Religione e teologia

Annales Monastici

Henry Richards Luard [ed] · 1864 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1864-9. First edition. Cloth. A complete collection of works on the history of monasticism in the middle ages. The first edition in book form. A five volume complete set, scarce to see in a complete set. Part of the 'Rerum Brita...

The Prodigal Son and Other Parables Shown in Pictures

1931 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Oxford , Basic Blackwell, 1931. First edition. Hardback. A very scarcely signed copy of this work that illustrates various parables, from English artist Thomas Derrick. The first trade edition. Signed by the illustrator to the front free endpaper. Very scarce to find for this...

Loving Links: A Selection of Scripture Texts with Appropriate Verses

Various · 1887 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1887. Cloth. A smart copy of this scarce collection of scripture texts and verses, with illustrations. Illustrated throughout with chromolithographs. A charming collection of twenty-eight biblical text-cards presented as illustrated quotes and ...

By the Rivers of Africa: From Cape Town to Uganda

Annie R. Butler · 0 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Religious Tract Society, c1900. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated commentary of the author's own experiences in Africa. Uncommon. With sixty illustrated and a map. A detailed account of the author's time spent in Africa, with chapters on the mountai...

A Collection of Missionary Accounts from Africa

Mrs Stuart Watt; James Johnston; Herbert Strang; John H. Weeks · 1909 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Pickering & Inglis; S. W. Partridge and Co.; Oxford University Press; The Religious Tract Society, 1909-1922. Cloth. A collection of four exciting adventure novels set in Africa, with illustrations. Four volumes. A collection of records of time spent as a missionary in...

The End of Religious Controversy in a Friendly Correspondence between a Religious Society of Protestants and a Roman Catholic Divine. In Which Is Introduced the Objections Raised by the Rev. Richard Grier, A.M. In Three Parts.

Rev. John Milner · 1836 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, W. E. Andrews, 1836. Cloth. The eighth edition of this record of correspondence between a religious society of Protestants and a Catholic Divine. Eighth edition, enlarged and improved. A comprehensive record of the correspondence between a religious society of Protesta...

Elegantiae Latini Sermonis Seu Aloisia Sigaea Toletana

Joannis Meursii [Nicolas Chorier] · 1757 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.33 | $759.78 | ¥121,342)

Paris , Lugd. Batavorum , 1757 . Leather. A new edition of Nicolas Chorier's scarce erotic novel, an important work considerd to be the first pornogrpahic work written in Latin. A new edition. Scace work, in any edition. Bound in full calf.Illustrated with a frontispiece....

The Pentateuch and Book of Joshua Critically Examined Part III

John William Colenso · 1863 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1863. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Part III from John Calenso's critical series that examined the Pentateuch and Book of Joshua, famously sparking controversy with its publication. The first edition of thi...

African Idylls: Portraits and Impressions of Life on a Central African Mission Station & the Autobiography of an African

Donald Fraser · 1923 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1923-1925. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first editions on the author's experiences as a missionary in Central Africa, with illustrations. Two volumes. First edition. Written by Donald Fraser, a Free Church of Scotland missionary i...

Some Considerations on Church Reform, and on the Principles of Church Legislation

Rev. F. C. Massingberd · 1833 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Printed for the Author, 1833 . First edition. Leather. A smartly bound, first edition of this very scarce work on Church reform, written by the chancellor of the diocese of Lincoln, the Rev. F. C. Massingberd. The first edition. Very scarce work. This informative work ...

A Short Address to the Most Reverend, and Honorable William, Lord Primate of All Ireland, Recommendatory of Some Commutation or Modification of the Tythes of That Country; with a Few Remarks on the Present State of the Irish Church.

Rev. Sir Henry Bate Dudley · 1808 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, The Pamphleteer, 1808. Disbound. A very scarce 1808 pamphlet by Sir Henry Bate Dudley discussing reform of the tythe system in Ireland. A very scarce edition of this article from The Pamphleteer, of the Cadell and Davies first edition published in the same year. Disbou...

The Church the Educator of the English Nation

Thomas Moore · 1891 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, The Church Extension Association, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce religious work from English writer Thomas Moore. First edition. Very scarce. A detailed commentary on religion as part of public elementary education, with reference...

Piety Among the Peasantry: Being Sketches of Primitive Methodism on the Yorkshire Wolds

Rev. Henry Woodcock · 1889 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Joseph Toulson, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce collection of sketches of primitive Methodism in Yorkshire. First edition. Scarce work. A collection of sketches observing Wesleyan Methodism and its impact on the Yorkshire Wolds. With re...

Parental Responsibility

Rev. T. Whittaker · 1871 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, George Lamb, 1871. Cloth. A very scarce work on the responsibilities of parenting from English reverend T. Whittaker. Very scarce. A detailed commentary on the responsibilities of a parent, with chapters on restraint, secular callings, companions, habits, books, and mo...

The Lord&Apos;S Prayer: A Village Lecture

Rev. G. Cromwell · 1838 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Frome, J. Gardiner, 1838. Cloth. A smart second edition of the very scarce lecture, inscribed by the author. Second edition. Very scarce. Inscribed by the author to the front endpaper, dated March 16th 1840. A pamphlet of a sermon on the Lord's Prayer from English reveren...

A Key to the Pictorial and Geographical Chart, Displaying at One View the Rise and Progress of the Evangelical or Christian Dispensation from the Commencement of the Gospel Narrative, to the Ascension of Jesus Christ

R. Mimpriss · 1834 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, By the Author, 1834. Cloth. A second edition copy of this scarce work on the rise and progress of Christianity to the ascension of Christ. Second edition. Scarce work. Arranged according to Greswell's Harmonia Evangelica. A detailed and comprehensive key to the ch...

Sermons Preached in St. Anne&Apos;S Chapel Lancaster

Rev. R. Housman · 1836 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Lancaster, J. S. Leeming, 1836. Leather. A smart copy of this very scarce collection of sermons from English reverend Robert Housman. Very scarce work. A collection of sermons preached in St. Anne's Chapel, Lancaster, on subjects such as: the reign of grace, justification...

The Message of Peace and Other Christmas Sermons

R. W. Church · 1904 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1904. Leather. A smart fifth edition of this collection of Christmas sermons from English churchman Richard William Church. Fifth edition. Scare. A collection of sermons for the Christmas period, with reference to man's i...

The Development of the Religious Idea in Judaism, Christianity, and Mahomedanism, Considered in Twelve Lectures on the History and Purport of Judaism, Delivered in Magdeburg, 1847

Dr. Ludwig Philippson; Anna Maria Goldsmid [translator] · 1855 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. Cloth. A smart copy of this translated series of lectures on religion and the religious idea from German rabbi Ludwig Philippson. A series of twelve lectures delivered in Magdeburg in 1847. A collection of writings advocating ...

The S. Mary Abbots Psalter Containing the Canticles & Psalms Pointed for Chanting on the System Used at S. Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, and Divided Into Paragraphs

S. Stagoll Higham [editor] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1898. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this volume of the book of psalms and canticles of the St. Mary Abbots Church in Kensington. Very scarce. The book of canticles and psalms of St. Mary Abbots, a church located on Kensington High Street,...