, between Dr. Opium, Gallio, and Discipulus. To Which Is Added, a Lash at Enthusiasm; in a Dialogue between Mrs. Clinker and Miss Martha Steady

[Sir Richard Hill] · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, G. Brimmer, c1785. Paperback. A very scarce dialogue on Christian life by Sir Richard Hill. A very scarce work.An interesting religious pamphlet on Christian life, written as a series of dialogues between Dr. Opium, Gallio, and Discipulus.This work is generally attribu...

Expositions of the Cartoons of Raphael

Richard Henry Smith · 1860 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, James Nisbet and Co. 1860. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce work exploring The Raphael Cartoons, illustrated with photographs of each. The first edition of this very scarce work.Complete with seven plates of printed photographs of The Raphael...

Tratie de la Devotion

Pierre Jurieu · 1675 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.37 | $1,585.27 | ¥253,148)

Rouen, Jean Lucas, 1675. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce devotional treatise by French Protestant figure Pierre Jurieu. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original French.An interesting traise on devotion by the French Protestant Pi...

The Cosmic Doctrine

Dion Fortune [Violet Mary Firth] · 1957 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, The Aquarian Press, 1957 . Cloth. The second edition of Dion Fortune's very scarce posthumously published occult work, consisting of 'teachings which were received from the Inner Planes&apos. The very scarce second edition of this work, which was first publis...

L&Apos;Imitation de Jãƒâ©Sus-Christ

L'Abbé F. De Lamennais · 1880 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

Tours, Alfred Mame at Fils, 1880 . Leather. A charming, leather-bound copy of L'Imitation de Jésus-Christ, in French, with reflections following each chapter, by L'Abbé F. De Lamennais. Bound in full crushed morocco. Scarce. A very well presented copy of L'Imi...

The Survival of Man

Sir Oliver Lodge · 1926 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1926. Cloth. A scarce example of this esoteric work, demonstrating Lodge's belief in life after death, presented here in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The tenth edition of the work. First published in 1909.In the vanishingly scarce origin...

Thoughts of Peace for the Christian Sufferer: A Selection of Short Passages from Scripture and Sacred Poetry

Emma Parr · 1861 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, Hamilton, Adams, and Co. 1861. Leather. A smart twelfth edition of this collection of passages from scripture and sacred poetry on peace. Twelfth edition. A collection of over three hundred passages from scripture and sacred poems on the theme of peace for the Christia...

A Companion for the Season of Maternal Solicitude, with an Appendix, Containing Hints for the Nursery

Thomas Searle · 1834 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Johnston, Lovell's Court, St. Pauls; Simpkin and Marshall, 1834. Cloth. A smart third edition of this treatise on motherhood and the maternal domestic role. Third edition. A religious treatise on motherhood, with chapters entitled: Woman Formed, Consequences of th...

Considerazioni Sopra le Virtu E Altri Pregi de Santi

Antonfrancesco Mariani · 1725 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

Bologna, Lelio dalla Volpe, 1725-1745 . Leather. An attractively bound volume examining the lives of seven Catholic saints. In the original Italian.With a general title page, dated 1739, followed by seven individually paginated studies of saints, dated 1725-1745.The works are ...

A Concise History of the Cathedral Church of St. Andrew in Wells

John Davis · 1809 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Salisbury, Brodie, Dowding, and Luxford, 1809. Leather. A very scarce history of Wells cathedral, with a folding frontispiece. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a folding frontispiece. Collated complete. A detailed history of the cathedral of St. Andrew in Wells, with a catal...

The Hours of Catherine of Cleves

John Plummer · 1966 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

London, Barrie and Rockliff, 1966. Hardback. A beautiful colourful facsimile of the important Gothic illuminated manuscript produced for Catherine of Cleves. A vivid and faithful facsimile of the 'Hours of Catherine of Cleves', sometimes called 'Guennol Hours&ap...

Paradisus Animae Christianae. Lectissimis Omnigenae Pietatis Delicus Amaenus

Jacobi Merlo Horstii · 1840 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Mechliniae , Typographia Hanicquinana, 1840 . Leather. A new edition copy of Paradisus Animae Christianae. A new edition. In the original Latin. This volume explores the work of Jacobi Merlo Horstii and is Paradise of the Christian Soul, the sweet delight of the most read Om...

God Knows All About It

Thomas Lewis Johnson · 1836 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Morgan & Scott, [c1890s]. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce pamphlet containing a religious poem by ex-slave Thomas Lewis Johnson. A very scarce pamphlet containing a religious poem by ex-slave Thomas Lewis Johnson. Born into slavery in Virginia in 1836, and soon separa...

Saved in a Snow-Storm

Geo. F. Pentecost · 0 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,805)

Liverpool, British Gospel Book Association, c1900. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce religious pamphlet. A scarce pamphlet. Written by Geo. F. Pentecost this little volume tells the miracle of being saved in a snow-storm. In the original wraps which are detached and the pages are u...

Monumenta Ad Constitutiones Ordinis Fratrum Minorum Capuccinorum Pertinentia

P. Venatius a Lisle-en-Rigault · 1916 · Rooke Books

£215.00 (€257.71 | $284.03 | ¥45,356)

Rome, Curia Generalitia , 1916. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this Latin reference work. In the original Latin. This is a first edition reference text which contains records of the principles and precedents of the Friars Minor Capuchin and how they should be...

What Set Him Right

Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd · 1885 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Isbister, 1885. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this very scarce volume of literary sermons by Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd. A first edition of this very scarce collection of sermons by Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd. Boyd's sermons have been described as...

A New Family Prayer-Book, Containing the Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments

James Cookson · 1789 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

Winchester, J. Wilkes, 1789. Leather. The third edition of this delightfully illustrated edition of the Book of Common Prayer, with the Psalms and a companion to the Psalms to the rear. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, and eleven further plates.A lovely family prayer...

London Church Staves with Some Notes of Their Surroundings

Mary Thorpe; Charlotte Thorpe · 1895 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Elliot Stock, 1895. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated work on London church staves. Illustrated throughout with twenty-nine plates and many in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of descriptions and illustrations of church staves from across London, with...

Sword of Wisdom: Macgregor Mathers and &Apos;the Golden Dawn&Apos;

Ithell Colquhoun · 1975 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, Neville Spearman, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this occultist book about 'The Golden Dawn' secret society. The scarce first edition. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper, de...

A Century of Christian Service Kensington Congregational Church 1793-1893

C. Silvester Horne · 1893 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Hodder & Stoughton , 1893. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating history of the Kensington Congregational Church 1793-1893, with illustrations. This volume celebrates and traces the rise and progress of the Kensington Congregational Church that is illuminated by the ill...