"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 →
953J Ferdinand I. Heiliges Römisches Reich, Kaiser Österreich. 1503-1564 Verfasserin (Author) Ein New Mandat Koniglicher Maiestat zu Hungarn vñ Behem an alle Herrn vñ Stende Ober vnd Nider Schlesien vnd bayder Laußnitz die sachen des glaubens betreffendt.; neues beider Lausitz; Ein neu... Continue Reading →
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Foundational Texts in Seventeenth-Century Observational Science
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This inventory list of incunabula brings together a deliberately wide-ranging yet deeply selective group of incunabula, each chosen not merely for age but for what it reveals about the intellectual, devotional, and pedagogical life of the fifteenth century.
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First Latin edition of Basil the Great’s De legendis antiquorum libris, translated by Leonardo Bruni and printed by Johann Zainer in Ulm, 1478. A foundational text of Christian humanism, exceptionally rare.
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917J Marschalk, (sometimes spelled Marschalk) Haug 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 19th century boards. This is a... Continue Reading →
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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 →
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“Eyb stressed two things throughout the Margarita: to be able to write well and to be disposed to live properly.” Albrecht von Eyb (who has a few more than the usual variations of his name [see https://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp01316161%5D 364J Albrecht von... Continue Reading →
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So here are just 8 of the ones who come to the top of my head. Some Not-So-Famous PrintersThe history of printing is usually told through its giants—Aldus, Plantin, Estienne—but most early books were produced far from those centers, by... Continue Reading →
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