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
12pp. 8vo, orig. wrs. San Salvador, 1862. Essay on church-state relations, with a strong anti-clerical orientation. Not in Palau. More
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
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
Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 1971. Four volumes. Slim 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, (1971). Fine. More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Mint, 1974. Old & new Testaments. Full-page color illustrations throughout, reproductions from the 14th century Queen Mary's Psalter held in the British Library. 1250 pages +69 page encyclopedic dictionary and biblical reference guide. Very thick 4to, handsomely bound in ornately sculpted sterling silver covers (12 Troy ounces of silver); silk moire endpapers; all edges gilt. Safely housed in original burgundy clamshell drop front box with red velvet cushioning cloth. Includes supplementary notes as well as a...... More
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
Doornspijk: Davaco Publishers, 1981. Illustrated in b/w. 93 pages + unpaginated illustration pages. Slim 4to, blue cloth, d.w. (some faint scuffs and areas of rubbing). Doornspijk: Davaco Publishers, (1981). Near fine in very good(+) dust wrapper. More
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
London: 1717. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 7" x 5" Map of the Jesuit Missions of Moxos, in the Llanos de Moxos region of Bolivia. The Beni and Mamore Rivers run vertically across the map, with many tributaries labeled. Topography is depicts pictorially, with mission sites labeled. Indigenous groups are indicated throughout the map. In very good condition. Emanuel Bowen (1714-1767) was an English map engraver who served as Royal Mapmaker to George II of England and Louis XV of..... More
Toronto: Pontifical Instute, 1972. 250 pages, thin 8vo, green latherette boards. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1972. A fine copy. More
Basel: Nicolaus Kessler, 1496. An alphabetical digest of the Decretals of Gregory IX, edited by Sebastian Brant. Printed in Gothic Letter with double columns on 54 lines. 42 un-numbered leaves (including the final blank), with spaces preserved for decorative initials, but with small printed guide letters. Short folio, bound in contemporary wooden boards with decorative blind-stamped calf backstrip. Basel: Nicolaus Kessler, circa 1496 [printing place and printer's name from Sebastian Brant's verse address on leaf 1b]. Some light toning &..... More
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
New York: John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, 2012. Color illustrations. 118 pages. Thin 4to, pictorial wrappers. New York: John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, 2012. First edition. A fine copy. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute's Manhattan gallery. More
New York: Nan A. Talese, 2006. Color illustrations throughout. 343 pages. 8vo, cream cloth-backed boards with gilt lettering at the spine, pictorial d.w. New York: Nan A. Talese, (2008). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
numerous illus., some in color. 4to, pict. cloth, d.w. Menlo Park: Lane Book, (1964). vg. More
30pp. 8vo, orig. wrs. San Salvador, 1862. A Catholic priest's public defense in a dispute with his ecclesiastical superiors. Not in Palau. More
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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. 756 pages. Tall thick 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. Near-fine. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. xii + 756 pages. very thick 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2001). Slightly cocked, still a very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
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
Dillingen: Sebald Meyer, 1567. 935 pages + Index. Very thick 8vo, contemporary German pig skin with ornately blind-tooled covers; 4 raised bands on spine with manuscript title (metal clasps partially present & front flyleaf lacking; title page re-attached). Dillingen: Sebald Meyer, 1567. Very good. First edition of the Roman Catholic Catholic Catechism from Germany, published the year before in Rome by Paulus Manutius. In a remarkably good state of preservation with the text clean & free from foxing... More
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
New York: Scribner, 1982. Illustrated in black and white. viii, 340 pages. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (a few small tears). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1982). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
New York: Braziller, 1994. Illustrated abundantly in color and in black and white. 103 pages. Oblong 8vo, green cloth, d.w. New York: Braziller, (1994). Near fine in a near fine dust wrapper. More
New York: Franklin Watts, 1989. Translated by Gilda Roberts. viii + 388 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; some chipping to top edge of dust wrapper. New York: Franklin Watts, 1989. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
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