Religione e teologia

Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts

Thomas Combe; F. A. Paley · 1844 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, John Van Voorst, 1844. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of the baptismal fonts of English churches, in the original cloth binding. First edition. Illustrated with one-hundred and twenty-four plates. Collated complete. A monograph ex...

The Church Bells of Huntingdonshire: Their Inscriptions, Founders, Uses, Traditions, Etc.

Rev. T. M. N. Owen · 1899 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, Jarrold and Sons, 1899. Cloth. An uncommon limited edition survey of Huntingdonshire's church bells, in which is loosely inserted a presentation note from the author. A limited edition of two hundred copies super royal octavo, this being no. 119. With a loosely i...

St. Margaret&Apos;S Westminster: The Church of the House of Commons

H. F. Westlake · 1914 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1914. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed study of St. Margaret's, Westminster, the author's presentation copy. First edition. The author's presentation copy with an ink inscription to the front endpaper that ...

The History of Westminster Abbey

John Flete; J. Armitage Robinson [editor] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this fascinating history of London's iconic and important abbey church. First edition. Notes and Documents Relating to Westminster Abbey No. 2. A detailed history of Westmin...

Monks and Monasteries: Being an Account of English Monachism

Samuel Fox · 1845 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, James Burns , 1845. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce history of the English monastic system. First edition. A scarce volume from the publisher's 'Englishman's Library', being Volume XXVIII. In the publisher's original clo...

An Abridgement of the Institution of the Christian Religion

John Calvin; Christopher Fetherstone [translator] · 1837 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Hamilton, Adams, and Co. 1837. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this translation of Calvin's study of the Christian religion. Later edition. Very scarce work. An abridgement of Institutes of the Christian Religion, a seminal work of systematic theology regarded as one...

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

Joseph Butler; Rev. Daniel Wilson [Intro.] · 1829 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Glasgow, William Collins; William Whyte et al, 1829 . Leather. A third edition thus of this important religious work by Joseph Butler, in which he defends the Christian faith from non-believers. The third edition of this work to feature Rev. Daniel Wilson's introductory e...

The Communion and Other Services According to the Use of the Church of England

0 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, c1900. Leather. A leatherbound copy of this guide to the sacred Christian ritual of Holy Communion and other services. Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. A guide to the communion, also known as the Eucharist or the Lord&apos...

Ce Que Jesus Voyait Du Haut de la Croix

A.-D. Sertillanges · 1924 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Paris, Editions de la Revue des Jeunes, 1924. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this religious exploration of Jesus's time on the cross from French Catholic philosopher Antonin-Dalmace Sertillanges. French. Illustrated with fourteen plates. Collated complete. A philosophic...

La Vie Chretienne Au Milieu Du Monde & Lettres Du R.P. Didon

Henri Lasserre; R. P. Didon · 1902 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Paris, Librairie Dentu; Librairie Plon, 1902. Leather. Two smartly bound studies of religion from Henri Lasserre and R. P. Didon, in the original French. French. Two volumes. This collection contains: La Vie Chretienne Au Milieu du Monde, 1902. A detailed study of Christian li...

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion

James George Frazer · 1930 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1930-1936 . Cloth. Nine volumes of Sir James George Frazer's highly influential work of comparative religion, mythology and anthropology. Nine volumes only of this collection of later printings of the twelve volume third edition of Frazer's ...

The Romance of Canterbury Cathedral & the Story of Southwark, Durham, Exeter, & Wells Cathedrals

Various · 1932 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. 1932-1934. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of illustrated work on the cathedrals of Canterbury, Southwark, Durham, Exeter, and Wells. Five volumes. A collection of historical and architectural guides to these important British cathedra...

A Commentary on the Prophecy of Hosea

Edward Pococke · 1685 · Rooke Books

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

Oxford, Printed at the Theater, 1685 . First edition. Leather. A lovely copy of the first edition of Edward Pococke's very scarce textual and cultural analysis of the book of Hosea. A very scarce first edition.The work of English Orientalist and biblical scholar Edward Po...

Tracts for Children

1843 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Tract Depot, 1843. Cloth. A very scarce mid-19th century anthology of religious tracts for children. A very scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding.A collection of sixteen religious tracts for children, each sixteen pages long and each with a hymn. T...

Egypt: From the Conquest of Alexander the Great to Napoleon Bonaparte

Rev. George Trevor · 1866 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, The Religious Tract Society , 1866. Cloth. A superior copy of this very scarce volume, being a historical sketch of ancient Egypt religion. The presumed first edition of this very scarce work.Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library. In the original gree...

Pietas Quotidiana: Prayers and Meditations for Every Day in the Week

Anonymous · 1850 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Peacock, Mansfield, c1850 . Leather. A smart miniature volume of prayers and meditations, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and title page.A charming volume, divided into the sections: Morning Prayers, Evening Prayers,...

Apocrypha

Anonymous · 1611 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1775. Leather. A smart late eighteenth century edition of the Apocrypha, in an attractive quarter morocco binding. This copy of the King James Version of the Apocrypha is bound without the title page or any material leading to an exact identification o...

A Year-Book of Gifts and Graces in the Words of the Holy Scripture

1878 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Henry Frowde, 1878. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this collection of religious and moral phrases for the year. First edition. Scarce work. A collection of religious and moral quotes and phrases from holy scripture, one for each date of the year. With ...

R.P. D. Antonini Diana Panormitani Cler. Reg. & S. Officij in Reg. Sicil. Consultoris Resolutiones Morales in Compendium Redactae

Antonini Diana [Antonino Diana] · 1634 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.43 | $647.47 | ¥103,404)

Lugduni, Iacobum Cardon [Jacob Cardon], 1634 . Leather. A scarce early edition of Antonino Diana's controversial work of moral theology, 'Resolutines Morales&apos. In the original Latin.A scarce early edition of this work on Catholic morality, by Catholic moral theol...

Nyassa; a Journey of Adventures Whilst Exploring Lake Nyassa, Central Africa, and Establishing the Settlement of "Livingstonia

E. D. Young; Rev. Horace Waller · 1877 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, John Murray, 1877. Cloth. A second edition copy of this very scarce work on Nyassa and the missionary work undertaken there, with maps. Second edition. Very scarce. With a colour map frontispiece and a colour folding map to the rear. Collated complete. A detailed journ...