Usher James Ussher (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Facsimile Reprint Edition. Quarto (4to); [xiv], 548, [xii], 191 pp. Facsimile reprint of the London edition of 1687. The Irish scholar James Ussher [Usher] was Archbishop of Armagh [Church of Ireland] and Primate of All Ireland from 1625 until 1656.

The seventh edition, carefully corrected from very many errors in former editions. 32 x 20 cm. Frontispiece, Title Page, (4)[To the Reader], 40 pages [Life of the Author], (8) [TOC], 433 pages, (8) [Index]. [blank, frontispiece, a4-f3, A4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Mmm2]. Old calf. Very professionally rebacked. Later spine label with title and author in gilt. Very good condition. Sound binding. Names of a few previous owners neatly inscribed. Internally clean. A very nice copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Square slim 8vo. Written by the person who heard it from this excellent persons own mouth, and now published earnestly to perswade us to that repentance and reformation which can only prevent ruin and destruction. [1] 2- 8pp.[light toning ] old half calf [worn] Good Copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Folio [7.75 tall x 5.00 wide]. Collates [6], 451, [11], [2], 24p. Lacks a single leaf only [Oo5] and three leaves misbound in the wrong order at the close of the first part. Interleaved throughout with a blank leaf containing extensive annotations, commentary and notes throughout. A good, clean and sound copy in the main. Minor marks, blemishes or light reading wear commensurate with age else sound. Bound in later [20th.C ?] half leather binding with marbled boards. With an earlier label relaid to the spine. Solid and sound. MULTIPLE ADDITIONAL PHOTO IMAGES AVAILABLE. CONTACT US TO REQUEST.…

Full Leather Hard Back. Condition: Good. 1st Edition in This Form. .illustrated Ussher portrait Frontispiece + Title page + lxiv (64) + 244 pages. Full Leather Binding looks contemporary, in good condition, with blind tooling to front/rear, rubbed with edge wear, tiny loss top/base of spine. Contents mostly good and tight with some corner tip folding, owner name crossed out on inside front endpage at top, owner name top of title page, did not notice any other inscriptions, some creasing, a few pages with light edge water staining, a couple minor edge loss, some other minor faults. A couple of pages miss numbered by printer (one page numbered 91one side and rear side 102 instead of 92) but all 244 pages present. So overall condition Fair. 1st edition in this form, one source states printed by Mary Clarke for Charles Harper at the Flower-de-luce over against St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet. James Ussher, 1581-1656. This is a genuine copy published in 1688. At the time of listing there were no genuine early editions on the net for sale, just Modern copies , (a couple of dealers give the impression theirs are original but are not, saw modern paperbacks even priced at over £500 ). So this is a very rare chance to purchase an original 1688 edition. Size: 12 x 18.5cm Approx. …

Condition: Very Good. Engraved titlepage. Two Works in One, small octavo later half vellum marbled boards with gilt titled red leather spine label (tips rubbed) all edges blue. Engraved titlepage +[18pp] +128pp +[6pp contents for second part] +98pp +[34pp Ephemeris]. Lacks last blank. Two bookplates on the pastedown else very neat, clean & crisp, a handsome copy. Some pages of calendar calculations printed in red & black, some with folded extensions. Texts of both works in Latin, with passages in Hebrew and Arabic. *Selden although notable for his legal books was also a formidable antiquary and this is his study of the Jewish calendar and festivals. Ussher's greatest work was on calculating the date of the beginning of the world. This is his study of the astronomy and calendar of the Macedonian Greeks and Asians. 1 volume. Hardcover.…

Condition: Gut. Format (Platte): 368 x 230 mm (bis zum Plattenrand beschnitten). *James Ussher, geb. 1681 in Dublin, war ein irischer anglikanischer Theologe und Bischof. Er schrieb zahlreiche theologische und geschichtliche Werke, am bekanntesten sind seine "Annales veteris testamenti" (1650). Es begründete darin die heute als Ussher-Lightfoot-Kalender bekannte Zeitrechnung, die sich allein auf Bibelstellen stützt. Er wurde Vorsteher der protestantischen Kirche von Irland und traditionell eine stark antikatholische Haltung. - Schönes Bildnis des produktiven englischen Kupferstechers Vertue. Nagler, No. 13. - Sauber und sehr gut erhalten. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 800.…