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January 2017

Diarium italicum: Bernard de Montfaucon, The father of Palaeography

666G Montfaucon, Bernard de. 1655-1741 Diarium italicum, sive, Monumentorum veterum, bibliothecum, musaeorum, &c :notitiae singulares in itinerario italico collectae : additis schematibus ac figuris. Parisiis : Apud Joannem Anisson typographiae regiae praefectum,1702     $2,200 Quarto, 10 X 7 1/2... Continue Reading →

Two more Rare incunabula ! Medical and Spiritual

834G Moses [also .; John, of Damascus Saint.; `Abd al-Malik ibn Abi al-`Ala Ibn Zuhr ] Hoc in volumine hec Continent’. Aphorismi Rabi moysi.  Aphorismi Io Damasceni. Liber secreto⁄¿ Hipocratis. Liber Pnosticationum bm lunazin signis et aspectu planetarum Hipoc. Liber Q dicit’ capsula eburnea Hipo. Liber de elements siue de humana natura Hipocratis. Liber de […]

Martin Luther 1483-1546 Two important pamphlets!

Luther on The sacraments 872G Martin Luther 1483-1546 Vermanung zum Sacrament des Leibs vnd Bluts vnsers Herrn Wittemberg : [ Joseph Klug],1530 (Colophon: Gedruckt zu wittemberg durch Joseph Klug. M.D. XXX)                                                $3,750 […]

Saint John Fisher 1469-1535 Two important books!

822G John Fisher (saint) 1469-1535. A treatise of prayer, and of the fruits and manner of prayer. By the most Reuerend Father in God Iohn Fisher Bishop of Rochestre, Preist and most eminent Cardinall of the most holy Catholike Church, of the title of S. Vitalis. Translated into English by R.A.B. Printed at Paris : […]

Saint John Fisher 1469-1535 Two important books!

822G John Fisher (saint) 1469-1535. A treatise of prayer, and of the fruits and manner of prayer. By the most Reuerend Father in God Iohn Fisher Bishop of Rochestre, Preist and most eminent Cardinall of the most holy Catholike Church,... Continue Reading →

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) on the Causes of Conflict

Writing & Teaching Poetry in 15th c. Poland.

  Corvinus, Laurentius [Korwin, Wawrzyniec](ca. 1465–1527) Magistri Laure[n]tij Coruini Nouoforensis, viri lepidissimi Compendiosa et facilis diversorum carminum structura, cu(m) exemplis aptissimis ac ad ungue(m) elaboratis, et postremo brevibus cognoscendarum syllabarum preceptis. Cologne: Per Martinu[m] de Werdena, 1508 $4,500.00 Quarto: 20... Continue Reading →

“The First Scientific Expedition to New Spain”.

Hernández, Francisco (1514-1587) Rervm Medicarvm Novæ Hispaniæ thesavrvs, Sev Plantarvm, Animalivm, Mineralivm Mexicanorvm Historia ex Francisci Hernandez Noui Orbis Medici Primarij Relationibus in ipsa Mexicana Vrbe conscriptis a Nardo Antonio Reccho Monte Coruinate Cath. Maiest. Medico et Neap. Regni Archiatro... Continue Reading →

The Diary of Matteo Ricci

Ricci, Matteo (1552-1610). Trigault, Nicolas (1577-1628) De Christiana Expeditione apud Sinas suscepta ab Societate Iesu ex P. Matthaei Riccii eiusdem Societatis co[m]mentariis libri V. Ad S.D.N. Paulum. V. In quibus Sinensis Regni mores, leges atq[ue] instituta & novae illius Ecclesiae... Continue Reading →

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