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Rev. David Davison (1795-1859), minister of the Old Jewry Chapel, Jewin Street, London [Unitarianism] Autograph Letter Signed ('Dav. Davison') to the Committee, Unitarian Association, Walbrook Buildings. 12mo, 2 pp. In bifolium. Twenty-two lines of text, clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with thin strip from mount adhering to reverse of second leaf, which carries the address, a red wax seal, and docketing. On behalf of 'Mr Palmer of Carmarthen (late of Liverpool)', he is applying...		£56.00
Charles Hutton (1737 – 1823), mathematician and surveyor. [Charles Hutton, mathematician, surveyor] Holograph Index (NOT published) to A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary (2 vols, 1815 edition). List of plates for vol.1 addressed to Rich[ar]d Murphy Esq \| St peters street \| Derby.. List of Plate A. List of plates in 'Vol.Ist', Holograph MS., one page, 4to, small stain, sl.chipped, text complete, addressed to a Richard Murphy of Derby on verso, text columnising No. of Plate, Title/subject, page number; B. List of plates in 'Vol.2nd', Holograph MS., 2pp. fol., bifolium, folded, aged but...	Science, Medicine and Technology	£850.00
Rev. E. B. Pusey [Edward Bouverie Pusey], Regius Professor Hebrew, Canon of Christ Church, and Late Fellow of Oriel College [Richard Jenkyns (1782-1854), Master of Balliol College, Oxford University] Patience and Confidence the Strength of the Church. A Sermon preached on the Fifth of November, before the University of Oxford, at S. Mary's, And now published at the wish of many of its Members. [inscribed to Jenkyns, 'Rev. The Master of Balliol'] 8vo, xvi + 57 pp. Final blank leaf. Stitched as issued. Text clear and complete. Aged and worn, with damp bloom to prelims and final leaves. INSCRIPTION, in Pusey's hand, at head of title, 'Rev. The Master of Balliol \| with the author's respects'. Sermon on Exod. xiv. 13'. Preface begins 'Non-...		£95.00
Rev. E.J. Shepherd, Rector of Luddesdown, Author of "The History of the Church of Rome . . ." A Fifth Letter to the Rev. S.R. Maitland, D.D. On the Genuineness of the Writings ascribed to Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage. Pamphlet, sewn as issued, [40]pp., 8vo, good+.		£56.00
Rev. E.J. Shepherd, Rector of Luddesdowne, Kent. The Backslider Reprinted from Practical Sermons edited by the Rev. J.C. Crosthwaite. Pamphlet, sewn as issued, [16]pp., 8vo, some soiling but mainly good.		£56.00
Rev. Edward Coleridge (1800-83), Assistant-Master at Eton College Autograph letter signed to an unnamed archdeacon, 2 pp, 12mo. "My dear Archdeacon. / I thank God for your note. It is at least an anapneusis in one's deep anxiety at this moment. How very earnestly we ought to pray & long for our good & beloved Primate's recovery - if even but for awhile. I will write to the Bp. of Lichfield (is he in...		£45.00
Rev. Edward John Shepherd, Rector of Trotterscliffe, Kent. Two Sermons: one A Sermon Preached at the Visitation, held at Tonbridge . . . 1829: and the other A Sermon in behalf of the Societies for Promoting Christian Knowledge & for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts 88pp., 8vo, sewn as issued, plain wraps in poor condition, foxing, contents mainly good. Inscribed by the Author: "Mrs Wigan \| With the Author's respectful Compts" and manuscript notes in another hand of the texts for the sermons on the titlepage.This other hand has written the brief title on...		£95.00
Rev. F. J. Brown, Curate of SS Philip and James, Oxford Autograph Letter Signed to Messrs Macmillan & Co. 1 page, 8vo. Paper discoloured with age, with minor creasing and small closed tears, but in good condition overall. Stamped ('G. A. M.' and '28 JAN 1918') in purple ink and numbered ('352') in red pencil. Tight neat handwriting. He has been moved to write by a passage in Walter Jerrold's '...		£25.00
Rev. Francis Edward Paget [Elford Rectory, Staffordshire] Autograph Letter Signed to Rev. T. A. <Bargham?>. English divine, author and social reformer (1806-82). Two pages, 16mo. Good, though lightly foxed, and with second leaf of bifoliate carrying traces of glue from previous mounting. Black-bordered, and bearing Paget's remarkably modernistic letterhead, made up of a pattern of his initials. 'Dear...		£28.00
Rev. Francis Merewether, Rector of Cole Orton Strictures on the four sermons on tradition and episcopacy, preached in the Temple Church, by the Rev. Christopher Benson, Master. Octavo. 55 pages. Disbound pamphlet from the Churchill Babington collection. PRESENTATION inscription to Babington from author (dated February 1840) on light-brown printed front wrap. Very good, but with front wrap grubby and foxed, and rear wrap lacking. Scarce: only three copies on COPAC.		£85.00