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I find it hard to pin down who Rochester was, maybe it is because he revealed of much contradictory emotion in his verse, or maybe it is his reputation of which so much is written about displays the uneasy relation between actions , feelings and expression. I highly recommend the Movie version of his life […]
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563G Gaspar Schott 1608-1666 {Part Two Only of } (Only three complete copies of this massive opus have come to auction in the last thirty-five years) P. Gasparis Schotti Regis Curiani E Societate Jesu, Olim in Panormitano Siciliæ, nunc in... Continue Reading →
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This part one of a group of blogs on Kircher's Ars magna lucis et umbrae this books covers such a broad scope I've picked a few subjects to focus on and today Will be the Macic Latern "De Lucerna[e] Magicae"... Continue Reading →
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792G Nicholas Culpeper 1616-1654 A directory for midwives: or, A guide for women in their conception, bearing, and suckling their children. The first part contains, 1. The anatomy of the vessels of generation. 2. The formation of the child in the womb. 3. What hinders conception, and its remedies. 4. What furthers conception. 5. A […]
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In chronological order 1) 723G SaintBonaventura. (i.e.”Conrad”of”Saxony)”” Speculum Beatae Mariae Virginis. [Augsburg]: Anton Sorg, 29 Feb 1476 $11,000 Folio,11 1/4 X 8 inches. First edition 50 leaves a-e10. Like in both BMC copies and in the Augsburg copy first... Continue Reading →
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There is a remarkable moment in an interview with the writer George Steiner. That familiar question about the Nazis comes up, of how someone who listened to Bach and Beethoven by day could put peop… Source: Civilization Does Not Civilize
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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 […]
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DESCARTES' SYSTEM OF PHYSICS bound with His PASSIONES ANIMÆ 884G Rene Descartes 1596-1650 Renati Des-cartes Principia philosophiæ Ultima editio cum optima collata, dilligenter recognita, & mendis expurgata [bound with] Passiones animae per Renatum Des Cartes. Gallicè ab ipso conscriptae, nunc autem... Continue Reading →
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