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

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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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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Catalogue CC3 Printed books 1470-1501

A catalogue of 18 incunabula, Manny annotated, in contemporary bindings, rubricated and two signed by the rubricator in four places!

The Finest Example of Material Evidence I Have Encountered:  Argumenta Satyrarum Iuuenalis per Antonium Mancinellum. Nuremberg, Koberger, 6 décembre 1497.

A remarkable 1497 Koberger edition of Juvenal preserving one of the most complete surviving records of early humanist reading. Retaining its original Rhenish binding, the volume was extensively annotated by a German scholar active around 1511, whose notes reveal engagement with Erasmus, Poliziano, Crinito, Reisch, Roman antiquities, and classical literature. Marginalia extending into the gutters demonstrate annotation before binding, while institutional stamps, collector bookplates, and later scholarly notes document more than five centuries of continuous use. Not merely an incunable of Juvenal, but a rare witness to the history of reading itself.

On the Christian life by Haug Marschalk, lay Luthern reformer.

917J Marschalk (sometimes Marschalck), Haug  (died 1532)] Das Hailig ewyg wort gots, was dz in jm kraft stercke, tugendt, frid, fred, erleuchtung, vnnd leben, in aym rechten Christen zu erweckn vermag. (Augsburg, Ramminger), 1523.        Price $4,500 Quarto  Signatures: A-C4  Bound in... Continue Reading →

Johannes Briesmann and the First Generation of Lutheran Print 1523

918J Briesmann, Johannes 1488–1549 Vnderricht vnd ermanung Doct. Johannis Grießsmans, Barfůsser Ordens, an die Christlich gemain zů Cotbus  Wittenberg, 1523. (Augsburg, Steiner,* 1523.)      Price $3,500 Quarto.  A-B4     Bound in later vellum covered with printed leaf    The Prussian theologian Johannes Briesmann (also Brismann or... Continue Reading →

Century Catalogue Nº 2\ 1501-1599

ƒ-16th century RBMS pt.2 MMXXVIDownload For institutional and special collections acquisitions, I am happy to work within committee review schedules, fiscal-year budgeting, and collection development timelines. Books may be reserved while under consideration, and flexible invoicing or deferred payment arrangements... Continue Reading →

Two of the Most Important Books in Early Observational Astronomy: Galileo’s “Starry Messenger” and Kepler’s “Dioptrice”

907J Gassendi, Pierre (1592-1655); Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642); Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630 Petri Gassendi Institutio Astronomica: Juxta Hypotheseis tam Veterum quàm Recentiorum. Cui accesserunt Galilei Galilei Nuncius Sidereus; et Johannis Kepleri Dioptrice. Tertia editio prioribus Correctior. London: Jacob Flesher for William Morden,... Continue Reading →

979J An annotated Boethius 1513 :|: What can we do with this book?

As many of my readers know, I like to stay as close as possible to the original users of the books I handle. Annotations allow that, bringing us into contact with a reader at work five hundred years ago. Over... Continue Reading →

17th Century books MMXXVI

THIS is a new series of catalogues, Century Catalogues, this will be number ONE. There will be a print rendering, as well this web version. Many of these books will be available to see at the RBMS Milwaukee. Within the... Continue Reading →

The natural history of animals 1702

978J. [Académie royale des sciences] Claude Perrault (1613-1688) The natural history of animals containing the anatomical description of several creatures dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. Wherein The Construction, Fabrick and genuine Use of the Parts, are... Continue Reading →

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