31. [Porteus, Beilby] Hodgson, RRev. Robert.

The Life Of The Right Reverend Beilby Porteus, D.D. – Late Bishop Of London.

The Second Edition. London, For T.Cadell and W. Davies, 1811. Octavo. Frontispiece – Portrait (engraved by C. Picart from an Original Drawing by H.Edridge), 319 pages plus one page of advertising. Hardcover / Original 19th century full-leather with new spine-label. Binding fragile and front board separated but holding through Mylar – application. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

32. [Roberts, William R. F.] König, Gustav [Koenig, Gustav].

The Life of Martin Luther, The German Reformer – In fifty Pictures, from Designs by Gustav König to which is added “A Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Reformation in Germany”. [Inscribed to “William R. F. Roberts from his affectionate Papa – Christmas 1860”].

London, Nathaniel Coke, 1853. Quarto. XII, 207 pages with numerous illustrations. Hardcover / Original 19th century , publisher’s decorative cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

33. [Rowe, Walter T.].

Original Numerology-Manuscript – Deciphering the Bible, Deciphering the Esoteric, Jewish, Christian, Biblical & Astrological Prophecies // Manuscript / Astrology – Occulta – Manuscript on c. 400 pages with an astonishing, meticulous Chronology and source-comparison on Prophecy, Pyramidology [″Mystery of the Great Pyramid”], Numerology, Astronomy, Astrology, Drawings and Plans of Pyramids versus Occult – Proof and meditations on the Number 666 and 888: “666 v 888 in relation to Israel”, “the opposing numbers from the original Hebrew with the “Pi sign” etc. etc. The Manuscript reads like a Self-Instruction and Proof of Thought by an Esoteric, highly religious “Truth-Seeker”, ranging from early Biblical Explanations of Historical Events to elaborate comparisons of “Bible Metallurgy” showing the “relation between practical metal work and the Bible” by comparing the architectural design of a “Blast Furnace” to “The Image of Daniel”, and continuing all the way to explanations for the Rise of Tyrants like Hitler. “Great Pi—Ratio in regard to Great War”, the “Atomic Scale” is discussed as well as the “Luciferian Sudama or Nigode Cave Temple”. The amount of connections to Jewish History is interesting: “Tracing Israel to Britain by Old Coinage”, “The Jewish Question”, “Testimony of Men of Letters as to Nationality of the British Race”, “Objections to British Israel” “The Statesmanship of Jesus”, “Fulness of the Gentiles”, “Reference to the lost House of Israel”, “Battle of the Gold Standard” etc. etc.

[Brixton], c. 1935 – 1950. Octavo (19 cm x 22,5 cm). 362 pages plus 58 pages, later inserted between page 304 and 305, plus XVIII pages of a thorough Index. With numerous illustrations and diagrams throughout the manuscript. Original Hardcover – Binder with manuscript / autographed pages. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. “Peel”-Memo Binder with Name-Label of the author to pastedown: “Walter T Rowe, 106, Dalberg Road, Brixton, SW2”.

34. [Saint Godelieve / Godeleva / Godeliève / Godelina / Sint-Godelieve] Sollerius, Joannes Baptista.

Acta S. Godelevae V. et M. patronae Ghistellensium.

Antwerp, apud Jacobum du Moulin [Jacob du Moulin], 1720. (15 cm x 18,5 cm). Collated: [24], 354, [15] pages including a thorough Index Rerum. With engraved title-vignette showing the murder of Saint Godelieve; with the title-vignette repeated on page one of the text and three further fold-out-illustrations (collation complete). Modern Hardcover (dark calf over marbled-paper-covered-boards) and new endpapers. Halftitle letter-press-text laid down an endpaper that precedes the title page. After the restoration and new binding the original bookblock is beautifully preserved and the whole volume in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some browning to a few pages. Very rare Hagiography of poor Godelieve, who was martyred by the servants of her angry husband because she preferred to become a nun rather than marry.

35. [Saint Gregory] McGuckin, John. [Trans].

Saint Gregory Nazianzen: Selected Poems. Translated with an introduction by John McGuckin.

Oxford, SLG Press Ltd., 1986. 14 x 20.5cm. (20), 24 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. [Fairacres Publications, No. 94].

36. [Sales, Francis de] Dailey, Thomas F.

Praying with Francis de Sales.

Winona, St. Mary’s Press, 1897. 15 cm x 23 cm. 117 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Slight curling of corners and edges on cover. Clean inside with intact binding.

37. [Selden, John] / Bacon, Nathaniel.

An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England – From the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. [With a special chapter, prefixed to the second part of the publication: “A Vindication of the Antient Way of Parliaments in England”]. With a Vindication of the Antient Way of Parliaments in England. Collected from some Manuscript Notes of John Selden, Esq. The Fifth Edition: Corrected and Improved by a Gentleman of the Middle-Temple.

Two Parts in One Volume (complete). London, Printed for D.Browne and A.Millar, in the Strand, 1760. Large – Quarto (24,5 cm x 29,5 cm). Part One: XIX, (1), 203 pages / Part Two: XII, 178, (plus 8 unnumbered pages Index). Hardcover / Stunning, recent masterbinding with quarter – leather over buckram-covered-boards; original spine-label applied. Excellent condition with text being especially clean and in wonderful condition. Rare and important publication on british law and parliamentary history. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

38. [St.Patrick] Gargan, Denis

The Ancient Church of Ireland – A Few Remarks on Dr. Todd’s “Memoir of the Life and Mission of St.Patrick, Apostle of Ireland”.

Dublin, James Duffy, 1864. Octavo. 120 pages plus errata leaf. Original Hardcover. Binding slightly stained and rubbed. Old, 19th century bookplate on pastedown: “St.Mary’s Dominican Library, Pope’s Quay”.

39. [Thérèse of Lisieux] Laforest, Ann.

The Way to Love.

Franklin / Wisconsin, Sheed & Ward, 2000, 15 cm x 23 cm. XXIV, 167 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Stamp for Presentation Brothers, Cork (Withdrawn !) and date in ink pen on half title page.

40. [Thévenet, Claudine] A Religious of Jesus and Mary.

Life and Work of Mother Mary St. Ignatius, Claudine Thévenet 1774-1837, Foundress of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary.

London, The Catholic Book Club, 1955. 14 x 22cm. 346 pages. Original hardcover. Minor signs of shelf wear, otherwise very good condition.