Religione e teologia

Texts and Hymns

Lord Brassey · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Not stated, Printed for Private Circulation, c1912. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this specially selected book of hymns and texts by politician and governor, Thomas Brassey, printed for private circulation. A very scarce compiled series of hymns and religious texts.Bound in the...

Saint Matthew to Romans

W. Walsham How · 1884 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1884. Leather. A vanishingly scarce commentary on the gospels by Walsham How, a unique copy presented to the Wadey family from the reformer Louisa Hubbard. A vanishingly scarce work.Presentation leaf to the front, reading 'Presented to Mr and Mrs W...

La Liturgie

1706 · Rooke Books

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

Londres; [London], P. de Varennes, 1706. Leather. A very scarce French translation of the liturgy for the Anglican Church, published in London. A very scarce French edition of the liturgy. In French, published in London.An early eighteenth century edition of liturgy, a collec...

The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature

Joseph Butler · 1740 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, John and Paul Knapton, 1740. Leather. A smart third edition of this important religious work by Joseph Butler, exploring his arguments against those who did not believe in the Christian faith. The third edition.Smartly bound in a quarter calf binding, with renewed endp...

The Vanity and Danger of Modern Theories: A Sermon Preach&Apos;D at St. Mary&Apos;S Church in Cambridge

Richard Marsh · 1699 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1699. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce first edition of this pamphlet of the sermon on the danger of modern planetary theories. First edition, first printed in 1699. This work references gravitational pull and the or...

A Practical Treatise on the Duties of Churchwardens

R. B. Anderdon · 1824 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.45 | ¥49,575)

London, J. and W. T. Clarke, 1824. Hardback. A scarce work on the duties of churchwardens and their offices. Scarce work. A detailed work on the duties of churchwardens and their offices, with chapters on repairs to the church, of lectures, chiding, pews, burials, and vestries...

The Parish Gilds of Medieaval England

H. F. Westlake · 1919 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1919. First edition. Hardback. An insight into the importance of parish gilds within the society of medieval England. An uncommon first edition detailing the importance of religion and parish gilds in medieval society in Engla...

A Sermon, Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Ezra Stiles Gannett

William Ellery Channing · 1824 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Liverpool, F. B. Wright , 1824 . Brochure/Pamphlet. An interesting Unitarian sermon by preacher William Ellery Channing. A copy of the English edition, first published in Boston by the Christian Register Office in the same year. William Ellery Channing was the foremost Unitar...

Religio Medici

Sir Thomas Browne; Jean-Jacques Denonain · 1953 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1953. Cloth. A smart modern edition of Sir Thomas Browne's important spiritual essays, edited by Jean-Jacques Denonain. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.'Religio Medici' is a collection of spiritual and religious ...

Consolations Against the Fears of Death: A Sermon Preach&Apos;D on Sunday Nov. 4, 1711 to a Condemn&Apos;D Person

Gerard De Gols · 1711 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, J. Baker, 1711. Disbound. A scarce pamphlet of the sermon preached by Gerard De Gols to Richard Partridge of Deal for the murder committed on his son. Scarce work. A sermon offering consolations against the fear of death preached to Richard Partridge of Deal for the mu...

A Sermon Preached Before the University of Oxford at St. Mary&Apos;S on Sunday, February 27 1736-7, on the Union and Harmony of Reason, Morality, and Revealed Religion.

Walter Harte · 1738 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, L. Gilliver; J. Clarke, 1738. Disbound. In this very scarce eighteenth century sermon delivered to St. Mary's college, Oxford, Walter Harte preaches on the Union and Harmony of Reason, Morality, and Revealed Religion. The fifth revised and corrected edition of Wal...

Concio Ad Clerum in Synodo Provinciali Cantuariensis Provinciae

William Trimnell · 1727 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London , J. Pemberton, 1727 . Disbound. A Latin sermon from Canterbury in 1727 by William Trimnell. A Latin work. This volume contains a sermon from the clergy from the province of Canterbury from 26 January 1727 by William Trimnell. With two pages of adverts to the rear in ...

Sermons and Sermons Principally Designed to Illustrated and to Enforce Christian Morality

Rev. Thomas Gisborne · 1811 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London , T. Cadell and W. Davies , 1811-1814. Leather. A collection of three volumes of Sermons by Thomas Gisborne. A three volume set of Sermons by Thomas Gisborne, including two volumes of Sermons and one volume of Sermons Principally Designed to Illustrated and to Enforce C...

Diocese of Salisbury: The Church Plate of the County of Dorset, with Extracts from the Returns of Church Goods by the Dorset Commissioners of Edward VI. 1552.

J. E. Nightingale · 1889 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Salisbury, Bennett Brothers, Journal Office , 1889. First edition. Leather. A first edition work showcasing the objects and antiquities of the Diocese of Salisbury. The first edition. Rebound in half morocco, on green boards. With twenty-three engraved illustrations. Collated ...

The History of the Wicked Plots and Conspiracies of Our Pretended Saints

Henry Foulis · 1674 · Rooke Books

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

London, Ric. Davis, 1674. Leather. The second edition of Henry Foulis's important spirited work attacking the Presbyterians, published in the late seventeenth century. The History of the Wicked Plots and Conspiracies of Our Pretended Saints is an energetic attack on the ...

Ecce Homo a Survey of the Life and Work of Jesus Christ

Sir J. R. Seeley · 1900 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1900. Leather. A smartly leather bound copy of this work on Jesus Christ. A re-print edition. This work examines the life and work of Jesus Christ, exploring his royalty, credentials, baptism, and his legislation, by Sir J. R. Seeley.  In binding ...

Three Martyrs of the Nineteenth Century Studies from the Lives of Livingstone, Gordon, and Patteson

[Elizabeth Charles Rundle] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London , Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 1887. Leather. A lovely bound copy of an interesting series of biographies of three missionaries. A later edition of Three Martyrs of the Nineteenth Century Studies from the Lives of Livingstone, Gordon, and Patteson, writte...

An Antidote Against a Careless Indifferency in Matters of Religion: Being a Treatise in Opposition to Those That Believe That All Religions Are Indifferent, and, That It Imports Not What Men Profess. Wherein the Vulgar Objections of Atheists, Deists, Sceptics, Libertines, Latitudinarians, &C. Are Briefly Answered.

Anon. [Benedict Pictet]; Anthony Horneck [ed.] · 1802 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

North-Allerton, Printed by J. Langdale , 1802. Hardback. A scarce copy of this treatise against religious indifference by Bernardus Pictet. Third edition of this work. A treatise concerning the importance of religion, with notes for atheists, sceptics, libertines, and more. Or...

The New Testament with English Notes Critical, Philological and Explanatory

Various · 1836 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London , A. J. Valpy; Longman and Co , 1836. Leather. A lovely bound, complete three volume set of The New Testament, explained and critiqued in English, with folding maps. A complete three volume set. These volumes are copies of the fourth edition which has been corrected an...

The Virgin in Eden: Or, the State of Innocency

Charles Povey · 1741 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London, J. Roberts, 1741 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Charles Povey's very scarce mid eighteenth century discussion of the monarchs of England, morality, religion and contemporary literature. The first edition of this very scarce work from British pamphl...