Books - Williams - History of the Abbey of St Alban

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.

Stow, J., A Survey of London: Containing the Originall, Antiquitie, Encrease, Moderne estate and Description of that Citie, London, 1618; full calf (crudely repaired to spine) with blind panel tooling to front cover; text set in blackletter and Roman type with prefatory dedication and catalogue of sources ("A catalogue of svch avthors of Reuerend Antiquitie as doe auouch the matters contained in this Booke: Not Alphabetically set downe, but according as they stand inserted") by Anthony Munday ("A.M. sendeth his hearty and humble dutie"); iv pp. + 974 pp. + 2 pp.; pencilled dealers' notations to inside front cover; last page absent, a listing of City companies at the Mayor's feast ending at '52 Tylers, the VVardens, and one person, one messe'. 828 grams, 18.2 x 14.5 cm

Fair condition; text block split, needs re-backing. Scarce.

Ex libris David M. Miller. Property of a Hertfordshire lady, by inheritance.

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.