{"title":"Religion \u0026 Theology","description":"\u003cp\u003eRare and antiquarian works on religion, theology, scripture, church history, and devotional literature. Spanning Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and comparative religion, from early printed Bibles and Books of Hours to Victorian theological scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"nares-the-veracity-of-the-evangelists-demonstrated-first-edition-1816","title":"Nares — The Veracity of the Evangelists Demonstrated — First Edition, 1816","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNARES, Robert.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Veracity of the Evangelists Demonstrated, by a Comparative View of Their Histories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e London: printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, 1816. 12mo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn attractive first edition of Robert Nares’s study of the historical consistency of the Gospel narratives. Nares approaches the Evangelists comparatively, examining differences of wording, sequence and testimony while arguing that their accounts remain mutually corroborative. Particular attention is given to passages shared between the Synoptic Gospels, culminating in the folding Greek table at the end of the volume, which places the accounts of the Parable of the Sower alongside one another for direct comparison.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobert Nares (1753–1829) was an English clergyman, philologist and antiquary. He served at the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBritish Museum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, first as Assistant Librarian and, from 1799 to 1807, as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKeeper of Manuscripts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and became \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArchdeacon of Stafford\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1801. A Fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Society, he was also a founding editor of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBritish Critic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which he edited from its establishment in 1793 until 1813. He is best remembered for his substantial \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGlossary, or Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1822), devoted particularly to the language and literature of the Elizabethan period.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eContemporary half calf over marbled boards, with calf corners; spine divided by gilt rules and decorated with repeated gilt floral tools, the title lettered directly in gilt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe work belongs to the early nineteenth-century tradition of Christian evidential writing and is an interesting example of comparative analysis of the Gospel narratives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e19.5 × 12 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBinding \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003esound and attractive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with light rubbing and wear to the calf, principally at the extremities and corners; gilt decoration and lettering remain bright and clear. Marbled boards well preserved, with only minor surface wear. Internally generally clean, with occasional light spotting and toning, mainly to the endpapers. Text block firm. Terminal folding comparative table \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecomplete and well preserved\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with the folds remaining sound. A particularly neat copy in an appealing contemporary binding.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBibliographical Note\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst edition. 288 pp., followed by a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eterminal folding comparative table\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, headed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAppendix No. V. The Parable of the Sower\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, presenting parallel passages from Matthew, Mark and Luke in Greek.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA second edition, with additions, followed in 1819. 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Folio.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA substantial seventeenth-century manual of the law and procedure of the Holy Office, in an extensively annotated copy preserving a remarkable body of early Spanish manuscript material.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCesare Carena’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTractatus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was one of the principal seventeenth-century works devoted to the practical jurisprudence of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInquisition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. First published at Cremona in 1636 and repeatedly enlarged and reprinted, it treats the machinery of inquisitorial procedure in considerable detail: jurisdiction, denunciation and accusation, examination of witnesses, confession, suspicion of heresy, abjuration, relapse, punishment and the handling of particular classes of offences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe work belongs directly to the juridical world of the seventeenth-century Inquisition. Carena’s first edition appeared only three years after the condemnation of Galileo in 1633, and the legal categories discussed throughout the book — suspicion of heresy, examination, abjuration and punishment — are those which shaped the proceedings of the Holy Office in celebrated cases from Giordano Bruno to Galileo. The connection is institutional and procedural rather than one of direct association: Carena’s treatise systematised the law and practice of the inquisitorial tribunals in the generation immediately following Galileo’s trial.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe appended \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTractatus de Strigibus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis particularly notable for Carena’s critical treatment of witchcraft prosecutions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Drawing on the experience of the Roman Inquisition, he complains of serious errors committed by local judges and inquisitors, including unlawful imprisonment, defective interrogation and excessive torture. He warns specifically against judges too readily persuaded that an accused woman is a witch and then determined to extract a confession by illicit means, noting that unjust sentences — even capital ones — had resulted. Carena further records that a number of sentences in Spanish witchcraft cases had been overturned by the Supreme Inquisition. Far from being merely a demonological tract, the work is therefore also a contemporary critique of defective judicial procedure in witchcraft trials.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarena wrote in the aftermath of some of the most notorious \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewitchcraft prosecutions of the early seventeenth century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, including the Basque witch panic culminating at Logroño in 1610 and, elsewhere in Catholic Europe, the great persecutions at Bamberg and Würzburg and the trial of Urbain Grandier at Loudun in 1634. His insistence upon evidential caution, lawful procedure and the dangers of coerced confession places the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTractatus de Strigibus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e within the contemporary debate over the judicial abuses of the European witch hunts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eManuscript Notes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe particular interest of the present copy lies in its extensive early manuscript annotation. Numerous passages throughout the volume have been underlined, marked and cross-referenced in an early hand, while several substantial manuscript slips in Spanish have been inserted beside passages to which their contents directly relate. The notes discuss such matters as bigamy and polygamy, solicitation in the confessional, the examination and admissibility of witnesses, abjuration, excommunication, relapse, punishment, inquisitorial jurisdiction, medical testimony, and distinctions between different forms of culpable ignorance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOther legal and canonical authorities are cited and compared, suggesting a reader using Carena not simply as a theological text but as a working source of inquisitorial jurisprudence. Several of the inserted memoranda appear to summarise or test the rule applicable to particular situations, while shorter marginal annotations direct the reader between related passages and authorities. Taken together, they form a substantial body of working legal notes assembled around the printed text.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne substantial manuscript note cites Giacomo Pignatelli’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNovissimae consultationes canonicae\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, apparently referring to volume II, consultation 165. Since Pignatelli’s work first appeared in 1711, this provides a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eterminus post quem\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of 1711 for at least part of the manuscript annotation. The principal Spanish hand appears broadly compatible with an early eighteenth-century date. Although the identity of the annotator has not been established, the language, subject matter and manner of use strongly suggest a Spanish-speaking reader deeply engaged with the practical jurisprudence of the Holy Office.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvenance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith the ownership label of the Rev. Michael Roy Barton, Mount Saint Gabriel, Peekskill, New York. Barton was an Episcopal clergyman associated with the Community of St Mary at Mount Saint Gabriel in Peekskill during the early twentieth century and was also involved in library work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe volume subsequently entered the General Theological Seminary Library, New York, with its bookplate to the front pastedown recording the gift of Mrs Michael R. Barton. The earlier provenance of the volume, including the identity of the Spanish-speaking annotator, remains unidentified.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e35 × 23 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContemporary full vellum over boards, the binding substantially worn and soiled, with darkening to the spine and upper portions of the covers. Areas of loss to the vellum on both boards, most conspicuously along the fore-edge of the front cover, exposing the underlying board; further marks, scuffing and wear to the extremities. Faded manuscript title to spine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInternally there is general age-toning, occasional staining, spotting and scattered marks, but the text generally well preserved. Extensive early manuscript annotation throughout, including underlining, marginal comments and cross-references, together with several loose or inserted manuscript slips in Spanish. General Theological Seminary Library bookplate to the front pastedown; earlier Barton ownership label present.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBibliographical Note\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHalf-title and title page present, the latter printed in red and black. \u003cspan class=\"text-token-text-primary cursor-text rounded-sm\"\u003e[28]\u003c\/span\u003e, 501, \u003cspan class=\"text-token-text-primary cursor-text rounded-sm\"\u003e[65]\u003c\/span\u003e pp. Complete, including all three parts of Carena’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTractatus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTractatus de Strigibus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e concerning witchcraft, and the appended \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePraxis Inquisitorum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarena’s treatise was first published at Cremona in 1636. The present Lyon edition of 1669 belongs to the fully developed form of the work and includes, in addition to Carena’s principal treatise, the material on witchcraft and the appended \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePraxis Inquisitorum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Copies of this edition appear only infrequently on the market, and examples preserving substantial early manuscript working material are considerably more unusual.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUSTC 6089083 presently records five institutional holdings for the 1669 edition and separately identifies a digitised copy from the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma. We have traced six further institutional holdings not recorded there.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReferences\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUSTC 6089083; Louis Desgraves et al., \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRépertoire bibliographique des livres imprimés en France au dix-septième siècle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, vol. 16, no. 194, p. 90; Emile van der Vekene, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBibliotheca bibliographica historiae Sanctae Inquisitionis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; Jean-Pierre Dedieu and Gunnar W. Knutsen, “The Trial of Faith in the Spanish Inquisition: Between Law and Repentance,” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnnales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reservoir Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58006926721406,"sku":null,"price":2250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/4464\/8318\/files\/IMG_0164.jpg?v=1789117786"},{"product_id":"wolzogen-ludwig-orator-sacer-utrecht-1671-first-edition","title":"WOLZOGEN, Ludwig. Orator sacer. Utrecht, 1671. 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The work combines Reformed homiletics with the classical rhetorical tradition, treating the preacher as both interpreter of Scripture and practised orator.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe accompanying \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOratoris idea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, prepared for private teaching, presents these principles in numbered precepts, including practical guidance on bodily movement, modulation of the voice and the appropriate use of the hands when addressing an audience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLudwig Wolzogen (1633–1690) was a Dutch Reformed minister and academic who taught practical philosophy at Groningen before becoming professor of church history at Utrecht.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA scarce Utrecht printing. USTC lists seven institutional copies, including those at the British Library and Cambridge University Library. 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Vellum curled slightly at the fore-edges, with minor wear, small splits and losses at the extremities. Later black cloth library label around the lower spine, bearing the former shelf mark. Front pastedown partly lifted, exposing the construction beneath; binding remains sound.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInstitutional markings as described above, including blind stamps within the text and a perforated ownership stamp to the title page. Faded inscription at the head of the title page. Contents generally toned, but the paper remains sound and the text clear throughout. Small marginal tears to a few leaves, without loss of text. Occasional minor spotting and handling marks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBibliographical details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOctavo. \u003cspan class=\"text-token-text-primary cursor-text rounded-sm\"\u003e[18]\u003c\/span\u003e, 679, \u003cspan class=\"text-token-text-primary cursor-text rounded-sm\"\u003e[19]\u003c\/span\u003e, 144, \u003cspan class=\"text-token-text-primary cursor-text rounded-sm\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/span\u003e pp. With the separately paginated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOratoris idea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and errata leaf; two blank leaves at the rear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eπ1 2*8 A–2V8 2X4 2A–C8 (2C8 blank).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUSTC 1807955; STCN 066876141.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reservoir Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58021631263102,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/4464\/8318\/files\/IMG_2075.jpg?v=1789296944"},{"product_id":"markham-george-truth-for-the-seekers-quaker-tithe-controversy-york-castle-allan-rowntree-association-copy","title":"MARKHAM, George — Truth for the Seekers — Quaker Tithe Controversy — York Castle — Allan Rowntree Association Copy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMARKHAM, George, D.D.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eTruth for the Seekers; or, A Fair and Full Statement of the Facts which gave rise to the Imprisonment of the Quakers now in York Castle.\u003c\/em\u003e London: sold by J. S. Jordan, and by the booksellers of York, Leeds and Hull, 1797.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[WORMALL, John; WORMALL, Henry; BROWN, Joseph; WALTON, James; STANSFIELD, John, and others.]\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Defence of the Prisoners in York Castle, for Not Paying Tithes, against the Charges of George Markham, Vicar of Carlton, in Yorkshire, contained in his Book entitled, Truth for the Seekers.\u003c\/em\u003e Third edition. York printed; London: reprinted and sold by James Phillips and Son, 1797. This edition concludes with notice of the prisoners' release, dated \"20th of Tenth Month, 1797.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMARKHAM, George, D.D.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eMore Truth for the Seekers; or, The Charges of Dr. Markham Vindicated, in Opposition to the Defence of the Quakers Imprisoned for Not Paying Tithes.\u003c\/em\u003e London: sold by J. S. Jordan, and by the booksellers of York, Leeds and Hull, 1798.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[AUTHORS OF THE DEFENCE.]\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Prisoners' Defence Supported: or, An Answer to the Charges and Allegations of George Markham, Vicar of Carlton, in Yorkshire, contained in his Book entitled, \"More Truth for the Seekers.\"\u003c\/em\u003e York: printed by William Blanchard, and sold by the booksellers in York; and by James Phillips and Son, and Darton and Harvey, London, 1798.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[YORK CASTLE QUAKERS.]\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eState of the Case of Several of the People Called Quakers, Imprisoned in York Castle, for the Non-Payment of Tithes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether five separately titled components documenting the central stages of the controversy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAllan Rowntree (1853–1940)\u003c\/strong\u003e, Scarborough Quaker businessman and member of the prominent Yorkshire Rowntree family, with his ownership inscription \"Allan Rowntree\" in pencil to the front endpaper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inscription is particularly pertinent in this context. The Scarborough Rowntrees were a long-established Quaker commercial family, related to the better-known York branch associated with the Rowntree confectionery business.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComparison with an autograph letter by Allan Rowntree preserved at the North Yorkshire Archives, ZSJ 4\/16\/1, showing close correlation.  The inscription is attributed with strong confidence to Allan Rowntree (1853–1940).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall octavo. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled paper-covered boards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBinding worn but substantially original. Front board partially detached, the joint having split through much of its length and the board now remaining attached principally towards the lower portion. The upper joint is open with sewing\/support material visible. Spine dry and rubbed, with loss and abrasion at head and foot and remnants of old labels; surface wear and some loss to the marbled paper sides, particularly at the corners and edges. Corners rounded and exposed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInternally generally well preserved. Text leaves show light age-toning, occasional spotting and some occasional marginal staining, but remain clear and legible. The pamphlets retain generous margins. Allan Rowntree's pencil ownership inscription appears on the front endpaper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe binding defect is conspicuous and the volume should be handled with care, but the text block itself appears substantially intact. Offered unrestored, preserving the contemporary binding and provenance evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA particularly attractive association copy. The constituent pamphlets are scarce individually, but their survival together gives the volume considerably greater historical coherence: it follows the argument from Markham's initial justification of the imprisonment through the Quaker response and subsequent replies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe later ownership by Allan Rowntree adds another layer of Quaker history extending the book's significance from the eighteenth-century tithe controversy into the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Yorkshire Quaker commercial world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReferences\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eESTC T90470; T102447; T66608; Smith, \u003cem\u003eFriends’ Books\u003c\/em\u003e, II, 964. Further ESTC references pending final collation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reservoir Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58059001168254,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/4464\/8318\/files\/IMG_0525.jpg?v=1789807166"},{"product_id":"justinianus-laurentius-opera-omnia-cologne-1675-wexford-franciscan-provenance","title":"JUSTINIANUS, Laurentius — Opera Omnia — Cologne 1675 — Wexford Franciscan Provenance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJUSTINIANUS, Laurentius\u003c\/strong\u003e [Lawrence Giustiniani \/ Lorenzo Giustiniani]. \u003cem\u003eDivi Laurentii Justiniani Protopatriarchae Veneti Opera Omnia: nunc recens post omnes alias editiones, \u0026amp; numero marginum multo quam prius locupletata, \u0026amp; innumeris pene locis vigilantiori cura, \u0026amp; diligentia recognita, atque emendata.\u003c\/em\u003e Cologne [Coloniae Agrippinae]: apud Joannem Wilhelmum Friessem, 1675.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA substantial seventeenth-century folio edition of the collected works of Saint Lawrence Justinian (1381–1456), the Venetian ecclesiastic, devotional writer and first Patriarch of Venice, preserved in an attractive contemporary or near-contemporary full calf binding and carrying unusually interesting Irish Franciscan provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted in Latin, the volume contains Justinian's extensive corpus of theological and devotional writings, together with the \u003cem\u003eTractatus de Incendio Divini Amoris\u003c\/em\u003e. The elaborate title page is printed in red and black above a large engraved emblematic vignette. Although issued at Cologne by Johann Wilhelm Friessem in 1675, the volume concludes with the earlier printing statement: \u003cem\u003eColoniae excudebat Arnoldus Quentelius, anno M.DC.XVI.\u003c\/em\u003e The retention of the 1616 Arnold Quentel colophon in the 1675 Friessem edition provides an interesting bibliographical feature of the issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title page bears an ink institutional inscription: \u003cem\u003e“Bibliothecae Antonianae Conventus Wexfordiensis … FF. Min.”\u003c\/em\u003e identifying the volume with the library of St Anthony’s Franciscan Convent at Wexford and the Friars Minor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside this appears the ink signature \u003cem\u003e“R. F. 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Walsh’s distinctive signature is noted throughout the surviving collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA front leaf carries later pencilled annotations \u003cem\u003e“duplicate”\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e“£275.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rear flyleaf is separately inscribed: \u003cem\u003e“Joe McDonnell 25\/4\/1993.”\u003c\/em\u003e This may be the noted Irish bookbinding scholar Joseph McDonnell, co-author of \u003cem\u003eGold-tooled Bookbindings Commissioned by Trinity College Dublin in the Eighteenth Century\u003c\/em\u003e (1987) and author of \u003cem\u003eFive Hundred Years of the Art of the Book in Ireland\u003c\/em\u003e (1997). The identification has not yet been independently confirmed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaken together, the inscriptions document the book’s long association with an important Irish Franciscan institutional library and its survival into modern private ownership, with the possibility of an earlier connection to the dispersed library of the Irish Franciscan College at Louvain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eContemporary or near-contemporary full calf over boards; blind-ruled panel decoration to covers; five raised bands; gilt floral and foliate spine compartments; gilt-lettered morocco title label. The binding shows extensive age-related rubbing, abrasion and areas of surface loss, particularly to the boards and extremities. Leather worn at joints, bands and corners, with some scuffing, but retaining considerable decorative character. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTitle page with a deliberately excised horizontal strip, approximately 5–10 mm high, extending across the full width of the leaf and resulting in loss of portions of the printed text. The removal appears intentional rather than accidental; its purpose is unknown. Further handling marks and minor edge wear. Contents with the expected scattered toning, spotting and occasional marks of use. The final index and 1616 Arnold Quentel colophon are present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTitle page: \u003cem\u003eColoniae Agrippinae: Apud Joannem Wilhelmum Friessem, Anno M.DC.LXXV\u003c\/em\u003e [1675]. Final leaf retains: \u003cem\u003eColoniae excudebat Arnoldus Quentelius, Anno M.DC.XVI\u003c\/em\u003e [1616]. 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