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May 2025

Worthy Proverbs by Judith Zins-Pennick 1663

862J Judith Zins-Penninck (1631-1664) [Caton, William, translator] Some worthy proverbs left behind by Judith Zins-Penninck, to be read in the congregation of the saints· Translated into English by one that testifieth, that God is no respecter of persons, for whosoever... Continue Reading →

Lost sheep, Female Quakers 1656.Rare 1656 Quaker pamphlet by Martha Simmonds, sister of Giles Calvert. Lost Sheep challenges the Anglican Church—scarce survival of early female Quaker print.Lost sheep, Female Quakers 1656.

Rare 1656 Quaker pamphlet Lost Sheep by Martha Simmonds, sister of Giles Calvert. A scarce survival of female prophetic print in Cromwell’s England

1649 Eikōn Basilikē Konincklick memoriael

634G John Gauden, 1605-1662. Eikon basilike. =Konincklick memoriael. : Waer in het innerlijck gemoet van sijne H. majesteyt Carolus Stuart, Koninck van Engelandt, Schotlandt en Yrlandt, naer 't leven afgebeeldt wordt. In sijne gevanckenis en lijdsaemheyt by hem selver in 't... Continue Reading →

Q. Horatius Flaccus, Opera 1481 with two ancient commentators.

"denique sit quidvis, simplex dumtaxat et unum" 860J Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65-8 BCE) Horatius Flaccus, Quintus: Opera. Comm: (Pseudo-) Acron, Pomponius Porphyrio. Ed: Ludovicus de Strazarolis and Raphael Regius [Treviso : n.pr. for Michael Manzolus, not before 13 Aug. 1481]... Continue Reading →

Anne Finch Countess of Winchilsea  and Anne Wharton Two Female Wits!

A poetic miscellany with early modern female ownership with contributions of two Poetesses. 777E Anne Wharton, (née Lee) 1659-1685 (contributor) Anne Finch Anne Countess of Winchilsea (Contributor) John Sheffield Buckingham 1647-1721 A Collection of Poems: Viz. The Temple of Death: By the... Continue Reading →

238J Peregrinus of Opole

238J Peregrinus of Opole (1305-1327) Jacobus de Voragine (1229-1298) & Nicolaus de Dinkelsbühl (1360-1433) Peregrinus: Sermones de tempore et de sanctis. Add: Jacobus de Voragine: Quadragesimale. Nicolaus de Dinkelsbuel: Concordantia in passionem dominicam. Est autem huius operis ordo talis. Primo... Continue Reading →

Two very rare Leipzig printings.

The Two titles I offer today are both very rare listed by the ISTC in two locations In the Us and No Locations in the UK 466J Balthasar de Porta (fl. 1487- 1499) 466J Balthasar de Porta (fl. 1487- 1499)   Expositio Canonis... Continue Reading →

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