Religion rare books

First published edition, sole printing; contents spotted especially early and late; single quire wire-stitched into cream wrappers printed in black, staples rusted but perfectly sound, wrappers a little marked and sunned, otherwise a very good example; 56pp.

8vo, abridged edition, xiv, 756 pp., contemporary red polished calf gilt by Bayntun-Riviere, blue and green morocco labels, all edges gilt, a fine example.

2 vols, 16mo; rubricated throughout, light toning to leaves, additional title page for Psalms of David; contemporary black morocco, elaborately gilt panelled and decorated, all edges gilt, first volume with oval silver disk to centre of each board with initials I.P. and dated 1717, silver clasps present, light wear to extremities, housed together in contemporary morocco wallet case with lid flap and horn securing button, slightly scuffed, overall a handsome set.

Second edition in English; folio, (33 x 22.5 cm); woodcut vignette to title, inscription to title upper margin 'Jno Poley de Boxted 1711', contemporary neat annotation to front blank (a short biography of Augustine), occasional dust-soiling; near-contemporary speckled calf, blindstamped initials 'W.P.' to front board, some light wear, lacking rear endpaper, front free endpaper wormed and soiled to margins, front hinge cracked, otherwise a remarkably fresh example; [20], 861 [i.e. 860], [4]pp.

Fourth edition; small folio, (25.5 x 17.3 cm); [170] leaves of 172, lacking first and last blank, text printed on 34 lines, title page supplied in manuscript, initial spaces with guide letters (printed and manuscript), neat repair to first two leaves, slight worming to prelims, Italian inscription on front pastedown, leaf k slightly loose, pagination supplied in manuscript; eighteenth-century full vellum over boards, manuscript lettering to spine, light soiling to boards, otherwise a very good copy of an important work.

First edition; 2 parts in one volume, folio, (46.7 x 29.5 cm); half-title, titles in red and black, 62 double-page engraved plates, including additional pictorial title, 5 double-page engraved maps, and 29 engraved illustrations all by Jan Luyken, text a little browned, some slight spotting and soiling, red endpapers; full contemporary green morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, all edges gilt, an attractive copy; [xxv], 78; 60pp.

First German-language edition; 2 vols in one, folio, (38.2 x 23.5 cm); woodcut frontispiece, woodcut device on titles, typographical ornaments to title and chapter sections, leaves toned, scattered foxing; contemporary calf over wooden boards, metal corner pieces, clasps missing, rebacked, overall a very good copy of a scarce work.