18TH-CENTURY BOOKS
“Christian
Alarm-Clock!”
Barcia y Zambrana, José de. Despertador christiano, divino, y eucharistico, de varios sermones.... Madrid: Por Alonso Balvàs a costa de Francisco Laso, 1727. Folio (30 cm, 11.875"). [6] ff., 406 pp., [13] ff.
Provenance: Bookplate of Stellita Stapleton (first half of 20th century; see image above right).
• Palau 24060. Contemporary limp leather with traces of ties; binding worn with a little holing. Title-page torn and repaired with some obscuring of letters; paper browned and text dog-eared with some staining and tattering, resulting in no apparent loss of text. Inked ownership inscriptions on title-page.
A Marblehead Puritan Printed in London
Boston Distribution Barnard, John. Sermons on several subjects; to wit, a confirmation of the truth of the Christian religion. One sermon. Compel them to come in. One sermon. The Christian hero, or the saints victory and rewards, in 6 sermons. London: Pr. for Samuel Gerrish, & Daniel Henchman, in Cornhill Boston, New-England, 1727. 8vo. 190 pp. 
Click the images for enlargements. • Sabin 3471; ESTC T65667; not in Alden & Landis. Contemporary sheep, modestly tooled in blind; leather dry and abraded. Ex-library with call number on spine, shelf marks in pencil, bookplate on front pastedown, and rubber-stamp on title-page. (20159)
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“Remarks” — A Reply Bentley, Richard. Remarks upon a late discourse of free-thinking: In a letter to F.H. D.D. by Phileleutherus Lipsiensis. London: John Morphew, 1713. 8vo (19.8 cm, 7.75"). [2], [3]–85, [1(blank)] pp. (57/58 omitted in pagination).
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• ESTC T53380. On Bentley's response to Collins, see: Dictionary of National Biography. Recent marbled paper–covered boards, front cover with gilt-stamped leather title-label. Title-page with author's name inked in an early hand, dedication with dedicatee's name (Francis Hare) inked in the same hand. Title-page with two spots of light staining; pages otherwise clean, with a very few early inked marginalia. (20745)
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Collins? Bentley, Richard. Remarks upon a late discourse of free-thinking: In a letter to F.H. D.D. by Phileleutherus Lipsiensis. Part the second. London: John Morphew & E. Curl, 1713. 8vo (19.7 cm, 7.75"). [4], 82, [2] pp.
Click the interior image for an enlargement. • ESTC T53381. On Bentley's response to Collins, see: Dictionary of National Biography. Recent marbled paper–covered boards, front cover with gilt-stamped leather title-label. Faint crease lines occasionally visible, pages otherwise clean. (20751)
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