George Hakewill

George Hakewill (1578 or 1579 – 1649) was an English clergyman and author. Size 251 mm x 187 mm Image ; 501 mm x 335 mm paper size published in ''Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain'' by Edmund LODGE, [1756-1839].., published by Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Browne, after William Hilton, and John Riley , London,. £20

John Wyclif (1324?-1384),1
Religious reformer and theologian John Wyclif  / Wycliffe / Wickliffe. Drawn by Trotter circa 1750-1803)Inscription content: Lettered below image "Thos Trotter sculp" and "From an Original Picture in the Collection of the Duke of Dorset"£18

John Wycliffe 2
after Unknown artist line engraving, perhaps 18th century 6 5/8 in. x 4 3/8 in. (168 mm x 112 mm) £18

John Wycliff  3

after Unknown artist line engraving, perhaps 18th century6 5/8 in. x 4 3/8 in. (168 mm x 112 mm) £18 loss to the left

John Wyclef  4
From  The Universal Magazine published by J. Hinton at the King's Arms in Newgate Street. The Universal Magazine was a monthly magazine founded by John Hinton and published between 1747 and 1799 mainly by subscription. Size 191 mm x 130 mm paper size  unmounted £18 6 5/8 in. x 4 3/8 in. (168 mm x 112 mm) £18

Jean Wyclef  5
 Copper engraving by Jean-François Daumont
a prominent 18th-century French publisher and engraver active in Paris £20

Thomas Cranmer
From  The Universal Magazine published by J. Hinton at the King's Arms in Newgate Street. The Universal Magazine was a monthly magazine founded by John Hinton and published between 1747 and 1799 mainly by subscription. Size 191 mm x 130 mm paper size  unmounted £18

William Coxe MA FRS
(17 March [O.S. 6 March] 1748 – 8 June 1828) was an English historian and priest who served as a traveling companion and tutor to nobility from 1771 to 1786. He wrote numerous historical works and travel chronicles. Ordained a deacon in 1771, he served as a rector and then archdeacon of Bemerton near Salisbury from 1786 until his death. From  THE EUROPEAN MAGAZINE. and. LONDON REVIEW. Containing. PORTRAITS, VIEWS, BIOGRAPHY, ANECDOTES, LITERATURE,  published and edited by James Asperne (1757 to1820) .It was in direct competition with the Gentleman's Magazine. Its founding editor, James Perry soon passed proprietorship to the Shakespearean scholar Isaac Reed and his partners John Sewell and Daniel Braithwaite, who guided the European Magazine during its first two decades . RARE    unmounted b dated  size 13 x 21 cm+ b £16

The Honb Wm Cunningham

William Cuninghame of Lainshaw (c.1775–1849) was a Scottish landowner, known as a writer on biblical prophecy. He dated the beginning of the reign of Antichrist to 533 A.D., to coincide with a claimed date at which Justinian I gave universal rule to the Papacy, by subtracting 1260 years from the date after the French Revolution at which it was seen to turn against the Roman Catholic Church. From  THE EUROPEAN MAGAZINE. and. LONDON REVIEW. Containing. PORTRAITS, VIEWS, BIOGRAPHY, ANECDOTES, LITERATURE,  published and edited by James Asperne (1757 to1820) .It was in direct competition with the Gentleman's Magazine. Its founding editor, James Perry soon passed proprietorship to the Shakespearean scholar Isaac Reed and his partners John Sewell and Daniel Braithwaite, who guided the European Magazine during its first two decades . RARE    unmounted b dated  size 13 x 21 cm+ b £16

Alexander Cruden
 (31 May 1699 – 1 November 1770) was the author of an early concordance to the Bible, a proofreader and publisher, and self-styled Corrector of the nation's moralsAlexander Cruden. by Thomas Trotter, published by Charles Dilly, after Thomas Frye line engraving, published 5 May 1785 238 mm x 182 Frontespiece to 'A complete concordance to the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, or, A dictionary and alphabetical index to the Bible ' in 1785 which obviously sold very well as I have 3 slightly differing versions £45

Alexander Cruden
 (31 May 1699 – 1 November 1770) was the author of an early concordance to the Bible, a proofreader and publisher, and self-styled Corrector of the nation's morals. Copper engraving  published by  William Bent (publisher/printer; British; Male; 1780 - 1797; fl. c.) who was the interim publisher for ' The Universal Magazine' c. 1788 to appr 1799.The Universal Magazine was a monthly magazine founded by John Hinton and published between 1747 and 1799 mainly by subscription. Size 191 mm x 130 mm paper size  unmounted£16 b x 2 dated 1789

Rev. Andrew Manship.
 With facsimile signature : Yours affectionately Andrew Manship.  Engraved by T.B. Welch, From a Dauguerreotype by Richards.  c.1860 Mezzotint. 508 xx 393mm. Tearing in the left margin 2 cm. Reverend Andrew Manship (1823-1892) was a clergyman born in Maryland. In 1843 he was admitted to the Philadelphia conference of the Methodist Episcopal church and two years later was made a deacon and later an elder.  £55 inc delivery light age toning

Robert Nelson
(1656-1715), Religious writer. Copper engraving by George Vertue, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt line engraving, 1715 £20

H. BRADY;
(active 17th century), Publisher of a book of canon law. A head in an oval, with a small peaked beard; Quirinus Boel deifyf. Lovanii; h. sh. Round the oval is this inscription: "Adm. Rev. illustri claris simoq; D. D. H. Brady, Equiti, Prothon. Apostol. J. U. D. et Prof, insig. Eccles. S. Petri, Lovanii, Cano. Colle. S. Annae Prsesidi, Natio. Hib. D. co."Copperplate  engraving from Richardson's "Portraits illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England," London, 1792–1812. Published by William Richardson, printseller, London. James Granger (1723–1776) was an English clergyman, biographer, and print collector. Published  by W. Richardson No 31 Strand.. £18 Size 186 mm x 131 mm paper size b x 3 £16

Pierre Bayle
 (French:; 18 November 1647 – 28 December 1706) was a French philosopher and writer best known for his seminal work the Historical and Critical Dictionary, published beginning in 1697.From  The Universal Magazine published by J. Hinton at the King's Arms in Newgate Street. The Universal Magazine was a monthly magazine founded by John Hinton and published between 1747 and 1799 mainly by subscription. Size 191 mm x 130 mm paper size  unmounted £18 x 2

William Melmoth
(sometimes "William Melmoth the Elder") (1665/66–1743) was an English devotional writer and lawyer, whose major work, The Great Importance of a Religious Life Consider'd (1711), proved to be one of the most popular pieces of religious writing of the 18th century. He was the father of William Melmoth (1710-1799) a Commissioner of Bankrupts. Image from Memoirs of William Melmoth, Esq used by THE EUROPEAN MAGAZINE. and. LONDON REVIEW. Containing. PORTRAITS, VIEWS, BIOGRAPHY, ANECDOTES, LITERATURE,  published and edited by James Asperne (1757 to1820) .It was in direct competition with the Gentleman's Magazine. Its founding editor, James Perry soon passed proprietorship to the Shakespearean scholar Isaac Reed and his partners John Sewell and Daniel Braithwaite, who guided the European Magazine during its first two decades . RARE    unmounted b dated  size 13 x 21 cm+ b £16 x 4 dated 1810

William Melmoth
(sometimes "William Melmoth the Elder") (1665/66–1743) was an English devotional writer and lawyer, whose major work, The Great Importance of a Religious Life Consider'd (1711), proved to be one of the most popular pieces of religious writing of the 18th century. He was the father of William Melmoth (1710-1799) a Commissioner of Bankrupts. Engraving c 1820 £15

Stephen Gardiner
 (1483?-1555), Lord Chancellor; Bishop of Winchester Copper Line engraving by J. C. Böcklin.Looks to be from Tituli honorum. Juxta editionem tertiam Londinensem anni 1672. Rare £60 trimmed to image tipped to paper

David Whitehead (also Whitehet and Whithead)
 (1492?–1571) was an English evangelical clergyman, a Marian exile and author.Chaplain to Queen Ann Bolyn Plate from Henry Holland's Herwologia Anglica /  London : Impensis C. Passaei calcographus et Iansonii bibliopolae, [1620] 160 x 120 mm £45 inc delivery

Richard Foxe

(circa 1446-1528), Bishop and statesma Foxe was in charge of Henry VII's administration early in his reign, and undertook important negotiations on his behalf, including the marriage of Prince Arthur and Katherine of Aragon. He was a powerful influence on Henry VIII in his early years. / by John Faber Sr, after Johannes Corvus (active 1528-1545) mezzotint, 1712 or after .Size 261 mm x 204 mm plate size; cut to image surface abrasion near the cartouche £45

Richard Langhorne
(c. 1624 – 14 July 1679) was a barrister executed as part of the Popish Plot. Mezzotint Engraved from Ricrafts Survey, of England Champions. general of the parliamentary forces during the English Civil War. Then republished  from Richardson's "Portraits illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England," London, 1792–1812. Published by William Richardson, printseller, London. James Granger (1723–1776) was an English clergyman, biographer, and print collector. Published  by W. Richardson No 31 Strand.. £30 title added in pencil later

Thomas More
Thomas Morus, Quondam Supremus Totius Angliae Cancellarius Digniss by by Magdalena de Passe, or by Willem de Passe  line engraving, 1620 copied from the Anton     Wierix  one done  from life ie a Uk copy of the Flemish original  Rare £55

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John Walden Citizen of London, Talbula merito Voliva in perpeluam rei memoriam

Copper engraving published 1684 Size   Height: 348 millimetres (trimmed)  Width: 236 millimetres (trimmed) by John Sturt (1658–1730) was an English engraver, apprenticed to Robert White. Becoming associated with John Ayres, .Illustration from 'Acts and Monuments' by John Foxe, ninth edition, pub. 1684", lacking poem to base £75 inc delivery

John Knox

(circa 1514-1572), Scottish reformer and historian. Stipple engraving published  pre 1828 ( originally 1708) Size 251 mm x 187 mm Image ; 501 mm x 335 mm paper size published in ''Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain'' by Edmund LODGE, [1756-1839].., published by Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Browne, after William Hilton, and John Riley , London,. £20 oversize item x 2

 


The Bishops' Council

 mezzotint, published by John Smith,  by Pieter Schenck  1688 .    Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford (1647?-1719), Lord Chancellor.
Sir Creswell Levinz (1627-1701), Judge.  Sir Francis Pemberton (1625-1697), Judge.   Sir Henry Pollexfen (1632-1691), Judge and politician. Sir Robert Sawyer (baptised 1633-1692), Lawyer and Speaker of the House of Commons. .John Somers, Baron Somers (1651-1716), Lord Chancellor.  Sir George Treby (1644?-1700), Judge.  Size 189 mm x 138 mm plate size; ater published in John Boydell's 'Illustrious Heads'. Mezzotint, in 1811 full page with text  .  but all  plates were recut by Richard Earlom £80 inc delivery

The seven Bishops
The Seven Bishops Committed to the Tower in 1688  published by John Smith, by Pieter Schenck  artist mezzotint, 1688 Thomas Ken (1637-1711), Bishop of Bath and Wells;John Lake (1624-1689), Bishop of Chichester. ;William Lloyd (1627-1717), Bishop of Worcester. ;.William Sancroft (1617-1693), Archbishop of Canterbury. ;Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Bt (1650-1721), Bishop of Winchester. ;Francis Turner (1638?-1700), Bishop of Ely. ;Thomas White (1628 -1698), Bishop of Peterborough.; Size 189 mm x 138 mm plate size;  ater published in John Boydell's 'Illustrious Heads'. Mezzotint, in 1811 full page with text  .  but all  plates were recut by Richard Earlom £80 inc delivery

 

Thomas Lord Bishop of Rochester & Thomas Sprat A.M. Archdeacon of Rochester


Painted by Michael Dahl (painter/draughtsman; Swedish; British; Male; 1659 - 1743)  Sold by J. Smith att the Golden Lyon in Russel Street Covent Garden.    Height: 302 millimetres  Width: 366 millimetres   ater published in John Boydell's 'Illustrious Heads'. Mezzotint, in 1811 full page with text  .  but all  plates were recut by Richard Earlom £80 inc delivery

Henry Compton (1632-1713), Bishop of London .
J Rily pinx: I. Beckett sc. Sold by J. Smith att the Golden Lyon in Russel Street Covent Garden. Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm He was a commissioner for the Act of Union of 1707 and helped set up the Anglican church in Maryland, where he ha d a land grant. American interest. ater published in John Boydell's 'Illustrious Heads'. Mezzotint, in 1811 full page with text  .  but all  plates were recut by Richard Earlom  £80 inc delivery

Joannes Wiclif S.T.P. Rector de Lutterworth

John Wycliffe (1324?-1384), Religious reformer and theologian. Lettered beneath A Tablua penes Nobilissimum Ducem Dorsettiae.. Basire copy of the earlier George White  version  tipped on to paper  £20

John Knox
From The Gallery Of Portraits With Memoirs Under The Superintendence Of The Society For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge. Dates From C1833 To C1835 Printed By Charles Knight 22 Ludgate Street London. Size 270 X 180 page  £18