Theology & Philosophy. De Cressy (Dom Serenus, OSB), The...

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Theology & Philosophy. De Cressy (Dom Serenus, OSB), The Church-History of Brittany (i.e. Britain) from the Beginning of Christianity to the Norman Conquest [...], s.l. [Rouen]: Printed [for the Author] in the year 1668, black-ruled title-page printed in black and red, printed in black-ruled double-columns, rebacked contemporary English calf, disbound, folio, [Wing C6890], Polyglot Lord's Prayer, [Motte (Benjamin)], Oratio Dominica [...], London: Dan. Brown, et al., 1713, repaired title, plates and final leaf, lacks all after page 71, disbound, 4to, Jacobite Interest and the House of Stuart. Breviarium Suessionense, Illustrissimi & Reverendissimi in Christo Patris D.D. Francisci, Ducis de Fitz-James [...] Episcopi Suessionensis [...], Winter volume only, Suessione [i.e. Soissons]: Apud Viduam Caroli Courtois, 1743, title-page with the arms of FitzJames as Dukes of Berwick flanked by a mitre and crozier, crested by a galero, printed in red and black, double-columns, contents unexamined, early 19th century black morocco, all edges gilt, 12mo, thirteen books, pamphlets and tracts on religion and atheism, poetry and politics in the 19th century, including [Bradlaugh (Charles)], "Has Man A Soul?" [...], Printed for the Sheffield Secular Society, London: Holyoake and Co., 1859, disbound, 8vo, others on clerical absenteeism, An Assified Mare!, Whig v Tory, Palmerston's Sulphur Crisis 1840, Irish Corporations, some provincial imprints, including Lewes, Songs, Madrigals and Sonnets [...], Set in Borders of Coloured Ornaments and Vignettes, London: Longman, et al., 1849, original publisher's cloth, 16mo, Coxe's Christian Ballads, Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1849, original publisher's cloth, 8vo, others, nine theology and philology tracts and pamphlets, including Aspland (Robert), The Beneficial Influence of Christianity on the Female Sex, Hackney: C. Stower, 1812, 4to, another Unitarian sermon by Aspland, Pye Smith (John), The Adoration of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Hackney: C. Stower, 1811, 4to, another two sermons, Von Justi (Johann Heinrich Gottlob), Quæstio Philologica Syriaca [...], Erfordiæ [i.e. Erfurt]: Stanno Kindlebiano, 1696, 32pp, etc., all disbound, [&] a Welsh Bible, Bibl Sanctaidd: Sef, Yr Hen Destament a'r Newydd, Gyd a Nodau a Sylwiadau ar bob Pennod, Caerfyrddin [i.e. Carmarthen]: Mr. P. Williams, gan I. Ross, 1779, black-ruled title-page, divisional New Testament title-page dated 1781, printed in parallel columns, 2 maps: OT with a folding engraved map of Israel and the Holy Land, ditto NT with a map of the Mediterranean, contemporary calf, a trifle tired, lacking clasps, contemporary ink MS ownership inscription: Morgan John/1782, a few brief family inscriptions, 4to, etc., (26)

The Soissons breviary was authorised during the bishopric of François de Fitz-James (1709-1764), an illegitimate grandson of James II of England (1633-1701), who, as well as being Bishop of Soissons (1739-64), was Louis XV's first court chaplain (1742-48).

Provenance: 1st: 1) J.P., contemporary ink manuscript ownership inscription to title-page. 2) Edward Rowe Mores, FSA (1731-1778), antiquarian and scholar, his Chippendale armorial bookplate to verso of title-page. 3) The Law Society, their bookplate, stamped spine, stamp to title-page and final blank.