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

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Antecedents of /and reformation 1478-1692.

The seeds roots and fruits of the reformation.

Lutheran polemical Sammelband (1675–1692)  I) Mylius, G[abriel]. II,III,&IV) Joseph Hall . V) Philipp Müller.

944J Lutheran polemical Sammelband (1675–1692) Mylius, G[abriel]I . Hall, Joseph II, III & IV; Müller,  Philipp V I) Harmonia Patrum & B. Lutheri cum S. Scriptura Secundum Locos Theologicos Das ist: Gründlicher Beweiß  Daß D. Martinus Lutherus in allen und ieden mit dem Römischen... Continue Reading →

Sammelband of 5 pre-reformation texts

1499-1513 Pre Reformation collection on updating the mass. 5 part Sammelband  537Ji-v This volume is Sammelbandof five printed books. Four from the early sixteenth century and one printed in the late fifteenth. Basel, Mainz, Oppenheim, Speyer, Straßburg, 1499-1515. Price $ 9,500... Continue Reading →

A miscellany of early modern books.

Each of these books captures a moment when curiosity about the natural world, new commodities, and new methods of inquiry reshaped European culture. From the arrival of exotic stimulants—coffee, tea, and chocolate—to the rise of experimental science, the astronomical revolution, and the... Continue Reading →

The Treatise on Nuns: Key Questions and Governance

A rare early modern treatise on the governance of nuns after the Council of Trent, detailing enclosure, vows, novitiate discipline, and convent administration. An important window into Counter-Reformation regulation of female religious life.

An annotated 1508 De Secretis Mulierum medieval version of Our bodies, Yourselves.

One of the most influential documents in the history of medieval scientific attitudes toward women

An annotated 1508 De Secretis Mulierum medieval version of Our bodies, Ourselves.

One of the most influential documents in the history of medieval scientific attitudes toward women

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Can anyone help me identify this binding tool?

956J William Stanihurst 1601-1663  Dei Immortalis in Corpore Mortali Patientis Historia, Moralis Doctrinae Placitis & commentarionibus Illustrata Avctore R.P. Guilielmo Stanihurſto è Societate Iesu Guilielmo Stanihurſto è Societate Iesu  Antverpiæ, Apud Viduam & Hæredes Joannis Cnobbarii. M.DC.LX. (1660).   Price $ 950... Continue Reading →

The Cultural Impact of Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate in Europe

954J Philippe Sylvestre DuFour  (born Manosque 1622, died Vevey (Canton de Vaud) 1687) Drey Neue Curieuse Tractätgen, von dem Tranck Cafe, Sinesischen The, und der Chocolata, welche Nach ihren Eigenschafften, Gewächs, Fortpflantzung, Præparirung, Tugenden und herrlichen Nutzen sehr curieus beschrieben, Und... Continue Reading →

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