Today I offer 4 books which deal with female psychology, before it existed. Willis by way of dissection anticipates modern ideas of the physiology of emotion baby connecting the mood, hysteria and melancholy with Brain functions. Châstelain, who treated diseases... Continue Reading →
from) Traité des convulsions et des mouvemens convulsifs qu'on appelle à présent vapeurs, par M. Chastelain.” “ As women experience more serenity than men the most frequent cause of their convulsions and convulsive moments is serenity which accumulates more often in... Continue Reading →
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Isabella Piccini (1644–1734) who was the daughter of the Venetian engraver Giacomo Piccini (d. 1669), who trained her in the art of drawing and engraving in the styles of the great masters, particularly Titian and Peter Paul Rubens. In 1666 she entered the... Continue Reading →
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618J Andrew Le Mercier (1692-1763) The church history of Geneva, in five books. Wherein the state of religion in that place before Christianity is described; and also how the Gospel was first preached there, and by whom. A catalogue of all... Continue Reading →
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109F Sir John Davies 1569-1626 The Original, Nature a Nosce teipsum London: W[illiam] Rogers 1697 Price $3,000 Octavo 18 x 11.5 cm. Signatures :A8,b8,B-H8 First Tate Edition Bound in full early calf , it is a nice copy with spine... Continue Reading →
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This is a very rare and interesting book on social norms and social forces at play in the theater of the universe. It is know by two US Copies and was previously owned by bibliographer Graham Pollard. 530J. Thomas Beard,... Continue Reading →
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“Crashaw is quite alone in his peculiar kind of greatness.” —T. S. Eliot If you came this way,Taking any route, starting from anywhere,At any time or at any season,It would always be the same: you would have to put offSense... Continue Reading →
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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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