A Voyage Round the World In the Years DMCCXL, I, II, III, IV (Two Volumes)
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Paxton’s Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants. (Volume 3)
8vo, vii, 289, 41 colored plates, each measuring approx. 6.25 x 9" colored plant illustrations,with tissue guards laid-in, plus 30 woodcuts of garden tools, plants and diagrams. 19thC binding of full green leather with elaborate gilt perimeter by W.H.Parker, Bregon with his bookbinder ticket upper left corner front pastedown, 6 raised bands. Leather on spine darkened and drying and lacking leather spine labels. Covers show evidence of old dampstain. Colored plates very nice and "suitable for framing"Plans, Elevations, Sections, and other Ornaments of the Mansion-House, belonging to the Corporation of Donacaster
PAINE, James. Plans, Elevations, Sections, and other Ornaments of the Mansion-House, belonging to the Corporation of Doncaster. Engraved title-vignette incorporating portrait of the architect by Grignion after Hayman, 17 engraved plates numbered 1-21, 4 double-page. Folio, modern 3/4 calf over boards. London: For the Author, 1751. Paine was appointed Clerk of Works at Nostell Priory, Yorkshire, in 1737 when he was only nineteen years old and he continued to supervise the building there until 1750, but Doncaster Mansion House was his first major project, from 1745-48. In 1745 Doncaster Corporation appointed him to design a Mansion House to be used for 'civic hospitality and celebrations'. Paine chose, as his inspiration for the facade of the building, Inigo Jones's unexecuted design for a Royal Palace at Whitehall for King James I 'A facade fit for a king'. At the age of 27, Paine's career was launched and over the next 40 years he established himself as one of the great architects of the Palladian Revival and an early exponent of rococo interior decoration in the mid 18th century. In the event, only the central section of Paine's design was constructed as the Corporation did not acquire the adjacent properties until the turn of the century. A couple of plates with insignificant marginal waterstains, but overall a handsome copy.The Lives of the Twelve Caesars [EASTON PRESS’ FINE RECREATION OF THE 1717 ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION]
12mo. (6-3/4" x 4"). 592pp. Brown leather with faux paneled front cover in gilt & black. A.e.g. Housed in publisher's matching magenta cloth clamshell box. With all the 1717 illustrations, including portraits of the 12 Caesars. A fine, as new copy still in publisher's shrinkwrap and the original shipping carton. This Easton Press edition (now out-of-print) originally sold for $216. One of the most important primary sources of Roman history.Anne of Green Gables
"MONTGOMERY, Lucy Maud. Anne of Green Gables. Boston: L.C. Page, 1908. Octavo, original gilt-stamped chocolate brown cloth, mounted cover illustration, uncut. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. $27,000.First edition, first issue, of Montgomery's first novel, illustrated with eight plates by M.A. and W.A.J. Claus.The story of the red-haired orphan Anne Shirley and the elderly brother and sister who adopt her "is the most popular and enduring of a host of girls' stories published in the United States and Canada in the first years of the 20th century" (Carpenter & Pritchard, 25-26). "Montgomery began writing about Anne as a serial for a Sunday school periodical in the spring of 1904. The character became so real that she eventually decided to develop the idea into a full novel. Much as would later with readers, Anne took hold of her creator, developing into a feisty, imaginative little being who demanded to be noticed and loved" (Keeline, 41). The novel was completed in 1905, but was rejected by four major American publishing houses, and it was not until 1907 that Montgomery found a publisher. The best seller that would make the remote Canadian province of Prince Edward Island known around the globe was not to be published in Montgomery's native Canada until 1942, the year Montgomery died. Lucy Maud Montgomery's "mother died when she was two, and she was sent to live with her maternal grandparents in their farmhouse. In character she seems to have much resembled her heroine Anne. She became a teacher, but gave it up to look after her widowed grandmother" (Carpenter & Pritchard, 356). "By age 21 she was earning her living in the thriving periodical market of turn-of-the-century North America. International acclaim came in 1908 with the publication of her first novel, Anne of Green Gables, which instantly becameand remainsa best seller there is energy of another type that animates Montgomery's books, which retain a strong hold on adult readers. It is the energy of social critique, and it operates just below the surface of many of her novels. Anne and Emily, her two best-known and best-developed heroines, may fulfill their womanly duty by marrying the saccharine-sweet boy next door, but not before each voices loud and angry criticisms of the way in which girls, orphans, and other disempowered members of society are ignored and trivialized" (Silvey, 465-66). First issue, dated "April, 1908" on the copyright page, in a variant chocolate brown cloth binding; most copies are found in pale green or buff cloth (L.M. Montgomery Institute). We have been able to locate only a handful of first-issue copies that have appeared at auction in the past 30 years. With eight-page publisher's catalogue bound at rear. Peter Parley to Penrod, 124. Keeline, 41-43. Interior fine, lightest rubbing to spine ends of original cloth binding, spine leaning very slightly. An about-fine copy, exceedingly rare in such excellent condition and in a variant binding."Les Indes noires (Le Chancellor / Martin Paz)
Cartonnage éditeur en percaline rouge brique "à la bannière". Reliure de Lenègre de type 2. Tranches dorées. Un volume grand in-8 (269x176 mm), (8)-173-(3)-(4)-223-(1) pages. Cartonnage assombri, frotté aux mors. Les Indes noires est un roman d'aventures de Jules Verne, publié en 1877. Il raconte l'histoire d'un groupe d'hommes qui se retrouvent bloqués dans une mine de charbon en Écosse. References : Jauzac [212]. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________ENGLISH_DESCRIPTION : Cartonnage "à la bannière". Original red cloth decorated in many colors, all edges gilt. 8vo (269x176 mm), (8)-173-(3)-(4)-223-(1) pages. Cardboard sstain, joint rubbed. Adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1877. It tells the story of a group of men who find themselves stranded in a coal mine in Scotland. References : Jauzac [212]. 1280g.DECLARATION OF THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF ISRAEL. Iton Rishmi
Folio. (4) pp. Unbound as issued, text in Hebrew, in near perfect condition. Very rare first edition first issue of the Israeli Declaration of Independence printed on the first day of the birth of Israel. This was the first publication rescinding the British White Paper. With the names of all of the signatories, headed by David Ben-Gurion, this document heralded the end of British involvement in Palestine, and the start of unrestricted immigration into the new Jewish state. It publishes for the very first time the full declaration as read out by Ben-Gurion at 4pm on Friday 14 May 1948 in the Tel-Aviv Museum. It announced that the National Council was to become the Provisional Government of Israel until a Constituent Assembly was formed on 1 October 1948. Iton Rishmi records all the decrees, ordinances and notices of the Israeli government, as well as the appointments of all government officials. Scarce first printing of the Israeli Declaration of Independence, the seminal historical document that establishes the first Jewish State in 2000 years. Contained in the first issue of the Official Gazette of the Israeli provisional government, this landmark publication was printed on the first day of the birth of Israel. Formally entitled the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, the Israeli Declaration of Independence was proclaimed on May 14 1948, by David Ben-Gurion, the executive head of the World Zionist Organization, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, and, shortly after, the first Prime minister of Israel. It declared the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz-Israel, to be known as the State of Israel. "The Land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here, their spiritual, religious, and national identity was formed. Here, they achieved independence and created a culture of national and universal significance. Here, they wrote and gave the Bible to the world. Exiled from Palestine, the Jewish people remained faithful to it in all the countries of their dispersion, never ceasing to pray and hope for their return and the restoration of their national freedom." Immediately following the British army withdrawal earlier on May 14, war broke out between Jews and Arabs. Egypt launched an air assault against Israel that same evening. Despite a blackout in Tel Aviv-and the expected Arab invasion-Jews celebrated the birth of their new nation, especially after word was received that the United States had recognized the Jewish state. At midnight, the State of Israel officially came into being upon termination of the British mandate in Palestine. "Using the American Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution as philosophical frameworks, a small group of attorneys and politicians pieced together Israel's Declaration of Independence. On Friday, May 14, the National Council, established to oversee the political needs of the Jewish community in Palestine, voted to accept the final text of the Declaration. That afternoon at 4 pm, David Ben-Gurion, head of the National Council, read the Declaration at the Tel Aviv Museum. The Declaration was divided into four parts: 1) a biblical, historical, and international legal case for the existence of a Jewish state in the Land of Israel" 2) the self-evident right of the Jewish people to claim statehood 3) the actual declaration of statehood" and 4) statements about how the state would operate, including an enumeration of citizen rights. Very rare and sought-after first edition first issue of this seminal historical document that establishes the birth of the Jewish State. Very rare and sought-after.America: Picturesque and Descriptive
Books are Fine or Better! Three Volumes, publisher's ultra clean blue cloth with elaborate arts and crafts gilt corn motif on front boards and spine, Book are tight and square with NO previous owner bookplates or writing, top edge bright gilt, protected in custom mylar covers. end papers as new, gutters tight text never read condition. photogravure frontispiece with captioned tissue guards in each volume, 72 photogravure plates. Survey of he Unite States including the Northeast, Great Lakes, New York, Virginia, Florida, Yellowstone, Alaska, San Francisco and more. A high quality set in remarkable condition.Do 11 de Setembro à crise do Iraque. Colecção Ensaios e Documentos.
8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 109 pp. *** FIRST EDITION; this book went through 5 editions between December of 2002 and 2003. Full of offensive, idiotic, and simplistic comparisons and analysis in the guise of being "pro-American but anti-Bush," this is nevertheless an important document, as it illustrates the thinking of one of the founders of a major Portuguese political party, a former Foreign Minister (1980), interim Prime Minister (1980-1981), deputy Prime Minister (1981-1983), Minister of Defense (1981-1983), still a heavyweight in Portuguese political and intellectual life, who was President of the United Nations General Assembly (1995-1996). Freitas do Amaral compares conservative Republicans in the U.S.A. to Italian fascists and German Nazis of the period 1920-1945. He says that they wish to control and dominate the world, spreading the "American way of life," just as Hitler did, with his "Deutschland über alles!" He claims the refusal to grant captured Taliban and Al-Qaeda the status of prisoners of war is equivalent to Hitler's ordering the killing in gas chambers of Jews, gypsies, Poles, homosexuals, and the mentally deficient. There is much more along these lines, including ridiculous comparisons of President George W. Bush to Salazar and Franco. Published December 2002, the original edition went out-of-print the first week in January, 2003. ***Voyages and Travels, into Brasil, and the East-Indies: Containing an Exact Description of the Dutch Brasil, and divers Parts of the East-Indies; Their Provinces, Cities, Living Creatures, and Products: The Manners, Customs, Habits, Religion of the Inhabitants; with a most particular Accunt of all the remarkable Passages that Happened during the Author’s Stay of Nine Years in Brasil
London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill, 1703. First edition in English. Folio. (12 3/4"x 8 1/4", 325mm x 210mm). With engraved author's portrait, engraved additional title, and 44 further engraved plates. Bound in contemporary calf rebacked and recornered. On the spine, five raised bands with red morocco lettering piece in the second panel. Red edges to the text block. Boards and extremities rubbed. Chip to edge of top board. Light foxing. Plate 7 browned at edges. Plate 37 with small tear. This is the second volume of John Churchill's eight volume collection of Voyages and Travels. Each volume is a complete work within the whole. Most of the plates are folding, depicting topics such as a map of Brasil, a map of the city of Pernambuco, a Cocoa tree, and species of fish. John Nieuhoff (1618-1672) was a Durch traveler who spent most of his life abroad. At the behest of Jan Witsen, a leader in the Dutch West India Company, Nieuhoff left for Dutch Brazil in 1640. During an expedition into Madegascar in 1672, he disappeared and was never found. Bookplate of Christ Church, a constituent college of University of Oxford. It was founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII. From the collection of Clayre and Jay Michael Haft. Sotheby's Loondon, 12 Dec 2023. Sabin 13015 (for all 8 volumes in Churchill's series.Blue Book
A Blue Book published to commemorate the semi-centennial of Iowa College with 74 original cyanotypes pasted in. The photographs range in size from 4 x 4cm to approximately 15 x 20cm , and all are related in some manner to the College. There are images of male and female students in sports (including early baseball gear!), faculty members, a glee club, etc. Book measures 30 x 20cm; 252pp. Numerous advertisements at the end. Bound in cloth, shaken, hinges cracked. Interior in very good condition.My Native Village: A Brief History of Centerville, Utah
62pp. Octavo [23 cm] Stapled blue and black printed wraps. Very good. The spine and edges of the front wrap are sun faded. Illustrated with historic photographs of people and places of Centerville, Utah. Several historic buildings are depicted and many of the original pioneers are portrayed. History of Centerville, from its beginnings in 1848 up until just before WWII.Set of Four Comix Book Magazines
The set includes issues #1, 2, 4 and 5 (of 5). #4 is a second printing, the rest are first printings. Contributions by Kim Deitch, Peter Poplaski, Trina Robbins, Art Spiegelman, Bill Sanders, Basil Wolverton, and many others. Average condition is very good+/near fine. ; Quarto.The Charters and General Laws of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay.To Which is Added an Appendix, Tending to Explain the Spirit, Progress and History of the Jurisprudence of the State; Especially in a Moral and Political View
vii + 868 pages, with useful index to these charters & laws. Previous owner stamp of Sanford H. Dudley, Counsellor at Law on front endpaper. Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 3/4" size; full polished leather binding, gilt titled label. Some edge, tips wear and rubbing to the cover; occasional spotting & soil; front blank endpaper top edge torn away; some old worming at top edge of a section of leaves, no loss to text; in good condition.The Mental Capacity of the American Negro.
Pamphlet, 8vo, original wrappers, Illustrated with tables and charts, 71pp. First separate printing. Some edge tears and chipping, a couple of edge pieces missing, not affecting text, normal aging; good overall. First appeared in Archives of Psychology, No. 28. Marion J. Mayo (1871-1948) was an educator with multiple degrees who taught in New York before heading West to tech at a college level in St. Louis. At the time it appeared, Mayo's study was almost entirely ignored, with the notable exception of a critical review by W.E.B. DuBois. Nevertheless, Mayo's long-forgotten thesis, submitted for a doctorate in Philosophy at Columbia University, is generally cited in comprehensive bibliographies as the earliest relevant work. DuBois' scathing review criticized Mayo's methodology of reaching broad conclusions on the basis of a small sample of students (school records of 150 Black students in New York high schools) but he was primarily perturbed by those conclusions âÂÂ" that "as regard the mental heredity of the Negro and white races as represented in our Northern states, the average mental ability of the white race, so far as this ability is exercised in school studies, is higher, but not a great deal higher, than that of the colored race". DuBois was also disturbed by Mayo's premise that the underlying racial distinction was not due to opportunity but rather heredity. Calling this a "monstrous" conclusion, DuBois goes on to enumerate in detail all the ways in which Black children had been deprived by opportunity from overwhelming racial discrimination. Interestingly, while I didn't do a close analysis of Mayo's material, and yes, whites clearly come off better in Mayo's study, some of the differences don't appear that significant, especially when you consider the historical context when this study was taken. This study preceded by eight years Robert Yerkes' famous study of race differences in mental tests of American soldiers during World War I. Work 574 & 625. Not in HowesLa dernière exploration – Voyage dans un monde qui se meurt
- Editions La Presse, Ottawa 1974, 15x23cm, broché. - Edition originale pour laquelle il n'a pas été tiré de grands papiers. Agréable exemplaire. Iconographie. Envoi autographe daté et signé d'Alain Bombard à Albert Torrès. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]Original Rude Girl newsletter signed by the singer / songwriter and author Janis Ian: ÒTo Kelly, Janice IanÓ. 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches when folded by three. Fine condition. Janis Ian is an American singer-sogwriter who was most successful in the 1960s and 70s. Her signature songs are the 1966/67 hit ÔSocietyÕs Child (Baby IÕve Been Thinking)Õ and the 1975 Top Ten single ÔAt SeventeenÕ from her LP ÔBetween the LinesÕ, which in September 1975 reached No. 1 on the Billboard album chart.
Fascinating book by a magician who worked with Alexander Hermann and Prof. Kellar. Robinson had been raised as a spiritualist but no longer acknowledged the truth of its teachings. He was not hostile to spiritualism or those who believed in it, but was determined to expose those who would defraud believers seeking knowledge of deceased loved ones. His background in stage magic made him an ideal debunker of clever tricks. Bound in maroon cloth over boards with spine and upper board titled in gilt, illustration to upper board in black. Boards show minor extremity rubs and mild soiling, but hinges sound. Interior has a short taped at top inner margin of title page, some mild foxing and toning, else clean. A very good copy overall. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. vi, 148 pages, + 2 leaves publisher ads
VISTA DE NAKASENDO DESDE LA ESTACION DE UENO
Materia: Xilografía japonesa de la segunda parte del siglo XIX. Grabado japonés. Ferrocarril - Utagawa Shigekiyo Publicación: Tokyo, Era Meiji, 1883. Dimensiones: Tríptico. Cada plancha: 35 x 23,5 cm. Las tres planchas: 35 x 70,5 cm. Técnica: Xilografía japonesa (El dibujo se crea con planchas de madera). Conservación: Muy buen estado. Utagawa Shigekiyo (activo entre 1860 y 1890) fue un artista ukiyo-e de la escuela Utagawa. Referencias: On Railway color prints, núm. 230. LBS1The Lord of the Rings. Illustrations by Ingahild Grathmer. Drawn by Eric Fraser
Second impression thus, three volumes, 8vo. Black and white illustrations, map endpapers. Original gilt decorated white quarter morocco, cloth sides, spines a little rubbed, slipcase again with mild rubbing. Hammond A5l.Hugo PRATT : Corto Maltèse en Egypte, SERIGRAPHIE Originale signée, 500ex, 50×40 cm
Art, Affiches et Gravure Hugo PRATT (1927-1995). - Corto Maltèse en Egypte, 2020. - Sérigraphie originale. - Signée dans la planche + timbre sec + tampon officiel "Hugo Pratt" au dos. - 2 passages couleur. - Sur papier d'art Innova, 50 x 40 cm. - Numérotée sur 500 exemplaires (numéro du certificat donné à titre d'exemple). - Certificat d'authenticité Informations : édité en 2020 par les éditions Christian Collin En excellent état Né à Rimini en Italie en 1927 et mort à Pully (Suisse) en 1995, Hugo Eugenio Pratt est un auteur de bande dessinée italien. Son uvre la plus connue est Corto Maltese (1967-1991), qui a largement dépassé le champ de la bande dessinée.Mémoires de Vidocq, chef de la Police de Sureté jusqu’en 1827, aujourd’hui propriétaire et fabricant de papier à Saint-Mandé.
4 vol. in 8°, de 2f. VIII-420pp., 2ff. 462pp., 3ff. 434pp., 2ff. 420pp., ill. d'un portrait gravé, (sans les ff. de fx-titre en tête) demi-basane blonde moderne à coins, dos très orné, p. de t. rouge et verte, rousseurs habituelles sinon bel exemplaire décoratif. Edition originale très recherchée, de ces Mémoires, remarquable témoignage sur les moeurs criminelles de l'époque et sur la langue argotique, par l'ancien forçat qui fut le créateur et le chef de la police de sûreté. Ils ont été rédigés d'après des notes fournies par Vidocq, avec de nombreux rajouts dans le but de pimenter le récit. Il a paru en plus 2 volumes de suppléments en 1830, ils sont très rares et manquent dans la plupart des séries. ¶ Yve-Plessis, biblio. argot n° 117-118 - Michel Foucault, Surveiller et punir p.288: "L'importance presque mythique qu'il a prise aux yeux mêmes de ses contemporains ne tient pas à ce passé (de voleur et de brigand), peut-être embelli; elle ne tient pas non plus au fait que, pour la première fois dans l'histoire, un ancien bagnard, racheté ou acheté, soit devenu un chef de police; mais plutôt au fait qu'en lui, la délinquance a pris visiblement son statut ambigu d'objet et d'instrument pour un appareil de police qui travaille contre elle et avec elle." - Dict. oeuvres, IV/p.476: "On ne s'étonnera pas si un personnage aussi étrange, aussi romanesque, est entré de son vivant dans la littérature et a inspiré aux différents écrivains qui l'ont approché des interprétations aussi contradictoires de son rôle et de sa personne que celles de Vautrin ou de Jean Valjean" - Le Clère Biblio. police n°1010 (c'est seulement en 1832 qu'il fut nommé très officiellement chef de la sûreté.)Hull.
Amsterdam: Aegidius Janssonius Valckenier, c.1661. Coloured. 110 x 130mm. Trimmed to printed border on left by binder, new margin added. An early miniature town plan of Kingston upon Hull, showing the outline of the streets, churches and windmills, but without naming any features. The plan was published in Hermannides's 'Magna Britannia' which contained thirty townplans mostly copied from the insets of John Speed's county maps.Block-Printing
Octavo. (11)pp. Four color linocut plates, one of which serves as titling. Four pages of text instruct the nascent illustrator-printer in how to "design, cut and print linoleum blocks," from preparation to particular substrates. A rear folio, not fully opened, contains seven loose exemplar plates. Bound in marbled paper-covered boards with block-printed title to upper cover. Some edgewear, else near fine.The Selkirk Settlers in Real Life
viii,[9]-119pp. Small octavo in original gilt lettered maroon cloth and beige moire endpapers with frontispiece. Slight shelf wear to edges of covers. Previous school name on front free endpaper. very good Peel 3 #98. "A description of the social life and customs of the settlers.".WEIRD TALES: A MAGAZINE OF THE BIZARRE AND UNUSUAL – VOL.24, NO.5 (NOVEMBER, 1934)
Quarto (25cm); original pictorial pulp wrappers; pp.529-656; illus. Gentle sunning to spine, subtle tanning to text edges; modest wear, some dust-soil to rear wrapper, with a neat 5" split alont lower rear joint, and a tiny abrasion to lower right corner of front wrapper; Very Good. Contents include the conclusion of Robert E. Howard's Conan novella "The People of the Black Circle," "Feigman's Beard" by Derleth, a reprint of "The Music of Erich Zahn" by Lovecraft, and contributions by E. Hoffman Price, Marion Doyle, S. Gordon Gurwit, Kirk Mashburn, and others. Cover art ("Queen of the Lilin") by Margaret Brundage.Hubner:A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hubner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frolich, and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schaffer. Volume One [Two]
Two volumes quarto: xxiv, 605; xi, 274pp., frontispiece. Slight spotting to fore-edges otherwise very good copies of a very scarce title.Commentaires de Jean Calvin sur la concordance ou Harmonie, compose des trois Evangelistes []
Folio. pp. [16] 1-204, 209-850 [2]; 369 [21]. Roman letter, little italic. Large woodcut printer's device to t-p of plumed skull atop a scorpion, set within an architectural frame, t-p slightly dusty. Address to the nobles of Frankfurt, alphabetical table of contents and passages within the work and another on the bible more generally. Very slight age browning, occasional marks, some later leaves with light water stain to lower margin, paper flaw to lower outer corner of hh2 and *2 not affecting text. Mss chapter numbers to upper outer corners of N1. ff. A good, well-margined copy in contemporary mottled calf with gilt rules, slightly scuffed, corners worn. Spine richly gilt in floral geometric pattern and bands raised, edges sprinkled red. The second edition of theologian and Protestant reformer John Calvin's (1509-1564) commentary on the gospels and acts of the apostles. He began his career as lay administrator to a local bishop, before pursuing a career in law, studying at Orleans and Bourges. Here, he was introduced to the doctrine of humanism, with particular influence from Erasmus and Jacques Lefevre d'Etaples, which promoted the restructuring of the church and society based on classical and Christian antiquity. It also encouraged the study of the Bible in Greek, Hebrew and Latin. Calvin's work hugely influenced Protestantism in Europe and North America, leading to the creation of multiple Calvinist churches, particularly in the USA; he is 'the most perseveringly followed by his disciples of any Western writer on theology', his other work on the 'Institutes of the Christian religion' becoming a handbook of Protestant belief. Calvin produced a number of in-depth biblical commentaries, covering most of the Old and almost the entire New Testament, except for the Revelation to John. In this edition, he addresses the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke in tandem, but dedicates entire commentaries to John and the Acts of the Apostles. Lines of Scripture are quoted in chunks, in a larger font, followed by references and detailed comments on various phrases in each text. These include explanations, clarifications, and personal opinions with the aim of identifying examples of Harmony within the passages. 'His manner is classical; he reasons on system, he has little humour; instead of striking with a cudgel he uses the weapon of a deadly logic and persuades by a teacher's authority, not by a demagogue's calling of names.'A Voyage Round the World In the Years DMCCXL, I, II, III, IV (Two Volumes): https://rarebookinsider.com/rare-books/a-voyage-round-the-world-in-the-years-dmccxl-i-ii-iii-iv-two-volumes-2/