Religione e teologia

The Life of Jesus of Nazareth

William M. Sinclair; Sir George A. Smith · 1908 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Eyre & Spottiswood (Bible Warehouse) Ltd , [1908]. Cloth. A profusely illustrated work on the life of Jesus of Nazareth, with colour plates by William Hole. In the publisher's original blind stamped gilt cloth. Illustrated by William Hole with eighty colour plate...

The Story of David

1934 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1934. Cloth. A scarce copy of this reprint of The Story of David, with illustrations from John Farleigh. Reprinted from the first and second Books of Samuel, the authorised version of 1611 is followed without alteration. Illustrated with eleven wood...

An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, Being an Explanation and Vindication of the Principles and Doctrines of the People Called Quakers

Robert Barclay · 1765 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1765 . Leather. The first Baskerville edition of the influential Scottish Quaker Robert Barclay's theological 'vindication' of the Quaker doctrine. The eighth edition in English of this work, but the first to be published by John Ba...

A Collection of Several Remarkable and Valuable Sermons, Speeches, and Exhortations

Various · 1741 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

Glasgow, George Paton, 1741. Leather. A scarce collection of sermons and speeches relating to the National Covenant, an interesting piece of Scottish history. A scarce work.A collection of sermons published for the National Covenant of Scotland, with pieces by Andrew Cant, Tho...

Parables of Our Lord

Anonymous · 1851 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, J. Mitchell, 1851 . Cloth. A very scarce illustrated edition of the Biblical parables, illustrated by John Franklin. A very scarce work, in which the merciless servant, the lord of the vineyard, the wicked husbandmen, the faithful servant, the ten virgins, the sheep an...

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, and the Apocrypha

Anonymous · 1815 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,877.20 | $3,171.27 | ¥506,471)

London, White, Cochrane and Co, 1815 . Leather. A beautifully bound and very scarce three volume edition of the Holy Bible, illustrated with engraved plates by Charles Heath and Richard Westall. A very scarce three volume folio edition of the Old and New Testament and Apocryph...

Liber Valorum Et Decimarum; Being an Account of the Valuations and Yearly Tenths of All Such Ecclesiastical Benefices in England and Wales, As Now Stand Chargeable with the Payment of First-Fruits and Tenths

John Ecton · 1711 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, W. B. for Is. Harrison; W. Freeman; George Sawbridge, 1711. First edition. Leather. John Ecton's important compilation of the financial states of churches in England and Wales, the first edition of this uncommon work. The uncommon first edition.An important religi...

Adam&Apos;S Rib and Other Anomalous Elements in the Hebrew Creation Myth

Robert Graves · 1955 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

London, Trianon Press, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A signed work by Robert Graves in which he explores the Creation myth, a smart limited edition work with illustrated by James Metcalf. A signed limited edition, this copy numbered 126 of an 250. Signed by Graves and Metcalf to...

Sermo Die Lune Ebdomada Pasche

Richard Fitz-James · 1907 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1907. Cloth. A facsimile edition of this historic sermon on Easter Monday. Facsimile edition 1907. Originally published circa 1495. A sermon intended to be preached on Easter Monday. Written and originally spoken by Richard Fitz-Ja...

Remarques D&Apos;Un Theologien Sur le Traite Historique de L&Apos;Etablissement Et Des Prerogatives de L&Apos;Eglise de Rome Et Ses Eveques

Monsieur Maimbourg; [Louis Maimbourg]; [Jaques Boileau] · 1688 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Cologne, Pierre Marteau, 1688. Leather. A very scarce work concerning a historical treatise by Boileau on the establishment of the Church of Rome by Louis Maimbourg. A very scarce work in a full calf binding. The theologian in question is Jaques Boileau. This work complied by ...

Campion and Parsons the Jesuit Mission of 1580-1

E. E. Reynolds · 1980 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London , The Catholic Book Club, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this history of the Jesuit Mission of 1580-1 by E. E. Reynolds. A first edition copy. An interesting exploration of the history of the Jesuit Mission of 1580-1 to England, the mission aimed t...

Benedicti XIV. Pont. Opt. Max. Olim Prosperi Card. De Lambertinis Primum Anconitanae Ecclesiae Episcopi, Deinde Bononiensis Archiepiscopi de Sacrco Santo Missae Sacrificio

Benedict XIV · 1797 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Venetiis, Typographia Balleoniana, 1797. Vellum. A religious text on the important practices of Pope Benedict XIV, the fifth Latin edition. The fifth Latin edition, this edition being enlarged and refined.Collated, bound without the frontispiece, but all other pages are presen...

Benedizione Dell&Apos;Acqua Nel Giorno Dell&Apos; Epifania Solita Farsi Nella Chiesa Della Venerabile Archiconfraternita Delle Sagre Stimmate Del Padre S. Francesco in Roma

Anonymous · 1713 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Roma, Stamparia del Bernabo, 1713. Paperback. A very scarce Italian pamphlet discussing the rite of the blessing of water on the eve of the Ephiphany. A vanishingly scarce work.In the original Italian.A pamphlet discussing one of the Catholic liturgical customs, a rich and com...

Saint Franãƒâ§Ois D&Apos;Assise: Sa Vie Et Son Oeuvre

Johannes Joergensen; Teodor de Wyzewa [trans.] · 1917 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Paris, Perrin et Cie, 1917. Leather. A later edition of this biography of Francis of Assisi and his work, translated into French. The forty-second edition of this work in a quarter calf binding with marbled boards. Illustrated with a frontispiece and six plates. Collated, comp...

Anno Doloroso Che Contiene le Meditazioni Giornali Sopra la Vita E Morte Di Gesu Cristo

P.F. Antonio Oliva · 1804 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

Napoli [Naples], Gennaro Migliaccio, 1804. Leather. A delightfully illustrated and very scarce volume of meditations on the life and death of Christ, arranged in twelve months. An Italian language work.A charming and very scarce devotional Roman Catholic work, by one P.F. Anto...

Elevation a Jesus-Christ Notre-Seigneur Sur Sapassion Et Sa Mort

Pasquier Quesnel · 1768 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Paris, Veuve Savoye, 1768 . Leather. A smart copy of a mid eighteenth century edition of French Jansenist theologian Pasquier Quesnel's theological work. In the original French.First published in the first decades of the eighteenth century, Quesnel's work is very sca...

Y Deonglydd Berniadol Neu Eglurhad Manwl Ar Bob Adnod Yn Yr Hen Destament a&Apos;R Newydd Er Gwasaneth Yr Ysgolion Sabbothol

Gan Y Parch John Jones · 1863 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Machynlleth, J. Williams, 1863-1865 . Leather. Two volumes of this religious Welsh volume on the old and new testament. Volumes iii and iv. In the original Welsh. These volumes contain a critical and detailed interpretation of the Old and New Testament for the use in Sunday ...

Hymnau and Briwsion

Enoch Richards; E. Griffiths · 1855 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Abertawy, Gan E. Griffiths, 1855-1864. Cloth. Two scarce Welsh volumes one of hymns and one of poems. Two Welsh volumes bound in one. Both in the original Welsh. Hymnau contains a collection of hymns by Enoch Richards and Briwsion is a collection of poetic pieces by E. Griff...

Naaman Vindicated; As Well from the Idolatries of the House of Rimmon

Richard Pearson · 1700 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Samuel Keble, 1700. Disbound. A scarce work on the house of Rimmon in Syria and the abuses of atheists. Scarce work. ESTC Citation No. R222439. Lacking title page and pages 87-88. A comprehensive treatise into the hypocrites of the Christian world and the abuses from a...

Ordinationes Et Decisiones Capitulorum Generalium Ordinis Ff. Min. Ss. Francisci Capuccinorum

Venantii a Taurino · 1851 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Rome, G. A. Bertinelli, 1851. Vellum. A detailed account of the ordinances of the Order FF. Min. SS. Francis of the Capuchins, in the Latin language. Latin language. A detailed account of the ordinances and decisions of the Order FF. Min. SS. Francis of the Capuchins, a religi...