Religione e teologia

Demonstration of the Truth of the Christian Religion

Alexander Keith · 1838 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Edinburgh, William Whyte and Co, 1838. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition of this biblical commentary arguing the coming of Jewish and Christian prophecies. A very scarce first edition of this biblical work. Bound in quarter cloth.This work extracts and comm...

Proper Lessons to Be Read at Morning and Evening Prayer on the Sundays and Other Holy-Days Throughout the Year

1832 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

Oxford, Samuel Collingwood and Co; University Press, 1832. Leather. A leather-bound miniature book containing passages designed to be read alongside Sunday prayer. A smart miniature edition of this work. In full crushed morocco binding. With a lovely contemporary ink inscrip...

The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland. Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed As They Are to Be Sung or Said in Churches; and the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.

None Stated · 1848 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1848. Leather. A smart pocket-sized edition of the Book of Common Prayer, an important religious text. Pocket-sized edition. Comprised of guidance for administering the sacraments and rites of the United Church of England and Ireland, also cont...

The Wordless Book: Black, Sin; Red, the Blood of Jesus; White, Righteousness; Gold, the Glory

Anonymous · 1900 · Rooke Books

£96.00 (€115.09 | $126.85 | ¥20,259)

London, Gospel Book Depot, c1900. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce work of Christian symbolism, in which double paged block colour spreads are associated with Biblical verses and concepts. A very scarce work.This work consists of four double page spreads of block colour without...

A Short and Familiar Exposition of the Collects of the Church of England, by Way of Question and Answer

Charles Birch · 1813 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.56 | $502.12 | ¥80,191)

London, F.C. and J. Rivington, 1813 . First edition. Leather. The vanishingly scarce first edition of Rev. Charles Birch's explanation of the collects of the Anglican Church. The very scarce first edition of this work.A second edition - also vanishingly scarce - was publi...

Old Testament History

William Hole; Sir George Adam Smith · 1925 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated historical work on the Old Testament. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and seventy-five colour plates. Collated complete. A historical study of the Old Testa...

The Companion for the Altar

1840 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1840. Leather. A unique extract of the 'Companion of the Altar', with a total of fifty-four pages of handwritten notes of sermons and sacraments. 'The Companion For the Altar', extracted from another work and bound here separately w...

The Way of Trying Prophets a Sermon Preach&Apos;D Before the Queen at St. James&Apos;S

Ofspring Blackall · 1707 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, W. Rogers, 1707 . First edition. Unbound. The first edition of this very scarce Anglican sermon by Bishop of Exeter and religious controversialist Ofspring Blackall. The first edition of this very scarce work.Blackall preached before Queen Anne a number of times, and w...

The Samson-Saga and Its Place in Comparative Religion

A. Smythe Palmer · 1913 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed study into the Samson Saga in comparative literature from doctor of divinity Abram Smythe Palmer. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, one plate, and one in-text...

A Sermon Preached in the Cathedral Church of Salisbury, September Twenty-Third 1831

Rev. Francis Lear · 1831 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Salisbury, W. B. Brodie and Co. 1831. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce copy of the sermon preached by Reverend Francis Lear at Salisbury Cathedral for the anniversary of the Salisbury Infirmary. Very scarce. A copy of the sermon preached at Salisbury Cathedral on September 23r...

The Projection of the Astral Body

Sylvan J. Muldoon; Hereward Carrington · 1929 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)

London, Rider & Co, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce second impression of the first edition of Muldoon and Carrington's study of astral projection and out of body experiences, richly illustrated throughout. The second impression of this work, published ...

Sermons on Several Subjects

Beilby Porteus · 1813 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813. Leather. A two volume set of the sermons of Beilby Porteus. Complete in two volumes. Fourteenth edition. A collection of sermons on subjects such as: the love of God, causes of unbelief, resisting temptation, the necessity national reform...

Kempis Commun. Ou Les Quarte Livres de L&Apos;Imitation de Jesus-Christ

Thomas A Kempis · 1683 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

Amsterdam, Henry Wetstein, 1683. Leather. An early French translation of this important Christian devotional work. A French translation of 'L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ', published in Amsterdam.Illustrated with an engraved title, and two plates.'The Imitatio...

Rome&Apos;S Burning Article, or the Impious and Absurd Doctrine of Transubstantiation Confuted

Anonymous · 0 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Clerkenwell, Bye and Law, Printers, c1810 . Paperback. A very scarce anti-Catholic publication refuting the 'absurd doctrine' of transubstantiaton. A brief anti-Catholic treatise in which nine strongly worded arguments against the doctrine of transubstantiation are o...

L&Apos;Office de la Quinzaine de Pasques, a L&Apos;Usage de Rome

Catholic Church · 1775 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Paris, De Hansy, 1775 . Leather. A smart edition of the Catholic rites and ceremonies surrounding Easter, including direction on prayers, confessions and communion. With text in both Latin and French, running in parallel columns. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece depic...

Du Salut, Sa Necessite, Ses Obstacles, Ses Moyens

R.P. Pallu [Martin Pallu] · 1769 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris, Durand; Charles-Pierre Berton, 1769 . Leather. A very scarce contemporary edition of Martin Pallu's discussion of the concept of salvation within the Catholic faith. In the original French.A smart copy of Martin Pallu's very scarce study on salvation within Ca...

Golwg Ar Y Cyfammodgras and Cynnorthwy I Ymdeithwyr Seion

Thomas Boston; Robert Hall · 1808 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Merthyr Tydfil , Gan J. Jenkins; William Williams, 1808-1824 . Leather. Two volumes of interesting religious works in Welsh. This volume contains two Welsh religious works. The first is Golwg ar y Cyfammodgras or View on the Covenant of Grace or Holy Scriptures by Thomas Bost...

Recueil Des Oraisons Funerbres

M. Esprit Flechier; M. Jacques Benigne Bossuet · 1820 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Lille, L. Lefort, 1820. Leather. A scarce collection of funeral orations, in the original French language. French language. Scarce work. A collection of funeral orations preached by Espirt Flechier, a French preacher, author, and the Bishop of Nimes until 1710, and Jacques-Bé...

Lettres de L&Apos;Abbe Henri Perreyve 1850-1865

Henri Perreyve · 1886 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Paris, Jules Gervais, 1886. Leather. A collection of the letters of Henri Perreyve, in the original French language. French language. Scarce work. With portrait frontispiece. A collection of letters and diary entries from Henri Perreyve, a French Oratorian priest who helped to...

Oeuvres Choisies de Massillon. Petit CarãƒâªMe, Suivi de Sermons Divers

Jean-Baptiste Massillon · 1872 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Paris, Garnier Frères, 1872. Leather. A leather bound collection of Lent sermons by the popular eighteenth century Catholic preacher. A collection of sermons for Lent by the popular French Catholic preacher Jean-Baptiste Massillon. Published in French. The popularity of the e...