wiseman nicholas patrick cardinal (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Dj has light edge wear with scuffing and smudging as well as light soiling. Boards have light shelf rubbing with scuffing and bumping. Endpages have light age-toning and smudging. Page edges have moderate age-toning with soiling and smudging. Interior pages are unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

First Edition. Expertley bound in modern, marble boards, complete with an aniline calf, gilt-titled, label to front panel. A fine copy; remains tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 15 pages; Subjects: Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick Stephen, (cardinal, archbishop of Westminster) . Sermons, speeches - Religious. Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick Stephen, cardinal 1802-1865. 3 Kg.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

Four pages. 16mo bifoliate. In poor condition: grubby, creased, stained and worn. Traces of previous mounting along top of two central pages, and of stub along one edge, removal of which has caused a small hole (not affecting text). A letter to the publisher of his 'Essays on various subjects' (3 vols, 1853): ' sermons, I have "50 Heaven" "Means of salvation" being "49." | Either therefore our lists do not agree, or one of us has made a mistake. Please therefore to look back at my last letter, and see if I did not say I wished to have "44 Goodness of God | 50 Heaven | 51 Conclusion." | Now what is to be done with my 49 or your 50 - "Means of salvation? Either enlarge the volume by introducing 48 Salvation before The means of S. & 44 Goodness of God, or keep by 48 & 49. I have no objection to increase the vol. if you like: only I wish to get it out - so as to get Vol 3 forward. | Please let me have a line, & in the meantime I return proof. | Yours very sincerely &c | N. Card. Wiseman'.

4°. 399 S. ornée de 10 grande compositions de Josef Blanc (hors texte) et de nombreuses gravures d'après les monuments antiques. HLn. der Zeit mit eingebundener OBroschur. Kanten leicht berieben, Schrift auf Vortitel. Text in Französisch. Sprache: französisch.

12mo: 1 p. On the recto of the first leaf of a bifolium, with the address, with postmark, on the reverse of the second. On brittle, aged paper. The letter has been neatly folded three times, and there are a few closed tears along the crease lines, including one through the initial 'N' of the signature. Wiseman thanks Castermann for the copy he has sent of 'votre nouvelle édition en Français de "Fabiola". Not only is the 'execution typographique de l'ouvrage' deserving of his praise, but also the translation, which leaves nothing to be desired.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The recipient is the publisher Henry Blackett (1825-1871) of the leading London firm Hurst & Blackett, and the meeting was evidently to discuss terms, possibly for Wiseman's 'Recollections of the Last Four Popes', which the firm published in 1859. 1p, 8vo. Laid down on another leaf. In fair condition, lightly aged, on thin paper, and with discoloration from the glue used in laying the item down. Small red armorial letterhead. The note reads: 'Cardinal Wiseman will be happy to meet Mr Blackett, if convenient, on Tuesday (tomorrow) about 12, at 8 York Place / Leyton June 29. 1857'. Hurst and Blackett would also publish Wiseman's lecture 'Points of Contact between Science and Art' (1863), and his book on William Shakespeare (1865).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First American edition. Green cloth with blind stamp decoration on boards and gilt letters on spine. Good only ex-library with hinges cracked, spine darkened, short tears on spine ends. Twenty-four extra pages in rear of book which lists other Catholic books. Five chapters are: Corea, China, Western Tongking, Cochin China, Oceanica.