Theology from Dungeness Books

London: Seeey, Burnside, and Seeley, 1845. 12mo (7 x 4.25 in). Seventeenth edition. Text in single column Roman font, divided into twenty-two chapters. Charles Bridges (1794-1869) was a prominent member of the evangelical party in the Anglican church, and author of many popular devotional and theological treatises including this one. A lovely fore-edge painting with a view of the Thames… Read more about this item

Description The third edition in English. Title page (1579) within architectural border. Translated from the French by Arthur Golding, the first and second edition were printed in 1574. Text in two column Roman font. Woodcut initials throughout. Marginal cross references in italics. With an early recipe in manuscript on blank verso of **^8. Ends on colophon (1580). A very scarce edition… Read more about this item

London: The London Printing and Publishing Company, n.d. (19th cent.). 4to. [4], 787, [3] pp. with numerous full-page steel engravings. Text in two column Roman type within ruled border. Bound in period half-calf with gilt rolls to covers and gilt rules to spine. Five raised bands and a red morocco label with "Life of Christ" lettered in gilt. Section of… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1902. 12mo. xvi,, 377pp. Finely bound in full polished calf, a prize binding. Spine with five raised bands and elaborate gilt tooling to compartments. Marbled edges and endpapers. At the beginning of the twentieth century, W.C.E. Newbolt and Darwell Stone saw a surplus of complex academic theology coming out of universities and cathedrals, but a lack… Read more about this item

History of the Puritans Or Protestant Nonconformists; From the Reformation in 1517 to the Revolution in 1688; Comprising an Account of their Principles; Their attempts for a farther Reformation in the Church; Their Sufferings; And the Lives and Characters of their most considerable Divines by Daniel Neal, M.A. New York: Harper & Harper, 1843. 2 vols. in 8vo. [2],xxviii,30-534; [2],564,[4] pp.… Read more about this item

Summary: London: Adam Islip, Felix Kingston, and Robert Young, 1632. Folio (14 x 9.5 in). A near-complete set of Foxe's famous Acts and Monuments also knows as the Book of Martyrs. The work documents the martyrdom of all of history's recorded saints from the first century through the Reformation period with abundant and gruesome illustrations. This seventh edition is the… Read more about this item

DESCRIPTION [Schut, Pieter Hednrik]. Amsterdam: for Nicolai Visscher [Nicolaus Visscher], [ca. 1700]. folio (13 x 8.75 in.). 3 parts in one volume. [8],71,[1],121,[1]pp. Over 275 copper engravings by Matthaeus Merian. This history of Biblical events is printed in 5 languages (Dutch, German, Latin, English and, French). Extensively illustrated with engraved Biblical scenes. This scarce Print Bible is also called the… Read more about this item

London: Richard Field, 1616. 4to (8 x 5.75 in). Collation Galatians: Collates complete [4], 296 ff.Psalms: Lacking title (A1). A-V^4, X^2. Binding Text in black letter. Bound in a more recent red paneled calf binding with six raised bands. The text Galatians Psalms Luther 1616 tooled in gilt in compartments. Condition: Lightly rubbed. Text block dyed in red with text… Read more about this item

SUMMARY London: Richard Grafton, 1550. Folio (11 x 7.5 in). The first edition of the first complete Bible concordance in English. Woodcut title page, initials, and printer's devices. Full page woodcut of Henry VIII on final leaf by Holbein (frequently lacking). DESCRIPTION Text in three column black letter font. Woodcut title page with portrait of King Henry VIII above title and printer s… Read more about this item