Search Results: religion from John Price Antiquarian Books

Oxford: At the University Press for the Author, and Sold by J. Parker; and by C. and J. Rivingnton, London. 1828. FIRST EDITION. Tall 8vo, 228 x 138 mms., pp. viii, 130, contemporary quarter binder's cloth, plain boards, papere label on front cover; spine snagged and a bit worn, but a good copy. William Mills (1793 - 1834) was a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, when he published this work. In the following year he was appointed the first Whyte Professor of Moral Philosophy. In the preface, after affirming the enduring interest for both Jew and Gentile in a "future state," Mills asserts, "Nor will the investigation be without profit to him who pursues it candidly, as a source of moral improvement. He may learn to be thankful on the ground of revelation for the advantage which he enjoys over the most favour Israelite in the superior blessings and prospects of the new, compared with the old dispensation; and on the ground of his natural faculties he will be sensible of the… Read More

Printed by and for John Albin, Newport, Isle of Wight, 1793. 8vo, 198 x 120 mms., unpaginated, collating A-Ii8, *2, A-U4, X3, with a separate title-page the New Version of the Psalms of David, contemporary plum calf, gilt border on covers, spine ornately gilt in compartments, all edges gilt, morocco label, with numerous genealogical notes for the families of Marshall and Sears on the end-papers; joints very slightly rubbed, lower front joint cracked, corners a bit worn, but a good copy. The New Version of the Psalms of David is that by Brady and Tate. ESTC T182717 locates copies in BL, Cambridge, Bodleian; Huntington; St. John's and Trinity Colleges Kinder Library (New Zealand).

Oxford: Printed by Thomas Baskett..., 1760. 4to, 255 x 205 mms., unpaginated, collation: A-G8. BOUND WITH: The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and the New Testaments: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: And with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. London: Printed by Mark Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty; and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett. 1761. 4to, unpaginated, collating A-Uu4 [End of the Prophets], A-K8 [Apocrypha], A-O4 [New Testament, with separate printed title-page], A-D4 E3 [Index]. BOUND WITH: The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre, The whole book of Psalms, collected into English metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others; Conferred With The Hebrew: Set forth and allowed to be Sung in all Churches, of all the People together, before and after Morning and Evening Prayer; and also before and after Sermons; and moreover in private Houses, for their godly Solace and Comfort: laying apart all ungodly Songs… Read More

Caerllon: Printiedig gan John Fletcher, 1793. 12mo (in 6s), pp. 133 [134 blank], v [vi blank], 217 [218 blank], continuous collation, contemporary sheepskin, falling to bits. With "Maria Roberts/ Her Book/ Age 14 1839" on the verso of the title-page, and the earlier autograph "Margaret Roberts" at the end of page v, with 6 lines in Welsh. Edward Samuel (1674–1748) published his translation of William Beveridge's Great Necessity and Advantage of Publick Prayer, and Frequent Communion (1708) first in 1722, and it was reprinted in 1723. ESTC T143296 locates two copies: BL and Harvard.

London, Printed by John Norton, for Joyce Norton, and Richard Whiater..., 1635. 2 volumes in 1, with title-page The Second Tom of Homilies of such Matters as were promised and Entituled in the former part of Homilies, following page 98 of first part, 277 x 183 mms., pp. [viii], 98; [iv], 320 [321 - 322 "A Thanksgiving for the suppression of the last Rebellion," 323 colophon with date of printing give as 1633, 324 blank], elaborate woodcut border for first title-page, printed in black letter, later 17th century calf, sometime rebacked and recornered in matching calf, new end-papers, date in gilt at base of spine. A good to very good copy The preface here is "as it was published in the yeere, 1562," but there was an earlier edition in 1547 of these sermons. Cranmer wrote the third, fourth, and fifth, which deal with salvation, faith, and good works. The 1547 editions was very popular with church wardens who acquired copies for their churches. Queen Elizabeth added the… Read More

London: The Religious Tract Society..., [no date], [1850]. Small 12mo, 142 x 92 mms., pp. [7] - 35 [36 blank], steel-engraved frontispiece, original printed wrappers (slightly soiled). A good copy, with the contemporary autograph "S. C. Turner" on top margin of front cover. Uncommon. The only copy I can find of this religious tract was printed in New York, Published by Lane & Scott, for the Sunday School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1850; the copy is in Drew University Library.

Cambridge: Printed by J. Archdeacon...for J. & J. Merrill..., 1785. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. 6 volumes. Large 8vo, pp. [iv], xxxii, ii, 504; [iv], 533 [534 - 536 chronology]; [iv], 484; vii [viii blank], 513 [514 blank]; viii, 443 [444 blank]; [iv], 420 [421 - 468, Appendix, "A Catalogue of Books in Divinity," engraved map opposite p. 49 in volume 1, uncut, contemporary quarter calf, marbled boards (rubbed), red morocco labels; spines a little chafed and rubbed, but a very good set. Watson (1737 - 1816) reproduces, with commentary, some twenty-four works here; among the theologians are George Benson, Samuel Chandler, Samuel Clarke, Nathaniel Lardner, and John Taylor, but Watson also reprints Locke's Reasonableness of Christianity. Watson compiled this collection of tracts in order to encourage university students to become "better acquainted with the grounds and principles of the Christian Religion...." He adds later, an exemplification of a university education,… Read More

Edinburgh: Printed by Murray & Cochrane, Sold by James Gillies and Andrew Macaulay..., 1796. 8vo (in 4s), pp. xxii, 550, contemporary calf (worn, rubbed, dried); browned throughout' ex-library with library label of the "Circulating Library of the Polytechnic Society of Kentucky" on the front paste-down end-paper, library stamp on black leaf before title-page and over imprint on title-page. With the contemporary autograph "W. Wallace" on the recto of the front free end-paper, with one annotation (on brute animals) in ink in what appears to be his hand. John Brown of Haddington (1722 - 1787) first published this work in 1782; he is best-known for his two biblical commentaries, The Self-Interpreting Bible (1778) and A Dictionary of the Holy Bible (1769). ESTC distinguishes between two issues of this second edition, as above, T165155 (E, AWn; MBAt, MH-AH, ViRUT); and T14407, without the names of Gillies and Macaulay in the imprint (L, ABu, C, Gu, O, SAN; IU, PPiPT).

London: Printed for James Waugh..., and A. Millar..., 1752. FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), 185 x 105 mms., pp. 51 [adverts]; disbound. Roger Flexman (1708–1795) should be of some interest to literary historians. Educated in John Moore's Presbyterian academy, he became a minister at the age of 20, but gradually began to lose his faith: J. Waddington, in Surrey Congregational History (1866), said of him, "Dr Flexman devoted his extensive learning to the work of undermining the faith of the Gospel. … He was greatly out of place as pastor of a Christian Church, and left only a nominal society at Jamaica Row [London] to prove the withering influence of error." Dr. Johnson remembered him as "the fellow who made the index to my Ramblers, and set down the name of Milton thus: Milton, Mr. John." Finally, he was the librarian of Dr. Williams's Library from 1786 to 1792.

London: Printed for John Wyat..., 1712. Small 8vo, pp. [vi], 42, disbound; hole in title-page obliterating most of "Question" and the "A" of "And" as well as several words from the quotation form Proverbs, smaller hole in A2 with loss of several letters (text recoverable), even smaller hole in A3 with lost of two letters, and holes in last four leaves with slight loss of text. Not the best copy in the world, but ESTC N4855 locates only the copy at MHi; COPAC adds Liverpool University Library.

No place No publisher 1710. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 12mo, 159 x 92 mms., pp. [2] 3 - 296 [297 - 308 Index, 309 - 310 Errata], contemporary sheepskin, spine richly gilt in compartments, red leather label; top and base of spine slightly chipped, upper front joint slightly cracked, corners worn, but good copy with a not quite decipherable presentation inscription on the title-page. The poet and priest Jacques Boileau (1635 - 1716) addresses the question of church benefices and canon law, both topics genuine show stoppers no doubt in the early 18th century. He seems to have had something of a reputation as an eccentric and dangerously curious writer, with Voltaire commenting that he was an "esprit bizarre qui a fait des livres bizarres écrits dans un latin extraordinaire...." He was also the author of the rather popular book on flagellation, Histoires des Flagellants (1701), which is probably more to the taste of our wanton and profane age.

Lugduni Batavorum Ex officina Joannis Mai, 1635. 16mo, 109 x 57mms., pp [4] 5 - 262 blank, title-page in red and black, full-page engraved image of author on page , contemporary crushed red morocco, borders with gilt rules, with gilt lozenge ornament in centre of each cover, spine ornately gilt in compatments, morocco label; no end-papers before title-page, upper rear cover very sunned and faded. The astronomer, linguist, and scholar Guillaume Postel (1510 - 1581) published quite a number of books in his lifetime, though he is said to have lived much longer than the dates shown here, reaching the grand old age of 85. He is also remembered for believing that Christ had made his second coming, or at least returned to earth, in the body of a Venetian woman. He learned languages easily, mastering Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic in short order. He is especially known for his attempts to unify all religions, though his efforts were not successful, to say the least. He was examined by the Inquisition, who… Read More

Londini, Apud Joannem Nourse, 1755. 8vo, pp. [xvi], 320, contemporary sheepskin; front cover detached, lacks label. With the 20th century autograph of Edna [illegible] Underwood on the front paste-down end-paper, and an earlier one, G. Haller, on the recto of the front free end-paper, occasional marginal note in an 18th century hand.

London: Printed for W. Innys..., 1730. FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), pp. 62 [63 - 64 adverts], disbound. The author of the "Plea" was John Jackson, who had argued that reason was a sufficient guide in matters of religion and that revelation was unnecessary.

London: Printed for S. Wilmot...And Sold by James and John Knapton..., 1732. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [viii], 467 [468 - 472 adverts], including half-title, contemporary panelled calf; front joint slightly cracked, top and base of spine slightly chipped, lacks label. With the contemporary autograph "J. Fleming" on the recto of the front free end-paper. The "late Writer" alluded to on the title-page was, of course, Matthew Tindal, whose Christianity as Old as the Creation was first published in 1730 and was described as "The Deist's Bible." Conybeare's rebuttal is as much philosophical as theological, and he relies a great deal on the writings of John Locke, describing him as "a very extraordinary Genius...the Glory of [his] Age, and the Instructor of the present." He later became friendly with the printer and novelist Samuel Richardson, whose novels Pamela and Clarissa bear evidence of Conybeare's teachings. Three editions of this work… Read More

London: Printed by J[ohn] M[acock] for Walter Kettilby..., 1674. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [xvi], 432, late 18th century tree sheepskin, rebacked with old ornately gilt spine and red morocco label laid down; base of spine a little chipped, but an attractive copy, from the Easton Neston Library, with library label for shelf mark and the armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Hesketh, Bart. on the front paste-down end-paper. This was Sherlock's first book, "aimed at the Independent divine John Owen, who asserted that God's mercy could be known only through Christ. Sherlock's ridicule of this position brought a reply from Owen in which he was supported by several other dissenters, including Thomas Danson, Edward Polhil, and Vincent Alsop. Sherlock answered in A Defence and Continuation of the Discourse (1675). This controversy, in which Sherlock's position was attacked by some dissenters as moralist, gave expression to the theological differences between dissenters and Anglicans,… Read More

London, Printed for Andr. Bell..., 1701. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [viii], clxxvii [clxxviii blank], [2], 248 [249 - 264 Contents, 265 - 266 adverts], contemporary panelled calf, old paper label on spine; lacks portrait, notes in 20th century hand on front end-papers, front joint cracked and tender, rear joint slightly cracked. Fleming (?1660 - 1716) was the son of Robert Fleming (1630 - 1694), an ejected Scottish minister; born in Cambuslang, he went with his father in 1679 to Holland. He later served as minister to the Scots church at Rotterdam and then the Scots church at Lothbury. The first work excited a great of attention because of the various prophecies Fleming based on arithmetical calculations of events in the Bible.

London: Printed by Law and Gilbert...For F. C. and J. Rivington..., 1811. 2 volumes. Large 8vo, pp. [xxviii], 439 [440 blank, 441 - 448 Contents]; [xii], 440 [441 - 465 Index, 466 - 468 blank], engraved portrait of Newton as frontispiece in volume 1, contemporary tree calf, small gilt border on covers, spines ornately gilt, black morocco labels; last gathering in volume 1 misbound, with Contents leaves interspersed with text but complete, spine a little rubbed. From the Easton Neston Library, with library label for shelf mark and the armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Hesketh, Bart., Rufford Hall Lancashire on the front paste-down end-paper. Newton (1704 - 1782) began publishing this work in 1754, five years after his edition of Paradise Lost had appeared. The book was an immediate success and went into several editions in the 18th century and begat many successors.

Oxford: Printed by L. Lichfield, for A. Peisley Bookseller: and are to be sold by J. Knapton, W. Taylor, H. Clements, W. Meadows and J. Morphew Booksellers in, London, 1714. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), pp. 32, disbound; title browned. With an inscription in an early 18th century hand below the imprint that seems to read, "With yu are his 2 Confessor with an Arian." Edward Welchman (1685 - 1739), the editor of the most reliable 18th century edition of the Thirty-Nine Articles, was exactly the sort of Church of England clergyman who would have found Clarke's Scripture Doctrine of the Trinity (1712), with its doubts about the Trinity, objectionable, as this short pamphlet makes clear. ESTC locates numerous copies in these islands, and Duke, Folger, Huntington, UCLA, General Theological Seminary, Saint Mark's Library; and University of King's College, Nova Scotia in North America.

London: Printed for R. Manby and H. S. Cox..., 1747. 8vo (in 4s), pp. [ii], 110; title-page soiled and frayed at fore-margin, last page of text soiled. BOUND WITH: MIDDLETON (Conyers): An Examination of the Lord Bishop of London's Discourses concerning the Use and Intent of Prophecy. With some cursory Animadversions on his late Appendix, or Additional Dissertation, Containing a farther Inquiry into the Mosaic Account of the Fall.... London: Printed for R. Manby and H. S. Cox..., 1750. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [ii], 198; title-page and last page of text slightly soiled. 2 volumes in 1, contemporary calf, red leather label; upper front joint cracked, upper rear joint slightly cracked, top of spine chipped. ESTC on-line locates 10 copies of the second item (ESTC T86630): L, Ct, E, Llp, LAM, MRU, O; CSmH, NIC, PPL.