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

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March 2025

Three Last letters By Martin Luther

522J   Martin Luther 1483-1546.             Drey Biechlin zü letst von dem Hochberümbtenn vnnd Ewangelischen Lerer Doctor Martin Luther aussgangenn. Nemlich von dem Deütschen Adel. der heiligē Mesz dem Babstumb zü Rom.   [Strasbourg] : [Matthias Schürer Erben], (1521-1522?).     Price $ 2,900 Quarto ... Continue Reading →

SYLVA SYLVARUM, Francis BACON

Francis Bacon has always been " THE Seventeenth Century in England"  to me, he was a polymath's polymath.  His books are all weirdly accessible and fun to read. Sylva Sylvarum is on of my favorite books to show to people... Continue Reading →

A precursor to the Augsburg Confession in low German 1529

519J  Caspar Huberinus. 1500-1553Sibenzig schlusred odder pun cten von der Rech-ten hand Gottes vnd der gewalt Christi.Wittemberg.  [Colophon, A8r]: Gedrückt durch Ioseph Klugk: 1529 .                            Price $2,750Quarto:15 x... Continue Reading →

4 early Illustrated English Books

A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence.1628 2) Juvenal and Persius, trans. Barten Holyday. 1673 3) Callipædiæ: getting pretty children. 1710 4) Drunken Barnaby’s four journeys to the north of England. 1714 1) A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence. 736J.   Verstegan, Richard. (1550-1640) A... Continue Reading →

A Sammelband of Devotio moderna.

553Ji. Gérard de Vliederhoven   &   553Jii  Guido de Monte Rochen.                                     553Ji. Gérard de Vliederhoven  Cordiale quattuor novissimorum.  (Memorare nouissima tua.) Köln, Konrad Winters, de Homborch, about 1482.                                                                                                        Price $8,000 Quarto  22 x15 ½ cm. signatures : a–f⁸g-h⁶ i⁸  [68 leaves]  Two works bound  in one. I) Heavily browned, some old annotations.... Continue Reading →

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