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[Anderson,
Andrew]. Broadside.
Begins: “At Edinburgh, 170....”[Edinburgh, ca. 1700]. Folio (31.4
cm, 12.4"). [1] p.
Only one holding of this item, in Scotland, is reported by ESTC.
• ESTC R172299; Wing (rev.) A3084B. Small portion of upper inner margin torn away. Tipped onto a leaf of 19th-century paper; now in a Mylar folder.
“The
Foule Mist of
Anabaptisme”
Anonymous. A short history of the Anabaptists of High and Low Germany. London: Robert Austin, 1647. 4to (19.3 cm, 7.6"). [2], 56 pp.
Click the images for enlargements. • ESTC R30642; Wing (rev. ed.) S3598. Later plain paper wrappers with edge wear and chipping at spine. Title-page with very old institutional pressure-stamp and early inked numeral in upper margin. Outer corners stained, edges ragged; one leaf with upper outer corner torn away, with loss of a few words; title-page darkened and last page stained; still a good, usable copy. (25531)
REGICIDE Pilloried — Sort Of Anonymous. Invisible John made visible: or, A grand pimp of tyranny portrayed, in Barkstead’s arraignment at the barre, vvhere he stands impeached of high treason, and other gross misdemeanours, as the late tyrant’s bum-bayliff in his most arbitrary, oppressive and tyrannical invasions of the rights and liberties of Engli sh-men, within the late cantonized county of Middlesex, the City of London Tower, &c. Whereunto are added, five queries, to the Parliament, Council of State, and Army.... London: no publisher/printer, 1659. Small 4to. [1] ff., 6 pp. 
Click the image for an enlargement. There exist at least four different editions of this work. In this edition, line 9 of the title begins “VVhere” and line 19 has “Parliament, Council of State, and Army.”
• Wing (rev. ed.) I289aA; ESTC R234704. Removed from a nonce volume and now in later wrappers. (21001)
“Sprinkling” Is Best Bakewell, Thomas. A iustification of two points now in controversie with the Anabaptists concerning baptisme. London: Pr. for Henry Sheperd & William Ley, 1646. 4to (18.9 cm, 7.4"). [2], 30 pp.
Click the images for enlargements. The printer bordered the title-page, used two nice initials, supplied one elegant headpiece, and added several other modest embellishments.
Uncommon: ESTC, OCLC, and NUC Pre-1956 locate only seven U.S. holdings, two of which have been deaccessioned.
• Wing (rev. ed.) B534; ESTC R5282. Later marbled paper wrappers. Title-page with author's name inked in an early hand; early inked shouldernotes throughout marking biblical citations. Trimmed closely, affecting one final line (without loss of sense) and marginalia. Pages age-toned. (25549)
FirstENGLISH Appearance: Life of Ximenes Baudier, Michel. The history of the administration of Cardinal Ximenes, great minister of state in Spain. London: John Wilkins, 1671. 8vo (16.7 cm, 6.6"). Frontis., [48], 150 pp. (final blank f. lacking).
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a striking copper-engraved frontispiece portrait of Cardinal Cisneros, done by Thomas Cross.
• ESTC R6814; Wing (rev. ed.) B1164; Lowndes 3014; Allibone 2513. Not in Brunet. Recent quarter morocco and marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped title, gilt-ruled raised bands, and gilt-stamped compartment decorations. Lower edges (closed) institutionally rubber-stamped; frontispiece recto rubber-stamped and with inked ownership inscription; title-page and last text page pressure-stamped. Pages age-toned with occasional light spotting; edge speckling sometimes bleeding into margins. Lacking final blank (only); all edges speckled brown. (25935)
CALVINIST
“King James”Folio
Extra —
1679
Bible.
English. 1679. Authorized (i.e., King James Version). The Holy Bible...with
the most profitable annotations. [Amsterdam: For Stephen Swart], 1679. Folio
extra (44 cm, 17.5"). π1*6**6A–Z6Aa–Zz6Aaa–Mmm6Nnn–Ooo4a–u6x4;
Engr. t.-p., [13] ff., 710 (i.e., 712), 248 pp.; illus. (6 double-spread plts.).
The engraved title-page is very fine, with Moses and Aaron flanking the title, the British royal arms above, and a scene of London below. The rest of the plates are all maps, as would not be the case in an Anglican Bible: These are all double-page, full of detail, and very attractive. The first, a map of the world, is labelled in Latin and Italian, and the rest in Dutch.
• Herbert 743; Wing (rev.) B2310. Contemporary diced calf, rebacked;
one joint again open and the other open, but cords holding. Covers ruled with
single gilt fillets, edges with single gilt rolls. Spine compartments ornately
gilt. Covers stained and with abrasions and some loss of leather, especially
over corners; spine dry and rubbed, with loss of leather and gilt. All edges
speckled red. Scattered spots of light soiling and staining, especially in
the margins. Entirely untattered.
Huguenot
Horrors —Translated
forEnglish
Readers,
1686[Claude,
Jean]. [Account of the persecutions and oppressions of the Protestants in France. London: J. Norris, 1686]. 4to (19.5 cm, 7.6"). A–G4 (-A1); 56 pp. (lacking title-page).
• Wing (rev.) C4589. Removed sometime from a nonce volume and now contained in a cloth-covered clamshell case with gilt-stamped leather spine label. Lacks the title-page; otherwise complete, with small loss of paper (not nearing text) at inner lower corners and one leaf with “chip” (only) of lower outer corner torn away (this perhaps in fact a paper flaw, and, again, far from type). One page with early monogram inked in upper outer corner; last page with neat stamp marking institutional deaccession (ex-Folger Shakespeare Library).
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Lives of theFathers with PORTRAITS Cave, William. Apostolici: Or, the history of the lives, acts, death, and martyrdoms of those who were contemporary with, or immediately succeeded the Apostles...the third edition corrected. London: Pr. by B.W. for Richard Chiswell, 1687. Folio (32 cm, 12.6"). Add. engr. t.-p., [34], xxxii, 335, [1] pp.; illus.
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23 total of these in-text engravings, most signed by Burghers.
Burghers (1653–1727) was born in Amsterdam, worked initially at Utrecht, and fled to England after the capture of Utrecht by the French in 1672; he settled in Oxford in 1673. There he worked under David Loggan and succeeded him as engraver to the University.
The volume closes with “A Chronological Table of the Three First Ages of the Christian Church,” which has a separate title-page dated 1686, but is paginated continuously with the preceding work.
Cave, a Church of England clergyman whose scholarly interests were primarily patristic, also wrote Primitive Christianity, or, The Religion of the Ancient Christians in the First Ages of the Gospel as well as Scriptorum ecclesiasticorum historia literaria; the DNB notes that his works “follow the tradition of Christian bio-bibliography that in late antiquity and into the medieval period had such a long and rich history.”
• ESTC R26585; Wing (rev.) C1592; Lowndes 395; Allibone 356–57. On Cave, see: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online. Recent quarter calf with marbled paper–covered sides, leather edges tooled in blind, spine with gilt-stamped author and title labels and gilt-stamped decorations between raised bands. Half-title with inked ownership inscription in upper outer corner. (24886)
A Black-Letter
17th-Century Folio
BCP
Church
of England. Book
of Common Prayer.
The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites
and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Church of England,
together with the psalter or psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung
or said in churches [as below].... London: Charles Bill, Henry Hills,
& Thomas Newcomb, 1687. Folio (31.7 cm, 12.5"). Add. engr. t.-p., [231]
ff. (S1 bound in out of order, T6 lacking, Tt2-4 (blank) lacking, H2 of Psalms
signed H3). [with] Bible.
O.T. Psalms. English. Sternhold & Hopkins. The whole book of psalms.
Collected into English meeter ... conferred with the Hebrew, with apt notes
to sing them withal. London: Pr. by J.M. for the Company of Stationers, 1687.
Folio. [64] ff.
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black-letter
Anglican prayer book, with an additional engraved architectural title-page
done by P. Williamson (giving a date of 1686), and a Kalendar printed in red
and black. The Psalter has a separate title-page (dated 1686) but continuous
registration with the BCP; the accompanying Psalms has separate title-page and
registration, and features music. The type is handsome throughout, and generally
is notably LARGE.
The First SentenceDoesn't Actually Sound “FRIENDLY” . . . Comber, Thomas. Friendly and seasonable advice to the Roman Catholicks of England. The third edition enlarg'd: with an addition of the most convincing instances and authorities; and the testimony of their own authors for the same. By a charitable hand. London: Henry Brome, 1677. 12mo (14.8 cm, 5.8"). [24], 152, [4] pp.
Uncommon. OCLC and ESTC report only seven holdings of this edition, including the present, properly deaccessioned copy.
• Wing (rev.) C5468; ESTC R1768; Allibone 417. On Comber, see: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online. Contemporary mottled sheep, sometime rebacked and spine with blind-tooled floral decorations; binding worn and scuffed overall, joints starting from foot, corners and spine extremities rubbed, spine with inked call number. Front free endpaper (separated) and two pages with private collector's pressure-stamp, back pastedown with institutional rubber-stamp; the odd library pencilling. Imprimatur leaf with ownership inscription dated 1850 and with early inked inscription. Pages age-toned. (24340)
A Cavalier Poet — His WorksCowley, Abraham. The works...consisting of those which were formerly printed: and those which he design’d for the press, now published out of the authors original copies. The fourth edition. London: Henry Herringman (pr. by J.M.), 1674. Folio (30 cm, 11.8"). πa–c4B–Z4Aa–Zz4Aaa 211;Ccc4Ddd2A–S4T2; frontis., [42], 41, [1 (blank)], 80, [4], 70 (59/60 skipped in pagination, text uninterrupted), 154, 23, [1 (blank)], 148 pp.
Cowley’s Pindaric odes are present here, as are the Davideis and Davideidos;also set forth are the “delightful little prose Essays (with verse interwoven)” for which The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature believes Cowley will most ultimately be remembered. Some sections have separate title-pages, bearing the same publisher and date information as the main title-page but lacking the printer attribution.
Provenance: Front pastedown with small armorial bookplate and with bookseller’s ticket from Cambridge, England.
• ESTC R29730; Wing (2nd ed.) C-6652. On Cowley, see: Concise Cambridge History of English Literature, 351–52. 17th-century mottled calf, rebacked at some point in the 19th century and again more recently with hinges carefully reinforced (inside); spine gilt extra with gilt-stamped leather title label, covers showing the predictable acid-etching. Varying degrees of browning to pages; scattered incidents of worming in lower inner and outer margins, almost never affecting text. 
A handsome book in a binding both sturdy and attractive.
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Radical Baptist Would-Be Regicide?? Danvers, Henry. A treatise of laying on of hands. With the history thereof, both from the Scripture and antiquity. London: Pr. for Fran. Smith, 1674. 8vo (16.8 cm, 6.6"). [2], 60 pp.
Click the image for an enlargement. Uncommon: OCLC, ESTC, and NUC Pre-1956 find only seven U.S. holdings; Wing adds one more.
• ESTC R8336; Wing (2nd ed.) D236. On Danvers, see: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online. Recent marbled paper wrappers. Pages browned; first and last few leaves with edge chips. Pagination 15/16 skipped, signatures however correct and text uninterrupted. (24981)
BIBLIOGRAPHICALLY Interesting, Too England & Wales. Parliament. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for giving power to all the classicall presbyteries within their respective bounds to examine, approve, and ordaine ministers for severall congregations. London: Pr. for John Wright, 1645. Small 4to. [1] f., 6 pp.
Bibliographically interesting. Wing records four different issues of this ordinance, the telling points being on the title-page: the spelling of “classical” or “classicall” and the form of the date, whether “12 Novemb., 1645,” or just “1645" and combinations thereof. ESTC fails to distinguish them.
• Wing (rev. ed.) E1894A; ESTC R176130. Removed from a nonce volume and dusty; in modern wrappers. All edges a bit chipped and lower margins of leaves A2 and A3 with loss of blank paper. All leaves age-toned. (20454)
With
the
Very
Striking Folding
Plate
Evelyn, John. Sculptura; Or, the history and art of chalcography, and engraving in copper: With an ample enumeration of the most renowned masters and their works. To which is annexed, a new method of engraving, or mezzotinto, communicated by his highness
Prince Rupert...the second edition. London: Pr. for J. Murray, 1769. 8vo. (chainlines running horizontally). [4], xxxvi, 140 pp.; 3 plts. (one oversized folding).
• Wing E3513 (first ed.) On Evelyn, see: Dictionary of National Biography, XVIII, 79–83. Contemporary speckled sheep with red gilt-stamped morocco spine label; some little chipping to edges, with joints and spine lightly abraded and cracking (not disastrously). Early inscription reads "Evelyns Sculptura compiled originally the elder Faithorne." Pages unspotted for the most part, and plates in good condition save for slight offsetting to frontispiece. A pleasing book!
SPIRIT POWER TRUTH above LETTER FORMS SHADOWS Everard, John. The Gospel-treasury opened: Or, the holyest of all unvailing: Discovering yet more the riches of grace and glory, to the vessels of mercy ... the second edition very much enlarged. London: Benj. Clark, 1679. 8vo (18.2 cm, 7.2"). 2 parts in 1 vol. Frontis., [66], 484, 558 (pagination erratic) pp.
Click the interior image for an enlargement. Everard (1584?–1640/41) was a Calvinist divine and controversialist described by William Penn as “a renowned Independent, and as the great spiritual separatist” (DNB); he was imprisoned and released numerous times on various charges of heresy, with several of those charges involving his outspoken opposition to the proposed match between Prince Charles and Maria Ana, Infanta of Spain.
Scarce: A search of OCLC, ESTC, and NUC Pre-1956 finds only seven U.S. holdings, one of which has been deaccessioned and is this copy.
• ESTC R222643; Wing (2nd ed.) E3532A. On Everard, see: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online. Recent quarter calf and marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and gilt-ruled raised bands. Title-page institutionally rubber-stamped at base; lower (closed) edges also. Pages age-toned, with some light spotting. (24900)
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