THE HISTORY OF THE INQUISITION, As It Has Subsisted In France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Venice, Sicily, Sardinia, Milan, Poland, Flanders, etc. etc. With a particular Description of its Secret Prisons, Modes of Torture, Style of Accusation, Trial, etc. Etc de Limborch, Philip - 1816

London: The Author, 1829. Originally printed and published separately between 1824 and 1826, this edition published by the author himself in 1829. This book from the library of Richard Lane Freer, Archdeacon of Hereford, with his bookplates front paste downs as well as smaller labels of the Pull Court Library. Finely bound in contemporary full polished blue calf, backs ornately gilt stamped, page block edges dyed pale red. Near Fine, joints showing light wear, corners a bit rubbed, light toning to end papers. This edition SCARCE, especially so in lovely binding. . First Royal 8vo Edition. Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Royal Octavo.

London: Printed for Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1824. Title vignette (coat of arms). xv, 590 pages, 1 leaf frontispiece (portrait), illustrations. Biography of Thomas Wolsey, born c. 1475, made cardinal 1515, Henry VIII's lord chancellor, and from 1515-1529 Wolsey's rule in foreign affairs was near-complete. Unable to arrange an annulment for Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, and unpopular with those around Anne Boleyn, Henry's proposed new bride, Wolsey was arrested near York in November 1530 and accused of treason. He died on 29 November of the same year as he was traveling to face trial. Very Good plus in unsigned contemporary fine binding of black morocco, the back with five raised bands and gilt rules and lettering and blind tooling, the covers with gilt chain decoration bordering intricately blind tooled decorations, the page block edges stained brown, edges of covers gilt. The armorial bookplate of the private library of Thornham Hall front paste down. Very Good Plus,… Leer más

Monachii (Munich) : J. B. Dreselly, 1838. RARE. No Date, circa 1838-39. Very Good, edges rubbed, boards lightly spotted, all edges gilt, marbled end papers, bookplates of Robert Wayne Stilwell and Brian Douglas Stilwell front paste down. Portrait frontispiece of Durer with pictorial title page, 43 leaves each containing the Lord's Prayer in a different language, surrounded by decorations by Durer in different colors and one leaf on stiff paper stock in green, red, and black with a rubricated passage from St. Luke. A RARE and valuable work of decorated lithography. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, Printers, 1869. RARE in current commerce, a copy last seen at auction 1969 (RBH). 151 pages, 4 portraits, one folded map. Contains (pp. 46-48) Indian Names (in Connecticut) by J. Hammond Trumbull. Very Good Plus, light soiling and rubbing to cloth, some toning at end papers and associated with plates, a period newspaper clipping laid in at p.85, perhaps as a bookmark. Folding Map of Norwich West Farms 1663-1725 is Fine. **Bibliotheca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, vol. 7, p. 32 calls for 3 portraits, this copy has 4.**. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: J. Tilden and Co., 1844. SCARCE with both folding maps at front and folding chart present and in Very Good condition. Bound in contemporary full calf, gilt back, marbled edges. Very Good Minus, boards rubbed, hinges starting yet holding well, 1/8" loss of calf at head of spine, moderate toning throughout, prior owner name in ink. Large map at front hand colored, small tears and creases, light toning, 2nd map with 1 small tear, light toning, folding chart at rear with chip to fore edge margin, light toning and creasing. 462 pages, illustrated title page with portrait frontis, followed by 6 engraved plates. . Eighth Edition. Calf. Very Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Author, 1829. Originally printed and published separately between 1824 and 1826, this edition published by the author himself in 1829. This book from the library of Richard Lane Freer, Archdeacon of Hereford, with his bookplates front paste downs as well as smaller labels of the Pull Court Library. Finely bound in contemporary full polished blue calf, backs ornately gilt stamped, page block edges dyed pale red. Near Fine, joints showing light wear, corners a bit rubbed, light toning to end papers. This edition SCARCE, especially so in lovely binding. . First Royal 8vo Edition. Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Royal Octavo.

London: Printed for Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1824. Title vignette (coat of arms). xv, 590 pages, 1 leaf frontispiece (portrait), illustrations. Biography of Thomas Wolsey, born c. 1475, made cardinal 1515, Henry VIII's lord chancellor, and from 1515-1529 Wolsey's rule in foreign affairs was near-complete. Unable to arrange an annulment for Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, and unpopular with those around Anne Boleyn, Henry's proposed new bride, Wolsey was arrested near York in November 1530 and accused of treason. He died on 29 November of the same year as he was traveling to face trial. Very Good plus in unsigned contemporary fine binding of black morocco, the back with five raised bands and gilt rules and lettering and blind tooling, the covers with gilt chain decoration bordering intricately blind tooled decorations, the page block edges stained brown, edges of covers gilt. The armorial bookplate of the private library of Thornham Hall front paste down. Very Good Plus,… Leer más

Monachii (Munich) : J. B. Dreselly, 1838. RARE. No Date, circa 1838-39. Very Good, edges rubbed, boards lightly spotted, all edges gilt, marbled end papers, bookplates of Robert Wayne Stilwell and Brian Douglas Stilwell front paste down. Portrait frontispiece of Durer with pictorial title page, 43 leaves each containing the Lord's Prayer in a different language, surrounded by decorations by Durer in different colors and one leaf on stiff paper stock in green, red, and black with a rubricated passage from St. Luke. A RARE and valuable work of decorated lithography. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, Printers, 1869. RARE in current commerce, a copy last seen at auction 1969 (RBH). 151 pages, 4 portraits, one folded map. Contains (pp. 46-48) Indian Names (in Connecticut) by J. Hammond Trumbull. Very Good Plus, light soiling and rubbing to cloth, some toning at end papers and associated with plates, a period newspaper clipping laid in at p.85, perhaps as a bookmark. Folding Map of Norwich West Farms 1663-1725 is Fine. **Bibliotheca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, vol. 7, p. 32 calls for 3 portraits, this copy has 4.**. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: J. Tilden and Co., 1844. SCARCE with both folding maps at front and folding chart present and in Very Good condition. Bound in contemporary full calf, gilt back, marbled edges. Very Good Minus, boards rubbed, hinges starting yet holding well, 1/8" loss of calf at head of spine, moderate toning throughout, prior owner name in ink. Large map at front hand colored, small tears and creases, light toning, 2nd map with 1 small tear, light toning, folding chart at rear with chip to fore edge margin, light toning and creasing. 462 pages, illustrated title page with portrait frontis, followed by 6 engraved plates. . Eighth Edition. Calf. Very Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.