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A discussion of interesting books from my current stock at www.jamesgraybookseller.com

SUSO  Horologium aeternae sapientiae Köln 1501 Edited by Elsbeth Stagel

"In the second half of the fourteenth and in the fifteenth century there was no more widely read meditation book in the German Language." (CE https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07238c.htm) 573J  Henricus Suso. (1295-1366)  Horologium aeternae sapientiae. Cologne: Johann Landen, December 1500/1501. Price $15,000 Octavo,... Continue Reading →

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An annotated 1508 De Secretis Mulierum medieval version of Our bodies, Ourselves.

One of the most influential documents in the history of medieval scientific attitudes toward women

An annotated 1508 De Secretis Mulierum medieval version of Our bodies, Ourselves.

One of the most influential documents in the history of medieval scientific attitudes toward women

Can anyone help me identify this binding tool?

956J William Stanihurst 1601-1663  Dei Immortalis in Corpore Mortali Patientis Historia, Moralis Doctrinae Placitis & commentarionibus Illustrata Avctore R.P. Guilielmo Stanihurſto è Societate Iesu Guilielmo Stanihurſto è Societate Iesu  Antverpiæ, Apud Viduam & Hæredes Joannis Cnobbarii. M.DC.LX. (1660).   Price $ 950... Continue Reading →

The Cultural Impact of Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate in Europe

954J Philippe Sylvestre DuFour  (born Manosque 1622, died Vevey (Canton de Vaud) 1687) Drey Neue Curieuse Tractätgen, von dem Tranck Cafe, Sinesischen The, und der Chocolata, welche Nach ihren Eigenschafften, Gewächs, Fortpflantzung, Præparirung, Tugenden und herrlichen Nutzen sehr curieus beschrieben, Und... Continue Reading →

José Acosta: First German Edition of Advent Sermons

961J José Acosta 1540-1600 Josephi Acostae e Societate Jesu Conciones de Adventu, id est, De omnibus Dominicis & festis diebus a Dominica vigesimaquarta post Pentecosten usque ad Quadragesimam : quarum numerum & locum index initio praefixus ostendit : res vero,... Continue Reading →

Libraries around the world

https://rhollick.wordpress.com/2026/02/25/fiat-lux/#like-70220?page_id=70220

About time for a new year!

https://raffaellopalandri.wordpress.com/2025/02/28/losar-the-tibetan-new-year-tradition-symbolism-and-celebration/?page_id=13702

Early printed books by Medieval Authors and commentators.

Ambrosius Traversarius 1386 –1439. #453J Bernard of Claravallensis 1090-1153. #601J Dunns Scotus c1265-1308. #753J Elsbeth Stagel  1300-1360.  #573j & 911J Guillermus Parisiensis; 1297-1312. #444J Henricus Suso, 1295-1366.  #911J & 573J Hieremias de Montagnone c. 1250-1320.  # 900J Hugo de Sancto Victore/.  c. 1096 –1141.  #601J Hugo Ripelin (von Straßburg) 1200-1268. # 900J Jean... Continue Reading →

Royal mandate of  Ferdinand I, Archduke of Austria and later Holy Roman Emperor, addressing all Lords and Estates of Upper and Lower Silesia regarding matters of faith and the handling of Reformation literature.

953J  Ferdinand I. Heiliges Römisches Reich, Kaiser Österreich. 1503-1564  Verfasserin (Author) Ein New Mandat Koniglicher Maiestat zu Hungarn vñ Behem an alle Herrn vñ Stende Ober vnd Nider Schlesien vnd bayder Laußnitz die sachen des glaubens betreffendt.; neues beider Lausitz; Ein neu... Continue Reading →

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