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[000008] Gookin, Frederick William. Japanese Colour-Prints and Their Designers.
$150.00
1913. Cloth. Japanese Colour-Prints and Their Designers. by Frederick William Gookin. A Lecture delivered
before The Japan Society of New York April 19, 1911. To Which is Appended A Catalogue of a Loan
Collection of Japanese Colour-Prints Exhibited at the Fifth Avenue Building April 19 to May 19, 1911.
Together with Reproductions of Representative Prints Included in the Exhibition. New York: The Japan
Society. 1913. The De Vinne Press, certifies that this copy of Japanese Colour-Prints and Their Designers is
Number 680 of the Edition of One Thousand copies printed from Type for the Japan Society in February
Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen. Volume complete with all 24 prints. Color illustrations remain bright and
beautiful. Previous owner's bookplate pasted on inside front board with a small store sticker on bottom
right. Included prints by the following artists; Harunobu, Moronobu, Kiyomasu, Masanobu, Toyonobu,
Kiyomitsu, Koryusai, Shunsho, Buncho, Kiyonaga, Eishi, Sharaku, Utamaro, Toyokuni, Hokusai, and Hiroshige.
Complete volumes in shabby condition starting at 165.00 up to 500.00 for better copies. A scarce find for
the serious collector.
$150.00
1913. Cloth. Japanese Colour-Prints and Their Designers. by Frederick William Gookin. A Lecture delivered
before The Japan Society of New York April 19, 1911. To Which is Appended A Catalogue of a Loan
Collection of Japanese Colour-Prints Exhibited at the Fifth Avenue Building April 19 to May 19, 1911.
Together with Reproductions of Representative Prints Included in the Exhibition. New York: The Japan
Society. 1913. The De Vinne Press, certifies that this copy of Japanese Colour-Prints and Their Designers is
Number 680 of the Edition of One Thousand copies printed from Type for the Japan Society in February
Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen. Volume complete with all 24 prints. Color illustrations remain bright and
beautiful. Previous owner's bookplate pasted on inside front board with a small store sticker on bottom
right. Included prints by the following artists; Harunobu, Moronobu, Kiyomasu, Masanobu, Toyonobu,
Kiyomitsu, Koryusai, Shunsho, Buncho, Kiyonaga, Eishi, Sharaku, Utamaro, Toyokuni, Hokusai, and Hiroshige.
Complete volumes in shabby condition starting at 165.00 up to 500.00 for better copies. A scarce find for
the serious collector.
[000009] Laud, William . A Relation Of The Conference Betweene William Lawd, Then, Lrd.
Bishop of St. Davids; Now, Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury: And Mr. Fifher the Jefuite, by
the Command of King James of ever Bleffed Memorie. With an Answer to such Exceptions as
A.C. takes Aga.
$575.00
1639. First Edition. Full-Leather. A Relation Of The Conference Betweene William Lawd, Then, Lrd. Bishop
of St. Davids; Now, Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury: And Mr. Fifher the Jefuite, by the Command of King
James of ever Bleffed Memorie. With an Answer to such Exceptions as A.C. takes against it. By the fayd
Moft Reverend Father in God, William, Lord Arch-Bifhop of Canterbury.London: Richard Bager, Printer to the
Prince His Highnes, 1639 . First edition, thus. LAWD [ LAUD ], William. 388 pages + A Table of all the
Principall Contents + A Table of the Places of Scripture which are Explained or Vindicated. English text in
single column with profuse marginal notation. Wide margins. 7 1/4 inches wide and 11 inches tall. William
Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury. During the reign of Charles Ist (1625-1649) one man held sway over the
Church of England. That man was William Laud born in 1573, was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to
1645 in the days of King Charles I. It was a turbulent time throughout, one of violent divisions in the Church
of England, eventually culminating in the English Civil War. Shortly after Charles's succession, Laud presented
him with a list in which he divided the flock of Anglican ministers into sheep and goats - the sheep marked
"O" (for orthodox) and the goats marked "P" (for Puritan). This began a feud that was to lead to many
mutilations of Puritans (among whom were Henry Burton, q.v. and some of the divines in Clarke's Lives of
Sundry Modern English Divines) and culminate in the beheading of Laud himself once the Puritans began to
establish their power. Laud was also at odds with the Catholics, of course, one being the "Fisher the
Jesuit". John Fisher (vere John Percy, or Piersey, Piers, or Persy, or, possibly, none of these but one John
Sweet) was frequently imprisoned, but lived until his 70s and died a natural death of cancer in about 1642.
His name was brought up at Laud's trial, and one of the accusations against Laud was that he had
protected Fisher, securing his release from prison and discountenancing his arrest. It does appear that he
did at least secure a commutation of Fisher's sentence. I think that we have all encountered Christians who
are opposed to celebrating Christmas on the grounds that the Bible nowhere commands us to celebrate
Christmas, and does not mention the 25th of December; and the pagans had a festival in December at
which they built fires and feasted and exchanged gifts, from which it follows that those who celebrate
Christmas are participating in pagan rites. Similarly, in the late 1500's and early 1600's, there were Christians
in England who objected to the garment called the surplice. When participating in the services of Morning
and Evening Prayer in Church, clergy, including choir members, normally wore a cassock (a black,
floor-length, fairly tight-fitting garment) covered by a surplice (a white, knee-length, fairly loose garment
with loose sleeves). The Puritans objected to the surplice (a) as not mentioned in the Bible, and (b) as
something that the Roman Catholics had worn before the Reformation, which made it one of the props of
idolatrous worship, and marked anyone who wore it as an idolater. Archbishop Laud regarded it as a seemly,
dignified, garment, an appropriate response to the Apostle Paul's injunction, "Let all things be done
decently and in order." The Puritans thought differently, and violently interrupted services at which the
surplice was worn. A few interesting facts include: On one occasion, a group of Puritans broke into an
Oxford chapel the night before a service and stole the surplices, which they thrust into a the dung-pit of a
privy. Again, a woman marched into Lichfield Cathedral, accompanied by the town clerk and his wife, and
ruined the altar hangings with a bucket of pitch. Laud was also the prosecutor of record in the trials of
those who published seditious or violent and abusive attacks on the doctrine and discipline of the Church,
and the Puritans produced an abundance of scurrilous attacks on those who disagreed with them, which
were duly punished, with Laud taking the responsibility. When in 1630 (before Laud became Archbishop),
Alexander Leighton published Zion's Plea Against Prelacy, a violent attack on the Bishops as tools of
Antichrist, he was sentenced to be publicly whipped and branded, and to have his ears cut off. He was
sixty years old and a Doctor of Divinity, and the sentence aroused great public indignation. (It is not certain
that it was actually carried out.) Laud made enemies chiefly in three ways. He punished those who attacked
the Church, both those who vandalized and those who confined themselves to verbal abuse. He upheld
various customs in public worship (such as the wearing of the surplice) that were harmless in themselves,
but which aroused the suspicion and fury of those whe feared a return to power of Roman Catholicism. He
sought the financial independence of the clergy, so that a preacher was not dependent on what support
the local squire was pleased to give him. His proposed means to this end was to restore to the Church
some of the Church lands that had been seized by Henry VIII and given or sold to various nobles and
gentlemen. The proposal never reached the stage of discussion about details, so it was not clear how
compensation would be handled, but the mere whisper of such a proposal was enough to make every
landholder in the country feel personally threatened. In 1637 an attempt was made to introduce the Book
of Common Prayer into general use in Scotland, and it immediately caused rioting. In February of 1638,
Scottish leaders signed the National Covenant, by which they pledged themselves to uphold the Puritan
position by force, and by the end of the year they had voted to depose and excommunicate every bishop
in Scotland. The unrest spread to England, and in 1640 Laud was arrested on a charge of high treason. He
was kept in the Tower for four years, and tried in 1644, at the age of seventy-one. Laud was impeached
(1640) by the Long Parliament. Found not guilty of treason by the House of Lords (1644), he was
condemned to death by the Commons through a bill of attainder. He was found guilty, not because there
was any evidence of his guilt, but because the House of Commons was determined that he should die. On
the scaffold he prayed: "The Lord receive my soul, and have mercy on me, and bless this kingdom with
peace and charity, that there may not be this effusion of Christian blood amongst them." The interior
remains tight, clean and complete. The exterior is much better than average. The beautiful spine appears
20th Century, using the original boards. The corners are a bit bumped and rounded. The spine with 5 raised
bands is beautiful with red title area, remainder of compartments with embossed decoration, date to tail of
spine. A great find for the collector.
Bishop of St. Davids; Now, Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury: And Mr. Fifher the Jefuite, by
the Command of King James of ever Bleffed Memorie. With an Answer to such Exceptions as
A.C. takes Aga.
$575.00
1639. First Edition. Full-Leather. A Relation Of The Conference Betweene William Lawd, Then, Lrd. Bishop
of St. Davids; Now, Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury: And Mr. Fifher the Jefuite, by the Command of King
James of ever Bleffed Memorie. With an Answer to such Exceptions as A.C. takes against it. By the fayd
Moft Reverend Father in God, William, Lord Arch-Bifhop of Canterbury.London: Richard Bager, Printer to the
Prince His Highnes, 1639 . First edition, thus. LAWD [ LAUD ], William. 388 pages + A Table of all the
Principall Contents + A Table of the Places of Scripture which are Explained or Vindicated. English text in
single column with profuse marginal notation. Wide margins. 7 1/4 inches wide and 11 inches tall. William
Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury. During the reign of Charles Ist (1625-1649) one man held sway over the
Church of England. That man was William Laud born in 1573, was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to
1645 in the days of King Charles I. It was a turbulent time throughout, one of violent divisions in the Church
of England, eventually culminating in the English Civil War. Shortly after Charles's succession, Laud presented
him with a list in which he divided the flock of Anglican ministers into sheep and goats - the sheep marked
"O" (for orthodox) and the goats marked "P" (for Puritan). This began a feud that was to lead to many
mutilations of Puritans (among whom were Henry Burton, q.v. and some of the divines in Clarke's Lives of
Sundry Modern English Divines) and culminate in the beheading of Laud himself once the Puritans began to
establish their power. Laud was also at odds with the Catholics, of course, one being the "Fisher the
Jesuit". John Fisher (vere John Percy, or Piersey, Piers, or Persy, or, possibly, none of these but one John
Sweet) was frequently imprisoned, but lived until his 70s and died a natural death of cancer in about 1642.
His name was brought up at Laud's trial, and one of the accusations against Laud was that he had
protected Fisher, securing his release from prison and discountenancing his arrest. It does appear that he
did at least secure a commutation of Fisher's sentence. I think that we have all encountered Christians who
are opposed to celebrating Christmas on the grounds that the Bible nowhere commands us to celebrate
Christmas, and does not mention the 25th of December; and the pagans had a festival in December at
which they built fires and feasted and exchanged gifts, from which it follows that those who celebrate
Christmas are participating in pagan rites. Similarly, in the late 1500's and early 1600's, there were Christians
in England who objected to the garment called the surplice. When participating in the services of Morning
and Evening Prayer in Church, clergy, including choir members, normally wore a cassock (a black,
floor-length, fairly tight-fitting garment) covered by a surplice (a white, knee-length, fairly loose garment
with loose sleeves). The Puritans objected to the surplice (a) as not mentioned in the Bible, and (b) as
something that the Roman Catholics had worn before the Reformation, which made it one of the props of
idolatrous worship, and marked anyone who wore it as an idolater. Archbishop Laud regarded it as a seemly,
dignified, garment, an appropriate response to the Apostle Paul's injunction, "Let all things be done
decently and in order." The Puritans thought differently, and violently interrupted services at which the
surplice was worn. A few interesting facts include: On one occasion, a group of Puritans broke into an
Oxford chapel the night before a service and stole the surplices, which they thrust into a the dung-pit of a
privy. Again, a woman marched into Lichfield Cathedral, accompanied by the town clerk and his wife, and
ruined the altar hangings with a bucket of pitch. Laud was also the prosecutor of record in the trials of
those who published seditious or violent and abusive attacks on the doctrine and discipline of the Church,
and the Puritans produced an abundance of scurrilous attacks on those who disagreed with them, which
were duly punished, with Laud taking the responsibility. When in 1630 (before Laud became Archbishop),
Alexander Leighton published Zion's Plea Against Prelacy, a violent attack on the Bishops as tools of
Antichrist, he was sentenced to be publicly whipped and branded, and to have his ears cut off. He was
sixty years old and a Doctor of Divinity, and the sentence aroused great public indignation. (It is not certain
that it was actually carried out.) Laud made enemies chiefly in three ways. He punished those who attacked
the Church, both those who vandalized and those who confined themselves to verbal abuse. He upheld
various customs in public worship (such as the wearing of the surplice) that were harmless in themselves,
but which aroused the suspicion and fury of those whe feared a return to power of Roman Catholicism. He
sought the financial independence of the clergy, so that a preacher was not dependent on what support
the local squire was pleased to give him. His proposed means to this end was to restore to the Church
some of the Church lands that had been seized by Henry VIII and given or sold to various nobles and
gentlemen. The proposal never reached the stage of discussion about details, so it was not clear how
compensation would be handled, but the mere whisper of such a proposal was enough to make every
landholder in the country feel personally threatened. In 1637 an attempt was made to introduce the Book
of Common Prayer into general use in Scotland, and it immediately caused rioting. In February of 1638,
Scottish leaders signed the National Covenant, by which they pledged themselves to uphold the Puritan
position by force, and by the end of the year they had voted to depose and excommunicate every bishop
in Scotland. The unrest spread to England, and in 1640 Laud was arrested on a charge of high treason. He
was kept in the Tower for four years, and tried in 1644, at the age of seventy-one. Laud was impeached
(1640) by the Long Parliament. Found not guilty of treason by the House of Lords (1644), he was
condemned to death by the Commons through a bill of attainder. He was found guilty, not because there
was any evidence of his guilt, but because the House of Commons was determined that he should die. On
the scaffold he prayed: "The Lord receive my soul, and have mercy on me, and bless this kingdom with
peace and charity, that there may not be this effusion of Christian blood amongst them." The interior
remains tight, clean and complete. The exterior is much better than average. The beautiful spine appears
20th Century, using the original boards. The corners are a bit bumped and rounded. The spine with 5 raised
bands is beautiful with red title area, remainder of compartments with embossed decoration, date to tail of
spine. A great find for the collector.