Sixteenth Century from James Gray Bookseller

This is the first edition with woodcut title and 80 woodcuts in text and numerous initials. Particularly noteworthy is the depiction of the birth of Caesar (f. 1), la plus ancienne illustration de l'opération césarienne (Sander). The word formation sectio caesarea - caesarean section (actually from Latin caedere = to cut out) is related to this caesarean (section) birth of… Read more about this item

London: John Day, 1578. ESTC S113382. STC 2nd ed. 18728. See: Foster Watson, The English Grammar Schools to 1660: Their Curriculum and Practice, 2019. This (says Ames) is a curiously printed book, equal to the Stephens', and has the same coat of arms at the end [lacking in this copy], as the Catechism of 1577 ... Herbert has been… Read more about this item

Paris: Guy or Jean Marchant, for Jean Petit, 1509. Modern binding in 3/4 calf, marbled boards, marbles end leaves. With the . Ex libris of Jos Nève. Portrait of a philosopher at his writing table on verso of title page.(see back cover of this catalogue. Charming woodcut on last page (Marchant's device). Some nice woodcut initials. Marginal annotations and… Read more about this item

Paris: Jacobeo, sub signo Pellicani ab Engleberto Marnefio, 1522. Second edition. Signatures: a-g8, h6(h5-6 both blank, half of h5 missing and lacking h6) LXII f. Bound in original vellum limp binding with hand lettering on spine "Cleree sermones/aVerdu DNI/1522": name on first page "Thomas Stevenson/Edinburgh/183. very good copy of a rare sermon. John Clérée dominican friar, preacher of… Read more about this item

Wittenberg ,1532. Quarto, 8 1/4 X 6 1/2 inches . First edition A-Z4, a-z4, aa-nn4, oo2, pp4 (241 Leaves ) Bound in full modern calf, a very nice copy. Luther proceeds line by line, some times giving one line from Matthew five pages of commentary! Here is a shortened example: from the greek. And His commentary.. Benzing (Luther) 3011;VD… Read more about this item

Wittenberg: Wittenberg: Georg Rhau, 1531, 1531. This edition is an impression of the "editio princeps" printed in the same year. Octavo; 5.25 x 3.5. inches ¶ a-d8, e4,9e4 blank and present) f-n8, A-P8, Q4, Q4 blank and present. This is bound in full modern calf over wooden boards in an antique style, it is a very nice copy with… Read more about this item

Post incunable: [publisher not identified] or [Venezia: Albertino da Lessona, 1502]. , 1503. It is bound in full seventeenth century vellum with spine label. . The first printing of the Margarita Poetica was printed by Johannes Sensenschmidt in1472 , between 1472 and 1503 there appeared at least a dozen editions [In this edition the marginal index letters correspond… Read more about this item