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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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“An Annotated Livy, Venice 1491: A Humanist’s Working Copy”

671J Titus Livius (59BC-AD17) , Marcus Antonius Sabellicus.(1436-1506); Johannes Andreae, and others [Titi Livii Historiae romanae decades I, III-IV, cum Johannis Andreae Epistola et L. Flori Epitome decadum XIV. Praemittuntur M.A. Sabellici epistola et annotationes.]. Venice : (no printer) [Johannes... Continue Reading →

Edward Brown’s 1677 Travels through Germany: Natural History, Mines & Baths.

First edition of an intriguing illustrated travelogue by a Physician the son of Sir Thomas Brown. 863J Edward Brown 1644-1708.  An account of several travels through a great part of Germany: in four journeys I. From Norwich to Colen. II.... Continue Reading →

Early annotated 15th and 16th books.

Functional, Functioning books a group of heavily annotated books—scholastic compendia, pastoral manuals, humanist classics, and historical authorities—united less by genre than by function.

Early annotated 15th and 16th books.

Functional, Functioning books a group of heavily annotated books—scholastic compendia, pastoral manuals, humanist classics, and historical authorities—united less by genre than by function.

The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia. Written by Sir Philip Sidney Knight. 1627

 477E Sidney, Sir Philip (1554-1586) Owner  Eliza: Sippi …heetory… 1658. The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia. Written by Sir Philip Sidney Knight. Now the sixt time published, with some new additions. Also a  supplement of a defect in the third part of... Continue Reading →

George Herbert The Temple.

689G George Herbert (1593-1633) with Christopher Harvey (1597-1633) The Temple. Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. By Mr. George Herbert, Late Oratour of the University of Cambridge. Together with his Life. with several Additions. Psal. 29. In his Temple doth every... Continue Reading →

English Poems, Plays, Prose 1615-1702

https://jamesgray2.me/2026/06/17/poems-by-michael-drayton/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/09/04/du-bartas-his-deuine-weekes/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/01/08/recreations-vvith-the-mvses-by-william-earle-of-sterline-2/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/01/08/certaine-learned-and-elegant-vvorkes-of-the-right-honorable-fvlke-lord-brooke/ https://jamesgray2.me/2024/08/07/a-most-interesting-lawyer-poet/ https://jamesgray2.me/2026/06/17/the-works-of-william-drummond-1711-2/ https://jamesgray2.me/2026/06/17/politeuphuia-wits-common-wealth-3/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/01/08/crashaw-richard-1612-1649-steps-to-the-temple/ https://jamesgray2.me/2026/06/17/george-herbert-the-temple/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/08/29/the-works-of-sir-william-davenant-1673/ https://jamesgray2.me/2026/06/19/the-countesse-of-pembrokes-arcadia-written-by-sir-philip-sidney-knight-1627-2/ Jamesgray2@me.com For university and special collections purchases, I am accustomed to working within committee timelines and budget cycles. Titles may be placed on hold during review, and flexible invoicing... Continue Reading →

Politeuphuia, Wits Common-wealth.

779G Nicholas, ed Ling fl. ca. 1599 Politeuphuia, Wits Common-wealth. Newly corrected and amended.   London : printed by M. Flesher, and are to be sold by Edward Badger at the Crane in St. Pauls Church-yard. 1647. Price $3,900  Duodecimo 5... 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 →

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