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

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December 2023

Fascicule #50 is still available! 

fifty early printed books (15th & 16th century) many Illustrated on many suprizing subjects !

Six books, 1659-1716: Katherine Philips, Robert Waring, Joseph Warder, Theolophilus Polwheile, Judith Drake. (Mary Astell or Judith Drake (fl 1696 d. 1723), Jean Frederic Ostervald.

I am fairly sure that the Poems of Katherine Philips was the first 17th century book by an English Woman , I bought back some 30 years ago, and since then I have always been taken by her as a Person, Author,... Continue Reading →

Six books, 1659-1716: Katherine Philips, Robert Waring, Joseph Warder, Theolophilus Polwheile, Judith Drake. (Mary Astell or Judith Drake (fl 1696 d. 1723), Jean Frederic Ostervald.

I am fairly sure that the Poems of Katherine Philips was the first 17th century book by an English Woman , I bought back some 30 years ago, and since then I have always been taken by her as a Person, Author,... Continue Reading →

OH — THE MATCHLESS ORINDA !

I am fairly sure that the Poems of Katherine Philips was the first 17th century book by an English Woman , I bought back some 30 years ago, and since then I have always been taken by her as a Person, Author,... Continue Reading →

Gaspar Schott on Nature and Technology

Physica Curiosa, Sive Mirabilia Naturæ Et Artis Libris XII. Comprehensa, Quibus pleraq;, quæ de Angelis, Dæmonibus, Hominibus, Spectris, Energumenis, Monstris, Portentis, Animalibus, Meteoris. and Technica curiosa, sive Mirabilia artis, libris XII “Gaspar Schott, German physicist, born 5 February, 1608, at... Continue Reading →

704J “One of the most influential documents in the history of medieval scientific attitudes toward women”

704J pseudo Albertus Magnus Albertus Magnus de secretis mulierum cum commento. [Venetiis]; [Per Jo. Alvisium de Varisio], 1501. $8,800 Quarto 24 x 14.5 cm. Collation: a-g⁸. 56 leaves. (The text is that of the undated edition of Perugia.) This copy... Continue Reading →

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