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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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Dr. Radcliff’s prescriptions, 1716.

493J John Radcliffe (1650-1714) Pharmacopoeia Radcliffeana: or, Dr. Radcliff’s prescriptions, faithfully gather’d from his original recipe’s. To which are annex’d, useful observations upon each prescription. [By Edward Strother.] London : printed for Charles Rivington, at the Bible and Crown, against... Continue Reading →

John Browne’s Myographia Nova: Anatomy Insights

Myographia Nova 963J John Browne 1642-1700? Myographia nova: or, a graphical description of all the muscles in the humane body, as they arise in dissection: distributed into six lectures. At the Entrance into which, Are Demonstrated the proper Muscles belonging... Continue Reading →

Antecedents of /and reformation 1478-1692.

The seeds roots and fruits of the reformation.

Lutheran polemical Sammelband (1675–1692)  I) Mylius, G[abriel]. II,III,&IV) Joseph Hall . V) Philipp Müller.

944J Lutheran polemical Sammelband (1675–1692) Mylius, G[abriel]I . Hall, Joseph II, III & IV; Müller,  Philipp V I) Harmonia Patrum & B. Lutheri cum S. Scriptura Secundum Locos Theologicos Das ist: Gründlicher Beweiß  Daß D. Martinus Lutherus in allen und ieden mit dem Römischen... Continue Reading →

Sammelband of 5 pre-reformation texts

1499-1513 Pre Reformation collection on updating the mass. 5 part Sammelband  537Ji-v This volume is Sammelbandof five printed books. Four from the early sixteenth century and one printed in the late fifteenth. Basel, Mainz, Oppenheim, Speyer, Straßburg, 1499-1515. Price $ 9,500... Continue Reading →

A miscellany of early modern books.

Each of these books captures a moment when curiosity about the natural world, new commodities, and new methods of inquiry reshaped European culture. From the arrival of exotic stimulants—coffee, tea, and chocolate—to the rise of experimental science, the astronomical revolution, and the... Continue Reading →

The Treatise on Nuns: Key Questions and Governance

A rare early modern treatise on the governance of nuns after the Council of Trent, detailing enclosure, vows, novitiate discipline, and convent administration. An important window into Counter-Reformation regulation of female religious life.

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

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