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453J Diogenes Lærtius; philosophorum vita

2) 453J Diogenes Lærtius , (Tr: Ambrosius Traversarius 1386-1439.) Diogenis lærtii historiographi de philosophorum vita decem per q[uam] fecundi libri ad bene beateq[ue] viuendu[m] co[m]motiui.  Paris : Guy or  Jean Marchant, for Jean Petit, [about 1509]. {Venundantur Parisius in vico Diui Iacobi... Continue Reading →

7 Incunabula, each know in fewer than 3 copies in the US.

1. 553Ji. Gérard de Vliederhoven.  Cordiale quattuor novissimorum. one copy Bryn Mawr 2. 453J. Diogenes Lærtius.Historiographi de philosophorum vita. one copy Harvard Radcliffe- Schlesinger Library. 3. 658J Eusebius. Epistola de morte Hieronymi . two copies. Walters Library & Huntington Library 4. 448J... Continue Reading →

Petrus de Rosenheim

299J Petrus de ROSENHEIM(1380-1433)..  (& Sebastian Brant (1458-1521);  Georg Simler aka Relmisius)   [ARS MEMORANDI.] Rationarium Euangelistarum : omnia in se euangelia: prosa. uersu. imaginibusq[ue] q[ue] mirifice co[m]plecte[n]sThomas Anshelm, Pforzheim, 1507.      $SOLD 000 Quarto  8 x 5 3/4  inches:   a-c6... Continue Reading →

I and Canadian booksellers invite you to visit Toronto Friday for the Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair.

Here is a link to the information Page! The 2023 Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair will take place in the beautiful Baillie Court at the Art Gallery of Ontario. October 20 to October 22, 2023  Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada ... Continue Reading →

Adventures, revolutions & events. Early modern historiography.

513J     Anon.   R. B., approximately 1632-approximately 1725.  Extraordinary adventures, revolutions & events. Being An Account of divers Stupendious Accidents, Strange Deliverances; Signal Mutations in the Fortunes of several famous Men; and Changes of Government in many Countries. With other Observable Passages in... Continue Reading →

Adventures, revolutions & events. Early modern historiography.

513J     Anon.   R. B., approximately 1632-approximately 1725.  Extraordinary adventures, revolutions & events. Being An Account of divers Stupendious Accidents, Strange Deliverances; Signal Mutations in the Fortunes of several famous Men; and Changes of Government in many Countries. With other Observable Passages in... Continue Reading →

Petrus de Rosenheim: THE first very rare edition of the Herastichon 1502, And more properly the : Ars memorandi.

Above is the first leaf from the first edition of 1502,  which begins Hexastichon Sebastiani Brandtin memorabi \ les euangelistarx figuras In 1502 there are two 'first' editions of the printed Ars memorandi, first edition, has first line ending "Brantn... Continue Reading →

Terentius Comico Carmine 1503

369J Publius Terentius Afer.  185- Terentius Comico Carmine Impressum in nobili Helvecior[um] urbe Arge[n]tina : Per Ioanne[m] Grüninger mira etium arte ac diligentia. 1503                                $7,500... Continue Reading →

Fasciculus temporu[m] 1485 “The first book printed on history of the world, it is also one of the earliest and greatest of illustrated incunabula.”

Of particular interest is a reference to the invention of printing (in 1454) on the verso of Folio 64. 8) 359J  Werner Rolewinck    1425-1502 Fasciculus temporu[m] omnes antiquo[rum] chronicas strictim complectens felici numine incipit. Prologus. Venice : Erhard Ratdolt, 8 Sept.... Continue Reading →

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