783G Conti, Natale,; 1520-1582. Duval, Jean-Baptiste,; -1632. Vico, Enea, 1523-1567. Augustarum imagines aereis formis expressae : vitae quoque earundem breuiter enarratae, signorum etiam quae in posteriori parte numismatum efficta sunt, ratio explicata . Lutetiae Parisiorum : Apud Macaeum Ruette 1619.... Continue Reading →
It Has been a while (maybe two weeks) since I've been so excited by a Book in my stock!610G Increase Mather Like so many books, this is a bit of a sleeper, reading really pays off in this case. I... Continue Reading →
Some how I managed to take three classes from Huston Smith (The World's Religions (originally titled The Religions of Man) has sold over two million copies) I misdeed this story, I was perhaps distracted by His notion of ""empirical metaphysics"... Continue Reading →
Philo byzantius. De Septem orbis spectaculis, Leonis Allatii opera nunc primum graece et latine prodit, cum notis. We are all familiar with the phrase "The Seven Wonders of the World" , it is even easy to bring up images of... Continue Reading →
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-26198471 Like its contents, the history of ownership of the Voynich manuscript is contested and filled with some gaps. The codex belonged to Emperor Rudolph II of Germany (Holy Roman Emperor, 1576-1612), who purchased it for 600 gold ducats and... Continue Reading →
"It is difficult to accurately summarize the breadth of activities explored and mastered by the 17th century Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher. Inventor, composer, geographer, geologist, Egyptologist, historian, adventurer, philosopher, proprietor of one of the first public museums, physicist, mathematician, naturalist,... Continue Reading →
I find this pretty interesting.
369G Origanus, David. (1528-1628) Novae motuum coelestium ephemerides Brandenburgicae, annorum LX :incipientes ab anno 1595, & desinentes in annum 1655, calculo duplici luminarium, Tychonico & Copernicaeo, reliquorum planetarum posteriore elaboratae, & variis diversarum nationum calendarijs accomodatae : cum introductione hac... Continue Reading →
361G Mather, Cotton. 1663-1728 Magnalia Christi Americana: Or, The Ecclesiastical History of New England, from its First Planting in the Year 1620. Unto the Year of Our Lord, 1698. In Seven Books. I. Antiquities: In Seven Chapters. With an Appendix.... Continue Reading →
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