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Praxis Exercitiorum Spiritualium P.S.N. Ignatti.   Sebastián Izquierdo 1695

  344G    Izquierdo, Sebastián1601-1681. Ignatius,; of Loyola, Saint,; 1491-1556. Praxis exercitiorum spiritualium P.N.S. Ignatti. Auctore P. Sebastiano Izquierdo Alcarazense Societatis Jesu. Romae : Typis Ioannis Francisci Buagni. 1695                     Price... Continue Reading →

15 English Folios 1584-1700

690J Alexander, Sir William, Earl of Stirling 1567-1640 Recreations VVith The Mvses. By William Earle of Sterline.         [including]                                                                                                   Dooms-Day, Or, The Great Day of Ivdgement. By William, Earle of Sterline. London: Printed by Tho. Harper, 1637.   $1,500 Folio 277 x 177 mm Signatures:... Continue Reading →

2024 Boston Antiquarian Book Fair

NOVEMBER 8 - 10, 2024AT THE HYNES CONVENTION CENTER900 BOYLSTON ST, BOSTON, MA Friday, November 8, 2024 • 4pm to 8pm / Ticket $25Saturday, November 9, 2024 • noon to 7pm / Free AdmissionSunday, November 10, 2024 • 11am to 4pm / Free Admission Below is a... Continue Reading →

Annotated; Letters of Marsilio Ficino 1497

The Letters of Marsilio Ficino, published in 1495, are crucial to understanding his role in the Platonic and Hermetic revival during the Italian Renaissance. They offer insights into his thoughts, relationships, and intellectual activities. Comprised of significant correspondences, these letters serve as both historical documents and moral teachings, showcasing humanistic scholarship.

Who was The Earl of Rochester, John Wilmot…..?

I find it hard to pin down who Rochester was, maybe it is because he revealed of much contradictory emotion in his verse, or maybe it is his reputation of which so much is written about displays the uneasy relation between actions , feelings and expression. I highly recommend the Movie version of his life […]

A Spring Miscellany Catalogue LIV

Here is a link to the catalogue https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p4x3ve71t6ik4t0ej4cok/cat-54-complete.docx.pdf?rlkey=yvjgc65crod8gy6khob56ri83&st=ueok263i&dl=0 Here is the QR code a PDF link https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:us:c6650b5a-93de-4886-afc6-b03c6faa36b3 And some of, from the many, Images!

Some serious considerations on marriage. Wherein (by way of caution and advice to a friend) its nature, ends, events, concomitant accidents, &c. are examined. Conjugium Conjurgium

Seymar, William. (William Seymar is a pseudonymous anagram for William Ramsey.) Cf. Halkett and Laing Conjugium conjurgium: or, some serious considerations on marriage. Wherein (by way of caution and advice to a friend) its nature, ends, events, concomitant accidents, &c. are... Continue Reading →

The Secrets of women….

704J pseudo Albertus Magnus Albertus Magnus de secretis mulierum cum commento. [Venetiis]; [Per Jo. Alvisium de Varisio], 1501. Price $8,800 Quarto 24 x 14.5 cm. Collation: a-g⁸. 56 leaves. (The text is that of the undated edition of Perugia.) This... Continue Reading →

3 rare theological incunabula.

Hieronymus: Vita et transitus (i.e., Eusebius Cremonensis. 1587 Augustinus, Aurelius:Meditationes ( Invocatio dei omnipotentis).1498 Suso: Horologium aeternae sapientiae. 1500 All three of these important works of guided spirituality are barely represented in North America or world wide. Lives of church... Continue Reading →

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