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A discussion of interesting books from my current stock at www.jamesgraybookseller.com

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June 2023

Preview of part ONE of the books I will bring to RBMS 2023. June 27 – 30.

Here is a link to the catalogue of 25 books I will be displaying and offering at RBMS Rare Books and Manuscripts Section conference. Please contact me for more information on any book or to place any book on reserve. https://www.dropbox.com/s/qskwhktkq5thwoq/%C2%A7RBMS%20%202023.%20Bloomington.pdf?dl=0... Continue Reading →

Part TWO of a Preview the books I will bring to RBMS 2023. On Thursday June 29, 9:00a.m. -4:00pm.

Here is a link to the SECOND catalogue of 25 books I will be displaying and offering at RBMS  conference Showcase. Please contact me for more information on any book or to place any book on reserve. Please click on... Continue Reading →

Part TWO of a Preview the books I will bring to RBMS 2023. On Thursday June 29, 9:00a.m. -4:00pm.

BOOKS on display at the 2023 RBMS conference June 27 - 30,

Preview of part ONE of the books I will bring to RBMS 2023. June 27 – 30.

BOOKS on display at the 2023 RBMS conference June 27 - 30,

Walter Burley one of the most prominent logicians and metaphysicians of the Middle Ages

284J Aristotle , Gualtherus Burlaeus. (Walter Burley (c. 1275–1344/5 )) Expositio Gualteri Burlei super decem Libros Ethicorum Aristotelis (Contains the text of Robert Grosseteste's translation of the Nicomachean Ethics) Venice: Simon de Luere for Andreas Torresanus, 4 September 1500  ... Continue Reading →

A beautifully colored printed book of hours on vellum.

679J. Book of hours use of Rome . Hore diuine virginis Marie secundum vsum Romanum cum alijs multis foliosequenti notatis vna cum figuris Apocalipsis & destructio Hierusalem & multisfiguris, Biblie insertis. Parisius nouiter ĩpressum p Germano Hardouyn librario. Cõmorante inter duas portas Palatij adintersignium sancte margarete. 1533                                                                                                  $35,000 Octavo 155 x 103 mm. Signatures a-m8 ā7 [95] of [96] leaves (lacks the last leaf). with 20 [of 21] large illustrations and 12 smaller ones, all finely hand-coloured.  Marginal tear without losses to E2, in some parts the... Continue Reading →

Humanists and Church Fathers: 295-1536 ad

547Ja.  Athanasius, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria, 295-373. Theophylactus de Achrida,; 1055-1126. Richardus de Sancto Victore,; 1110-1173. Ambrogio Traversari 1386-1439. Cristoforo Persona; 1416-1485. Angelo Poliziano; 1454-1494. Nicolas Béraud; 1473-1550. Desiderius Erasmus; 1496-1536.      [bound with]547Jb.  Basilius Caesariensis. 330–379 Jacques Lefèvre D'Etaples. c. 1450–1536. 547Ja.  Saint Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria,... Continue Reading →

Preview of part ONE of the books I will bring to RBMS 2023. June 27 – 30.

BOOKS on display at the 2023 RBMS conference June 27 - 30,

180 Woodcuts of devotional Catholic Icons. 1584 ROSARY

The rosary is an incredibly rich practice of prayer that developed slowly, evolving over the centuries. The first recorded use of the word “rosary” did not appear until 1597. (???.) But the roots of the rosary are found far earlier.... Continue Reading →

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