Religione e teologia

The Holy Land

John Kelman · 1904 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1904. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated travel guide to the Holy Land of Jerusalem, complete with colour plates and topographical descriptions. An illustrated travel guide to Jerusalem from 1904, focusing upon the topography and religious history o...

The Book of Common Prayer

Various · 1858 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Barritt and Co. 1858. Leather. An excellent leather-bound Book of Common Prayer, complete with functioning clasps depicting the monogram of the Swedish Royal Family. The Book of Common Prayer is used by Anglicans, with this edition printed for the Church of England. It...

A New Manual of Private Devotions, in Three Parts

1810 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Ginger, Rivington, Longman, et. al. 1810. Leather. A scarce, early nineteenth-century manual of daily Christian devotions and prayers, anonymously written. The twenty-fourth edition of this work, originally published in 1771. A fascinating manual of Christian daily dev...

Antiphonarium Romanum

1570 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1700. Leather. A late seventeenth century or early eighteenth century copy of 'Antiphonarium Romanum', an important text within the Catholic church. In the original Latin.Bound without the title page, starting at leaf A2.Undated.The 'Ant...

A Practical and Explanatory Commentary on the Old Testament

Robert Jamieson · 0 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, James S. Virtue, c1860. Fine Binding. A handsomely bound, scarce commentary and analysis of the Holy Bible by Reverend Robert Jamieson. A very substantial work. A fully comprehensive reprinting of the Holy Bible, with notes and analysis provided by Reverend Robert Jami...

The History and Antiquities of Naseby, in the County of Northampton

John Mastin · 1792 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Cambridge, Printed by Francis Hodson, for the Author, 1792. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the first published history of this Northamptonshire parish, illustrated with an engraved folding frontispiece. The first edition of English topographer and Anglican clergy...

The Western Rebellion

Richard Locke · 1888 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)

Taunton, Barnicott and Son, 1888. Cloth. A very scarce facsimile of a pamphlet detailing those executed for their part in an attempt to overthrow King James II. A very scarce work, this is an exact facsimile of a 1782 pamphlet, the only copy of which is held by the library of ...

State of the Question Respecting the Seat Rents of the Churches of the City of Edinburgh

Alexander Irving; James Moncreiff · 1824 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Edinburgh, Adam Black, 1824. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce pamphlet by Alexander Irving and James Moncreiff, arguing against the use of seat rents in the churches of Edinburgh. A very scarce pamphlet discussing the question of seat rents in churches in Edinburgh, when churc...

Christian Legislation the Duty of a Christian State [with] What to Do for Drunkards and How to Do It

G T Fox; William Arnot · 1857 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Manchester, The United Kingdom Alliance, 1857. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this scarce collection of sermons discussing the need to suppress liquor traffic in Britain. Comprising a sermon delivered in St Philip's Church, Manchester, on how to deal with ...

The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living

Jeremy Taylor · 1674 · Rooke Books

£2,200.00 (€2,637.43 | $2,907.00 | ¥464,265)

London, Roger Norton, 1674. Fine Binding. A scarce early edition of Jeremy Taylor's noted devotional work. The tenth edition of this work. Estc reference no: R219160 and R219151. Collated, this copy has been bound without the additional engraved title page. Containing ...

A History of the Parish of Leyton, Essex

John Kennedy · 1894 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Leyton, Phelp Brothers, 1894. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition exploration of the history of this Essex parish, compiled by a local vicar. The first edition of this work on the history of Leyton, Essex, from author John Kennedy, the vicar of a church within t...

The Madiai: A Letter to the Right Hon. The Earl of Aberdeen, First Lord of the Treasury

Pierce Connelly · 1853 · Rooke Books

£29.00 (€34.77 | $38.32 | ¥6,120)

London, T. Hatchard , 1853. Disbound. A very scarce letter from Pierce Connelly to the Earl of Aberdeen discussing the Madiai case, the third edition. A very scarce and interesting letter in which Pierce Connelly, an an Episcopal priest in America, responds to a letter publish...

The History of Evesham, the History of Evesham Its Benedictine Monastery, Conventual Church, Existing Edifices, Municipal Institutions, Parliamentary Occurrences, CIVIL and Military Events

George May · 1834 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

Evesham, George May, 1834. First edition. Cloth. A first edition history of this Worcestershire market town, with curious ephemera detailing the construction of a monument in the town bound in. The first edition of this work on Evesham's history, civil and military events...

Icones Veteris Testamenti

Anon · 1830 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.95 | $1,189.23 | ¥189,927)

London, William Pickering, 1830. Cloth. An uncommon collection of Hans Holbein's illustrations of the Old Testament engraved on wood. Interestingly, each text contained within is translated into English, Latin, Italian, French and Spanish.From illustrations by Hans Holbei...

The Book of the Common Prayer Paraphrase on the Psalter

William Nicholls · 1716 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

London, R. Bonwicke and Richard Wilkin, 1716. Leather. An early eighteenth century religious works, the 'Common Prayer' and William Nicholls' 'Paraphrase on the Psalter&apos. ESTC citation number T87320.An early eighteenth century copy of the 'Book of ...

El Celebre Catecismo de la Doctrina Christiana

Jacques-Benigne Bossuet · 1776 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Madrid, Andres Ortega, 1776. Vellum. A Spanish translation of Jacques-Benigne Bossuet's study of the Catholic catechisms, an interesting religious work. In Spanish.Originally written in French, translated here into Spanish by Miguel Joseph Fernandez.A study of the Catholi...

A Short and Easy Method with the Deists; Wherein the Certainty of the Christian Religion Is Demonstrated by Infallible Proof, from Four Rules Which Are Incompatible to Any Imposture That Ever Yet Has Been, or Can Possibly Be in a Letter to a Friend, with a Letter from the Author to a Deist, Upon His Conversion by Reading His Book

Charles Leslie · 1820 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Printed for F C and J Rivington, 1820. Disbound. A new edition of this pamphlet regarding Christianity by Charles Leslie. A fascinating disbound pamphlet by Rev. Charles Leslie, defending and promoting the Christian Religion. A new edition of 1820, originally published...

The Book of Common Prayer

Anon · 1762 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.90 | $2,378.45 | ¥379,853)

Cambridge, J Baskerville, 1762. Leather. The scarce octavo Baskerville printing of this mid-eighteenth century 'Book of Common Prayer&apos. This book of Common Prayer was published the same year as a smaller format. This larger format is scarcer. Baskerville was an innov...

A Defence by J.K. L. Of His Vindication of the Religious and CIVIL Principles of the Irish Catholics

James Warren Doyle · 1824 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

Dublin, Richard Coyne, 1824. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce copy of James Warren Doyle's pamphlet defending the Catholics in Ireland, the second edition of this work. A very scarce pamphlet, the second edition of this work.James Warren Doyle's defence on his previo...

The Nu Testament Buc Ov Samz

1849 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London, Fred Pitman, 1849-50. Hardback. An uncommon edition of the New Testament and Book of Psalms, printed here in phonetic shorthand. Two volumes in one, being 'The New Testament' and the 'Book of Psalms&apos.Both works are printed in phonetic shorthand, an u...