Opusculo acera de la Custion Clerical.
12pp. 8vo, orig. wrs. San Salvador, 1862. Essay on church-state relations, with a strong anti-clerical orientation. Not in Palau. More
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Histoire de Dom Jean de Palafox, Eveque d'Angelopolis & Depuis d'Osme. Et des differens qu'il a eus avec les PP. Jesuites
1690. (22), 548, (2)pp. 24mo, contemporary calf, gilt spine, lacks half-title page, spine and edges of corners lightly worn, corners bumped. blank page near end is chipped, some pages with a small amount of foxing, mostly to margins. N.p., 1690. Juan de Palafox y Mendoza was Bishop of Puebla Mexico from 1640 to 1655. He was against the conversion methods of Jesuits in Mexico and placed an interdict on them in 1647. In response, the Jesuits excommunicated Bishop Palafox y.... More
The Jesuits
New York: Stein and Day, 1982. 390pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards; some light fading to the margins of the front cover. New York: Stein and Day, (1982). A very good copy. More
Pinacoteca Vaticana: In the Painting the Expression of the Divine Message. In the Light the Root of the Pictorial Creation
Milan: Fabbri, 1992. Hundreds of exquisite full color reproductions. 471pp., thick, oblong 4to, grey cloth, d.w., slipcase. Milan: Fabbri, (1992). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
California Mission Days.
illus. square 8vo, boards, d.w.; (boards spotted, d.w. sunned). Doublday, (1951). Juvenile Edition. More
The Apologie of George Brisset (Trans. Out of French Into English, 1610).
Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1884. Edited by Edmund Goldsmid. 29pp. 8vo, 1/4 red morocco, g.t.; original parchment wrappers bound in. Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1884. Very good (+). One of only 75 Large Paper copies. Violent invective against the "trayterous Papists (who) have so long governed the commonwealth of France." More
Sermons du Pere Bourdaloue, de la Compagnie de Jesus pour les Fetes des Saints et pour des Vetures & Prosessions Religieuses.
Liege: Bassompierre, 1784. 2 volumes, 12mo, full mottled calf, rubricated edges, ornately gilt spines, extremities chipped. Small early inked name on title pages. Liege: J.F. Bassompierre, 1784. Nouvelle Edition. Exactment Revue et Corrigee. Very good (+). More
Christianity and Spain.
London: United Editorial, 1937. 81pp. 8vo, pr. wrs., wrappers soiled, bottom margin throughout wrinkled from exposure to dampness, but not dampstained, several pages with pencil annotations in margin. London: United Editorial, (1937). With a preface by Revd. Canon Charles E. Raven. More
La Papesse Jeanne, Etude Historique et Litteraire, par Philomneste Junior
Paris: Jules Gay, 1862. 156 pages. 16mo, handsomely bound in full polished calf with gilt spine & dentelles; marbled end-papers. Paris: Jules Gay, 1862. Limited First Edition. Number 23 of only 54 copies on Hollande paper. More
The Escaped Nun: or, Disclosures of Convent Life; and The Confessions of a Sister of Charity
New York: De Witt, 1855. 344pp. + ads, 8vo, blind-stamped brown cloth, decorative spine; foxing, some heavy at rear of book. New York: De Witt & Davenport, 1855. A very good copy. More
History of the Papacy in the 19th Century: Liberty and Authority in the Roman Catholic Church
New York: Schocken, 1964. Edited by R. H. Murray. Introduction, epilogue and bibliographical notes by Frederick C. Grant. xxxiv + 217pp., 8vo, purple cloth, d.w.; minor tearing to dust wrapper. New York: Schocken Books, (1964). A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. B. More
The California Missions; A Pictorial History.
numerous illus., some in color. 4to, pict. cloth, d.w. Menlo Park: Lane Book, (1964). vg. More
Vindicacion del presbitero Don...de falsas imputaciones que se le han hecho con motivo de haber administrado la parroquia de Esta Iglesia Catedral durante los tres meses de su acefalia
30pp. 8vo, orig. wrs. San Salvador, 1862. A Catholic priest's public defense in a dispute with his ecclesiastical superiors. Not in Palau. More
Diary of an Excursion to the Ruins of Abo, Quarra and Gran Quivira in New Mexico in 1853.
Frontis. 61pp. 12mo, cloth, d.w. Santa Fe; Stagecoach Press, (1965). vg Excursion to the ruins of 17th century Franciscan missions. Later edition of Wagner-Camp 251 and Eberstadt 115:1084. One of 750 copies. More
Por disposicion del Supremo Gobierno del Salvador, se reimprime el siguiente articulo (La Cuestion de Roma) victoriosamente escrito en Madrid por...y publicado en el periodico "La America" numero correspondiente al 24 de Agosto de 1862.
38pp. 12mo, stitched. San Salvador, (1862). Essay by a prominent Spanish writer and politician on the history of church-state relations. Reprinted on orders of the Salvadoran government. Not in Palau. More
Pilgrim-Walks in Rome; A Guide to Its Holy Places
London: Manresa Press, 1905. Photo Illus., folding street map of Rome. xvi, 464pp. 12mo, green cloth, front cover very lightly soiled, lacks front flyleaf, half-title page browned, a few pages lightly foxed in margins. London: Manresa Press, 1905. Author was a member of the Jesuit Order. Internally, a tight bright copy. More
Keepers of the Keys: A History of the Popes from St. Peter to John Paul II.
New York: Scribner, 1982. Illustrated. viii + 340pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper rubbed, a few small tears. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1982). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Italian Votive Tablets.
Udine: Doretti, 1960. With 116 mounted color illustrations. 283pp with text in English. Tall thick 8vo, pictorial cloth, mylar wrapper, slipcase. Udine: Doretti, (1960). A fine copy. Limited edition of 500 copies in English, not intended for sale but as gifts for Christmas. More
Inka Bodies and the Body of Christ; Corpus Christi in Colonial Cuzco, Peru
Durham: Duke University Press, 1999. Color and b/w Illus. 8vo, black cloth, front cover slightly warped, some pages slightly wavy. Durham: Duke University Press, 1999. More
In And Out, The Andes; Mission Trails from Yucatan to Chile.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Scribner's 1955. vg. More
Mrs. Seton: Founders of the American Sisters of Charity.
Illus. 498pp. 8vo, cloth, rubbed d.w. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, (1962). More
Knights of Malta; A Gallery of Portraits
New York: Roy Publishers, 1963. Illus. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. New York: Roy Publishers, (1963). More
Morias Enkomion [Greek] Stultitiae Laus. Desid. Erasmi Rot. Declamatio
Amsterdam: Henricum Wetstentium, 1685. Engraved title depicting a court jester on a pulpit before his congregation. [7], 152 pages. Slim 16mo, early vellum-backed marbled boards with morocco spine label (binding well-rubbed but sound and attractive; ownership inkstamp on verso of title which has offset on recto, otherwise a rather clean copy with wide margins). Amsterdam: Henricum Wetstentium, 1685. An early edition of this uncommon book. Translated into English as "In Praise of Folly," these are satirical treatises on Catholic Church dogma. More
Saint Francois d'Assise
Boston: Marshall Jones, 1925. 50 tipped in color plates. Small folio, deckled edges, full brown crushed morocco, heavily git spine and covers, inner dentelles, silk moire end papers and fly-leaves (front hinge beginning to separate), t.e.g. Boston: Marshall Jones, 1925. Autographed Limited Edition. Very good (+). Number 38 of only 225 numbered and signed copies. Bookplate. More
Saints In The Valleys; Christian Sacred Images in the History, Life and Folk Art of Spanish New Mexico.
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1960. 47 black & white plates. 122pp. 4to, tan cloth, d.w. (Albuquerque): University of New Mexico Press, 1960. First Edition. A fine copy in a worn dust wrapper. More