General works, collections, studiesThere are 6 items
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The cult of the peacock angel : a short account of the Yezidi tribes of Kurdistan
London, H.F. & G. Witherby, 1928(23 cm), 235 pp., frontispiece and 5 plates. Publisher’s black cloth, title in gilt on spine, blind panelling to the front board (no dust jacket issued). - The faith, rites and customs of the Yezidi tribes of Iraq, worshippers of Melak Taus, “The Peacock Angel”. According to the appended commentary by Sir Richard Carnac Temple (1850-1931), the Yezidi are really extremists (Ghulât) of the Shi’a Muslim sect. There are several clear photographs, together with a plan of the temple of Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir. ¶ Owner’s inscription in ink on endpaper: Chas. M. Hollingham; occasional neat annotation. Bookseller’s label: Thornton & Sons, Booksellers, 11 The Broad, Oxford. Good copy. -
Historical catalogue of printed editions of the English Bible 1525-1961 : Revised and expanded from the edition of T.H. Darlow and H.F. Moule, 1903, by A.S. Herbert
London & New York, British & Foreign Bible Society / American Bible Society, 1968(25.5 cm), xxxi (1), 549 (1) pp. Errata slip loosely inserted. Publisher’s blue cloth. - Revised edition of Darlow & Moule’s catalogue of the English Bibles, locating Bibles in libraries other than the British and Foreign Bible Society Library. ¶ Excellent, unmarked copy. -
Bibbie a Bergamo, edizioni dal XV al XVII secolo (catalogue of an exhibition organised by the Comune di Bergamo and Biblioteca civica "A. Mai" di Bergamo, held in the Centro culturale S. Bartolomeo, Bergamo, 15 January-13 February 1983)
Bergamo, Comune di Bergamo, 1983(24 cm), 165 pp., with 88 black & white illustrations and two colour plates. Publisher’s printed wrappers. ¶ Excellent, unmarked copy. -
La Bibbia a stampa da Gutenberg a Bodoni (catalogue of an exhibition held at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, 8 October-23 November 1991)
Florence, Centro Di, 1991(24 cm), 222 pp., illustrations (some in colour). Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - 171 entries. ¶ Light shelf wear; otherwise a very good copy. -
[Stock catalogues, numbered series: 48] Biblia Sacra : Das Buch der Bücher: 180 Manuskripte und Drucke vom 13. bis zum 20. Jahrhundert [title also in English]
Ramsen (Switzerland), Antiquariat Bibermühle AG, 2004(35 cm), 536 pp., illustrations (most in colour). 175 items [sic]. Price list loosely inserted. Publisher’s pictorial boards. - “Other catalogues have been devoted to the Holy Bible, but none more sumptuous” (from a notice in The Book Collector, Autumn 2004, pp.421-422). Descriptions in German and English; preface “Wie die Bibel heimisch wurde” by Martin Walser (in German only). ¶ As new. -
The Bible Collection of Dr. Charles Caldwell Ryrie (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby's, New York, 5 December 2016)
New York, Sotheby's, 2016(27 cm), 167 (1) pp., illustrations (most in colour). 197 lots. Publisher's pictorial wrappers. - The collector's books were exhibited at the Bridwell Library in 1998-1999 (Formatting the word of God : the Charles Caldwell Ryrie collection : an exhibition at Bridwell Library, edited by Valerie R. Hotchkiss and Charles C. Ryrie, Dallas 1998). ¶ Unmarked copy. No price list.
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