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October 2026

8 more Books packed for Boston Book Fair

NOVEMBER 6-8-2026 HYNES CONVENTION CENTER Here is the Link : https://www.abaa.org/events/48th-boston-international-antiquarian-book-fair Friday, November 6, 2026 | 4pm-8pm | $25 (valid Fri, Sat & Sun)Saturday, November 7, 2026 | 12pm-7pm | $15 (valid Sat & Sun)Sunday, November 8, 2026 | 11am-4pm... Continue Reading →

The Works of William Drummond 1711

873J  William Drummond 1585-1649 The works of William Drummond, of Hawthornden. Consisting of those which were formerly printed, and those which were design’d for the press. Now published from the author’s original copies. Edinburgh : printed by James Watson, in... Continue Reading →

The 2026 Boston ANTIQUARIAN Book Fair

NOVEMBER 6-8-2026 HYNES CONVENTION CENTER Here is the Link : https://www.abaa.org/events/48th-boston-international-antiquarian-book-fair Friday, November 6, 2026 | 4pm-8pm | $25 (valid Fri, Sat & Sun)Saturday, November 7, 2026 | 12pm-7pm | $15 (valid Sat & Sun)Sunday, November 8, 2026 | 11am-4pm... Continue Reading →

The Father of Greek Tragedy in the Palm of Your Hand: Aeschylus’s Seven Surviving Plays, Printed by Plantin in 1580

754J   Aeschylus (c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC), Willem Canter 1542-1575. Αισχύλου τραγῳδίαι Ζ =. Æschyli tragœdiæ VII. In quibus præter infinita menda sublata, carminum omnium ratio, hactenus ignorata, nunc primum proditur; opera Gulielmi Canteri. VLTRAIECTINI. Antuerpiæ : Ex officina Christophori Plantini, architypographi... Continue Reading →

Erasmus and the Contempt of the World .

777J Desiderius Erasmus 1466/7-1536 Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami De CONTEMPTU MUNDI. Lugduni Batavorum, ex officina Ioannis Maire, 1641 Price $900 Duodecimo 13 x 7 cm. Signatures: A-D12 E6(E6 blank), Bound in a vellum antiphonal leaf wrapper, with release mark from MNtCA by... Continue Reading →

A very interesting to look at incunabula!

https://cerlblog.wordpress.com/2026/10/14/six-degrees-of-separation-a-visualisation-of-which-historical-collections-todays-libraries-have-in-common/

CatalogueCC•VIII *Boston ABAA Fair Part II*

November 6-8th • MMXXVI I H-to- Z 1) 909J Book of Hours, Use of Rome. 12 Large hand painted images. Hor[a]e B[ea]te Marie ad usu[m] Romanu[m].totaliter ad lo[n]gu sine regrē[ssu]:-c(um) multis pulcherrimis suffragiis nouiter additis D[omini] Gerdii- Hardouyn commorantis Parīsius in coem[enter]io... Continue Reading →

Experiments on Diverse Natural Things Francesco Redi 1685

905 J Francesco Redi 1626-1697 Francisci Redi Nobilis Aretini, Experimenta circa varias res naturales, speciatim illas Quæ ex Indiis afferuntur. Ut & alia ejusdem Opuscula, que paginâ sequenti narrantur. Amstelaedami : Apud Henricum Wetstenium, 1685.                               Price $2,500 The frontispiece signed by... Continue Reading →

The vale-royall of England-An Early and Exceptionally Illustrated English County History: A Precursor to the Great Natural Histories of Plot, Leigh, and Morton

989J  King,Dainel 1644? The vale-royall of England· Or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated. Wherein is contained a geographical and historical description of that famous county, with all its hundreds and seats of the nobility, gentry, and freeholders; its rivers, towns,... Continue Reading →

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