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May 2026

On the Christian life by Haug Marschalk, lay Luthern reformer.

917J Marschalk (sometimes Marschalck), Haug  (died 1532)] Das Hailig ewyg wort gots, was dz in jm kraft stercke, tugendt, frid, fred, erleuchtung, vnnd leben, in aym rechten Christen zu erweckn vermag. (Augsburg, Ramminger), 1523.        Price $4,500 Quarto  Signatures: A-C4  Bound in... Continue Reading →

Johannes Briesmann and the First Generation of Lutheran Print 1523

918J Briesmann, Johannes 1488–1549 Vnderricht vnd ermanung Doct. Johannis Grießsmans, Barfůsser Ordens, an die Christlich gemain zů Cotbus  Wittenberg, 1523. (Augsburg, Steiner,* 1523.)      Price $3,500 Quarto.  A-B4     Bound in later vellum covered with printed leaf    The Prussian theologian Johannes Briesmann (also Brismann or... Continue Reading →

Century Catalogue Nº 2\ 1501-1599

ƒ-16th century RBMS pt.2 MMXXVIDownload For institutional and special collections acquisitions, I am happy to work within committee review schedules, fiscal-year budgeting, and collection development timelines. Books may be reserved while under consideration, and flexible invoicing or deferred payment arrangements... Continue Reading →

Two of the Most Important Books in Early Observational Astronomy: Galileo’s “Starry Messenger” and Kepler’s “Dioptrice”

907J Gassendi, Pierre (1592-1655); Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642); Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630 Petri Gassendi Institutio Astronomica: Juxta Hypotheseis tam Veterum quàm Recentiorum. Cui accesserunt Galilei Galilei Nuncius Sidereus; et Johannis Kepleri Dioptrice. Tertia editio prioribus Correctior. London: Jacob Flesher for William Morden,... Continue Reading →

979J An annotated Boethius 1513 :|: What can we do with this book?

17th Century books MMXXVI

1) 887J: Agnes de Langeac (1602–1634) . ? Hyacinth Cunibert (ƒl1670’s) Das geistreiches Leben der Wohl-Ehrwürdigen Mutter Agnetis a Iesu, deß H. Prediger-Ordens. Welche Anfangs die Dritte Regel deß H. Vatters Dominici angenommen;... in unsere Teutsche Sprach ubersetzet worden durch Hyacinthum Cunibert.  Köln, P. Steinbüchel... Continue Reading →

The natural history of animals 1702

978J. [Académie royale des sciences] Claude Perrault (1613-1688) The natural history of animals containing the anatomical description of several creatures dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. Wherein The Construction, Fabrick and genuine Use of the Parts, are... Continue Reading →

St Anselm’s Operum Omnium 1612

977J Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, (1033-1109) D. Anselmi Archiepiscopi Cantuariensis Theologorum Sui Temporis Facile Principis Operum Omnium Tomus ... 4 Continens Diversas Ad Diversos Ab Eodem Exaratas Epistolas Tribus Libris Comprehens, Ac Hactenus Nunquam Editas, Et R. D. Joannis... Continue Reading →

Philosophia mentis et Sensum.

881J Aristotle/ Joanne Baptista Ptolemaeo (1653-1726.) Philosophia mentis et sensuum secundum utramque Aristotelis methodum pertractata metaphysice, et empirice a Joanne Baptista Ptolemaeo. Editio post Romanam, prima in Germania. Augsburg and Dillingen, Bencard; 1698.Price $ 3,900 Folio.32.5 x 20cm. Signatures: π⁴,... Continue Reading →

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