946J Thomas Sprat The History of the Royal-Society of London, For the Improving of Natural Knowledge. London : printed by T[homas]. R[oycroft]. for J. Martyn at the Bell without Temple-bar, and J. Allestry at the Rose and Crown in Duck-lane,... Continue Reading →
943J Varet, Alexandre-Louis (1632–1676). The Nunns Complaint against the Fryars. Being the charge given in to the Court of France, by the Nunns of St. Katherine near Provins, against the Fathers Cordeliers their Confessours. Several times printed in French; and... Continue Reading →
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1681 Life of Anne de Xainctonge — Founder of the Ursulines of the Franche-Comté (First Edition, Zug)
A rare first edition of the foundational biography of Anne de Xainctonge, whose Ursuline community—shaped deliberately on Jesuit educational ideals—pioneered active female pedagogy in the Catholic Reformation. Mourath’s 1681 life is both hagiographic tribute and institutional defense, here preserved in an excellent contemporary binding.
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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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A beautiful hand painted Printed Book of Hours with Twelve full page colored Images.
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Two substantial 1578 Wittenberg printings by Christoph Vischer—his expansive sermon-commentary on Luther’s Kleiner Katechismus and his Haustaffel on the duties of the estates—here appear together in a contemporary pigskin binding richly stamped with Lutheran motifs of the Annunciation and Baptism. Printed by Hans Lufft, these works reveal how Lutheran doctrine moved from Reformation confessions into the lived rhythms of parish teaching and household discipline.
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899J Geistliche Schöpfung (Menrad Molther; August von Lantzcron) Geistliche Schöpffung und Reise dess wahren Israels auss Egypten, durch die Wüste in das gelobte Land :darinnen viele biszanhero unter Mosis-Decke gelegene Wörter und Namen der heiligen Schrift erklärt ... werden, damit der... Continue Reading →
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