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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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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.
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Books - Shepherd - Metropolitan Improvements London
Published 1827 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Thomas H. Shepherd, Metropolitan Improvements or London in the Nineteenth Century: being a Series of Views of the new and most interesting objects in the British Metropolis and its vicinity: from original drawings by Mr. Thos. H. Shepherd with historical, topographical & critical illustrations by James Elmes, M.R.S.A. quarter calf binding with gold-blocked title and embellishments to the spine, marbled boards; owner's signature 'J. Miller' to reverse of frontispiece; iv pp. + 172 pp, 108 unnumbered plates with interleaved protective papers, engravings of 19th century London, many with attribution or dedication. 1.68 kg, 28 x 23 cm
Generally fine condition; minor foxing.
Ex libris David M. Miller; property of a Hertfordshire lady, by inheritance. -
Books - Welsh Language Bible
Published 18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Welsh language bible with heavy boards, original leather binding with stamped and tooled ornament to both covers; inside front cover with pasted note listing births of children to David and Margaret Davies from 1856 1869 with subscript 'Mary Davies Corffenaf 23 1875' (i.e. 23rd July); numerous pencilled notations and calculations; separate first leaf with multiple signatures by David Davies'; loose leaf dated 1838 with prayers; church service paper for Eglwys Moriah, New York for 1919; private letter dated 9th January 1920 requesting the price of a bible; numerous other loose leaves with calculations and private correspondence. 3.15 kg, 26 x 21.5 cm
Covers worn, scuffed and rubbed; usage wear to the covers and foredge; text largely complete, many manuscript additions, pressed flowers etc.
Ex libris David M. Miller; property of a Hertfordshire lady, by inheritance.
