552J Woodcut on the title page has scroll inscribed: Accipies tanti doctoris dogmata sancti. Heinrich Quentell used this "magister cum discipulis" woodcut for the first time probably in 1491. Cf. R. Proctor. "The accipies woodcut," in Bibliographica v. 1 (1895), p.... Continue Reading →
Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) is arguably the first major text in the history of Western cognitive science: not because Burton is the first to theorize the nature of cognition or engage in cognitive modeling, as is made... Continue Reading →
342G. Jean Hermant 1650-1726 La storia delle eresie, nella quale si descrive con ordine Alfabetico il nome, e la Vita degli Eresiarchi che hanno turbata la Chiesa dalla Nascita di Gesucristo fino a nostri tempi, e gli errori che vi... Continue Reading →
25 Renaissance woodcuts of the Passion of Christ
680J Ringmann, Matthais (1482–1511) Or Geiler von Kaisersberg (1445-1510) & woodcuts by Urs Graff (1485-1529) and Johann Wechtlin (1480-15??). Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi ex euangelistarum textu & [quam] accuratissime deprompta additis sanctissimis exquisitissimis q[uam] figuris. HEVS EME LECTOR Nam & lachrymas... Continue Reading →
5 books about memory and its development and use in relation to thought and devotion.
A very printed book of Hours by Guillaume Godard on vellum only one other copy located worldwide.
504J Gibson, The Farriers Dispensatory : 1721 578J Salmon, The family-dictionary; or, Household companion: 1710 and ______________________________________________________________ 504J. William Gibson. (1680-1751) The Farriers Dispensatory : In three parts. Containing I. A description of the medicinal simples, commonly made use of in... Continue Reading →
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