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Georgette de Montenay The first emblem book written by a woman.

Georgette de Montenay The first female author of an Emblem book

Georgette de Montenay’s emblem book stands at the crossroads of Reformation devotion and early modern innovation: the first emblem book ever written by a woman and the earliest to use copper engravings rather than woodcuts. The 1619 Frankfurt edition preserves her pioneering vision in a refined Protestant “Stammbuch” format.

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Cicero’s orations published for Jesuit students.

934J Cicero, Marcus Tullius  106-43 M.T. Ciceronis De Oratore Ad Fratrem Libri Tres. Eiusdem De Claris Oratoribus Liber, qui dicitur Brutus. Eivsdem Adm. Brvtvm Orator Dilingæ : Joann. Caspari Bencard, Bibliopole Academici.1693               Price $ 900 Octavo 15.5 x 9.5 cm. A-Z8, Aa-Ff8,Gg2 Bound... Continue Reading →

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A spiritual retreat, St Omer 1700

610J a Father of the Society of Jesus [i.e. J. Croiset], f Jean Croiset. (1656-1738) A spiritual retreat for one day in every month : written in French by a father of the Society of Jesus, and faithfully translated for... Continue Reading →

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A Jesuit florilegium as pedagogical tool.

“Just as Noah’s first ark saved mankind from the flood, so this second Ark conducts its readers safely through the stormy waves of life toward the harbor of discipline and salvation.”

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anti-Jesuit,Pamphlet disguised as a Jesiut retreat form their exemptions.

complaints of French bishops against Jesuit exemptions.  The two solemn declarations given by the Jesuits to My Lords the prelates: one, on the subject of the books of England, against the hierarchy and the sacrament of confirmation,

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Satirical Luthern tract written at Sickingen’s castle of Ebernburg, 1521.

Who is the author? likely suspects :Ulrich von Hutten, Eberlin von Günzburg, Johannes Kettenbach, Martin Bucer, and Hans Schweblin

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Women of Early Dominican Spirituality: Margaret of Ypres, Margareta de Gerines, and Brigida of Holland

François-Hyacinthe Choquet’s 1618 Sancti Belgi Ordinis Praedicatorum offers a rare window into the women who shaped Dominican spirituality in the Low Countries. Margaret of Ypres, Margareta de Gerines, and Brigida of Holland emerge as vivid witnesses to northern mysticism, lay devotion, and the rich devotional world surrounding the early Dominican houses.

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Early Irish Catechism by O’Hussey: Printed in GAELIC by Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide.

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Highly annotated Augsburg Confession 1531

714G      Melanchthon, Philip (1497-1560), Luther, Martin .  (1483-1546) Confessio fidei exhibita invictiss. Imp. Carolo V. Caefari Aug. in Comiciis Auguftae. Anno M.D.XXX.     Addita est Apologia Co(n)fessionis  Psalm. 119 Et loquebar de te stimonijs tuis in conspectu Wittenberg: Georg Rhau, 1531.     ... Continue Reading →

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