Philosophy & Religion Books

1668 ERASMUS Education of a Christian Prince Moral Ethics Rhetoric Philosophy

"When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes."
― Erasmus
While best known for his 'In Praise of Folly' and 'Colloquies', Desiderius Erasmus wrote other important treatises including 'The Education of a Christian Prince'. This book was a unique instructional manual written to teach royals how to act and rule, focusing on their moral behavior, religious practices, and ethics. Erasmus's understanding of classical rhetoric was evident in this work, and it has become an important piece in the history of rhetoric.
Item number: #14620
Price: $499
ERASMUS, Desiderius
Codicille d'or ou petit recueil : tiré de l'Institution du prince chrestien composé par Erasme
[Amsterdam: Elzevier], 1668.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o
187, [3]
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~5.5in X 3.25in (14cm x 8cm)
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1877 John Foxe's Book of Martyrs Acts & Monuments Illustrated Martyrology Cassel

"I am resolved to sacrifice everything in this transitory world, for the sake of salvation in a world that will last to eternity."
― John Foxe, Foxe's Book of Martyrs

A beautiful printing of John Foxe's famous "Actes and Monuments". Foxe began working on this landmark work in 1552. While in exile, in 1554, the first examples of this book were published in Latin focusing on the religious persecution of Lollards in England during the 1400s. However, the rest of his book was written in response to more persecution occurring throughout England.
This edition includes stunning full-page art depicting torture, assassinations and deaths of famous martyrs by George Housman Thomas and Sir J. Gilbert.
Item number: #15029
Price: $499
FOXE, John
The Book of Martyrs. Revised, with notes ... by ... W. Bramley-Moore.
London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [ca. 1877].

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o [4], 726,… Read More

1696 Council of Trent Catholic Church Popes Paul III Canon Law Chanut RARE

Martial Chanut's treatise on the Council of Trent was an important work of Chanut's attempts at bringing understanding to Europe's confusion on Protestant reforms. He does so by providing details on the major sessions of the Council of Trent.
Item number: #17582
Price: $550
CHANUT, Martial
Le Saint concile de Trente oecuménique et général célébré sous Paul III, Jules III et Pie IV
A Lyon: Chez Jean Certe, 1696.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o
[48], 458, [68]
o
3 engraved portraits of Popes
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; secure
· Size: ~6.25in X 3.75in (16cm x 9.5cm)
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1581 Catholic BIBLE & Commentary Against Heresy & Heretics Reformation Capitonus
'Explicationes Catholicae' is a rare 16th-century commentary on both the Old and New Testaments, which, according to the title page, covers all the verses in the Bible. Author Felicianus Capitonus uses these commentaries to refute heretics of the time.
Item number: #19566
Price: $795
CAPITONUS, Felicianus
Explicationes catholicae locorum fere omnium Veteris ac Noui Testamenti, quibus ad stabiliendas haereses nostra tempestate abutuntur haeretici
Coloniae : Apud Maternum Cholinum, 1581.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages;
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[28], 900
· References: USTC 655575
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
o
Includes two fabric ties
· Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
· Quite scarce
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1661 Puritan Thomas Taylor Jesus Christ Revealed Calvin Bible Calvinism RARE
Thomas Taylor was an early 17th-century Calvinist preacher who was known to have spent much of his ministerial career attacking Catholic and separatist views. One of his final works was 'Christ Revealed' – an exposition of Old and New Testament scriptures which reveal Jesus Christ.
Item number: #20916
Price: $750
TAYLOR, Thomas

Thomæ Tailorii, Theologi Britanni, Christus Revelatus. Id Est Vetus Testamentum Expositum. Sive Tractatus De Typis ac Figuris
Lugduni Batavorum: Verbiest, 1661.
Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
o
[12], 376
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~5.75in X 3.5in (14.5cm x 9cm)
· Very rare
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1763 EXORCISM Demon Possession Roman Ritual Catholic Church Occult Baruffaldi

Girolamo Baruffaldi was an 18th-centry Italian writer who was responsible for several novels and plays. However, in addition to his fictional works, he wrote a commentary on the Roman Ritual. Baruffaldi discusses Catholic sacraments, prayers, liturgies and exegetical writings. This commentary would be republished throughout the 18th-century.

Notably, included is a fascinating section, 'De exorcizandis Obsessis a Dæmonio' describing the exorcism of demons!

Item number: #22714
Price: $750

BARUFFALDI, Girolamo

Ad Rituale romanum commentaria

Venetiis: Ex typographia Remondianiana, 1763.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o VIII, 288
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~16in X 10in (41cm x 25.5cm)

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1745 Divine Office Catholic Prayers Nuit et de Laudes French & Latin 8v SET

A rare 18th-century Catholic prayer book. 'L'office de la nuit et de laudes' is a collection of prayers, liturgies, scripture readings, devotionals, and hymns for each prayer service for the entire year. Published in 1745, this 8-volume set features two volumes for each season. It is worth noting that this work features both Latin and French translations in parallel.

Item number: #22816
Price: $750

Catholic Church

L'office de la nuit et de laudes : imprimé par l'ordre de Monseigneur l'Archevêque

A Paris: Aux dépens des libraires associés pour les usages du diocèse, 1745.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 8 volumes
o Each volume individually paginated
· Language: French / Latin
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10.5cm)

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1749 Forbidden Books Damnatorum Thesium Catholic Heresy Bulls Pope Alexander VII
Domenico Viva was a 17th-century Jesuit theologian who is best remembered for his famous work 'Trutina Theologica Damnatarum Thesium'. First published in 1708, this book was a report on the various propositions that were condemned by popes Alexander VII, Innocent XI, and Alexander VIII. It covers the popes' laws on papal bulls, mass ceremonies, heresies, punishments of adultery, and much more.
Item number: #23265
Price: $499
VIVA, Domenico
Damnatae Theses Ab Alexandro VII., Innocentio XI. & Alexandro VIII. Necnon Iansenii Ad Theologicam trutinam revocatae iuxta pondu Sanctuarii
Patavii: Ex Typographia Seminarii, 1749.
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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o Damnatae Theses – [20], 679, [1]
Part I - De xlv thesibus proscriptis ab Alexandro VII
Part II - De lxv thesibus proscriptis ab Innocentio XI
Part III - De xxxiii thesibus proscriptis ab Alexandro VIII
o De jubilaeo praesertim anni sancti – [12], 103,… Read More

1653 Threnonthrambos BOOK JOB Greek Latin Bible English James Duport Cambridge

James Duport's "Threnothrambos" is a rare 17th-century translation and commentary on the Old Testament book of Job. Many of Duport's works were written on classical literature and his Bible translation is perhaps one of his best. This 1653 edition of Duport's "Job" includes both Greek and Latin translations as well as three Psalms including Psalm 1, Psalm 15, and the famed Psalm 23.

Item number: #23245
Price: $750

DUPORT, James

Thrēnothriambos : Sive liber Job graeco carmine redditus

Cantabrigiae: Apud T. Buck, 1653.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [16], 203, [5]
· Language: Latin / Greek
· Binding: Leather; secure
· Size: ~6.25in X 3.75in (15.5cm x 9.5cm)
· quite rare

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1630 Medieval Dominican Funeral BIBLE Sermons de Sancto Geminiano Jesuit Gibbon
Johannes de Sancto Geminiano was a 13th-century Dominican monk and scholar known for his treatises on inventions as well as extensive collection of sermons. This 1630 printing of nearly 100 Geminiano funeral sermons was published in Antwerp, collected and edited by Jesuit theologian Richard Gibbon.
Item number: #23343
Price: $499
GEMINIANO, Johannes de Sancto
Sermones funebres r. f. Ioannis de Sancto Geminiano ... . Concionatoribus et animarum pastoribus non solum perutiles, verum etiam summopere necessarii
Antverpiae: Apud Joannem Bellerum, 1630.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [24], 300 (i.e., 299) numbered leaves
Text in double columns
Pagination errors expected
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~7.5in X 4.5in (18.5cm x 11.5cm)
· quite rare
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1738 HUGE FOLIO On INDULGENCES Catholic Church Controversy Venice Eusebius Amort

Eusebius Amort was a German Catholic author known for his writings on astronomy, mysticism, Catholic doctrine and indulgences, and so much more. Most of his works are controversial and divisive, such is the case with his book "On the Origins of Indulgences" which was heavily condemned by Protestant circles. Amort describes the history and establishment of the church's use of indulgences, their value, varieties, and justifications for them.

This huge vellum-bound folio 1738 edition was published in Venice by Recurti.

Item number: #23534
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AMORT, Eusebius

De origine, progressu, valore, ac fructu indulgentiarum : nec non de dispositionibus ad eas lucrandas requisitis, accurata notitia historica, dogmatica, polemica, critica

Venetiis: apud Joannem Baptistam Recurti, 1738.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [16], 508
· Language: Latin
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1691 Dionigi on Franciscan Order Monks Capuchin Monastics Geneva Scriptorum RARE

Dionigi was a 17th-century Capuchin monk from Geneva, of whom little is known. However, his book 'Bibliotheca Scriptorum Ordinis Minorum' proved to be an important history of minor writers and monks of the Franciscan Order. Dionigi describes the lives of more than 750 monks and preachers of the Franciscan Order, most of which are from the 17th-century.

Item number: #24203
Price: $599

DIONIGI

Bibliotheca scriptorum ordinis minorum S. Francisci Capucinorum a Fr. Dionysio Genvensi

Genvae: Ex Typographia Ioannis Baptistae Scionici, 1691.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [20], 324, [64]
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~11.75in X 8.25in (30cm x 21cm)

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1618 Bellarmine Last Seven Words of Jesus Bible Sermon Catholic Jesuit RARE

Robert Bellarmine was one of the most important and influential Jesuit cardinals of the 16th and early 17th-century. One of his lesser-known theological treatises was 'The Seven Words on the Cross' – Bellarmine's study on the final seven sayings Jesus spoke on the cross.

Item number: #24261
Price: $499

BELLARMINE, Robert

De septem verbis a Christo in crvce prolatis libri dvo

Parisiis: apud Laurentium Sonnium, 1618.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [12], 322
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~5.75in X 3.5in (14.5cm x 9cm)

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1559 Apuleius Metamorphoses Socrates & Plato Philosophy Golden Ass 60 WOODCUTS!

Apuleius's 'Metamorphoses', also known as 'The Golden Ass,' is the only ancient Roman novel to exist complete as it was originally written. This work is a collection short tales following Lucius and his curios desire for magic. Apuleius describes interesting and bizarre encounters including sword swallowers, evil witches and bodily dismemberment, notes of mythological gods, daring escapes, and adventure.

This 16th-century Venice edition of Apuleius was published in 1559 by Francesco de Leno.

Item number: #24405
Price: $1,195

APULEIUS

Apuleio. Dell' Asino d'Oro. Tradotto per M. Angelo Fiorenzuola

Venetia: Francesco de Leno, [1559].

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [12], 346, [2]
o 60 woodcut engravings throughout
· References: USTC 764138
o *dating confirmed through USTC
· Language: Italian
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~5.75in X 4.25in (14.5cm x… Read More

1564 John Calvin Institutes of Christian Religion FAMED Geneva Bible Catechism
"We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown."
― John Calvin
A rare, 16th-century Latin translation of John Calvin's "Institutio Christianae relgionis", or "Institutes of the Christian Religion." It is still widely read and considered highly influential in Western world Christianity. At its core, "Institutes" was intended to provide Christians inspiration in their living, as well as being an introductory work to those new to the faith. It attacked those who opposed Calvin's teachings, most notably Roman Catholicism.
"Institutes" was immensely popular during the 16th-century and has since been held in the same respect as Augustine's "City of God," Aquinas's "Summa Theologica," Melanchthon's "Loci Communes" and other important Christian doctrines.
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