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[MAITLAND, John, Duke of Lauderdale]. [Drop-head title:] Some farther Matter of Fact Relating to the Administration of Affairs in scotland, Under the Duke of Lauderdale...That the Duke of Lauderdale was concerned in the Deisgne of Bringing in of Popery and Arbitrary Government, may appear by these following Particulars, &c. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1679]. Folio. 4pp. Single bifolium. Creased, browned and spotted, margins chipped and torn, very small hole touching text, without loss of sense. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 31301
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ATKYNS, Sir Robert. An enquiry into the power of dispensing with penal statutes. Together with some Animadversions upon A Book writ by Sir Edw. Herbert, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, entituled, A Short Account of the Authorities in Law, upon which judgment was given in Sir Edward Hales's Case. London. Printed for Timothy Goodwin, 1689. First edition. Folio. [2], 58pp, [2]. Without initial advertisement leaf or terminal blank leaf. Stitched in recent tan paper wraps. Minor wear to extremities. Sporadic light foxing and dust-soiling, occasional chipping to margins, marginal loss to final leaf, very small hole to text of final leaf - touching two characters on p.57 and one on p.58 with no loss of sense. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 11242
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TAYLOR, Jer[emy]. The Rules and Exercises of Holy Living... London. Printed for J. L. for Luke Meredith, 1695. Seveteenth edition. [12], 335pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. ESTC R26963, Wing T384.

[Bound with:] [TAYLOR, Jeremy]. The rules and Exercises of Holy Dying... London. Printed for J. L. for Luke Meredith, 1695. Seventeenth edition. [12], 259pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece and one further folding engraved plate. ESTC R26962, Wing T370.

8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, small worm-hole to foot of ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31755
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[DE BRITAINE, William]. Humane Prudence, or the art By which a Man may Raise Himself and Fortune to Grandeur. London. Printed by J. Rawlins, for R. Sare, 1693. Sixth edition, corrected and enlarged. 12mo. [12], 284pp. Without the two terminal advertisement leaves. Later half-calf, marbled boards, recently rebacked with earlier contrasting red morocco lettering-piece laid down. Ink inscription to FEP reading 'George Hanaway Jolliffe 6th November, 1906', title-page remounted at gutter (somewhat naively), small hole to same with loss to text of imprint. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 12770
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A TRUE CATHOLICK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND [i.e. HICKES, George]. Speculum Beatae Virginis. A discourse of the Due Praise and Honour of the virgin mary. London. Printed, and are to be Sold by Randal Taylor, 1686. Second edition. [6], 42pp. ESTC R18597, Wing H1870.

[Bound with:] ON OF THE ROMAN COMMUNION [i.e. WIDENFELDT, Adam]. Wholsome advices from the Blessed Virgin, to her Indiscreet Worshippers. London. Printed for Randal Tayler, 1687. First edition. [20], 20pp. With an initial imprimatur leaf. ESTC R18760, Wing W2090A.

Quarto. Modern brown cloth. Bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, very occasional ink-spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29729
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[ROYAL SOCIETY]. Philosophical transactions. Numb. 166. Decemb. 20. 1684. [s.l.]. [s.n.], 1684. First edition. Quarto. 799-834pp. Drop-head title. With two engraved folding plates, one depicting a stone chimney, the other a tabled of tide times. Bound in recent blue paper boards. Some marginal damp-staining throughout with worming to top corner of all leaves and folding table. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 12894
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[HARRINGTON, James]. A vindication of Mr. James Colmar Bachelor of Physick and Fellow of Exeter College in Oxford. From the calumnies of three late pamphlets, 1. A paper publish'd by Dr. Bury, 1689. 2. The account examin'd. 3. The case of Exeter College related and vindicated. To which are annex'd the authentick copies of the affidavits relating to that affair. London. Printed by Tho. Bennet, 1691. First edition. Quarto. [8], 43pp, [1]. With an initial advertisement leaf. Later half-calf, marbled boards, recent rebacked to style. A trifle rubbed. Foxed throughout. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 14720
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TURNER, John. Two Discourses Introductory to a Disquisition Demonstrating the Unlawfulness of the Marriage of Cousin Germans; From Law, Reason, Scripture, and Antiquity. London. Printed by H.H. for Walter Kettilby, 1682. First Edition. 8vo. [4], 63pp, [1]. [Bound with:] A Letter of Resolution to a Friend, Concerning the Marriage of Cousin Germans. London. Printed by H.H. for Walter Kettilby, 1682. [16], 29pp, [1]. With blank A1 but without final leaf of advertisements, C8. Two works bound in one, recent blue paper boards. Occasional marginal loss and slight shaving to fore-edge notes of first work. Ink inscriptions of Tho. Twisleton ... More > £ 225.00 Antiquates Ref. 10979
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[BESONGNE, Nicholas]. The present state of France. Containing a general description of that kingdom... London. Printed for Gilbert Cownly, 1687. 12mo. [10], 516pp, [12]. Recent blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Very minor wear to extremities. Recent bookplate and ink shelf marks of the Bath Municipal Reference Library to front endpapers, with their occasional embossed stamps throughout, coloured pencil annotation and spots of soiling to title, else a crisp copy. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 14303
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COWLEY, Abraham. The works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Consisting of Those which were formerly Printed: and Those which he Design'd for the Press: Now published out of the Authors original copies. London. Printed by J. M. for Henry Herringham, 1684. Eighth edition. [2], xl, 41, [1], 80, [4], 58, 61-70, 154, 23, [1], 148pp. Complete despite erratic pagination. With an engraved portrait frontispiece.

[Bound with:] COWLEY, Abraham. The second part of the works of Mr. Abraham Cowley. Being what was Written and Published by himself in his younger years. And now Reprinted together. London. Printed by Mary Clark, for Charles Harper, 1684. Fifth edition. [8], 161pp, [1]. ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 11736
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DU MOULIN, Peter. A vindication of the sincerity of the Protestant Religion In the Point of Obedience to sovereigns. Opposed To the Doctrine of Rebellion, authorised and practised by the Pope and the Jesuites. In Answer to a Jesuitical Libel, Entituled philanax anglicus. London. Printed for Benjamin Took, 1679. Fourth edition. Quarto. [24], 148, [2], 14pp. Recent black cloth, lettered in gilt. Very minor wear to extremities. Recent endpapers, presentation bookplate to FEP; 'This Volume forms part of the Tottenham Library, which was purchased by general subscription, as a testimonial to the memory of the late Revd. Edward Tottenham, B.D., to be held in perpetual trust for the public benefit of the City of Bath. December, 1853', ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 15433
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BASSET, William. A sermon at the Warwick-shire meeting, November 25, 1679. At S. Mary-le-Bow in Cheapside, London. London. Printed for T. Basset, 1679. First edition. Quarto. [8], 26pp. Nineteenth-century green half-morocco, red paper boards, lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked, slight loss to head and foot of spine. Leaves toned/foxed, slight shaving to upper margins - catching running-title at times, very small holes to gutter of titlepage and fore-edge of leaf C1. From the Bloxham bequest, Rugby School, parts of which recently dispersed, with two bookplates to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18900