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contemporary mottled calf, gilt bordered sides, gilt floral corner
ornaments, richly gilt spine, contrasting label, gilt: edges closely
speckled red, yellow and dark blue, later bookplate of Mary
Cooling: attractive copy.
Wing L 3409, locating six copies: ESTC makes no addition to that
total. Lucas, Church of England clergyman, published his Practical
Christianity in 1677, his first major publication, offering discourses and
accompanying prayers on Christian living. He stresses the importance of
shared beliefs in the fundamentals of the Christian faith as overriding
doubts and scruples over liturgy and ceremonies and also emphasizes
that the active life was more Christian than the contemplative life as it
presented greater challenges to faith and more opportunities for the
exercise of Christian charity (ODNB).
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
SHERLOCK (Wm.).
A discourse
concerning the happiness of good men, and the punishment of
the wicked, in the next world. Part I. Containing the proofs of
the immortality of the soul, and immortal life.
Printed for W.
Rogers,
1704. FIRST EDITION, pp (8),592, 8vo, contemporary
panelled calf: a very good copy with the contemporary signature
of Henrietta Preston and later name stamp of Lt. Col. Pepper.
All published. Republished as ‘A Discourse of the Immortality of the
Soul and Future State’ and ran to some six editions by 1764.
(2)
€150-€180 (£120-£144 approx.)
1066
.
LUIS de Granada.
Flores R. P. F. Lodoici Granatensis: ex
omnibus eius opusculis spiritualibus iam recens summa fide
excerpti, & in octo partes distributi. Collectore et Interprete
Michaele ab Isselt Amorfortio.
Coloniae: apud Geruinum
Calenium, & hæredes Ioannis Quentelii,
1588
With printer’s device on title-page and a full-page woodcut of
the arms of the dedicatee on verso of title, leaves (17), (1,
blank), 155, 146(bis) - 396, (1, blank), complete thus, 12mo,
contemporary vellum, lacking ties: small, faint oval stamp on
title-page and with a very few contemporary ms annotations, the
backstrip has contracted (though the binding is neither cracked
nor broken) so that is is now concave, otherwise a clean and
very good copy.
Adams G976. The second printing (the first was in 1585) of this
anthology of the spiritual writing of the great Spanish mystic, Luis de
Granada (1504-88). Some five English authors published English
translations of some of his writings before the end of the 16C.
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx.)
1067. LUTHER (Martin). Special and chosen sermons of D.
Martin Luther, collected out of his writings and preachings
for the necessary instruction and edification of such, as
hunger and seeke after the perfect knowledge and inestimable
glorie which is in Christ Iesu, to the comfort and saluation of
their soules. Englished by VV. G[ace].
Imprinted at London by
Thomas Vautroullier dwelling in the Blacke Friers by Luddgate,
1578
FIRST EDITION THUS, with a large device on the title and
another on the otherwise blank verso of the final leaf, mostly
printed in black letter with the notes in Roman, pages (16),
481, (1), without the blank leaf at end, 4to, full calf antique,
in a fitted matching library slip-case: title-page evenly and
lightly dusty and with the occasional very light indication of
use, otherwise a well-margined copy with only the very
occasional running headline just slightly touched: inscribed
on the blank verso of leaf *8 “Mary Fillingham / Her Book /
1762”.
NSTC 16993. The first edition of the first collection of The Great
Reformer’s sermons in English: a rare book, not seen at public
auction for over forty years. With a 3-page “An Admonition to the
Christian Reader” by the martyrologist John Fox: this issue
subscribed “I. Fox. “ at end (the other has “I. Foxe”). The printer
Vautrollier ranks high among his contemporaries for the excellence
of his presswork and the beauty and variety of his types. The
growth of his business caused predictable tensions with competitors
in the London publishing trade. In 1578 he was fined 10s. for
printing the Special and Chosen Sermons of Dr Martin Luther
without licence, the first of a number of bruising encounters with
the regulatory authorities. One such clash led to his temporarily
withdrawing from London and settling in Scotland during the 1580s
after he had incurred the displeasure of the privy council for
printing the work of the visionary Italian philosopher Giordano
Bruno (ODNB).
€1,500-€1,800 (£1,200-£1,440 approx.)
1068
.
LYELL (Denis D.).
African Game. With life-size
illustrations of most of the game tracks. 1929
a nice, fresh copy of a book rarely found in nice state.
A classic book on its subject. Lyell was closely associated with Colonel
Stigand and here provides many valuable hints for hunters and trackers.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
TREMEARNE (Arthur J. N.).
Hausa Superstitions and Customs. An introduction to the folk-
lore and the folk.
John Bale, Sons & Danielson,
1913. FIRST
EDITION, with many illustrations, plates and a folding map,
pages xv,548, (5, adverts) and tipped in printed slip, 8vo, original
cloth, gilt, top edges gilt: the binding a little rubbed and lightly
worn but thoroughly sound and otherwise a very good copy.
(2)
KNOX (Alexander A.).
The New Playground, or,
Wanderings in Algeria. Second edition.
Kegan Paul...,
1883. Pp
viii, 482, 8vo, original cloth: tiny nick at foot of spine, otherwise
very good-nice (3)
€100-€120 (£80-£96 approx.)
1069
. NO LOT
1070
.
Mac KENZIE (Andrew).
Poems and Songs, on different
subjects. By Andrew M’Kenzie.
Belfast: Printed by Alexander
Mackay, News-Letter Office,
1810
FIRST EDITION, with engraved portrait, pages 10, (26,
subscriber list), (2, blank), (1), 38 - 183, (1, blank), complete
thus, 12mo, recent paper boards, all edges uncut: light staining
and fingering in places, neat repair to clean tear in title-leaf
without loss: good, sound copy.
Inscribed on title in a contemporary hand “Andrew Mc Kenzie / Esqr”.
His first published volume of verse and extremely uncommon.
WorldCat locates three copies: Texas and Stanford - both imperfect - and
the BL copy. COPAC locates copies E and C - both imperfect. D on-line
has a complete copy. The imperfect copies lack either the 26-page
subscriber list or the two final leaves which carry three further sonnets
and bears the imprint at end “N. Clarke, Printer, Dublin. “ The final
page of the lengthy subscriber list concludes with a list of “Subscribers
in Jamaica”. M’Kenzie (1780-1839), native of County Down worked
for many years as a weaver. He published one further volume of verse.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
[MOORE (Thomas)].
Tom
Crib’s Memorial to Congress. With a preface, notes, and
appendix. By One of the Fancy. Printed for Longman, Hurst …,
1819 [bound following:] The Fudge Family in Paris [: verse].
Edited by Thomas Brown, the younger, author of The
Twopenny Post-Bag. Fourth edition. Printed for Longman,
Hurst …, 1818. 1819-18
FIRST EDITION of the first item, pp viii, 68: xxxi, 88, bound
without half-titles,2 works in 1 vol, large 12mo, contemporary
half calf, gilt ruled and lettered spine: very good copies
I. A biting political verse satire about the champion prize fighter, Tom
Cribb, in the guise of a memorial to a political congress delivered by the
chosen representative of the Pugilistic Fraternity, or “The Fancy”, with
full notes explaining pugilistic terms and items of boxing history. II.
The comical fruits of Moore’s visit to France with Samuel Rogers: it ran
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