D. Bernardi Doctoris Mellitissimi, Ac Primi Abbatis Claravallensis Coenobis Operum, Quibus Adiecimus Eiusdem Autoris Opuscula, non mius quam caetera omnis, & Aurea, & Divinissima by Bernardi Claravallensis [Bernard of Clairveaux] - 1575

La Georgica di Virgilio, 1549 Nuovamente di latina in toscana favella, per Bernardino Daniello tradotta, e commentata. Appresso Ioan. Gryphio, In Venetia (Venice). [7], 105 leaves ill. 21 cm. Language: Italian descriptor: Agriculture -- Poetry. Didactic poetry, Latin -- Translations into Italian. Named Person: Virgil. Georgica -- Translations into Italian. Note(s): Printer's device on t.p.; initials./ Translation of Georgica. 1549 Collation as follows with corresponding notes to the colophons and images. [blank], a4-b4; Primo-A4-H4; Secunda-I4, K4-P4; Terzo-P4 verso, Q4-T4; V4, X4; Quarto- X4 verso, Y4-Z4; AA4-CC4, [blank]. 1549. Type set at last page. Four etchings three similar and one different.
A very nice and rare book in excellent condition from the famous presses of Giovanni Gryphio. The translation of Virgil's works.
Bernardo Daniello was a native of Luca and died in Padua in 1565. This work was published during his life and is a translation of Virgil's four works. He was known as a… Read More

Small octavo, contemporary pale calf, double rule to covers, red morocco label lettered gilt, crest gilt on spine, five raised bands, pp.xxviii, 140, two leaves misbound, engraved armorial bookplate of the Earls of Drogheda, a fine copy.
See Printing & the Mind of Man, 47 [first edition Louvain 1516]. Not in Bradshaw Collection of Irish Books, Cambridge University Library.

FIRST DUBLIN PRINTING OF SIR THOMAS MORE'S UTOPIA.
Thomas More's Utopia is a work of satire, indirectly criticizing Europe's political corruption and religious hypocrisy. In Utopia the Utopians have eliminated wealth, the nobility, private property, and currency. Labour and goods are distributed equally. Property is held in common. Everyone works the same hours and even though the rulers are exempt from public labour, they work to set a good example for the others. Work hours are equally distributed and there are no monasteries, convents, alehouses, or academies wherein an individual might withdraw from the rest of society. All… Read More

London: Edward Jeffrey, 1794. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Lxvii, 288 Pp. First Printing. Original Tree Calf, Re-Backed Long Ago With A New Red Morocco Spine Label, Gilt. Very Large Heraldic Bookplate Over An Earlier Postage-Stamp-Size Bookplate Which Left A Faint Offset On The Facing Page. Some Page Numbers And Brief Reader's Notes On Rear Pastedown, One Line In Ink, The Others In Pencil. Boards Quite Worn, Calf Frayed Through Almost Entirely Along Edges, Re-Backing Entirely Intact And Secure.

1547 LAW Andrea Alciati Commentary on Justinian Codex Catholic & Byzantine FOLIO

"Plenitudo potestatis nihil aliud est quam violentia." (The fullness of power is nothing more than violence).
― Andrea Alciati

Andrea Alciati was a 16th-century Italian author who is best known for his famed book of Emblemata. And while his emblems brought him recognition, he also published an important annotated commentary on Justinian's 'Codex'. During his study of law in Bourges, Alciati began writing 'Ad Rescripta Principum Commentarii'.

'Codex', part of 'Corpus Juris Civilis', was the Justinian's attempt at organizing the laws in a systematic manner. Recognizing that the law system needed to be fixed, 'Codex' covers ecclesiastical law, criminal and civil law, the way laws were written and put into effect, duties of government officials, and proper administrative regulations.

This 1547 edition is notable for being the last edition published during Alicati's lifetime.

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1790 1ed Mably Rights of Man Duties Citizen Philosophy French Revolution 8v SET
Gabriel Bonnot de Mably was a French philosopher and historian who is most-known for his diplomatic writings and letters. He wrote works on the history of the Greeks, Romans, Polish, French, early United States history, Phoenicians, and much, much more. This 1790 set of the complete works of Mably was printed in eight distinct tomes with all 21 volumes.
This set also includes Mably's most important work 'The Rights of Man and Duties of Citizens'. In this work, Mably warned France against events that would later develop during the French Revolution! Many of the concepts found in this work would contribute to what would be communism, though his writings were aimed toward and appealed to the poor.
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MABLY, Gabriel Bonnot de.
Oeuvres complettes de Mably.
Paris : Volland, Desray, 1790.

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Paris: Michel Bobin & Nicolas Le Gras, 1673. Hardcover. See Description. Third French Edition, revised and corrected. 4to. pp. [38], 754. Decorative initials and ornamental head pieces at the beginning of each chapter. Contemporary calf boards (rubbed, corners neatly restored) re-backed including new hand sewn headbands. Original end papers are preserved but worn at the edges. Two names are written in a contemporary hand at the top of the title page (1 name is crossed out). Another name (also crossed out) is inscribed beneath the imprint; a small shelf number is written in the upper right corner. Pages are generally clean with occasional minor soiling and spotting. A narrow piece is missing from the upper margins of pp. 311-320 (4 cm. long x 5-7 mm. deep) - either from rough opening or from a manufacturing error; brown ink spot on fore-edge of text block; leaf T2 marked S2. Leaves remain untrimmed after last re-sewing. Descartes's "Meditations metaphysiques" was first published in… Read More

1665 1ed Cointe Annals of Catholic Church in France Frankish Papacy Chronology
Carolus le Cointe's "Annales Ecclesiastici Francorum" is an important 17th-century history of the Catholic Church in France. These volumes deal primarily with the history of the church from the earliest times in the 3rd-century to 680AD, focusing on the papacy and Frankish Cardinals.
Item number: #12833
Price: $950
COINTE, Carolus le

Annales Ecclesiastici Francorum
Parisiis : E Typographia regia, 1665-68. First edition.

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Vol. I – [20], 868, [36]
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Vol. II – [20], 862, [46]
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Vol. III – [64], 821, [56]
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
· Size: ~15in X 10.5in (38cm x 26.5cm)
· Very rare
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1545 DUTCH & French Mysticism Margarita Evangelica of Eschius Mary I Feminism
Nicolas van Esch (or van Ess) was a 16th-century Dutch theologian known for his spiritual exercises and philosophical writings on mysticism. This extremely rare, 1545 printing of Eschius's 'Margarita Evangelica' was published in Cologne by Novesiani. This book is a Eschius's perspective on the divine wisdom found in the Gospel. According to Davis and Farge's "A History of Women in the West", this work
"was among the most important precursors to French mysticism".
Curiously, this work comes with some controversy, particularly the authorship. Some scholars believe it is a reworking of Reinalda van Eymeren's "Evangelische Peerle", which first appeared in 1535, though the USTC makes the authorship undeniably Eschius. Because of the relationship to female mystics, this work was regularly found in women's religious houses, most famously in the library of Queen Mary I of England (Schutte, p.134).
According to the USTC, no examples… Read More

1757-61 1ed German Cathedrals Nuremberg Maria-Saal St Jakob Egidien Frauenkirche
Andreas Würfel was an 18th-century German Lutheran preacher and genealogist. While Wurfel himself was not Jewish, he did seek to publish historical collections of members of churches throughout Germany. Beginning in 1756, Wurfel published the first in a series of works entitled 'Description of all the Clergymen Who have Served Luther in Nuremberg since the Reformation'.
This volume covers the biographies of preachers and deacons in the following churches:
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Frauenkirche in Nuremberg (Saint Maria-Saal)
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Saint Egidien Cathedral
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Saint Jakob Cathedral
This impressive first edition includes exquisite engraved views of these cathedrals.
Item number: #16736
Price: $950
WURFEL, Andreas
Diptycha Capellae B. Mariae das ist: Verzeichnüß und Lebensbeschreibungen der Herren Prediger und Herren Diaconorum, welche

Nürnberg: Christoph Melchior u. Roth, 1757-61. First editions.

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1713 LAW 1ed Gibson Codex Juris Anglicani Church England HUGE FOLIOS Anglican
Edmund Gibson was an early 18th-century British bishop who is best known for his writings on ecclesiastical law. One of his best works was his 1713 'Codex Juris ecclesiastici Anglicani", or 'Code of Anglican Law'. In the years leading to this work, Gibson argued for the rights of archbishops many of which were called into question during the reign of William and Anne.
According to Hugh Chisolm, this book
"discusses more comprehensively than any other, the legal rights and duties of the English clergy"
It also covers church constitutions, Anglican canons, and articles and liturgy of the Church of England.
Item number: #17058
Price: $950
GIBSON, Edmund
Codex juris ecclesiastici Anglicani, or, The statutes, constitutions, canons, rubricks and articles, of the Church of England, methodically digested under their proper heads.
London : Printed by J. Baskett, 1713. First edition.

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