Expositions of Holy Scripture [17 Volume Set] by Maclaren, Alexander

Amsterdam: Offficina Elseviriana, 1674 pp (1) + (2) + (8) + 408 ; internally very good subject to a little browning, pages evidently trimmed but no loss, binding firm. The cover, morroco with tooled decorations, which looks to be early 19th cent, has moderate wear to the extremities of the spine

240 Seiten. Gut erhaltenes Buch, Schnitt stockfleckig, Seiten alters- und papierbedingt etwas gebräunt

First and only edition. Chez Louis Janet Libraire, successor de son pere. nd [c.1800]. 12mo. 212pp. Engraved title page, 12 engraved plates, with tissue guards. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary full red grained morocco, spine with gilt rules, lettering and embellishment. Boards with double gilt border rules, foliar and floral embellishment, edge tooling, inner foliar curlicues. All edges gilt, (gilding a little faded in places), green silk ribbon bookmark. Small area of surface loss to lower board (see photo). Corner tips lightly rubbed. Occasional light spotting, mainly to free endpapers. Text and plates crisp and bright.
Guy Toussaint Julien Carron (1760-1821) born in Rennes. Educator, writer and philanthropist who founded a number of social and educational institutions: schools, libraries and pharmacies while in exile in England. Deported to Jersey (1792-1796), on the Bourbon Restoration in 1814, Carron returned to France and became head of the Institut de Marie - Thérèse.
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Philadelphia: Printed by W. Young and J. M'Culloch, 1788. Hardcover. Good +. xii [sic], [3], 18-388 p.; 21 cm. Contemporary calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: "Gib's Contemplas." "I. A View of the Covenant of Works . . . II. A View of the Covenant of Grace . . . III. A View of the Absolute and Immediate Dependence of All Things on God . . . ." Early American Imprints, 1st Series (Evans), 21114. Error in paging: page x misnumbered xii. Subscribers names, pp. [385]-388, including Samuel Culbertson and James Culbertson of Letterkenny, Franklin County, Pa. Former owner Joseph Culbertson's name is written on endpapers, blank leaf preceding title page, blank page facing Appendix, and title page. Joseph Culbertson served as sheriff of the county from 1826 to 1829. Dickinson College Library stamp on front fixed endpaper; 5-digit number written at lower edge of first page of Preface;… Read More

London: Ward, Lock and Tyler, 1874. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: Ward, Lock and Tyler, no date, (1874). Thick 8vo., xxiv+761pp. + 24pp. publisher's ads, illustrated frontis of Brigham Young and 79 illustrations. Maroon cloth with gilt and black titles and pictorials, black endpapers. Spine cloth chipped at the crown with closed tear, binding lightly shaken. Good overall, but very good internally, clean, unmarked, no foxing. . Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

Amsterdam: Offficina Elseviriana, 1674 pp (1) + (2) + (8) + 408 ; internally very good subject to a little browning, pages evidently trimmed but no loss, binding firm. The cover, morroco with tooled decorations, which looks to be early 19th cent, has moderate wear to the extremities of the spine

240 Seiten. Gut erhaltenes Buch, Schnitt stockfleckig, Seiten alters- und papierbedingt etwas gebräunt

First and only edition. Chez Louis Janet Libraire, successor de son pere. nd [c.1800]. 12mo. 212pp. Engraved title page, 12 engraved plates, with tissue guards. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary full red grained morocco, spine with gilt rules, lettering and embellishment. Boards with double gilt border rules, foliar and floral embellishment, edge tooling, inner foliar curlicues. All edges gilt, (gilding a little faded in places), green silk ribbon bookmark. Small area of surface loss to lower board (see photo). Corner tips lightly rubbed. Occasional light spotting, mainly to free endpapers. Text and plates crisp and bright.
Guy Toussaint Julien Carron (1760-1821) born in Rennes. Educator, writer and philanthropist who founded a number of social and educational institutions: schools, libraries and pharmacies while in exile in England. Deported to Jersey (1792-1796), on the Bourbon Restoration in 1814, Carron returned to France and became head of the Institut de Marie - Thérèse.
An interesting example… Read More

Philadelphia: Printed by W. Young and J. M'Culloch, 1788. Hardcover. Good +. xii [sic], [3], 18-388 p.; 21 cm. Contemporary calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: "Gib's Contemplas." "I. A View of the Covenant of Works . . . II. A View of the Covenant of Grace . . . III. A View of the Absolute and Immediate Dependence of All Things on God . . . ." Early American Imprints, 1st Series (Evans), 21114. Error in paging: page x misnumbered xii. Subscribers names, pp. [385]-388, including Samuel Culbertson and James Culbertson of Letterkenny, Franklin County, Pa. Former owner Joseph Culbertson's name is written on endpapers, blank leaf preceding title page, blank page facing Appendix, and title page. Joseph Culbertson served as sheriff of the county from 1826 to 1829. Dickinson College Library stamp on front fixed endpaper; 5-digit number written at lower edge of first page of Preface;… Read More

London: Ward, Lock and Tyler, 1874. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: Ward, Lock and Tyler, no date, (1874). Thick 8vo., xxiv+761pp. + 24pp. publisher's ads, illustrated frontis of Brigham Young and 79 illustrations. Maroon cloth with gilt and black titles and pictorials, black endpapers. Spine cloth chipped at the crown with closed tear, binding lightly shaken. Good overall, but very good internally, clean, unmarked, no foxing. . Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.