Search Results: THEOLOGY / 18TH CENTURY from Chilton Books

London : Published by Bellamy & Robarts, No.138 Fleet Street, or at No. 4 Peterborough Court, 1792.. 4to. 27.5cm x 22cm x 3.8cm . pp.9]/pp.434/[4pp. - Index] . A very good original quarter calf binding. Marbled boards (scuffed), tips of corners strengthened with vellum. Hinges carefully strengthened. Brown leather spine with gilt rules and the original crimson leather title label: "Harper's Martyrs". A small cutting of a group of people being burned at the stake (probably from an earlier edition of Foxe's Martyrs?) laid down to verso of the front board. Engraved frontispiece; Printed title with engraved vignette. Clear text througout (with only a few blemishes), illustrated with a further 22 engravings (mostly signed by: "M. J. Taylor sculp." A very good copy of this scarce book. Referenced by ESTC No.: N47241 .

Dublin: Printed and sold by most Booksellers in Town and Country, M.DCC.LXXI. [1771] .. A small book in the original full leather binding. 12mo. 5.0" x 3.0" x 0.5" (12.5cm x 7.5cm x 1.2cm) . [6pp.]/pp.xvi./[6pp.]/pp.154. Brown calf with four raised bands to spine. Hinges and corners carefully strengthened. Owner's details to verso of the front board dated: "Octr. 16 1795". Endpapers absent. Printed title, verso blank, "To An intimate Friend of Mrs. Rowe." (Dedication) - 3pp., signed; I. Watts. Newington Sept. 29. 1737. "Preface" - pp. xvi . " To the Reverend Dr. Watts, at Newington. - 3pp. ; 'Contents', inserted before p.1 Clear text, and good margins, on lightly toned paper. VG. ** Referenced by: ESTC T83330

London: Printed for R. Faulder, 1796.. 8vo. 21.5cm x 12.5cm x 2.9cm. 2ff./426pp./1f. (adverts). Minor spotting to some pages, otherwise clean text. Contemporary tree calf. Smooth spine with original red leather label, but no decoration. The spine appears to be contemporary but having suffered some wear (now stabilised).There are also signs of careful repair to hinges and top & tail of spine.

London : Printed by W. Wilkins, for J. Peele, at Locke's Head in Pater-noster-Row, MDCCXXVIII [1728 ] .. The fourth edition. A very good contempoary full leather binding. 8vo. 20.2cm x 13.0cm x 3.9cm. [2pp.]/pp.484/[20pp. - Index] . Brown polished calf . Edges and corners carefully strengthened. Spine with5 raised bands. Small careful repairs to top & tail of spine. Pencil notes and ink spots to endpapers, otherwise clean English text throughout. VG. ** "GORDON, THOMAS (d. 1750), miscellaneous writer, was born in Kirkcudbright about the end of the seventeenth century. He is said to have been educated at some Scottish university. If a 'disputatio juridica' be rightly attributed to him in the catalogue of the British Museum, he became an advocate at the Scottish bar in 1716. He came to London as a young man and taught languages. Two pamphlets on the Bangorian controversy commended him to John Trenchard, a whig politician... A tract called the 'Independent Whig,' published at the time of the rejection… Read More

London : Printed for J. F. & C. Rivington, T. Longman, J. Dodsley, C. Dilly, T. Cadell, & W. Otridge MDCCXC [1790 ] .. A very good full leather binding. 12mo. 6.5" x 3.75" x 1.0". [2pp.]pp.19/[5pp.]/pp.383/[1p.] . With engraved frontis and illustrative title-page (both engraved by "Royce sc."). Memoirs of the late Dr. Edward Young' signed: G. W. (i.e., G. Wright). Clean English text throughout. Previous owner's signature to title-page and front endpaper: "J. Jones 1856." Brown full calf. Hinges and corners carefully strengthened. Smooth spine with gilt banding and red leather title label: "Young's Night Thoughts". VG. Referenced by ESTC T129158.

London : Printed for B. Law and Son, W. Otridge, R. Baldwin, and F. and C. Rivington, MDCCXCIII. [1793] .. A very good original tree calf binding. 8vo. [40pp.]/pp.352 . 8.5" x 5.5" x 1.0". Polished tree calf boards. Corners carefully strengthened. Smooth spine with gilt banding and red leather title label. The gilt compartments have an image of a peacock into each compartment. Book plate to verso of the front board: "George Gilpin."; with motto: "Dictis Factisque Simplex" ("Simple in word and deed") . Second armorial bookplate to front endpaper; "Alfred Lucas"; with motto: "Respice Finem" ("Look to the end"). Clean text throughout. VG. ** The bookplate of George Gilpin, shows a wild boar. The story goes that in the time of King John, the then Baron of Kendal rewarded Richard de Gilpin, also known as Richard the Rider for his bravery in killing the Wild Boar of Westmoreland that had been terrorising local villages. He was rewarded with land in and around Kentmere (Lake District). From this time on… Read More