Genève, Pierre Chouët, 1662. In-12 de 227-5 pp., vélin souple, pièce de titre fauve (reliure de l'époque).
Première édition française établie par le protestant suisse Théodore Jaquemot, traducteur des oeuvres religieuses du moraliste anglais Joseph Hall évêque d'Exeter et de Norwich dont The Arts of Divine Meditation (1606) et Occasional Meditations (1630-33). Chapitres : La différence des vérités, et l'importance de celles qui contiennent les matières de Religion ; Quelles différences de jugement font une Religion différente ; Des points fondamentaux de la Religion ; l'Injurieux manquement de charité de l'Église Romaine, en excluant les Églises chrétiennes et en condamnant leurs professeurs etc.« Joseph Hall (1574-1656), l'auteur des Characters of Virtues and Vices, qui furent publiés pour la première fois en 1608 à Londres, fait partie du petit nombre d'écrivains anglais dont les œuvres, traduites en français, font l'objet d'une large diffusion dans la France du XVIIe siècle. (…) La Bruyère doit avoir eu connaissance de l'oeuvre de Hall » (Margot Kruse). Ex-libris manuscrit ancien "L.F. Perdrix" sur le titre. Galeries de ver marginales, pâles mouillures et rousseurs.Haag, VI, p. 40 ; Kruse Margot, Un précurseur de La Bruyère : Joseph Hall et ses Characters of virtues and vices en France in Cahiers de l'Association internationale des études francaises, 1992, n°44. pp. 245-260.
London, Obadiah Blagrave, 1682. 12mo. In contemporary full calf with ruled fillets to boards. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. A few worm holes to boards. Top 2 cm of upper outer hindge split. (2), 238, (2) pp. + frontispiece.
Later edition of Bishop Hall’s collection of meditations and reflections designed to inspire and guide the spiritual life of the reader. Joseph Hall (1574–1656) was a prominent English bishop and satirist. He was especially known for his devotional writings, of which this present work is a fine example.
London, Printed for H. Lownes, 1614. Folio (280 x 195 mm). In a contemporary Cambridge mirror-style binding with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. ""LA"" in gilt lettering to both front and back board. Previous owner's name, John Barratt (1693) in contemporary hand to verso of front board. Wear to extremities, with scratches and a few holes to to boards. Head of spine chipped with some loss of leather, upper part of front hinge split. Worm tract to lower margin of first leaves and a few marginal dampstains throughout, first and last leaves browned and and loss of paper in margin. Wanting the engraved title-page and possibly a frontispiece, all separate title-pages present. (12), 1111 pp.
Rare folio-edition of Hall's works. Joseph Hall (1574–1656) was a prominent English bishop and satirist. He was especially known for his devotional writings, of which this present work is a fine example.
Bresslau, Trescher, 1673. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. All edges gilt. Wear to extremities. scratches to boards, part of gilting worn off and foot of spine with loss of leather showing headbands. Frontispiece and title-page partly detached, otherwise internally nice and clean. (16 - inculding the engraved half-title), 976, (60) pp.
German translation of Joseph Hall's ""Contemplations On The Historical Passages Of The Old And New Testaments"", containing a collection of sermons and reflections on various historical passages from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.
Amsterdam, Jan Hendricksz, 1663. Folio (330 x 210 mm). In contemporary full vellum with title in contemporary hand to spine. Light soiling and a few stains to extremities. Inner hinges split. Previous owner's names in contemporary hand to title-page and front free end-paper. Dampstain in lower margin but internally generally nice and clean. (14), 1084, (24) pp. Wanting the portrait.