Part one A-G 1) A small Plantin Æschylus 1580 754J Aeschylus (c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC), Willem Canter 1542-1575. Αισχύλου τραγῳδίαι Ζ =. Æschyli tragœdiæ VII. In quibus præter infinita menda sublata, carminum omnium ratio, hactenus ignorata, nunc primum proditur; opera Gulielmi Canteri. VLTRAIECTINI. Antuerpiæ :... Continue Reading →
1) 887J: Agnes de Langeac (1602–1634) . ? Hyacinth Cunibert (ƒl1670’s) Das geistreiches Leben der Wohl-Ehrwürdigen Mutter Agnetis a Iesu, deß H. Prediger-Ordens. Welche Anfangs die Dritte Regel deß H. Vatters Dominici angenommen;... in unsere Teutsche Sprach ubersetzet worden durch Hyacinthum Cunibert. Köln, P. Steinbüchel... Continue Reading →
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The Works Of the Learned Sr Thomas Brown 1686 Among the many curiosities in the 1686 folio of Sir Thomas Browne’s Works are two passages rarely considered together: a “Prophecy concerning the future state of several Nations,” and a thirteen-page enquiry into... Continue Reading →
Here is a view of the books before they take a trip to the 2025 Boston Book show! come see us at booth 404
Here is a view of the books before they take a trip to the 2025 Boston Book show! come see us at booth 404
876J Swammerdam, Jan (1637-1680). Histoire générale des insectes, où l’on explique la génération & les métamorphoses de ces animaux, où l’on décrit leur différentes figures, leur anatomie & leurs usages. A Utrecht, Chez Guillaume de Walcheren, Marchant Libraire demeurant en... Continue Reading →
556J Browne Thomas 1605-1682 The Works Of the Learned Sr Thomas Brown, Kt. Doctor of Physick, late of Norwich. Containing I. Enquiries into Vulgar and Common Errors. II. Religio Medici: With Annotations and Observations upon it. III. Hydriotaphia; or, Urn-Burial: Together with... Continue Reading →
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