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LOT 1669
Books - Welsh Language Bible
PUBLISHED 1769 A.D.
8 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. (1.53 kg, 22.5 x 14 cm).
Y Bibl Cyssegr-Lan Sef Yr Hen Destament A'r Newydd Welsh-language bible of Old and New Testaments, printed by M. and R. Baskett in London; leather-bound boards, original binding; owner's name 'Mary Deiuss' inked to inside front cover, with pen-trials and other marks; front page with owner's name 'Mary Davies' over year '1836' and several iterations of the name; various annotations and attempts to copy the printed script in handwriting on the title page of Genesis; usage wear to the covers and fore edge, blackening and crumbling; binding damaged and loose, some losses to corners; printed text in two columns with footnotes; detached leaf from book of Esau (Esay) in front; [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx libris David M. Miller; property of a Hertfordshire lady, by inheritance.
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Books - Welsh Language Bible
Published 1769 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Y Bibl Cyssegr-Lan Sef Yr Hen Destament A'r Newydd Welsh-language bible of Old and New Testaments, printed by M. and R. Baskett in London; leather-bound boards, original binding; owner's name 'Mary Deiuss' inked to inside front cover, with pen-trials and other marks; front page with owner's name 'Mary Davies' over year '1836' and several iterations of the name; various annotations and attempts to copy the printed script in handwriting on the title page of Genesis; usage wear to the covers and fore edge, blackening and crumbling; binding damaged and loose, some losses to corners; printed text in two columns with footnotes; detached leaf from book of Esau (Esay) in front; 1.53 kg, 22.5 x 14 cm
Fair condition; heavily used.
Ex libris David M. Miller; property of a Hertfordshire lady, by inheritance. -
Books - Annatus - Apparatus ad Postivam Theologiam
Published 1726 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Petrus Annatus (Pierre Annat), Apparatvs ad Positivam Theologiam Methodicus. in quo jam reviso multumque ditato, Clara, Brevis et Expedita Delineatur Idea positivæ & scholasticæ Theologiæ, Scripturæ sacræ, Traditionis divinæ, sanctorum Ecclesiæ Patrum, sacrorum Ecclesiæ Conciliorum, Pontificiarum EcclesiæDecisionum, necnon variis temporibus & varris in locis ortarum in Ecclesia hæresum. Actore R.P. Petro Annato Congregationis Doctrinæ Christianæ Generali Præposito. Editio prima in Germani correctior & auctior. Tomus Primus. Superiorum Permissu ac Privelegiis. Herbipol Sumptibus Phiippi Wilhelmi Fuggart, Bibliopolæ Aulico Academici. Typis Engmannianis' and 'Tomus Secundus' bound in together; old replacement calf binding with gold block titling and embellishments to spine, heraldic motif to front and rear covers; marble endpapers; handwritten 'Dedication Copy' to first page and inverted acquisition stamp 'The National Trust / Founded 1895' and inked '69'; xviii pp + 624 pp + 422 pp 1.82 kg, 21.5 x 18 cm
Light soiling to foredges, spine and board-edges rubbed and chipped
Ex libris David M. Miller; property of a Hertfordshire lady, by inheritance.
Pierre Annat was a French ecclesiastical writer, born in 1638 at Villecontat. He was the professor of philosophy at Toulouse and was elected general of the Congregation of the Christian Doctrine in 1694. -
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Books - Merton [Thoms] - The Old Story Books of England
Published [1845] A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Ambrose Merton, i.e. William John Thoms, The Old Story Books of England. Illustrated with twelve pictures by eminent artists. Collected and re-edited by Amb [rose] Mer[ton] comprising The famous history of Guy Earl of Warwick; The gallant history of Bevis of Southampton; History of Tom Hickathrift the Conqueror; The famous story of Friar Bacon; A true tale of Robin Hood; A merry tale of the king and the cobbler; The sweet and pleasant tale of patient Grissel; The romantic story of the princess Rosetta; The mad pranks of Robin Goodfellow; The rarest ballad that ever was seen of the blind beggar's daughter of Bethnal Green; The doleful story of the babes in the wood; The lady Isabella's tragedy; A mournful ditty of the death of fair Rosamund; to which is added Queen Eleanor's confession; Gammer Gurton's Garland, calf binding with tooled pattern to covers and spine with gold-blocked title; marbled endpapers and bookplate of Evelyn Dawsonne Heathcote; manuscript presentation texts to first page 'Evelyn Dawsonne Heathcote / 11th Nov.ber 1844 / From M.W.' and 'Martin Shirley Heathcote / March 1921 / from Grace Heathcote'; twelve colour plates illustrating the stories. 572 grams, 17 x 13 cm
Good condition; binding slightly worn.
Ex libris Evelyn Dawsonne Heathcote and David M. Miller. Property of a Hertfordshire lady, by inheritance.
