Henkels: QUAKERIANA, OR Books Relating to the Quakers. Being Rated as the Most Important Private Collection in the Country. ESTATE CHARLES CALEB CRESSON. DECEASED, OF GERMANTOWN, PHILADELPHIA. Embracing the Rarest Works, For and Against Quakerism, from the First E, 880,

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 01, 1902 - January 01, 1902

Page Size: 694 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
166	Barclay, Robert	The Inner Life of the Religious Societies of the Commonwealth	London	1876	USD -	Unknown
167		British Friend (The). Volumes 7 to 16, in 5 volumes	Glasgow	1849-58	USD -	Unknown
168	Bishope, George	A Looking-Glass for the Times...	London	1668	USD -	Unknown
169	Barns, Joseph, Pearson, John and Blayking, John	Antichristian Treachery Discovered, and Its Way Block'd up, In a clever Distinction betwixt the Christian Apostolical Spirit, and the Spirit of the Antichristian Apostate		(Circa, 1682)	USD -	Unknown
170	Burroughs, Edward	The Memorable Works of a Son of Thunder and Consolation		1672	USD -	Unknown
171	Besse, Joseph	A Collection of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers for the Testimony of a good Conscience	London	1753	USD -	Unknown
172	Cropper, P. J.	The Sufferings of the Quakers in Nottinghamshire, 1649-1689	London	1892	USD -	Unknown
173	Chalkley, Thomas	A Collection of the Works of	Philadelphia	1754	USD -	Unknown
174	Chalkley, Thomas	Chalkley, Thomas. A Collection of the Works of	London	1751	USD -	Unknown
175	Coale, Joseph	Some Account of the Life, Service and Suffering of an Early Servant and Minister of Christ	London	1706	USD -	Unknown
176	Camm, Thomas and Marshall, Charles	The Memory of the Righteous Revived. Being a Brief Collection of the Books and Written Epistles of John Camm and John Audland	London	1689	USD -	Unknown
177	Caton, William	An Aridgment of Eusebius Pamphilius's Ecclesiastical History	London	1698	USD -	Unknown
178	Chandler, William, Pyot, A., and Hodges, J.	A Brief Apology in Behalf of the People in Derision Call'd Quakers	London	1717	USD -	Unknown
179	Chester, Elizabeth	A Narration of the Life and Death of Edward Chester	London	1709	USD -	Unknown
180		Brief Account of the Blessed Ends of the Two Sons of William Rogers, of Colchester in Essex	Lon.	1709	USD -	Unknown
181	Crouch, William	Posthuma Christiana; or, A Collection of some Papers of	London	1712	USD -	Unknown
182	Clark, Thomas	Tithes Antichristian and Impolitic	London	1798	USD -	Unknown
183	Crouch, William	The Enormous Sin of Covetousness Detected; with its Branches, Fraud, Oppression, Lying, Ingratitude, &c.	London	1708	USD -	Unknown
184	Crook, John	Crook, John. A Short History of the Life of	London	1757	USD -	Unknown
185	Colley, Thomas	Abstract of an Apology for Silent Waiting upon God	Edinburgh	1811	USD -	Unknown
186	Crowe, William	Crowe, William. An Account of the Early Life and Convincement of	London	1805	USD -	Unknown
187	Claridge, Richard	Melius Inquirendum; or, An Answer to a Book of Edward Cockson, M. A., a Rector, as he stiles himself, of Westcot-Barton, in the County of Exon, MisIntituled Rigid Quakers Cruel Persecutors	London	1706	USD -	Unknown
188	Claridge, Richard	Tractatus Hierographicus; or, A Treatise of the Holy Scriptures	London	1751	USD -	Unknown
189	Crook, John	The Design of Christianity Testified, in the Books Epistles and Manuscripts of	London	1701	USD -	Unknown
190	Bathurst, Charles	A Serious Exhortation to the People of England		1669	USD -	Unknown
191	Cater, Samuel	A Salutation in the Love of God		1672	USD -	Unknown
192	Collens, John	A Message from the Spirit of the Lord to the People called Ana Baptists	London	1660	USD -	Unknown
193	Curtis, Samuel	The Lamentable Sufferings of the Church of God in Dorset-Shire	London	1659	USD -	Unknown
194	Crook, John	Sixteen Reasons Drawn from the Law of God, The Law of England and Right Reason to shew Why diverse true Christians (called Quakers) refuse to swear at all	London	Circa, 1660	USD -	Unknown
195	Caton, William	An Epistle to King Charles The II., Sent from Amsterdam, in Holland, The 28th of the 10th Month, 1660	London	1660	USD -	Unknown
196	Collens, John	A Touch-Stone; Whereby the Protestant Religion as it Stands at this Day in England May be Tryed	Lond.	1660	USD -	Unknown
197	Crook, John	The Case of Swearing (at all) Discussed, with Several Objections Answered the Primitive Practice therein Asserted out of Several Ancient Authors, etc.	London	1660	USD -	Unknown
198		Coale, Leonard and Benj. To the Bishops and their Ministers, or any of them, to whom this shall come		1671	USD -	Unknown
199	Crisp, Stephen	Scripture-Truths Demonstrated in Thirty-two Sermons or Declarations of	London	1707	USD -	Unknown
200	Crisp, Stephen	The Innocent Assemblies, and Good Order of the People of God (Called Quakers) Vindicated		Printed in the Year 1669	USD -	Unknown
201	Crisp, Stephen	A Babylonish Opposer of Truth, by the Truth Reproved, and His Enmity, Falsehood and Confusion Manifested in Answer to an Impertinent Paper Sent Abroad by Thos. Crisp	London	1681	USD -	Unknown
202	Crisp, Stephen	A Memorable Account of the Christian Experiences, Gospel Labours, Travels and Sufferings of that Ancient Servant of Christ, in his Books and Writings herein Collected	London	1694	USD -	Unknown
203	Crisp, Stephen	A Memorable Account of the Christian Experiences, Gospel Labours, Travels and Sufferings of that Ancient Servant of Christ, in his Books and Writings herein Collected	London	1694	USD -	Unknown
204	Crisp, Stephen	A Memorable Account of the Christian Experiences, Gospel Labours, Travels and Sufferings of that Ancient Servant of Christ, in his Books and Writings herein Collected	London	1694	USD -	Unknown
205		Cresson, Caleb. Diary of, 1791-1792	Philadelphia	1877	USD -	Unknown
206	Churchman, John	An Account of the Gospel and Christian Experiences of	Philadelphia	1779	USD -	Unknown
207	Churchman, John	An Account of the Gospel and Christian Experiences of	Philadelphia	1779	USD -	Unknown
208	Churchman, John	An Account of the Gospel Labours and Christian Experiences of	London	1780	USD -	Unknown
209	Crane, Richard	The Cry of Newgate with the other Prisons, in and about London	London	1662	USD -	Unknown
210	Crane, Richard	A Fore-Warning and a Word of Expostulation Unto the Rulers, Magistrates, Priests of England and her Dominions	London	1660	USD -	Unknown
211	Crane, Richard	A Lamentation over The O London, with thy Rulers and People., who hast slighted the day of thy Visitation, and resisted the Spirit of the Lord	London	1665	USD -	Unknown
212	Coffin, Levi	Reminiscences of, the Reputed President of the Underground Railroad	Cincinnati	1880	USD -	Unknown
213		Collection of Memorials Concerning Deceased Ministers and others of the People called Quakers	Philadelphia	1787	USD -	Unknown
214		Collection of Testimonies Concerning Several Ministers of the Gospel Amongst the People called Quakers	London	1760	USD -	Unknown
215	Comly, John	Comly, John. Journal of the Life and Religious Labours of	Philadelphia	1853	USD -	Unknown
216		Collectitia, or Pieces, Religious. Moral and Miscellaneous Adapted to the Society of Friends, Vol, 1	York	1824	USD -	Unknown
217	Clarkson, Thomas	A Portraiture of Quakerism as taken from a View of the Moral Education Discipline'Peculiar Customs, Religious Principles, Political and civil OEconomy and Character of the Society of Friends	London	1806	USD -	Unknown
218	Clarkson, Thomas	Memoirs of the Private and Public Life of Wm. Penn	Lond.	1813	USD -	Unknown
219	Dickenson, Jonathan	God's Protecting Providence Man's Surest Help and Defence in Timse of Greatest Difficulty...	London	1787	USD -	Unknown
220	Dickenson, Jonathan	God's Protecting Providence Man's Surest Help and Defence in Timse of Greatest Difficulty...	London	1790	USD -	Unknown
221	Dickenson, Jonathan	God's Protecting Providence Man's Surest Help and Defence in Timse of Greatest Difficulty...	Philadelphia	1868	USD -	Unknown
222	Dickenson, Jonathan	God's Protecting Providence Man's Surest Help and Defence in Timse of Greatest Difficulty...	Philadelphia	1868	USD -	Unknown
223	Davies, Richard	An Account of the Convincement, Exercises, Services and Travels of	London	1710	USD -	Unknown
224	Davies, Richard	An Account of the Convincement, Exercises, Services and Travels of	London	1771	USD -	Unknown
225	Dickinson, James	A Journal of the Life, Travels and Labour of Love in the Work of the Ministry of	London	1745	USD -	Unknown
226	Dell, William	The Trial of Spirits, Both in Teachers and Hearers	London	1770	USD -	Unknown
227	Dole, D.	A Salutation of my Endeared Love in God's Holy Fear and Dread, etc.	London	circa 1683	USD -	Unknown
228	Dillwyn, George	Occasional Reflections, Moral and Religmus	London	1818	USD -	Unknown
229		Declaration from the Harmless and Innocent People of God, Called Quakers, Against all Sedition, Plotters and Fighters in the World		Circa 1660	USD -	Unknown
230	Dole, Dorcas	A Salutation of My Endeared Love to the Faithful in all Places	London	1685	USD -	Unknown
231	Dell, William	Dell, William. Select Works of	Lond	1773	USD -	Unknown
232	Dudley, Mary	Dudley, Mary. The Life of	London	1825	USD -	Unknown
233	Davis, Joseph	A Digest of Legislative Enactments Relating to the Society of Friends	Bristol	1820	USD -	Unknown
234	Dewesbery, William	The Faith Testimony of that Antient Servant of the Lord, In His Books	London	circa 1690	USD -	Unknown
235	Evans, Katharine (and Sarah Cheevers)	Short Relation of some of the Cruel Suffering of		1662-3	USD -	Unknown
236	Eccleston, Theodor	A Treatise concerning the Life of God in the Soul of Man	London	1723	USD -	Unknown
237	Ellwood, Thomas	An Epistle to Friends, Briefly Commemorating the Gracious Dealings of the Lord with them, and Warning them to Beware of that Spirit of Contention and Division	London	1694	USD -	Unknown
238	Ellwood, Thomas	A Further Discovery of that spirit of Contention and Division, which hath appeared of late in George Keith, &c.	London	1694	USD -	Unknown
239	Ellwood, Thomas	Truth Defended and the Friends there of cleared, from the False Charges, Foul Reproaches and Envious Cavils, Cast upon it and Them	London	1695	USD -	Unknown
240	Ellwood, Thomas	An Answer to George Keith's Narrative of his Proceedings at Turners-Hall, on the 11th of the Month called June 1696	London	1696	USD -	Unknown
241	Estaugh, John	A Call to the Unfaithful Professors of Truth	London	1745	USD -	Unknown
242		Epistle of Caution and Advice to Parents	London	1723	USD -	Unknown
243	Jas. Backhouse	Ellis, William and Alice The Life and Correspondence of	London	1849	USD -	Unknown
244	Evans, John	A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Religious Society of the People Called Quakers in Philadelphia, Against	Philadelphia	1811	USD -	Unknown
245	Elias, John	A True and Strange Relation of the Travels, Adventures, and great Persecution of four Eminent Quakers, Who in the Year 1680 Travelled through France, Italy & Turkey to promote their Religion	London	1681	USD -	Unknown
246	Ellington, F.	A Few Words to all Who Professe Themselves to be of the Protestant Religion		1665	USD -	Unknown
247	Ellington, F.	Christian Information Concerning these last times, Wherein all people may clearly see what Prophesies the Holy Prophets prophesied, &c.	London	1664	USD -	Unknown
248	Ellwood, Thomas	The Foundation of Tythes Shaken		1678	USD -	Unknown
249	Ellwood, Thomas	A Collection of Poems on Various Subjects	London	N. D.	USD -	Unknown
250	Ellwood, Thomas	Davideis The Life of David, King of Israel. A Sacred Poem	London	1712	USD -	Unknown
251	Ellwood, Thomas	Ellwood, Thomas. The History of the Life of	London	1714	USD -	Unknown
252	Ellwood, Thomas	Ellwood, Thomas. The History of the Life of			USD -	Unknown
253	Ellwood Thomas	An Alarm to the Priests; or. A Message from Heaven	London	1660	USD -	Unknown
254	Edmundson, William	A Journal of the Life, Travels, Sufferings and Labour of Love in the Work of the Ministry of	London	1774	USD -	Unknown
255	Edmundson, William	A Journal of the Life, Travels, Sufferings and Labour of Love in the Work of the Ministry of	London	1774	USD -	Unknown
256	Evans, Thomas	An Exposition of the Faith of the Re ligious Society of Friends	Philadelphia	1828	USD -	Unknown
257	Edmundson, William	A Journal of the Life Travels, Sufferings and Labour of Love in the Work of the Ministry of that Worthy Elder and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ	Dublin	1715	USD -	Unknown
258	Edmundson, William	A Journal of the Life Travels, Sufferings and Labour of Love in the Work of the Ministry of that Worthy Elder and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ	Dublin	1715	USD -	Unknown
259		Epistles from the Yearly Meeting of Friends Held in London from 1681 to 1857, inclusive	London	1858	USD -	Unknown
260	Evans, Charles	Friends in the Seventeenth Century	Philadelphia	1875	USD -	Unknown
261	Evans, William	Journal of the Life and Religious Services of	Philadelphia	1870	USD -	Unknown
262		Extracts from the Minutes and Advices of the Yearly Meeting of Friends, Held in London	London	1783	USD -	Unknown
263		Extracts from the Minutes and Advices of the Yearly Meeting of Friends, Held in London	London	1802	USD -	Unknown
264		Fruits of Solitude (Some). In Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life	Newport, Rhode Island	1749	USD -	Unknown
265		Fruits of Piety. Exhibited in a Collection of Narratives	York	1824	USD -	Unknown

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