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

Was Suso a protofeminist? Or was Elsbeth Stagel .

911J Henricus Suso, (1295-1366). ed. Elsbeth Stagel (1300-1360) Horologiu[m] eternae sapientiae.  Köln Cornelius von Zierickzee 1503               .                                     Price $7,500 Octavo 14 × 10.5 cm. 128 leaves. Signatures: A-Q8  Date in the colophon: M.ccccc.iij. mensis Septembris ipso die Marcelli. With title‐woodcut with four‐part border and... Continue Reading →

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BOOKS 1502-1600 at BOOTH 104

Æschylus754J$2,500 Athanasius/Basil547j$4,000 Briesmann918J$3,500 Cæsear868J$6,500 Cicero755J$3,800 Ferdinand I953J$3,600 Gregory I880J$3,500 Gregory I937J$4,500 Heures 1514909J$18,000 Montagnone900J$5,500 Homiliary985J$9,500 Hutten896J$4,600 Meanchthon714G$2,200 Peuerbach973J$4,900 Riederer957J$9,800 Suetonius653J$7,500 Suso911J$7,500 Vischer883J$4,800 For university and special collections purchases, I am accustomed to working within committee timelines and budget cycles. Titles... Continue Reading →

Books Printed Before 1501 at Booth 104

James Gray Bookseller Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair Booth 104 Click any photograph or Link toFull description to view the individual book. Institutional holdings are listed as supplied in the catalogue. 601J · Augustine 1498 $5,500 US holdings: Walters, The... Continue Reading →

8 more Books packed for BOOTH 104 Boston Book Fair

NOVEMBER 6-8-2026 HYNES CONVENTION CENTER Here is the Link : https://www.abaa.org/events/48th-boston-international-antiquarian-book-fair Friday, November 6, 2026 | 4pm-8pm | $25 (valid Fri, Sat & Sun)Saturday, November 7, 2026 | 12pm-7pm | $15 (valid Sat & Sun)Sunday, November 8, 2026 | 11am-4pm... Continue Reading →

The Works of William Drummond 1711

873J  William Drummond 1585-1649 The works of William Drummond, of Hawthornden. Consisting of those which were formerly printed, and those which were design’d for the press. Now published from the author’s original copies. Edinburgh : printed by James Watson, in... Continue Reading →

The 2026 Boston ANTIQUARIAN Book Fair

NOVEMBER 6-8-2026 HYNES CONVENTION CENTER Here is the Link : https://www.abaa.org/events/48th-boston-international-antiquarian-book-fair Friday, November 6, 2026 | 4pm-8pm | $25 (valid Fri, Sat & Sun)Saturday, November 7, 2026 | 12pm-7pm | $15 (valid Sat & Sun)Sunday, November 8, 2026 | 11am-4pm... Continue Reading →

The Father of Greek Tragedy in the Palm of Your Hand: Aeschylus’s Seven Surviving Plays, Printed by Plantin in 1580

754J   Aeschylus (c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC), Willem Canter 1542-1575. Αισχύλου τραγῳδίαι Ζ =. Æschyli tragœdiæ VII. In quibus præter infinita menda sublata, carminum omnium ratio, hactenus ignorata, nunc primum proditur; opera Gulielmi Canteri. VLTRAIECTINI. Antuerpiæ : Ex officina Christophori Plantini, architypographi... Continue Reading →

Erasmus and the Contempt of the World .

777J Desiderius Erasmus 1466/7-1536 Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami De CONTEMPTU MUNDI. Lugduni Batavorum, ex officina Ioannis Maire, 1641 Price $900 Duodecimo 13 x 7 cm. Signatures: A-D12 E6(E6 blank), Bound in a vellum antiphonal leaf wrapper, with release mark from MNtCA by... Continue Reading →

A very interesting to look at incunabula!

https://cerlblog.wordpress.com/2026/10/14/six-degrees-of-separation-a-visualisation-of-which-historical-collections-todays-libraries-have-in-common/

CatalogueCC•VIII *Boston ABAA Fair Part II*

November 6-8th • MMXXVI I H-to- Z 1) 909J Book of Hours, Use of Rome. 12 Large hand painted images. Hor[a]e B[ea]te Marie ad usu[m] Romanu[m].totaliter ad lo[n]gu sine regrē[ssu]:-c(um) multis pulcherrimis suffragiis nouiter additis D[omini] Gerdii- Hardouyn commorantis Parīsius in coem[enter]io... Continue Reading →

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