334J Roger Boyle ,The Earl of Orrery. (1676-1731) Parthenissa. That most fam’d romance· The six volumes compleat. Composed by the right honourable the Earl of Orrery. London : printed by T[homas]. N[ewcomb]. for Henry Herringman, at the Blue... Continue Reading →
One the things that I know is that books begat books, it in a interconnected way reading is a constantly alerting current of remembering, discovering and creating. ". To reach, not the point where one no longer says I, but... Continue Reading →
One the things that I know is that books begat books, it in a interconnected way reading is a constantly alerting current of remembering, discovering and creating. ". To reach, not the point where one no longer says I, but... Continue Reading →
331J Theolophilus Polweile Aὐθέντης, Authentēs. Or A treatise of self-deniall. Wherein the necessity and excellency of it is demonstrated; with several directions for the practice of it. By Theophilus Polwheile, M.A. sometimes of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, now teacher of the... Continue Reading →
331J Theolophilus Polweile Aὐθέντης, Authentēs. Or A treatise of self-deniall. Wherein the necessity and excellency of it is demonstrated; with several directions for the practice of it. By Theophilus Polwheile, M.A. sometimes of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, now teacher of the... Continue Reading →
It is always nice to find a book which is Early (1492) textually Important (over 100 editions printed) and very Rare ( this is the only copy in the US) and also very Pretty . Here is a nice one... Continue Reading →
307J Eusebius of Caesarea 260-c. 340 Eusebii Caesariensis episcopi chronicon id est temporum breuiarium incipit foeliciter: quem Hieronymus praesbiter diuino eius ingenio Latinum facere curauit: et vsque in Valente[m] Cesarem Romano adiecit eloquio. Que[m] et Prosper deinde Matheus Palmerius... Continue Reading →
3324J Frequently, but incorrectly, attributed to Charles de Fieux, Chevalier de Mouhy, but possibly by Richard Head, author of ’The English rogue’.(1665) The french rogue: or, the life of Monsieur Ragoe de Versailles. Containing his parentage, monstrous birth, early rogueries,... Continue Reading →
So: I bought a forgery, certainly the Dealer I bought it from didn't know, and I was just a little to curious to miss it. myself...."SORTE TANDEM" 963G Thomaso Porcacchi approximately 1530-1585?, A CURIOUS FORGERY Historia dell'origine et successione dell'Illustrissima... Continue Reading →
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