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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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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 →

Experiments on Diverse Natural Things Francesco Redi 1685

905 J Francesco Redi 1626-1697 Francisci Redi Nobilis Aretini, Experimenta circa varias res naturales, speciatim illas Quæ ex Indiis afferuntur. Ut & alia ejusdem Opuscula, que paginâ sequenti narrantur. Amstelaedami : Apud Henricum Wetstenium, 1685.                               Price $2,500 The frontispiece signed by... Continue Reading →

The vale-royall of England-An Early and Exceptionally Illustrated English County History: A Precursor to the Great Natural Histories of Plot, Leigh, and Morton

989J  King,Dainel 1644? The vale-royall of England· Or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated. Wherein is contained a geographical and historical description of that famous county, with all its hundreds and seats of the nobility, gentry, and freeholders; its rivers, towns,... Continue Reading →

Juvenal & Persius in English

990J. Juvenal and Persius. tr. Barton Holyday 1593-1661  Decimus Junius Juvenalis, And Aulus Persius Flaccus Translated and Illustrated, As well With Sculpture as Notes. By Barten Holyday,D.D. and late Arch-Deacon of Oxon. Oxford: Printed by W. Downing, for F. Oxlad Senior, J. Adams, and F. Oxlad Junior. Anno Dom. 1673.     Price: $2,900 Folio,... Continue Reading →

19 More theological books:

1) https://jamesgray2.me/2026/05/13/st-anselms-operum-omnium-1612/ 2) https://jamesgray2.me/2025/08/27/the-following-of-christ-1686/ 3) https://wp.me/p3kzOR-5h1 4) https://wp.me/p3kzOR-8ty 5) https://wp.me/p3kzOR-7HF 6) https://jamesgray2.me/2026/10/07/1607-eusebius/ 7) https://jamesgray2.me/2025/10/02/a-proto-reformation-sammelband-of-gregory-i/ 8) https://jamesgray2.me/2025/11/20/937j-gergory-i/ 9) https://jamesgray2.me/2024/01/24/two-incunabula-bound-together-one-located-in-only-four-copies-worldwide/ 10) https://jamesgray2.me/2025/11/27/901j/ 11) https://jamesgray2.me/2026/04/09/909j-book-of-hours-use-of-rome-12-large-hand-painted-images/ 12) https://jamesgray2.me/2025/11/27/deus-solus-jesuit-spirituality-and-french-mysticism/ 13) https://wp.me/p3kzOR-a5L 14 https://jamesgray2.me/2025/04/16/melanchthon-176j/ 15) https://jamesgray2.me/2025/11/30/888j-defendet-pro-suprma-doctoratus-philosophiciu-very-rare-dissertation-defense-at-the-jesuit-college-in-graz/ 16) https://jamesgray2.me/2026/03/06/the-treatise-on-nuns-key-questions-and-governance/ 17) https://jamesgray2.me/2025/11/20/was-suso-a-protofeminist-or-was-elsbeth-stagel/ 18) https://jamesgray2.me/2025/11/12/suppression-of-the-society-of-jesus-in-france/ `19' https://jamesgray2.me/2025/05/28/worthy-proverbs/ For university... Continue Reading →

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