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The Humanities department takes its name and focus from the main programme of civic education in the Renaissance, the studia humanitatis, which encompassed the study of the classics, rhetoric, history, and philosophy.

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  • The first distinct folio edition of the King James Bible, complete in the contemporary blind-panelled calf binding with Speed's Genealogies, including his double-page map of Canaan
    The first distinct folio edition of the King James Bible, complete in the contemporary blind-panelled calf binding with Speed's Genealogies, including his double-page map of Canaan

    [THIRD FOLIO KING JAMES]; SPEED, John (Genealogies).
    The Holy Bible, 1617.
    $34,328.00

  • An impressive mid-seventeenth century King James Bible, splendidly preserved in an English Restoration binding of gilt panelled blackmorocco with silver furniture including the original working clasps
    An impressive mid-seventeenth century King James Bible, splendidly preserved in an English Restoration binding of gilt panelled blackmorocco with silver furniture including the original working clasps

    [KING JAMES VERSION]; STERNHOLD & HOPKINS (Psalms).
    The Holy Bible 1648.
    $7,553.00

  • The first edition, first state of John Baskerville's magnum opus, The Holy Bible, printed in Cambridge in 1763
    The first edition, first state of John Baskerville's magnum opus, The Holy Bible, printed in Cambridge in 1763

    BASKERVILLE, John (printer).
    The Holy Bible, 1763.
    $12,358.00

  • A fantastic collection of 17 works by or about Cardinal John Henry Newman, dating from 1840 to 1909
    A fantastic collection of 17 works by or about Cardinal John Henry Newman, dating from 1840 to 1909

    NEWMAN, Cardinal John Henry.
    [A Collection of Seventeen Works by or about Cardinal John Henry Newman]. 1840-1909.
    $4,806.00

  • The first edition of this English language translation by Basil Kennett of Blaise Pascal's Pensées, or Thoughts on Religion
    The first edition of this English language translation by Basil Kennett of Blaise Pascal's Pensées, or Thoughts on Religion

    PASCAL, Blaise; KENNETT, Basil (translator).
    [Pensées]. 1704.
    $1,030.00

  • The editio princeps of the Bishop's Bible, the second authorised translation into English, and the most lavishly illustrated English Bible of the sixteenth century
    The editio princeps of the Bishop's Bible, the second authorised translation into English, and the most lavishly illustrated English Bible of the sixteenth century

    [BISHOP'S BIBLE]; HOGENBERG, Franciscus & SOLIS, Virgil (illustrators).
    The. holie. Bible. [1568].
    $78,953.00

  • The first edition of this Old English life of Pop Gregory the Great by the Anglo-Saxon abbot Aelfric, pritned with a side-by-side translation into modern English by Elizbaeth Elstob
    The first edition of this Old English life of Pop Gregory the Great by the Anglo-Saxon abbot Aelfric, pritned with a side-by-side translation into modern English by Elizbaeth Elstob

    AELFRIC, Abbot of Eynsham; ELSTOB, Elizabeth (translator).
    An English-Saxon Homily on the Birthday of St. Gregory: 1709.
    $2,060.00

  • An very good copy of Field Marshall Montgomery's History of Warfare, signed by the author, bound in black Niger by Zaehnsdorf
    An very good copy of Field Marshall Montgomery's History of Warfare, signed by the author, bound in black Niger by Zaehnsdorf

    MONTGOMERY, Field Marshall Bernard Law.
    A History of Warfare. 1971.
    $2,060.00

  • Autograph letter signed in ink from Winston Churchill to Algernon West thanking him for papers needed, for researching the biography of his father Randolph Churchill
    Autograph letter signed in ink from Winston Churchill to Algernon West thanking him for papers needed, for researching the biography of his father Randolph Churchill

    CHURCHILL, Sir Winston.
    [Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Algernon West]. 5 October, 1902.
    $10,299.00

  • The Pittsburgh Stock Exchange.
    The Pittsburgh Stock Exchange.

    [STOCK EXCHANGE RESULTS 1910-1932]
    The Pittsburgh Stock Exchange. 1910-1932
    $6,866.00

  • A neat Spanish-language pocket edition of Thomas à Kempis' famous devotional work, embellished with four fine copper engravings.
    A neat Spanish-language pocket edition of Thomas à Kempis' famous devotional work, embellished with four fine copper engravings.

    KEMPIS, Thomas à.
    De la Imitacion de Christo, 1777.
    $248.00

  • A finely bound example of the Pearl Bible in contemporary red morocco, so named for its small size
    A finely bound example of the Pearl Bible in contemporary red morocco, so named for its small size

    [PEARL BIBLE].
    The Holy Bible 1653.
    $3,433.00

  • The first edition printed in England of Jean Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, in a contemporary English gilt calf binding.
    The first edition printed in England of Jean Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, in a contemporary English gilt calf binding.

    CALVIN, Jean; BUNNY, Edmund (editor).
    Institutio Christianae Religionis. 1576.
    $6,866.00

  • A pleasing octavo edition of the King James Bible, ruled in red throughout and bound with The Book of Common Prayer and The Whole Book of the Psalmes
    A pleasing octavo edition of the King James Bible, ruled in red throughout and bound with The Book of Common Prayer and The Whole Book of the Psalmes

    [KING JAMES VERSION].
    The Holy Bible 1639-1640.
    $2,541.00

  • The third edition of William Fulke's commentary on the New Testament, printing in parlallel collumns the text of the Bishop's Bible and Rheims version
    The third edition of William Fulke's commentary on the New Testament, printing in parlallel collumns the text of the Bishop's Bible and Rheims version

    FULKE, William.
    The Text of the New Testament of Iesvs Christ, 1617.
    $5,150.00

  • The first edition of this insightful constitutional study by William Edward Hearn on The Government of England
    The first edition of this insightful constitutional study by William Edward Hearn on The Government of England

    HEARN, William Edward.
    The Government of England 1867.
    $412.00

  • A later edition of Conyers Middleton's life of the Roman statesman Cicero, first published in 1741
    A later edition of Conyers Middleton's life of the Roman statesman Cicero, first published in 1741

    MIDDLETONE, Conyers.
    The Life of M. Tullius Cicero. 1819.
    $241.00

  • An early printing of this parallel text edition in English and Latin of Horace's Satires, Epistles, and Ars Poetica
    An early printing of this parallel text edition in English and Latin of Horace's Satires, Epistles, and Ars Poetica

    HORACE (Quintus Horatius Flaccus); DUNSTER, Samuel (translator).
    Horace's Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry, 1739.
    $481.00

  • A handsome pocket-edition of the King James Bible in nineteenth-century purple calf
    A handsome pocket-edition of the King James Bible in nineteenth-century purple calf

    [King James Version].
    The Holy Bible 1714.
    $1,099.00

  • An attractive later printing of Samuel Bagster's Polyglot Bible, bound in contemporary black morocco with hallmarked silver clasps in full working order
    An attractive later printing of Samuel Bagster's Polyglot Bible, bound in contemporary black morocco with hallmarked silver clasps in full working order

    [Biblia Polyglotta].
    The English Version of the Polyglot Bible; [c.1868].
    $687.00

  • A superb, rare complete example of the Geneva Bible, bound with the Book of Common Prayer, Concordances and Pslam, in the original blind-panelled calf binding
    A superb, rare complete example of the Geneva Bible, bound with the Book of Common Prayer, Concordances and Pslam, in the original blind-panelled calf binding

    [GENEVA VERSION].
    The Bible: 1614-[1613].
    $8,926.00

  • One of the rarest and most desirable plate books of the early 20th century, W.L. Schreiber's Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century houses 55 incunable leaves, all with woodcut illustrations, and including 20 leaves in hand colour.
    One of the rarest and most desirable plate books of the early 20th century, W.L. Schreiber's Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century houses 55 incunable leaves, all with woodcut illustrations, and including 20 leaves in hand colour.

    SCHREIBER, W.L. (compiler); BARBEY, André (translator)
    Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century 1929.
    $20,597.00

  • The Two Books of Francis Bacon of the Proficiencie and Advancement of Learning, his most important philosophical work
    The Two Books of Francis Bacon of the Proficiencie and Advancement of Learning, his most important philosophical work

    BACON, Francis.
    The Two Books of Francis Bacon, 1808.
    $618.00

  • A lifetime edition of Robert Dodsley's Oeconomy of Human Life, a philosophical work which presents itself as the English translation of an ancient Indian text
    A lifetime edition of Robert Dodsley's Oeconomy of Human Life, a philosophical work which presents itself as the English translation of an ancient Indian text

    [DODSLEY, Robert].
    The Oeconomy of Human Life.
    $481.00

  • A handsome bound edition of J.P. Mahaffy's classic study of Social Life in Greece
    A handsome bound edition of J.P. Mahaffy's classic study of Social Life in Greece

    MAHAFFY, J.P.
    Social Life in Greece 1894.
    $172.00

  • The first edition in English of the Idiota de Mente, an important philosophical dialogue by the German humanist and Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa.
    The first edition in English of the Idiota de Mente, an important philosophical dialogue by the German humanist and Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa.

    [CUSANUS, Nicolas] CUSA, Nicholas of.
    The Idiot 1650.
    $10,985.00

  • A scarce first edition of Henry Dunning Macleod's History of Economics bound in full red calf for the Bradford Modern School.
    A scarce first edition of Henry Dunning Macleod's History of Economics bound in full red calf for the Bradford Modern School.

    MACLEOD, Henry Dunning.
    The History of Economics. 1896.
    $344.00

  • An early edition of Thomas Taylor's English language translation of The Rhetoric, Poetic and Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle
    An early edition of Thomas Taylor's English language translation of The Rhetoric, Poetic and Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle

    ARISTOTLE; TAYLOR, Thomas (translator).
    The Rhetoric, Poetic, and Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle, 1818.
    $927.00

  • The New Testament according to the King James Version, printed shortly after the Restoration of Charles II

    [KING JAMES VERSION].
    The New Testament 1662.
    $618.00

  • The Letters of Pliny the Consul in English translation by William Melmoth
    The Letters of Pliny the Consul in English translation by William Melmoth

    PLINY; MELMOTH, William (translator).
    The Letters of Pliny the Consul. 1805.
    $344.00

  • A lifetime edition of J.S. Mill's most important work of pure philosophy, A System of Logic
    A lifetime edition of J.S. Mill's most important work of pure philosophy, A System of Logic

    MILL, John Stuart.
    A System of Logic, 1862.
    $618.00

  • The final lifetime edition of Mill's pioneeing essay in defence of women's rights, The Subjection of Women
    The final lifetime edition of Mill's pioneeing essay in defence of women's rights, The Subjection of Women

    MILL, John Stuart.
    The Subjection of Women. 1870.
    $618.00

  • The first pocket-book edition of Sir Francis Bacon's Novum Organum, bound with his Historia Naturalis, together the second and third parts of his ambitious project, the Instauratio Magna

    BACON, Sir Francis (Viscount St. Alban).
    Novum Organum Scientiarum
    $2,541.00

  • The first edition of David Mallet's biograph of the polymath and statesman Sir Francis Bacon
    The first edition of David Mallet's biograph of the polymath and statesman Sir Francis Bacon

    MALLET, David.
    The Life of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England. 1740.
    $618.00

  • The first edition of this posthumously published collection of Three Essays on Religion by the English philosopher J.S. Mill
    The first edition of this posthumously published collection of Three Essays on Religion by the English philosopher J.S. Mill

    MILL, John Stuart.
    Three Essays on Religion. 1874.
    $344.00

  • The first edition in book form of J.S. Mill's study of Auguste Comte and Positivism, initially published in the Edinburgh Review
    The first edition in book form of J.S. Mill's study of Auguste Comte and Positivism, initially published in the Edinburgh Review

    MILL, John Stuart.
    Auguste Comte and Positivism. 1865.
    $255.00

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