Religion from John Atkins

Broadsheet (43.5 x 31.5 cm) Paper age-toned, centrefold (strengthened to the rear with archival tape), minor chipping to paper edges. Very good condition. Large vignette of the Virgin Mary appearing to two Saintly figures, very likely Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine of Siena. The instigation of the recitation of the Hail Mary accompanied by genuflections is attributed to Saint Dominic who spread… Read more about this item

Regulae Societatis Iesu Romae, in Collegio Rom. eiusde Societat, Anno Dni M D C VII [1607] [48], 296, [2] p Title-page vignette with the Jesuit device along with a portrait of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Head- and tailpieces OCLC no. 23019026 Bound with Canones Congregationum generalium Societatis Iesv. Cvm Aliis Nonnvllis ad praxim pertientibus. Romae, in Collegio Rom. eiusde Societat. Anno Dni, M D C VI [1606] [14],… Read more about this item

Ribadeneyra, Padre Pedro de; Historia Ecclesiastica del Scisma del Reyno de Inglaterra. Recogida de diversos y graves Autores, por el Padre Pedro de Ribadeneyra, de la Compania de Jesus. Lo que se trata en esta Historia, se vera en la hoja siguiente. En Emberes [Antwerp], en casa de Christoual Plantino, Imprimidor del Rey. 1588. 8vo., ⴕ8, A-Z8 , a8, b7, a8-b7;… Read more about this item

An Early 18th Century Female Writer and Translator, Suspected Spy, Prison Escapee, and Catholic Convert from Calvinism [4], [28], 269, [5] pages. Binding worn and rubbed with slight loss to upper board top corner. Corners bumped. End-papers a little dusty. Half-title and front free end-paper creased. Internally clean and unmarked. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper along with previous bookseller's pencil… Read more about this item

Catholic Capuchin Missionaries in the Congo (i) A Curious and Exact Account of a Voyage to Congo, in the Years 1666-1667 by R. R. F. F. Michael Angelo of Gattina, and Denis de Carli of Piacenza, Capuchins, and Apostolick Missioners into the said Kingdom of Congo bound together with (ii) A Voyage to Congo, and several other countries chiefly in Southern-Africk. By… Read more about this item

Vatican Publication Supporting the Canonization of one of the few Female Founder Saints of the Catholic Church [2], XII, 86, [2] pages. Patterned end-papers with slight remains of a small ex-libris label. Title in red and black. Vignette engraving to title-page, two engraved initial letters, and an engraved head and tail piece. With a dedication to Pope Benedict XIII. Binding somewhat rubbed,… Read more about this item

Text, complete in itself, is extracted from CHURCHILL, AWNSHAM, and JOHN: A Collection of Voyages and Travels (vol IV,). Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill at the Black Swan in Paternoster-Row, London, 1704. With title-page and pages numbered 681-807. Cover slightly soiled (spots) mostly to the rear cover. Light water stain to the top of page margins, and very occasionally to… Read more about this item

(i) Prospero Stellartio [Prosper Stellart], Fundamina et regulae.... Duaci [Douai], Baltazaris Belleri [Balthazar Bellere / Laurence Kellam], 1626 bound together with (ii) Prospero Stellartio [Prosper Stellart], Annales monastici sive Chronologia libris septemdecim totidemque seculis distincta.... Duaci [Douai], Gerardum Pinchon [Gerard Pichon], 1627 [2nd edition, 1st 1626]. An article by Alexander Soetaert and Heleen Wyffels in the September 2021 edition of The… Read more about this item

Paper age-toned, with tears and chipping to the top edges. Light spots of foxing. Central vertical crease. An address issued by the Church Association, dated June 1902 (2nd thousand), promoting its political organisation which had already a presence in 225 out of 443 English constituencies. It seeks more electors to add their names to the "Protestant Roll", being a pledge to… Read more about this item

[6], 107, [1 - errata], 247, [1 – book advert], [2] pages. Boards slightly rubbed in places with small mark to the lower board. Upper board joint starting. Corners bumped with minor loss. Minor loss to title label. End-papers soiled with previous owner's name in ink to front paste-down. Text clean and unmarked. Slight worming to the lower margin / corner… Read more about this item

[8], 18, 913, [1 – book advert], [8] pages. Pages 592-598 (Alphabetical Table to the Psalms) being unnumbered. Boards rubbed with some light scratches and indentations. Corners bumped with slight loss to top upper board corner. Binding very slightly bowed. Front end-paper a little soiled. Rear end-paper has been replaced at a later date with the image of another printed work, dated… Read more about this item

STC 12635 (with variations) / 12635.5. [Solely the facsimile title-page used for the volume. See photo.] Small folio, (320 x 205mm). Modern cloth binding with five raised bands, corners slightly rubbed, red morocco title-label with gilt lettering. Internally very clean and unmarked except in a very few cases with minor stains and ink smudges and with very small page tears to 10… Read more about this item