Religione e teologia

The Worthy Communicant a Discourse of the Nature Effects and Blessings Consequent to the Worthy Receiving of the Lord&Apos;S Supper

Jeremy Taylor · 1853 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

London , William Pickering, 1853. Cloth. The Pickering edition of this devotional work by Jeremy Taylor. Jeremy Taylor (15 August 1613 13 August 1667) was a cleric in the Church of England who achieved fame as an author during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. He is sometim...

The Church of Scotland Training College in Aberdeen: Records of the Classes from 1874-75 to 1894-95

Elizabeth Cleland · 1896 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Aberdeen , Privately printed at the Adelphi Press, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this compilation of the past students of Aberdeen's Training College. First Edition. Featuring a tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece of Joseph Ogilvie, Principal of t...

The Three Witnesses and the Threefold Cord Being the Testimony of the Natural Measures of Time of the Primitive CIVIL Calendar and of Antediluvian and Postdiluvian Tradition

Edward Greswell · 1862 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London , Rivingtons Waterloo Place, 1862. First edition. Cloth. A work on religious scripture by Edward Greswell. The first edition of this work. With a signed letter from Greswell loosely inserted. The letter is addressed to someone at Llandaff Cathedral and Greswell provides...

The Province of Reason: A Criticism of the Bampton Lecture on "the Limits of Religious Thought

John Young, LL.D., Edin. · 1860 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.46 | ¥14,765)

London , Smith, Elder and Co. 1860. First edition. Cloth. The Province of Reason: A Criticism of The Bampton Lecture on "The Limits of Religious Thought" by John Young. A response to the 1858 Bampton Lecture by Henry Longueville Mansel "The Limits of Religious Thought". First ...

Sixty Years of Church Life in Ayr: The History of the Ayr Free Church from 1836 to 1896

William Baird · 1896 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

Edinburgh & London, Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, 1896. Cloth. An illustrated history of the Ayr free church. From the Preface: "the history of the Free Church congregation of Ayr has been a somewhat chequered and eventful one, with a not inconsiderable interest for even the ou...

Christian Lyrics Chiefly Selected from Modern Authors

Various · 1868 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1868. Cloth. A lyrical anthology of songs and hymns praising the Christian faith. Illustrated throughout with engravings, and decorative head and tail pieces designed by T. Kennedy. Authors include S. J. Crispin, W. J. Allen, A. W. Bayes a...

Quaresimale Postumo Del Padre Girolamo Tornielli

Girolamo Tornielli · 1828 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

Bassano, Tipografia Remodini, 1828. Vellum. A study of the postumous works of Girolamo Tornielli. A study of the postumous works of Girolamo Tornielli. New edition. In Italian. Francesco Tornielli was an Italian Jesuit, preacher and writer. In a quarter-vellum binding with pap...

Delices de L&Apos;Ame Fidele Ou Recueil de Pieux Exercices

Anonymous · 0 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

Anvers, D. Spitaels, c1845. Leather. A very attractive copy of Delices de L'Ame Fidele ou Recueil de Pieux Exercices. A very attractive copy of Delices de L'Ame Fidele ou Recueil de Pieux Exercices. With a frontispiece and illustrated half-title. A New Edition, In a ...

Sancti Hieronymi Operum: Volumes I-III

Anonymous · 1693 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.18 | $792.64 | ¥126,574)

Paris, Apud Ludovicum Roulland, 1693-1704. Cloth. An extremely scarce late Seventeenth Century set of books of the works of St. Jerome. An extremely scarce late Seventeenth Century set of books of the works of St. Jerome. In Latin. The first three of a five volume set, and was...

L&Apos;Impie Mal Heureux, Ou Les Trois Maledictions Du Pecheur

Le Reverend Pere Texier · 1679 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

Paris, Estienne Michallet, 1679. Leather. A very scarce religious text from the Society of Jesus, the Catholic religious order known as Jesuits. A very scarce religious text from the Society of Jesus, the Catholic religious order known as Jesuits. The work discusses the three ...

Pensees Sur Differens Sujets de Morale Et de Piete, Sermons de M Massillon Evenque de Clermont, Conferences Et Discours Synodaux Sur Les Principaux Devoires de Ecclesiastiques Avec Un Recueil de Mandemens Sur Differens Sujets

Jean Baptise Massillon · 1761 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Paris, J. Th Herissant and Les Freres Estienne, 1761-68. Leather. A three volume set of the works of Jean Baptise Massillon. A three volume set of the works of Jean Baptise Massillon. Conferences et Discours Synodaux is the second of two volumes. Printed in French. Jean baptis...

Analogia Veteris Ac Novi Testamenti

Martini Becani · 1724 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

Venice, Ex Leonardo Pittono, 1724. Vellum. This is a scarce copy of this religious commentary text. This is a scarce copy of this religious commentary text. An analogy of the Old and New Testament by Martini Becani of the Theological Society. Printed in Latin. In a vellum bind...

Sermones de Tempore

St. Bernard [J.M. Manternach ed.] · 1863 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

Cologne , Herberle, 1863. Leather. A Nineteenth Century edition of Sermones de Tempores by Bernard of Clairvaux. Bernard was a Twelth Century French abbot, the primary builder of the Cistercian order. He is particularly known for being commisioned by Pope Eugenius II to preach...

Histoire Abregee de L"Ancien Testament Bound with Histoire Abregee de la Vie de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ, Ou Sont Contenues Ses Principales Actions

Anon · 1737 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

Paris , Claude J. B. Herissant, 1737. Vellum. A scarce set of French texts which paraphrase the history recorded in the Old Testament, and the life of Jesus recorded within the New Testament. Both texts are published anonymously. Featuring the original reversed calf ties to th...

Monumenta Ad Constitutiones Ordinis Fratrum Minorum Capuccinorum Pertinentia

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

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

Romae , Curia Generalitia, 1916. First edition. Leather. This first edition reference text records the fundamental principles and established precedents in how the Friars Minor Capuchin within the Catholic Church should be governed. Dictum's include abandoning the eremiti...

Oraisons Funebres

Bossuet · 1627 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.46 | ¥14,765)

Paris, Garnier Freres, c1870. Leather. A collection of the oratories of Bossuet, illustrated throughout, in the original French. Great collection of Bossuet oratories. Illustrated with engraved portrait frontispiece and many further engraved plates throughout. Jacques-Benigne ...

Choix Des Meilleurs Morceaux de Massillon a L&Apos;Usage Des Collãƒâ¨Ges Et Des Maisons D&Apos;Education

Jean Baptiste Massillon · 1819 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.22 | ¥7,381)

Paris, De Pelafol, 1819. Leather. A collection of the oratory of Jean Baptiste Massillon. Massillon (1663 – 1742) was a French Catholic bishop and famous preacher who was Bishop of Clermont from 1717 until his death. A popular preacher, "he laid little stress on dogmatic ques...

The Guide to Domestic Happiness

[William Giles] · 1824 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1824. Leather. A scarce edition to a reflective work on domestic happiness, particularly delving into marriage and the importance of displaying Christian love. The fifteenth edition of The Guide to Domestic Happiness, a refl...

Christian Morals

Hannah More · 1813 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813. Leather. Attractively bound in full tree calf and complete in two volumes, this is a very scarce popular instructional guide to Christian morals by Hannah More. The fifth edition of this scarce work, complete in two volumes.Hannah More&ap...

The History and Fate of Sacrilege

Henry Spelman [ed. by Anonymous] · 1853 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Joseph Masters, 1853. Leather. The second edition of an intriguing history into how rulers have despoiled religious sites from the Greco-Persian Wars to the English Reformation. The revised second edition of The History and Fate of Sacrilege, Discover'd by Example...