Religion from Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art

Philadelphia: Beck & Lawton, 1857. Folio (13 1/2 " X 10 1/4"). Original sheet music on 6 pages. Cover art is an original stone lithograph by Philadelphia lithographers Schnabel & Finkeldey. Francis Florentine Hagen (1815-1907) was the Moravian minister who wrote the music for this hymn, which traditionally has been performed in Moravian churches on Christmas Eve.… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publications, 1861. 64 pages. 32mo (4 1/2 inches by 3 inches). First edition. A book intended to be carried by soldiers into battle, it contains suggestions for Christian behavior, prayers, psalms, and hymns. There is a name written inside the front cover--in all likelihood the name of a soldier who owned and carried the book during… Read more about this item

Richmond, Virginia: A. Works, 1828. 206 pages + 6 pages publisher's catalog. 6 maps (3 foldout). Full calf. Bickersteth was an evangelist, missionary, and writer of theological tracts. Shaw-Shoemaker 32373. The book is in about very good condition: clean and tight, with some foxing; a few tiny holes in one of the foldout maps. There is a Sabbath school library… Read more about this item

Brooklyn, NY: Thomas Kirk, 1812. 182 pages. Full leather. Early Brooklyn imprint, printed by the first printer in Brooklyn. In very good antiquarian condition.. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good-. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Basel, Switzerland: Johann Petri & Johann Froben, 1506. An original leaf from chapter 19 of the Book of Exodus, with rubrication in red and blue. Folio (12 inches by 8 5/8 inches). Printed text in Latin. A leaf from a vulgate Bible with glosses, commentary, and other matter by the 13th century Catholic theologian Nicolaus de… Read more about this item

Basel, Switzerland: Johann Petri & Johann Froben, 1506. An original leaf from chapter 16 of the Book of Exodus, with rubrication in red and blue. Folio (12 inches by 8 5/8 inches). Printed text in Latin. A leaf from a vulgate Bible with glosses, commentary, and other matter by the 13th century Catholic theologian Nicolaus de… Read more about this item

London: Richard Blome, 1690. Original Copperplate Engraving by Peter Paul Bouche after the Drawing by G. Freman. 16 3/4" by 10 5/8". Published circa 1690-1710 in Blome's History of the Old and New Testaments. Some of the engravings, like this one, included an elaborate banner cartouche honoring one of the patrons whose financial support made publication possible.… Read more about this item

Nuremberg, Germany: Anton Koberger, 1491. 12" X 8 1/2". Original incunabulum leaf printed by Anton Koberger in 1491, with added rubrication in red and blue ink on both recto and verso. The leaf is from Petrus Lombardus, Sententiarum Libri IV, which was written by Bonaventure circa 1249 as his commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, written a… Read more about this item

New York: Mason Brothers, 1853. 192 pages. Illustrated with in-text wood engravings. Binding is embossed brown cloth, with gilt lettering on front cover. Hiram Mattison (1811-1868) was a prominent Methodist minister in New York, who, in addion to his opposition to fraudulent psychics, was an active proponent of temperance and abolition of slavery. In this… Read more about this item

London and New York: London Stereoscopic Company, 1861. Beautifully hand-colored stereoviews of 2 of the oldest Cistercian Abbeys: Tintern Abbey (Wales, established 1131) and Fountains Abbey (Yorkshire, 1132). The views of Tintern are numbers 425, 431A, and 432; the Fountains Abbey views are numbers 214. 215, and 217. They apparently were published for the American market. … Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1907. xxxvi, 255 pages. First printing of the Gasquet translation. Beautifully bound in full vellum. All-edges gilt. Vellum cover has minor soiling; pages have a hint of faint tanning at edges; braided string ties are attached to back cover but not front cover. There is a repaired tear in the margin of page xxii.. First Edition… Read more about this item

Newport News, Virginia: George C. Mason, 1949. xxvii, 134 pages. This relatively scarce first printing includes the following: 1) a brief history colonial Lynnhaven Parish, which included all of Princess Anne County ( now the city of Virginia Beach); 2) the vestry book for the colonial and immediate post-revolution years; 3) an appendix listing parish and county officials… Read more about this item

London and New York: Thomas Coke and Daniel Hitt, 1801. Complete in 6 volumes. Volumes 1-4, the commentary on the Old Testament, are the true first edition, printed for Thomas Coke in London 1801-1803. Volumes 5 and 6, the commentaries on the New Testament, are the first American edition, published by Daniel Hitt in New York in 1812..… Read more about this item

Saint Joseph, Missouri: Bags End and First Baptist Church, 1995. xii, 152 pages. Church history written by Saint Joseph journalist Marshall White. The unread book is in as-new condition.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, as Issued,. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Wien, Strassburg, Munich, and St. Louis: Herdersche Verlagshandlung, 1904. xi, 187 pages. The text is in German. Edges of textblock are marbled. Joseph Braun was a Jesuit priest and archaeologist. This book was a s seminal work on liturgical garments and textiles that is still considered a standard work in the field. The book is… Read more about this item

Newark, Delaware: Univ of Delaware Pr, 2005. 224 pages. This book examines the literary works of 4 religious skeptics--Reginald Scot, Thaomas Harriot, Christopher Marlowe, and William Shakespeare--in the context of religious and social change. The book is in as-new condition in a clean and bright dust jacket that is slightly faded along the spine.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very… Read more about this item

Worcester, Massachusetts: Leonard Worcester, 1793. 346, 84 pages. David Brainerd was a missionary among Native Americans in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and near Easton, Pennsylvania. In 1746 he published the first portion of his diaries about his experiences. After Brainerd died of tuberculosis at Edwards' home in 1748, Edwards edited and published the remaining portions of the diaries. … Read more about this item

New York: Protestant Episcopal Tract Society, 1835. 275 pages. Onderdonk, the 2nd Episcopal Bishop of Pennsylvania, wrote this book to defend his essay "Episcopacy Tested by Scripture" against criticisms from Rev. Albert Barnes. The book is clean and tight, with edgewear and bumped corners; moderate foxing throughout.. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 12mo -… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1894. ix, 535 pages. This scarce second edition of Semple's important Baptist history includes the revisions by George William Beale. Minor wear at fore-edge of covers; light rubbing on covers; minor soiling on covers; minor wear at head & foot & edges of spine; several tiny spots through to boards at edges of… Read more about this item

London: D. Brown, at the Black-Swan Without Temple-Bar; J. Walthoe, in Vine-Court, Middle-Temple; and W. Mears, at the Lamb in Chancery-Lane, 1710. 2 p.l., [14], 231, [1] pages. Illustrated with nine (9) full-page copperplate engravings by Joseph Nutting. Note: the frontispiece is plate 3 of Nutting's illustrations rather than the portrait of Dunster that should be the… Read more about this item