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LOT 1678
Books - Comber - Companion to the Altar
PUBLISHED 1681 A.D.
7 3/8 x 4 7/8 in. (505 grams, 18.8 x 12.5 cm).
Thomas Comber D.D., A Companion to the Altar; or, an Help to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper; by Discourses and Meditations upon the whole Communion Office to which is added an Essay upon the Offices of Baptism, Catechism and Confirmation. The Third Edition. leather binding with lightly tooled borders, feint partial title to spine; frontispiece with printing details 'Imprimatur / Jan.21 / 167¾' and 'C.Smith, R.P.D. / Episc. Lond. à / sacris domesticis'; pencilled owner's autograph 'Edith C. Westercott/ May 1918'; ixpp + 489 pp + 7 pp (21 pp absent). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx libris David M. Miller; property of a Hertfordshire lady, by inheritance.
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Books - Williams - History of the Abbey of St Alban
Published 1917 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
L.F. Rushbrook Williams, History of the Abbey of St. Alban; original cloth with impressed borders, block title to spine; xiii pp + 251 pp, sketch map; heraldic bookplate to front inside cover and printed 'From the Author' note with pencil signature attached with the perforated runners from a sheet of stamps. 523 grams, 22.5 x 15 cm
Complete sound copy with light soiling and rubbing to cover.
Ex libris David M. Miller; property of a Hertfordshire lady, by inheritance.
Laurence Frederic Rushbrook Williams, CBE, FRSA (1890–1978) was a British historian and civil servant who spent part of his working life in India. -
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Books - Comber - Companion to the Altar
Published 1681 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Thomas Comber D.D., A Companion to the Altar; or, an Help to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper; by Discourses and Meditations upon the whole Communion Office to which is added an Essay upon the Offices of Baptism, Catechism and Confirmation. The Third Edition. leather binding with lightly tooled borders, feint partial title to spine; frontispiece with printing details 'Imprimatur / Jan.21 / 167¾' and 'C.Smith, R.P.D. / Episc. Lond. à / sacris domesticis'; pencilled owner's autograph 'Edith C. Westercott/ May 1918'; ixpp + 489 pp + 7 pp (21 pp absent). 505 grams, 18.8 x 12.5 cm
Light soiling; upper part of spine absent, scuffed corners and foredges.
Ex libris David M. Miller; property of a Hertfordshire lady, by inheritance. -
Books - Graziani - Scielta de Concetti
Published 1592 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Gratiano Gratiani Granarense, Scielta de concetti, di Gratiano Gratiani first edition, published Venice, 1592; full vellum, gold block titling to spine 'GRATIA / SCIELT / D CONC' and foreparts of a winged creature; xvi pp + 206 numbered leaves (= 413pp); inked notation to p.xvi expunged; initials 'R.I.S.S.' to inside front cover. 272 grams, 15.5 x 11 cm
Good condition; minor staining. An important legal text for canon law.
Ex libris David M. Miller. Property of a Hertfordshire lady, by inheritance.
