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

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November 2024

15 English Folios 1584-1700

690J Alexander, Sir William, Earl of Stirling 1567-1640 Recreations VVith The Mvses. By William Earle of Sterline.         [including]                                                                                                   Dooms-Day, Or, The Great Day of Ivdgement. By William, Earle of Sterline. London: Printed by Tho. Harper, 1637.   $1,500 Folio 277 x 177 mm Signatures:... Continue Reading →

Humanists and Church Fathers: 295-1536 ad

547Ja.  Saint Athanasius, 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.  Saint Basilius (Caesariensis). 330–379 Jacques Lefèvre D'Etaples. c. 1450–1536. 547Ja.  Saint Athanasius, Patriarch of... Continue Reading →

1710: Callipædiæ: getting pretty children.

843J QUILLET, Claude, (1602-1661 ) [William Oldisworth, translator; Elisha Kirkall, engraver] Callipædiæ : The Art of getting pretty children, In four books translated from the original Latin of Claudius Quillettus. By several hands. London: Printed for Bernard Lintott at the... Continue Reading →

2024 Boston Antiquarian Book Fair

NOVEMBER 8 - 10, 2024AT THE HYNES CONVENTION CENTER900 BOYLSTON ST, BOSTON, MA Friday, November 8, 2024 • 4pm to 8pm / Ticket $25Saturday, November 9, 2024 • noon to 7pm / Free AdmissionSunday, November 10, 2024 • 11am to 4pm / Free Admission Below is a... Continue Reading →

Brunet 788J and Ray 793J

In Stephen Jay Gould’s Time’s Arrow Time’s Cycle, Professor Gould makes the following comment of Burnet’s Frontispiece. (it)  “may be the most comprehensive and accurate epitome ever presented in pictorial form-for it presents both the content of Burnet’s narrative and his own... Continue Reading →

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