525G Corsi (Corsetus), Rainaldi. 1525-1582 Rainaldi Corsi lectissimi Ivreconsvlti Indagationvm Ivris Libri III : Cum indice. Venetijs : apud Io. Andream Valuassorem,1568 $2,400 Octavo, 4 X 6 inches. A-L8 This copy is bound in its original limp vellum binding, with the book plate of Los […]
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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905G Roland Fre jus ca 1700 The relation of a voyage made into Mauritania, in Africk, by the Sieur Roland Frejus of Marseilles, by the French king’s order, in the year 1666. To Muley Arxid King of Tafiletta, &c. for... Continue Reading →
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525G Corsi (Corsetus), Rainaldi. 1525-1582 Rainaldi Corsi lectissimi Ivreconsvlti Indagationvm Ivris Libri III : Cum indice. Venetijs : apud Io. Andream Valuassorem,1568 $2,400 Octavo, 4 X 6 inches. A-L8 This... Continue Reading →
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899G Sir Robert Holborne (-1647-) Fracis Bacon (1561-1626) The learned readings of Sir Robert Holbourne, Knight, Attorney General to King Charles I. upon the statute of 25 Edw. 3. cap. 2. being the statute of treasons. To which is added,... Continue Reading →
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825G Matthew Hale The Primitive Origin of Mankind considered and examined according to the light of nature. London: William Godbid for William Shrowsbery, 1677 $ 2,800 Folio 12 1/2 X 7 3/4 inches a-4,b2,B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Bbb4,Ccc2. First edition. This copy is bound in full later calf. This copy has the book […]
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Shorthand's Impact In 1588 Timothy Bright published his Characterie; An Arte of Shorte, Swifte and Secrete Writing by Character which introduced a system with 500 arbitrary symbols each representing one word. Bright's book was followed by a number of others,... Continue Reading →
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Here are some bits on writing, nature, and anonymous everyday life from Wallace Stevens, that quiet murmur of American poetry who may well outlast nearly everybody. The following are from his letters and journals, from 1898 to 1955, only a... Continue Reading →
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778G New-England judged, by the spirit of the Lord. In two parts. First, Containing a brief relation of the sufferings of the people call’d Quakers in New-England, from the Time of their first Arrival there, in the Year 1656, to the Year 1660. Wherein their Merciless Whippings, Chainings, Finings, Imprisonings, Starvings, Burning in the Hand, […]
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