Histoire des Vaudois, ou des habitans des vallees occidentales du Piemont .. by Brez, Jacques - 1796

Zurich: Christoffel Froschouer 1st edition, 1556. Hardcover. Good. Woodcuts (104), many first used in the Schweizer-Chronik of 1548 with scenes of battles, sieges of cities, convocations, portraits &c. . Small folio (29.4 x 19.5mm) in sixes, 19th century half-calf with marbled boards, spine labels with gilt title in French and date 1556 (edges worn, labels chipped). Titlepage with woodcut printer's mark, 2 leaves (A2-A3) dedication & argument + CXXXVII leaves of German text, illustrated with woodcuts throughout. Lacks 7 preliminary leaves (Sources A4, Register B-B6) and one final blank leaf, otherwise collated complete. Title and the 2 preliminary leaves have small edge-tears and are re-hinged on newer paper stubs, text pages mostly clean and crisp with occasional small marks and light browning. Bookplates: "ex Libris Ludovic Blondin" and armorial "Friedemann Graf und Herr von Werthern". *Rare early Protestant treatise intended to show the harmful effects of Papacy, partly based on sources collected… Read More

Antwerp: Ex Officina C. Plantini, 1579.. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 239 pages. With Plantin's device on the title-page. Historiated woodcut initials. In a vellum binding. GRAESSE II, 176.

London: Printed by B[onham] Norton and J[ohn] Bill, 1629. 3/4 leather. Very Good. 7 x 8 3/4 inches. 4to. A2 - A6 + B - H (8 leaf quires). Title page lacking. Printed in two column Roman type. Margins of first two signatures a little grubby with closed tears, and a few pages with marginal losses affecting a few letters of text. Otherwise, pages lightly soiled. G8 with closed tear and old repair with no loss of text. Griffiths 1629/4. ESTCS93878. Bound with: The Holy Bible, contayning the Old Testament and the New: newly translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and reuised by his Maiesties speciall commandement [Authorised (KJV) version]. London: Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1629. [6] (introductory material) + 32 numbered pages (genealogies lacking 1, 2, 5-8, 15-16, 21-22). Printed in two column Roman type. Loss to lower quarter of pages 31 and 32. A - Ffff (8 leaf quires). Light soiling and close cropped, but otherwise nice. P2 bound after P3. Lacks… Read More

London: Printed by Robert Barker and the Assignes of John Bill, 1630. 3/4 leather. Very Good. 7 x 9 inches. 4to. 84 (of 92) pages. A (8 leaves) + B (10 leaves) + C - E (8 leaves). Printed in two column black letter. Lacks title page (title page for The Whole Booke of Psalmes, Collected into English meetre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins and others. . . dated 1600 bound before BCP) and preliminaries. Griffiths 1630/7. ESTCS123192. Bound with: The Bible: translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages. [Geneva/Breeches version]. London: Robert Barker, 1602. [2] +434 + [4] + 441 - 554 leaves. Printed in two column black letter. Title page with old tissue repairs to margin and lower portion of text. Closed tears to 335 and 462, loss to top corner of 9-11, 32, 324, and 392. Loss to bottom of 131, 145, 198, 210, 235, 248, 454, 458, 459, 486, and 546, and to top half of 165. Lacks 50 (G2), 220, 252, 253, and 289. Several pages misnumbered.… Read More

London: Printed by Robert Barker, 1615. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 7 x 8 1/2 inches. 4to. B (10 leaves) + C-E (in 8s). Lacks preliminaries. Begins with Communion. Griffiths 1615/4. Bound with: The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages; with most profitable annotations vpon all hard places, and other things of great importance [Geneva/Breeches version]. London: Robert Barker, 1615. Collates as *(4 leaves of NT Preliminaries before BCP) + A-Hhh (in 8s) + Iii (2 leaves) + Kkk-Yyy (in 8s) + Zzz (10 leaves). General title lacking. Bible text complete with light dampstain throughout. A few pages with old ink marks or stains, tears or repairs without loss of text. Top margin closely cropped on some pages. NT title page and preliminaries bound before BCP. Herbert 340/341. Bound with: R[obert] H[errey], Two Right Profitable and Fruitfull Concordances, or Large and… Read More

Basel Switzerland: Froben (in officina Frobeniana per Hieronymum Frobenium et Nicolaum Episcopium), 1559. Hardcover. Good. Fine Froben printer's marks on titlepage and colophon, large figurative initials at head of each section as used in Froben editions from 1515 [cut by Faber from designs by Hans Holbein the Younger] + smaller historiated initials throughout.. Folio rolled pigskin on wooden boards, floral borders surrounding rolls of Biblical scenes with texts & the Virtues, spine with early manuscript title and 4 double raised cords, title also faintly written at foot of central front cover compartment (pigskin lacking along lower half of front hinge repaired with vellum underlaid, all cords firmly attached, some light stains & damage to pigskin more on upper than lower cover, lacks all brass clasps/corner ornaments) [12] +886 +[34]pp index. Fine early coloured armorial bookplate, with neat library shelf marks on pastedown and at top of title, lower gutter of first 24 leaves damaged by former… Read More

Manuscript in Cyrillic chancery hand, 21 x 17 cm, 157 ff. Untrimmed in contemporary wrappers (wrappers stained and soiled, frayed at extremities). Leaves numbered in pencil in modern hand. This manuscript serves as a register of incomes and expenses of the Joseph Volokolamsk Monastery near Moscow for the year 1674.

1690 Samuel Pepys 1ed State of Royal NAVY of England Glorious Revolution SHIPS

Samuel Pepys was a 17th-century English naval administrator and politician who is best-known for his diary. His diary was a daily journal account of his life, kept for nearly ten years. It is an important and thoroughly detailed account of Pepys's life as well as major British events and life in London from the second half of the 1600s.

Interestingly, only one work of Pepys was published during his lifetime. His 'State of the Royal Navy of England' was published in 1690 and covers the state of the Royal Navy leading up to the Glorious Revolution and his demands for change. Notable topics include:
· the naval interactions with commerce ships
· the costs of new ships in the navy
· methods of acquiring new ship hands
· how to ready ships
· and much more!

Pforzheimer says of this work:
"Upon this he lavished a great deal of thought and care. It represents a side of Pepys' life which… Read More

1591 Hanging of Martin Luther 1ed MALTA Inquisition Bozio Catholic Signis 2v

Tommaso Bosio (or Bozio) was an early 16th-century Italian Catholic inquisitor bishop known for his service in Malta. Little is known of his life outside of Malta, however, Bosio wrote a book entitled "De Signis ecclesiae dei', or 'Signs of the Church of God'. While at first glance, this book appears to be like many others of its kind – a description of the history of the catholic church, and it is. However, this book, unlike any other, contains a highly controversial tale on the life, rather, death of Martin Luther.

Bozio's "De Signis ecclesiae" is the first published account, whether accurate or not, to describe Martin Luther's suicide by hanging. According to Bozio, a servant of Luther found Luther hanged in a tree from a rope. Curiously, it is widely accepted that the cause of Luther's death remains a mystery, but some scholars believe suicide by hanging was the cause. Bozio's account is one of the first, if the… Read More

1584 John Calvin Institutes of Christian Religion Geneva Bible Catechism FAMOUS
"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.
This 1584 edition of Calvin was… Read More