tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330421143856602372023-11-16T12:41:37.047-05:00Historia's BooksA blog about Antique and Antiquarian Books. Mostly pictures of, and links to websites about Book collections, news items etc.
A supplement to my first blog at Bibliohistoria.Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-67391634656573619982010-12-27T13:25:00.000-05:002010-12-27T13:25:21.957-05:00Interesting Antiquarian Books - including Medieval Music<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZI9r4ZhsrWecdtHy8or9bRGiNoQ8dHi4Kb09fj8nR9EXnY7odi_Tg0w1hB2jInsiBAUvkdSd6ASSTfjnbiJvlr-YYb_p8wczLIjsfn5miMC2THOdhC3sJ1WNU5zf8CzKzI4weeIguMYM/s1600/Pope_Essay_on_Man_1733.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZI9r4ZhsrWecdtHy8or9bRGiNoQ8dHi4Kb09fj8nR9EXnY7odi_Tg0w1hB2jInsiBAUvkdSd6ASSTfjnbiJvlr-YYb_p8wczLIjsfn5miMC2THOdhC3sJ1WNU5zf8CzKzI4weeIguMYM/s320/Pope_Essay_on_Man_1733.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<a href="http://www.heritagebookshop.com/details.php?id=64376">Source</a><br />
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POPE, Alexander. Essay on Man. In Epistles to a Friend. Epistle I. Corrected by the Author. London: J. Wilford , 1733. <br />
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The four epistles of the Essay on Man were published successively on February 20, March 29, May 8, 1733 and finally on January 24, 1734. The first editions of the first three Epistles appear in variant states, the priority of which is not always clear, but none of which are of significance textually (except Griffith's issue "I" of Epistle I, which Pope revised).<br />
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The 'friend' to whom the Epistles were addressed was Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke. But this poem was not simply a statement of Bolingbroke's deistic philosophy. It has been referred to as 'a public, social and classical poem', a poem that takes into account Newton's impersonal universe but also interweaves a 'tissue of images from older and more human conceptions' (M. Mack, Works, Vol. III) and which examines the human condition against a Miltonic, cosmic bacground. Although Pope's perspective is well above our everyday life, and he does not hide his wide knowledge, the work is suggestive, dramatic, exciting, and sometimes even comfortably concrete: "Each beast, each insect, happy in its own: / Is Heaven unkind to Man, and Man alone?"<br />
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Pope died on May 30, 1744. He left his property to Martha Blount. With the growth of Romanticism Pope's poetry was increasingly seen as outdated and the 'Age of Pope' ended. It was not until 1930s when serious attempt was made to rediscover the poet's work.<br />
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<a href="http://www.newamericancastle.com/collections-rare_books-opus.html">Source</a><br />
Cabbalistic and Theosophicum 1760<br />
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<a href="http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MUSI/">berkeley music library</a><br />
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Thesaurus musicus, being a collection of the newest songs, with a thorow-bass to each song for the harpsichord, theorbo, or bass-viol, to which is annexed a collection of aires, composed for two flute.<br />
(London: J. Heptinstall, 1693-96) <br />
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The Berkeley Theory Manuscript, (Jan 12, 1375)<br />
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Music<br />
Libro Sexto QVE Diego Pisador (b. 1510). <br />
Libro de musica de vihuela (Salamanca: 1552)<br />
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<a href="http://www.hermesantiquarian.h-e-r-m-e-s.org/Short_Grimoire_Catalogue/Item_2_pictures.htm">Source</a><br />
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Albertus Magnus and Michael Scot, De Secretis Mulierum 1702<br />
This volume also included Michael Scot’s De Secretis Nature<br />
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A classic compilation on magical secrets in this case on the secrets of women and the secrets of nature, two texts which were among the most sought after in the 15th and 16th centuries. The content of the two works especially focus on women and childbirth, charms, advice and recipes for all sorts of occasions, magical cures for men and beasts, etc. Both authors derive much of their learning from a wide range of Classical and Mediaeval scientific and magical sources, such as Aristotle, Hermes, Galen, Albertus Magnus and his pupil Henry of Saxony. Together they constitute an exhaustive collection of secret knowledge related to the Grimoire tradition.Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-15772660354193428122010-07-15T12:07:00.012-05:002010-07-15T12:14:54.082-05:00Oldest surviving Ethiopian Gospels now being studied<a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2010/07/05/garima-gospels-found-to-be-oldest-surviving-christian-illustrated-manuscripts/">Garima Gospels</a><br />
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Radiocarbon testing has revealed that a pair of illustrated gospels kept in a remote monastery in Ethiopia may have been made as early as the 4th century and are perhaps the oldest surviving illustrated Christian works in existence. The Garima Gospels were first reported on in the 1950s, but it has only been within the last couple of years that scholars have been able to examine the work and help conserve it.<br />
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In 2006 the British-based Ethiopian Heritage Fund began a project to examine the Garima Gospels, which have been kept at the Monastery of Abba Garima in northern Ethiopia for hundreds of years. Scholars were allowed to take two parchment fragments from the manuscripts, and testing at Oxford University revealed that they date back to somewhere between 330 and 650 AD. It had previously been believed that the texts were no older than the twelfth century. According to legend, the manuscripts were brought to Ethiopia from Constantinople by Abba Garima in the year 494.<br />
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Jacques Mercier, a French specialist in Ethiopian art, believes that the manuscripts may have been created around 600. Both of them contain several pages of vivid illustrations typical of early Byzantine style, which include a depiction of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, a portrait of Saint Luke, and images of over twenty different birds.<br />
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Michelle Brown, a former British Library curator, tells the Art Newspaper that, “the Garima Gospels case vital light upon early Christian illuminated manuscript production and upon the role of sub-Saharan Africa…It is the sort of model the inspired such vibrant later Ethiopic art and is an important witness to the way in which the churches of the Christian Orient both absorbed the courtly Christian culture of Constantinople and developed their own voices and styles.”<br />
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The texts also received some conservation work, which was done in the monastery, as the texts were not allowed to leave its premises. Blair Priday of the Ethiopian Heritage Fund explained to the Daily Mail, “all the work on the texts was done in situ and everything is reversible, so if in future they can be taken away for further conservation we won’t have hindered that. The pages had been crudely stitched together in a restoration in the 1960s and some of the pages wouldn’t even turn. And they were falling to pieces. The Garima Gospels have been kept high and dry which has helped preserve them all these years and they are kept in the dark so the colours look fresh.”<br />
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The Ethiopian Heritage Fund was established in 2005 to undertake conservation of manuscripts and paintings in churches. They have worked on other medieval treasures, including two 15th century paintings of St. Mary. Priday added: ‘Ethiopia has been overlooked as a source of these fantastic things. Many of these old Christian relics can only be reached by hiking and climbing to remote monasteries as roads are limited in these mountainous regions.”<br />
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<a href="http://ethiopianheritagefund.org/artsNewspaper.html">Discovery of Earliest Illuminated Manuscript - June 2010</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.hewit.com/skin_deep/?volume=26&article=1#article">Extreme Bookbinding - A Fascinating Preservation Project in Ethiopia - 2008</a>Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-42559654531182163062010-03-20T23:10:00.009-05:002010-03-20T23:27:39.766-05:00Various Old and Ancient Books - Part 6<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0r3Y62E0Z_OhsZwEnFhH458IbPJJRF8ZJdSblst1hEMkf6Rwm5vloDCm7aD0yM7fRH544A_0YJEJZhyphenhyphend_2BdZytDUEVgW99ZZ1NEcK0iIvpvcQrO9Hx77woE2LTdZbT2nahdY78QaJU/s1600-h/Terence_1765.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0r3Y62E0Z_OhsZwEnFhH458IbPJJRF8ZJdSblst1hEMkf6Rwm5vloDCm7aD0yM7fRH544A_0YJEJZhyphenhyphend_2BdZytDUEVgW99ZZ1NEcK0iIvpvcQrO9Hx77woE2LTdZbT2nahdY78QaJU/s200/Terence_1765.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450938677725816450" /></a>The Comedies of Terence 1765<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkrpHaAeBY1eMkFE417hpYuIUQ4LxuG2QwBrbIBhch-Xtn7Gm8Sk2CwUlDeYDLMnjgh81PWpX2XlEGlvTZjdQxURmV74LkOpdostJQNpIDwPM7sl58z-HUfkdwoUfQZt_qsTqBK6IWjzI/s1600-h/treasure_of_traffick_1641.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkrpHaAeBY1eMkFE417hpYuIUQ4LxuG2QwBrbIBhch-Xtn7Gm8Sk2CwUlDeYDLMnjgh81PWpX2XlEGlvTZjdQxURmV74LkOpdostJQNpIDwPM7sl58z-HUfkdwoUfQZt_qsTqBK6IWjzI/s200/treasure_of_traffick_1641.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450938019225988274" /></a>Treasure of Traffick 1641<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwSMRxJlA82_XbiegFDt-oq3wWA6Lx-x4_8wD5CLE2rCDBviSOPXenIwkON2jAgHCJspj8K2__7dj1Bns1zKX_UPQULsxscwG_sFSqsXYZM3GcMl52plz2SB_ALtF4wYKCGhtGdAtnQN8/s1600-h/institutions_of_christian_religion_john_calvin_1536.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwSMRxJlA82_XbiegFDt-oq3wWA6Lx-x4_8wD5CLE2rCDBviSOPXenIwkON2jAgHCJspj8K2__7dj1Bns1zKX_UPQULsxscwG_sFSqsXYZM3GcMl52plz2SB_ALtF4wYKCGhtGdAtnQN8/s200/institutions_of_christian_religion_john_calvin_1536.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450937266218368386" /></a>Institutions of Christian Religion by John Calvin 1536<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiBWS2r6UAuFZpkNlw1jPb3JOARE5PX94BSagP-iERwMU8JBcHI3yaEk0Y73lH1yIwmdJuMCmMn421JbVTCM0_mwuVHp_diOgdSD8RCcg3v7yw96KOjXf7O-HkQUBG9nPY5ZM3YsB4nM/s1600-h/tragedie_of_mariam_the_faerie_1613.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 152px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiBWS2r6UAuFZpkNlw1jPb3JOARE5PX94BSagP-iERwMU8JBcHI3yaEk0Y73lH1yIwmdJuMCmMn421JbVTCM0_mwuVHp_diOgdSD8RCcg3v7yw96KOjXf7O-HkQUBG9nPY5ZM3YsB4nM/s200/tragedie_of_mariam_the_faerie_1613.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450936717773761570" /></a>Lady Elizabeth Carew <br />The Tragedie of Mariam, The Faire Queene of Jewry. 1613<br />Written by that learned, vertuous, and truly noble Ladie, E. C. <br />London: Printed by Thomas Creede, for Richard Hawkins, <br /><br />Elizabeth Carew, viscountess of Falkland, wrote The Tragedie of Mariam not for public performance, but for reading or private presentation. It was printed in this first edition by Thomas Creede, who printed the second “Newly corrected” quarto edition of Romeo and Juliet in 1599 and other Shakespeare plays. This is the first published play by an Englishwoman.Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-5189515208818244092010-03-12T11:41:00.007-05:002010-03-12T11:51:26.506-05:00Banned Books ExihibitionAnd now for something a little different....<br /><br />This is a new <a href="http://library.otago.ac.nz:80/exhibitions/bannedbooks/index.php">Banned Books Exihibition </a>that has been put online. <br /><br />It comes from the <a href="http://www.otago.ac.nz/">University of Otago</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.otago.co.nz/">Otago</a> is a province in the South Island of New Zealand.<br /><br /><a href="http://library.otago.ac.nz/exhibitions/bannedbooks/banned_books_poster.pdf">This is the PDF Poster</a><br /><br />Enjoy.Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-56282556817209335352010-03-08T22:07:00.022-05:002010-03-12T23:36:54.778-05:00Various Old and Ancient Books - Part 5<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22foTZk8cLZ8Awypj1vsO2iRbKa3rXDmN0iXrSY5HoU_JAHdXv05sf19CjZrCmHaTpCIuzQbGP48f3wGUcmF7fpcDvfA_zG2hHwMyLJkIsDaRMX8OlKBPuDdwX0sXU1MW-pXJ42UOpUU/s1600-h/Old_Maps_Book.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22foTZk8cLZ8Awypj1vsO2iRbKa3rXDmN0iXrSY5HoU_JAHdXv05sf19CjZrCmHaTpCIuzQbGP48f3wGUcmF7fpcDvfA_zG2hHwMyLJkIsDaRMX8OlKBPuDdwX0sXU1MW-pXJ42UOpUU/s200/Old_Maps_Book.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447961863644623970" /></a>A Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Wales by Herman Moll, 1724<br />Herman Moll (c1654-1732) was a German emigre (though some references say Dutch) who came to London about in or before 1678 and worked as an engraver. He later set up his own firm and became, around 1700, the foremost map publisher in London. He often complained that other publishers copied his work.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfOzPEvZi44bJP3QwpF4vceHGQOnayYdB-uAjjmi97HpVxdVI6XGCQa8Ha5k7lpWiPwC_nPsBNwYVYrR_IyuMF28CpF5_fKrmuLRtQcvtSZfVLJc7-MJAhadqBWcv7f3ToGxgoQQAOhw/s1600-h/music_manuscript_14C.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfOzPEvZi44bJP3QwpF4vceHGQOnayYdB-uAjjmi97HpVxdVI6XGCQa8Ha5k7lpWiPwC_nPsBNwYVYrR_IyuMF28CpF5_fKrmuLRtQcvtSZfVLJc7-MJAhadqBWcv7f3ToGxgoQQAOhw/s200/music_manuscript_14C.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447955749321463426" /></a>An authentic 14th century church book of early music<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJMKjxW_SmK7Jefb3g1nQ_6TinnKr-vIZJhAbm4ZcsklRsinbE8aF36kV7ToG2-3KgYUu14hRpT8cjHnNuT6FZLGPE8Xb6qtgXTYSMaXRdy_kzX9KSapit64ZkM9uqc48QK5TMgoNddw/s1600-h/metamorphoses.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJMKjxW_SmK7Jefb3g1nQ_6TinnKr-vIZJhAbm4ZcsklRsinbE8aF36kV7ToG2-3KgYUu14hRpT8cjHnNuT6FZLGPE8Xb6qtgXTYSMaXRdy_kzX9KSapit64ZkM9uqc48QK5TMgoNddw/s200/metamorphoses.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447953680955555106" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWCh6h-VytsrKwrHIP_RxK31YwrndDODOlmAv4DDt7SMkv3G6K5wHYKwJvuyjDrUPu_F33Rixp03pEyOiG06_oVfaaumarPnqrkRiAJU7nVYTNDkw9qp1-zSgMbdvE_BhiEakxhyy85mc/s1600-h/Ovid_Metamorphoses_John_Lichfield_1632.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWCh6h-VytsrKwrHIP_RxK31YwrndDODOlmAv4DDt7SMkv3G6K5wHYKwJvuyjDrUPu_F33Rixp03pEyOiG06_oVfaaumarPnqrkRiAJU7nVYTNDkw9qp1-zSgMbdvE_BhiEakxhyy85mc/s200/Ovid_Metamorphoses_John_Lichfield_1632.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447970563809312274" /></a>Metamorphoses by Ovid <br />French edition published 1702<br />English edition published 1632 by John Lichfield at Oxford<br /><a href="http://www.elizabethanauthors.com/ovid01.htm">Read Metamorphoses</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Ovid is a narrative poem in fifteen books that describes the creation and history of the world. Completed in 8 AD, it has remained one of the most popular works of mythology, being the Classical work best known to medieval writers and thus having a great deal of influence on medieval poetry.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0v4Bu1S0FJTmzC7tzNt9C1zM5MLo7C8y8pz8etFdOo_RBUXSJZKxUE93t_NriYMbVQrAkIfsBJEsS7GJbzjHPMtI0XY82ynzFO6gbe1ID6rIITTmv14WUWWZOVF82l0RaQyDY6zuuBKE/s1600-h/manual_of_agriculture.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0v4Bu1S0FJTmzC7tzNt9C1zM5MLo7C8y8pz8etFdOo_RBUXSJZKxUE93t_NriYMbVQrAkIfsBJEsS7GJbzjHPMtI0XY82ynzFO6gbe1ID6rIITTmv14WUWWZOVF82l0RaQyDY6zuuBKE/s200/manual_of_agriculture.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447951109568361282" /></a>Manual of Agriculture, Paris 1764<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEuhWiynwwVCMcKmCJcxDmNnVcU_63i_AtPSl2HR5e5hcBBkOKEnN9vWVFXx6B8_hFpz5fRSdoNhKlKT6wmjyNYldeLQs1ZMdE_gisz8zciSCmtjOVUdPb3nCAKv2prgYcKJXcDqVtwJM/s1600-h/Manicheans_Manuscript_from_Khocho_Tarim_Basin.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 136px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEuhWiynwwVCMcKmCJcxDmNnVcU_63i_AtPSl2HR5e5hcBBkOKEnN9vWVFXx6B8_hFpz5fRSdoNhKlKT6wmjyNYldeLQs1ZMdE_gisz8zciSCmtjOVUdPb3nCAKv2prgYcKJXcDqVtwJM/s200/Manicheans_Manuscript_from_Khocho_Tarim_Basin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447950543305936578" /></a>Leaf from a Manichaean Book<br />Manichaean priests, writing at their desks, with panel inscription in Uighur (Language)<br />Manuscript from Khocho, Tarim Basin, Western China<br />8th/9th century AD. <br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manicheans">SOURCE</a>Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-41544502424902920952010-03-03T16:34:00.016-05:002010-03-03T17:00:33.733-05:00Various Old and Ancient Books - Part 4<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZD33PBiv_xPjQV3puQsKQr_9lXlg1Pf_gDEFNJoqSMYuboRYstOlmDlAI86eAHyDXT9N5r2mv85-SaNV-_-B1aau-vWom5EAcJffrsqCGC5RfTJ70Lz3bmHs20NOvAcFrUMSa777JHXY/s1600-h/Liturgie_1764.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 114px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZD33PBiv_xPjQV3puQsKQr_9lXlg1Pf_gDEFNJoqSMYuboRYstOlmDlAI86eAHyDXT9N5r2mv85-SaNV-_-B1aau-vWom5EAcJffrsqCGC5RfTJ70Lz3bmHs20NOvAcFrUMSa777JHXY/s200/Liturgie_1764.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444529446156569378" /></a>Anglican Liturgie in French 1764<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_XdhPZlJhZCJagkW8KToHSzkeO5AG9CgqXoHGe496DZBOke-hT4dhLE7dBSaOxAiQUs9NISb-39jXj7HB0YkskDJYOBrej7-QU-FRGvhxRC3NG9zLfJOn87rII6ZqDe5Cu6oYPRQ8WY/s1600-h/leonardo_codex_notebook.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_XdhPZlJhZCJagkW8KToHSzkeO5AG9CgqXoHGe496DZBOke-hT4dhLE7dBSaOxAiQUs9NISb-39jXj7HB0YkskDJYOBrej7-QU-FRGvhxRC3NG9zLfJOn87rII6ZqDe5Cu6oYPRQ8WY/s200/leonardo_codex_notebook.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444528198154553762" /></a>Leonardo Da Vinci's original notebook - he wrote in mirror writing.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEjye-BDkvUNt5YZ1lL0uGvcin32d-qubNgyCvZq2RiNgcSemUZWPZ1ZSenakazCJpJofbKrbvhBm4l5vd0kc1ge_ViJQNzuOCMFxW1gnTFsH6ARbVxTjO0B8cK00qrokiMl1cKXeWvs/s1600-h/leo_africanus_1632.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEjye-BDkvUNt5YZ1lL0uGvcin32d-qubNgyCvZq2RiNgcSemUZWPZ1ZSenakazCJpJofbKrbvhBm4l5vd0kc1ge_ViJQNzuOCMFxW1gnTFsH6ARbVxTjO0B8cK00qrokiMl1cKXeWvs/s200/leo_africanus_1632.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444527810849045522" /></a>Leo Africanus 1632<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuH50BMwAGIno5mtaYDVcu2TeFwJU33ZhDh2DyR1dzLXc-Am2frYjc6BGOV0Am2AGFeFF1eYWX-LUnAfb3OsAigTEZswLc6IljyrKdyfunOi3DETl7bv4hEugAKvdUlhqh8egHQQOlrI/s1600-h/La_Graunde_Abridgement_1565_texas.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuH50BMwAGIno5mtaYDVcu2TeFwJU33ZhDh2DyR1dzLXc-Am2frYjc6BGOV0Am2AGFeFF1eYWX-LUnAfb3OsAigTEZswLc6IljyrKdyfunOi3DETl7bv4hEugAKvdUlhqh8egHQQOlrI/s200/La_Graunde_Abridgement_1565_texas.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444525592089075506" /></a>La Graunde Abridgement 1565<br /><br />September 21, 2006<br />The oldest book in South Texas College of Law’s Fred Parks Library now dates back to the year 1565. The new acquisition is La Graunde Abridgement by Sir Anthony Fitzherbert.<br /><br /><br />The massive book, written in Latin, is a compilation of over 14,000 decisions that are the foundation for early English law. English law is grounded in common law, meaning that precedent guided judicial decisions, and this tome was the first thorough attempt made in the 1500's to create a summary of law providing attorneys with a resource for researching past rulings. <br /><br />This edition of La Graunde Abridgement is from the second printing of the book in 1565. The first edition was printed in 1516. The author, Fitzherbert, was a Judge of Common Pleas in England. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.stcl.edu/hottopics/rare_book_collection.html">SOURCE</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoz81OTwD6eiAe58_5aW9tUWOu2koAYPCEC-m5RTEs10HF-l_FhEJhBPWIg7XFPNRkBJTlMlPQieJhe-5NCm4dn_SBu0lRY23kM-j5IyC2DcY0qNl1cqntChcMPI8rklaUV_qzefxJ5Zo/s1600-h/kjv_1615.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 147px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoz81OTwD6eiAe58_5aW9tUWOu2koAYPCEC-m5RTEs10HF-l_FhEJhBPWIg7XFPNRkBJTlMlPQieJhe-5NCm4dn_SBu0lRY23kM-j5IyC2DcY0qNl1cqntChcMPI8rklaUV_qzefxJ5Zo/s200/kjv_1615.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444524939358942690" /></a>Index to King James Bible 1615<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5TA6LxOL8d5r5WQsebhaAaOW8bPfaVbaulIHo2QaQOWl9ruZmX35AdxMcOBQqm7ZiJDP_xB2cS2b2-djHEONoH-IMvyN77SUZz5UsTX9k5DgEMKcvXYZyej_0jNek8MxmeyOwL-uzvQ/s1600-h/king_james_bible_NT_1611.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 126px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5TA6LxOL8d5r5WQsebhaAaOW8bPfaVbaulIHo2QaQOWl9ruZmX35AdxMcOBQqm7ZiJDP_xB2cS2b2-djHEONoH-IMvyN77SUZz5UsTX9k5DgEMKcvXYZyej_0jNek8MxmeyOwL-uzvQ/s200/king_james_bible_NT_1611.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444524555949204786" /></a>King James New Testament 1611Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-4593743976348337402010-03-02T09:39:00.023-05:002010-03-02T11:05:06.464-05:00Various Old and Ancient books - Part 3More old and ancient books from my Hard Drive.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpE4aMxyISCFoNAmQKbhMfoU1tJXrVRPTk5NTZiJjUuqD1iALP4OW87cJUssLs5L2qV4uMwU08hyphenhyphen18-xU7mm7hRxmrAuMoMASGmlPeynlmkfiW-FiYRXzcAIWL_mogGyzPJBnmw5k4nc/s1600-h/institutions_of_christian_religion_john_calvin_1536.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpE4aMxyISCFoNAmQKbhMfoU1tJXrVRPTk5NTZiJjUuqD1iALP4OW87cJUssLs5L2qV4uMwU08hyphenhyphen18-xU7mm7hRxmrAuMoMASGmlPeynlmkfiW-FiYRXzcAIWL_mogGyzPJBnmw5k4nc/s200/institutions_of_christian_religion_john_calvin_1536.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444064380012147730" /></a>Institutions of Christian Religion by John Calvin 1536<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutes_of_the_Christian_Religion">History and details of Institutions</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-f4hTA9CX6XGG8K5GIiBzglX5SKNMyuVUxYQW9kKdsqqZloN3a1pcwME3xWT4PLylRiQnWouko3-Tws5VzZZhtZcfyo40bVtu6jpbV_Vw0ngy7cV6O5-b9K2xLLlB1YmhZVcCmX_9cDA/s1600-h/horace_1516.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-f4hTA9CX6XGG8K5GIiBzglX5SKNMyuVUxYQW9kKdsqqZloN3a1pcwME3xWT4PLylRiQnWouko3-Tws5VzZZhtZcfyo40bVtu6jpbV_Vw0ngy7cV6O5-b9K2xLLlB1YmhZVcCmX_9cDA/s200/horace_1516.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444060753961231058" /></a>Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65-8 BC)<br />Horace. Opera cum Commentariis. Commentary by Badius Jodocus Ascensius and Antonio Mancinelli (Paris: Badius Jodocus Ascensius, 1516).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV83dvRwZ6yoj-uHEENANgESfh1QT1B47mZDx292xW35g64FTcJ1IWi1jUWWTWDApb9-Ef3CWn_DcT_N7utj5zEkbSA1g1JNR-YsHSfs9ZaRUNLhl3kKGLuP5qf92AKeVmQrZ8AWd3wkQ/s1600-h/homer_virgil_treatise_1695.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 123px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV83dvRwZ6yoj-uHEENANgESfh1QT1B47mZDx292xW35g64FTcJ1IWi1jUWWTWDApb9-Ef3CWn_DcT_N7utj5zEkbSA1g1JNR-YsHSfs9ZaRUNLhl3kKGLuP5qf92AKeVmQrZ8AWd3wkQ/s200/homer_virgil_treatise_1695.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444059950918461314" /></a>Homer Virgil Treatise 1695 <br />Le Bossu, R., A. Dacier, et al. (1695). Monsieur Bossu's Treatise of the epick poem : containing many curious reflexions, very useful and necessary for the right understanding and judging of the excellencies of Homer and Virgil. London, Printed for Tho(mas). Bonnet.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQctt-BZBgxXGVpVJVxZaMAIyVT360T4yC7lwYK-5gUj31KxVjQZN7qqQ3mylykZVfKzUEGNo8pHaDVW2ncOEANIJUzDFI_SUEDxePqMK_cGb1WaatfuH1qClCPyHFSuAI8CQNsyEawx8/s1600-h/hawley_hours.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQctt-BZBgxXGVpVJVxZaMAIyVT360T4yC7lwYK-5gUj31KxVjQZN7qqQ3mylykZVfKzUEGNo8pHaDVW2ncOEANIJUzDFI_SUEDxePqMK_cGb1WaatfuH1qClCPyHFSuAI8CQNsyEawx8/s200/hawley_hours.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444050997133205938" /></a>The Hawley Book of Hours 1450 <br />South Netherlands Book of Hours <br /><a href="http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/manuscripts/detail.php?id=5">The Hawley Hours </a>(Misc. Ms. 146)<br />A Fine Illuminated South Netherlands Book of Hours in the Dutch translation ascribed to Gerardus Groot (Gerdde Groot).<br /><br /><a href="http://seducedbyhistory.blogspot.com/2009/06/book-of-hours-in-middle-ages.html">Book of Hours</a><br />What, when, where, who, why and how. <br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0ZfmhzF3FazooLDwXeeMzvWw-Oqcx24_x5xiJ_Cpy0OlbwYiNxWuMFqDPYgK5Mr8RwtZGjrz15DBYF-qipg5DFTSL_pXRnnBRb1KqsvNEc06KRErunN-pLmQdznz7orJxgq8O9nY3uo/s1600-h/gibril_ibn_bakhtyshu_1061CE.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0ZfmhzF3FazooLDwXeeMzvWw-Oqcx24_x5xiJ_Cpy0OlbwYiNxWuMFqDPYgK5Mr8RwtZGjrz15DBYF-qipg5DFTSL_pXRnnBRb1KqsvNEc06KRErunN-pLmQdznz7orJxgq8O9nY3uo/s200/gibril_ibn_bakhtyshu_1061CE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444047740853084210" /></a>Gibril ibn Bakhtyshu 1061 CE<br /><br /><strong>Jabril ibn Bakhtyshu</strong> - Grandson of Jirjis ibn Jibril, second half of eighth century; physician to Ja'far the Barmakide, then in 805-6 to Harun al-Rashid and later to al-Ma'mun; died in 828-29; buried in the monastery of St. Sergios in Madain (Ctesiphon). Christian (Nestorian) physician, who wrote various medical works and exerted much influence upon the progress of science in Baghdad. He was the most prominent member of the famous Bakhtyashu family. He took pains to obtain Greek medical manuscripts and patronized the translators.<br /><a href="http://www.levity.com/alchemy/islam13.html">History of Islamic Science </a>Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-50934595868585023012010-02-19T13:41:00.014-05:002010-02-19T18:53:42.916-05:00Various old and ancient Books Part 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Utm08JC1q5c81u12Y_11nFewMhB_crQ58TDtT3PKfOzGaTuAjpPsvjjUiL1hcHth8zMCA-E7bZPT8S9ppIfeS7zklDBP53ji0XcaT7RdkvYhuqBENCx1HqgN1hl4fW9g87G1l262BAY/s1600-h/geneva_bible_1603.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Utm08JC1q5c81u12Y_11nFewMhB_crQ58TDtT3PKfOzGaTuAjpPsvjjUiL1hcHth8zMCA-E7bZPT8S9ppIfeS7zklDBP53ji0XcaT7RdkvYhuqBENCx1HqgN1hl4fW9g87G1l262BAY/s200/geneva_bible_1603.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440033287046365314" /></a> The Geneva Bible 1603 (LARGE FILE)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdnhNUKbRR-Q9oBVDSkC_SKO31vm93WTZrwr6TrE65hlDGJAPZsAvk57iOC1d0N3ksgsm3_VEgZfkIV9PfTPNyK0Y7EXkNLs1ggoIWiMyRNTTBt-zZYECVeejNd_DKYUVJBPnAhi82ME/s1600-h/Francis_Bacon_1627_Natural_History.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdnhNUKbRR-Q9oBVDSkC_SKO31vm93WTZrwr6TrE65hlDGJAPZsAvk57iOC1d0N3ksgsm3_VEgZfkIV9PfTPNyK0Y7EXkNLs1ggoIWiMyRNTTBt-zZYECVeejNd_DKYUVJBPnAhi82ME/s200/Francis_Bacon_1627_Natural_History.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440032324556742274" /></a>Francis Bacon - Natural History - 1627<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPk6q4-OtahTNWiWHy2Xrj43wN38Fe1ttogvP0hyt6CJeNpypxeBh9t7taTQZzwYMeSfE6TkB-Z2LM6iyCnOILVJkefmrefBlmtkFHgJmhOmSmuFJpmCV_rGzBayvO6keFYOjdqKnK6qc/s1600-h/euripides_78_greek.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPk6q4-OtahTNWiWHy2Xrj43wN38Fe1ttogvP0hyt6CJeNpypxeBh9t7taTQZzwYMeSfE6TkB-Z2LM6iyCnOILVJkefmrefBlmtkFHgJmhOmSmuFJpmCV_rGzBayvO6keFYOjdqKnK6qc/s200/euripides_78_greek.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440030260808984402" /></a>Euripides Greek 1778 <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qUCQBsCvFhn68-V3AxL8sg9I6UalhbShcAMDE9_vUpyldaptBjlPW_prDFTMTLoVpjp9pLsyFNncvPLiB9e6Yavj7Ro4iDD0rPEWzm5YXFD1pT7Asaq-EHBpCckGlmvSbkFeAEwCPP0/s1600-h/Dell_Opere_1710.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 97px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qUCQBsCvFhn68-V3AxL8sg9I6UalhbShcAMDE9_vUpyldaptBjlPW_prDFTMTLoVpjp9pLsyFNncvPLiB9e6Yavj7Ro4iDD0rPEWzm5YXFD1pT7Asaq-EHBpCckGlmvSbkFeAEwCPP0/s200/Dell_Opere_1710.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440028922802163970" /></a> Dell Opere 1710<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhHvjKbUbwsPYVs_DrDuSC5fH7-0JD0Qlw1tmNR-7D6tTV6Ey4a5ISRWym58jO5od_kTb_SgzOKzkT_WbP7q4pTvLhBg4xAUrJ2QoTebju8szzPD73PhDRTK1EEunPBHCanTW3HPyeJk/s1600-h/erasmus_latinNT.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhHvjKbUbwsPYVs_DrDuSC5fH7-0JD0Qlw1tmNR-7D6tTV6Ey4a5ISRWym58jO5od_kTb_SgzOKzkT_WbP7q4pTvLhBg4xAUrJ2QoTebju8szzPD73PhDRTK1EEunPBHCanTW3HPyeJk/s200/erasmus_latinNT.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440027653794153602" /></a>Erasmus Latin New Testament<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYb88iXs1XY3q0SovIi_VF81dpYzreMm_QlEjxmJXOvapgU34I09IR_TdNbNT-Z8jkKS63wD3xIcK1I6X9Ns4XUVlBr7bdtYxzt5FPioW4KIr4g85JDtb9YlSGPpL7CGUXWa7YQPuzZzc/s1600-h/erasmus_adagia_first_edition_1500.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYb88iXs1XY3q0SovIi_VF81dpYzreMm_QlEjxmJXOvapgU34I09IR_TdNbNT-Z8jkKS63wD3xIcK1I6X9Ns4XUVlBr7bdtYxzt5FPioW4KIr4g85JDtb9YlSGPpL7CGUXWa7YQPuzZzc/s200/erasmus_adagia_first_edition_1500.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440026777371456002" /></a>Erasmus Adagia First Edition 1500Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-37423523983006354902010-02-15T09:31:00.024-05:002010-02-19T19:20:58.610-05:00Various old and ancient booksThese are some ancient books saved to the My Picture file that have not been posted yet. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZAFGw9YJ6cLPZ0Ehpqsp9u3lszqZ3RY0TfsW-V7jo7hQ9z2fwuVaVccleLEaTckrdxptG-uSPuqwTLTlsu8G9wkNPcXmiYFog31EZPb_9yRboI4gYsReTT2diNCU23S3f3hlQDyRylw/s1600-h/defence_of_trade_1615.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 137px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZAFGw9YJ6cLPZ0Ehpqsp9u3lszqZ3RY0TfsW-V7jo7hQ9z2fwuVaVccleLEaTckrdxptG-uSPuqwTLTlsu8G9wkNPcXmiYFog31EZPb_9yRboI4gYsReTT2diNCU23S3f3hlQDyRylw/s200/defence_of_trade_1615.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438501358482815746" /></a>The Defence of Trade 1615 by Dudley Digges<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Digges">Sir Dudley Digges</a> (Digges Court, Barham, Kent, 19 May c. 1583 – 18 March 1639), of Chilham Castle, Kent (which he completed in 1616), was a Member of Parliament, elected to the Parliament of 1614 [1] and that of 1621, and also a "Virginia adventurer," an investor who ventured his capital in the Virginia Company of London. Among the "planters," who emigrated in the 1640s, was Digges's son Edward, who became Governor of Virginia.<br /><br /><br />Dudley Digges published several political and economic works, The Worthiness of Warre and Warriors (1604), The Defence of Trade (1615), Rights and Privileges of the Subject (1642), and, posthumously, The Compleat Ambassador: or Two Treaties of the Intended Marriage of Qu. Elizabeth of Glorious Memory (1655), a notable study of the two French marriage embassies, of Anjou and of Alençon, which revealed in unprecedented fashion the official despatches and correspondence and is a landmark in English historiography.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Qhut5IAGFaYUb12qutv39eaxqpY8buNZNBDVJ_GIwBB-QILdfAtxqkutVy_BaxY9Vo3mxynVwJgnluu96d7SE4Hp-sn24h6TSpIo7w0dnZ6tL7DcUWpXhwWSuHDWgxqycXry3iA_bU4/s1600-h/codex_aureus_large.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 148px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Qhut5IAGFaYUb12qutv39eaxqpY8buNZNBDVJ_GIwBB-QILdfAtxqkutVy_BaxY9Vo3mxynVwJgnluu96d7SE4Hp-sn24h6TSpIo7w0dnZ6tL7DcUWpXhwWSuHDWgxqycXry3iA_bU4/s200/codex_aureus_large.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438498758057657570" /></a>Codex Aureus 8th Century Viking (Note - This is a LARGE FILE)<br /><br />This is a mid-ninth-century inscription, on folio 11 of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Codex_Aureus">Codex Aureus</a> ('Golden Book'), a copy of the Latin Gospels now in Sweden, in the Royal Library at Stockholm (Stockholm, Kungliga Biblioteket, MS A. 135). It records the presentation of the book to the monastic community of Christ Church, Canterbury. The <a href="http://www.soton.ac.uk/~enm/codexau.htm">inscription</a> runs along the top margin, and is continued at the foot of the page.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy9WYgQtd8iGDtet962QKi5iXquNRwq__OD0IvlQD08HGo4Mtyxt7_zmGaAhDP8ja_R_se7b3CCQceEJNEckSur-zRNy2CDrbny6xrn6IHhhJ2aUwk6-Ue-1Ku1_-iosQhwGyuqKnwqlI/s1600-h/Capreolus_Johannes_1483_harvard.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy9WYgQtd8iGDtet962QKi5iXquNRwq__OD0IvlQD08HGo4Mtyxt7_zmGaAhDP8ja_R_se7b3CCQceEJNEckSur-zRNy2CDrbny6xrn6IHhhJ2aUwk6-Ue-1Ku1_-iosQhwGyuqKnwqlI/s200/Capreolus_Johannes_1483_harvard.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438494453448595074" /></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Capreolus">Johannes Capreolus</a><br />Jean Capréolus (also, Joannes or John Capreolus) (born c. 1380 in the diocese of Rodez, France; died in that city 6 April 1444) was a French Dominican theologian and Thomist. He is sometimes known as the Prince of the Thomists. His Four Books of Defenses of the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas sparked a revival in Thomism.<br /><br />Only scanty details of his personal history are known. He was a Dominican affiliated to the province of Toulouse, and a general chapter of his order at Poitiers in 1407 assigned him to lecture on The Sentences in the University of Paris. <br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSNtit3l9hdHLDcLo1-oIFVxuKk5MibGquP0n8nxLVGq9exMpysncn2xrQ51_LNbGZ58xqhLR6FuOoaVY1fWJb37o2D1hRJKjMVr9trStfCTsu1sYe46WuE8ITv_smLzUagaDquMlHTVI/s1600-h/Bartholomaeus_Anglicus.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 136px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSNtit3l9hdHLDcLo1-oIFVxuKk5MibGquP0n8nxLVGq9exMpysncn2xrQ51_LNbGZ58xqhLR6FuOoaVY1fWJb37o2D1hRJKjMVr9trStfCTsu1sYe46WuE8ITv_smLzUagaDquMlHTVI/s200/Bartholomaeus_Anglicus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438489706070278306" /></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomeus_Anglicus">Bartholomaeus Anglicus</a> (Bartholomew of England) (born before 1203–died 1272) was an early 13th-century scholastic scholar of Paris, a member of the Franciscan order. He was the author of On the Properties of Things (De proprietatibus rerum), dated at 1240, an early forerunner of the encyclopedia. Anglicus also held senior positions within the church and was appointed Bishop of Łuków although he wasn't consecrated to that position.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2Dg9sxisb-cKQVXi1Gu6dj3lL4SmaLJfhBNKAPT5QJFUDDyVHJmnn-e97JlJJOnQItvxaFBiDjRcgTllkwyReJrIZ4n1rVCYo3G6XOsdYxOwhss9CoMOVNpWBDwQQBKtn3GWHd5U6hI/s1600-h/angleterre_parliament_1748_large.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 189px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2Dg9sxisb-cKQVXi1Gu6dj3lL4SmaLJfhBNKAPT5QJFUDDyVHJmnn-e97JlJJOnQItvxaFBiDjRcgTllkwyReJrIZ4n1rVCYo3G6XOsdYxOwhss9CoMOVNpWBDwQQBKtn3GWHd5U6hI/s200/angleterre_parliament_1748_large.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438483592741713906" /></a>Angleterre Parliament 1748Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-63719309591955872412010-02-14T22:29:00.007-05:002010-02-14T22:42:47.474-05:00Piers Plowman<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXhkRoM2Ynz9oGKaikdoKOhJth3HYX7b0KwWYkPR7Wngkv_8xEv_EFFBPMP-QB-spvvaqVOWihdPGhDdzlBbDmdCoRU-hfDV3kjzsR9i-4VO2VzUDDk94_h4nunzQIFc7Dn9eJbib3ig/s1600-h/Piers_plowman_drolleries_1380.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXhkRoM2Ynz9oGKaikdoKOhJth3HYX7b0KwWYkPR7Wngkv_8xEv_EFFBPMP-QB-spvvaqVOWihdPGhDdzlBbDmdCoRU-hfDV3kjzsR9i-4VO2VzUDDk94_h4nunzQIFc7Dn9eJbib3ig/s200/Piers_plowman_drolleries_1380.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438307717498509058" /></a><a href="http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/plowman.htm">Piers Plowman</a> (written ca. 1360–1387) or <em>Visio Willelmi de Petro Ploughman</em> (William's Vision of Piers Plowman) is the title of a Middle English allegorical narrative poem by William Langland. It is written in unrhymed alliterative verse divided into sections called "passus" (Latin for "step"). <br /><br />Piers is considered by many critics to be one of the early great works of English literature along with Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight during the Middle Ages.<br /><br /><br /><br />It is commonly accepted that Piers Plowman was written by <a href="http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/langland.htm">William Langland</a>, about whom little is known. This attribution of the poem to Langland rests principally on the evidence of an early-fifteenth-century manuscript of the C-text (see below) of Piers held at Trinity College, Dublin (MS 212), which ascribes the work to one 'Willielmus de Langlond'.<br /><br />However a new theory about the authorship has been put forward. That the author of Piers Plowman was actually the Bishop of Exeter in Devon - by the name of <a href="http://www.piersplowman.com/piersplowman_book.htm">John Grandisson</a> (1328-1369). <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grandisson">John Grandisson</a> also founded <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_School_(Ottery_St._Mary)">The Kings School</a> in a town not far from Exeter called Ottery St Mary.Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-11829108448297984662010-02-12T10:19:00.012-05:002010-02-12T10:30:10.480-05:00The Bay Psalm Book<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9Kj2cAUEu_rLWbC2BrVe4sAijUgcMcrIDCC06P_lR2-9IzMgZRhLvyuyhyphenhyphenhmACdwUoccBvqNLGRM2LMPgY-X3Qz-VG_sWvjbBBWlmPhTedd38QM8yAPJAawnstqNpgNVA04P9pvJM2E/s1600-h/Bay_Psalm_Book_Steven_Day_1640.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9Kj2cAUEu_rLWbC2BrVe4sAijUgcMcrIDCC06P_lR2-9IzMgZRhLvyuyhyphenhyphenhmACdwUoccBvqNLGRM2LMPgY-X3Qz-VG_sWvjbBBWlmPhTedd38QM8yAPJAawnstqNpgNVA04P9pvJM2E/s200/Bay_Psalm_Book_Steven_Day_1640.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437377408920091058" /></a>The Bay Psalm Book <br />First Book ever to be printed in the United States of America<br />Published by Stephen Day<br />Cambridge Massachusetts 1640<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The oldest surviving book printed in what became the United States is, as is widely known, The Whole Booke of Psalmes, a.k.a the Bay Psalm Book. Eleven copies of it are known to exist. People get excited about it; they want to come and see it. It's American. It's really old, it's historic and it's part of America's history. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucw9W4BwtrLnsJtVjHeN99c7VCgfkqo2nfSNkkA213MzHwkhIqg57DEGdVb-kVZ0slqfgRbvSpLYZw7lXgBnO5AJbVlUXgd6354-TsLqb2jz4VYHHUrJ8O0JQC1E9zOaHE1UaYQHuptU/s1600-h/bay_psalms_book2_steven_day_1640.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 185px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucw9W4BwtrLnsJtVjHeN99c7VCgfkqo2nfSNkkA213MzHwkhIqg57DEGdVb-kVZ0slqfgRbvSpLYZw7lXgBnO5AJbVlUXgd6354-TsLqb2jz4VYHHUrJ8O0JQC1E9zOaHE1UaYQHuptU/s200/bay_psalms_book2_steven_day_1640.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437377235361562594" /></a>Bay Psalm Book - showing Psalms<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicXWxl0_OrDcU7qRQDEveKEby7AYD8fYl5i9pRQR_grsXuIpVUpUs7wozUHq15YFgzJkhnLt_s7t4CyJJgqih9Nob9xC4a501HwebwHyqzcRPOgW3ukn34kzS4KN3XChbx7GMH9sxF90I/s1600-h/beaumont_fletcher_comedies_tragedies_1652.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicXWxl0_OrDcU7qRQDEveKEby7AYD8fYl5i9pRQR_grsXuIpVUpUs7wozUHq15YFgzJkhnLt_s7t4CyJJgqih9Nob9xC4a501HwebwHyqzcRPOgW3ukn34kzS4KN3XChbx7GMH9sxF90I/s200/beaumont_fletcher_comedies_tragedies_1652.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437376967233457714" /></a> Comedies and Tragedies of Beaumont and Fletcher<br />Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher<br />Never Printed Before<br />London 1647Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-85500050373776590032010-02-10T10:49:00.014-05:002010-02-15T10:06:24.365-05:00After a long break.....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFwOO8Ojnj30GYG3b1Ovfj6N1kAfkbpO6bghmgkBb_t4O1wiBXSMFkBS5KMrj5DGd8CPW2pkBngV4DDPaFCxQ_GOrcaXGRY3Zwj-FEAYVDMEGE9djKFunCIskHeQERBsX0mloiQz0WMI/s1600-h/Embassy_to_China_1673.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436652189464526978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 148px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFwOO8Ojnj30GYG3b1Ovfj6N1kAfkbpO6bghmgkBb_t4O1wiBXSMFkBS5KMrj5DGd8CPW2pkBngV4DDPaFCxQ_GOrcaXGRY3Zwj-FEAYVDMEGE9djKFunCIskHeQERBsX0mloiQz0WMI/s200/Embassy_to_China_1673.jpg" border="0" /></a>Nieuhoff, Johannes. 1763<br />An <span style="color:#cc0000;">EMBASSY</span> from the East-India Company of the <span style="color:#cc0000;">UNITED PROVINCES</span>, to the Grand Tartar Cham emperor of <span style="color:#cc0000;">CHINA</span>, deliver'd by their Excellencies Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at His Imperial City of <span style="color:#cc0000;">PEKING</span>. Wherein the cities, towns, villages, ports, rivers, &c. in their passages from <span style="color:#cc0000;">CANTON</span> to <span style="color:#cc0000;">PEKING</span>, are ingeniously describ'd, by <span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="color:#000000;">Mr.</span> John Nieuhoff</span>, steward to the <span style="color:#cc0000;">AMBASSADORS</span>.<br /><br /><br />Also an epistle of Father <span style="color:#cc0000;">John Adams</span> their autagonist, concerning the whole Negotiations. With an appendix of several remarks taken out of Father <span style="color:#cc0000;">Athanasius Kircher</span>, English'd, and set forth with their several Scolptures, By <span style="color:#cc0000;">John Ogilby</span> Esq. His Majesties cartographer, geographical printer and maker of the rolls in the <span style="color:#cc0000;">Kingdom of Ireland</span>. The second edition. London. 1673.<br /><br />Folio, 431 p. (28x42 cm.) 2 page map of China, 2 page plan of Canton, 46 engr. plates<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwSyNof5Hn2Iy2UhR-ks5no80N6kxzuSn2tXe6FFWUcdtcJaLYbQvZaF2Jgv2zL_eBSqfHBNY-xNAqiycNQcmhyphenhyphen_p5UM5YxwOj3YURUgREuoCkSMSLSM3UnprtZzNEN51n88jSijiZe4/s1600-h/Letters_to_A_Married_Woman_1792.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436651310770465362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwSyNof5Hn2Iy2UhR-ks5no80N6kxzuSn2tXe6FFWUcdtcJaLYbQvZaF2Jgv2zL_eBSqfHBNY-xNAqiycNQcmhyphenhyphen_p5UM5YxwOj3YURUgREuoCkSMSLSM3UnprtZzNEN51n88jSijiZe4/s200/Letters_to_A_Married_Woman_1792.jpg" border="0" /></a>Letters to a Married Woman 1792<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOfNpSmZCyYkm8q7BRPzfJlPhWUrEHgPvu49DRRRSBqx3FbkNFElbvmrc5DBYeu1KO8jPXwYB217JLLIKruL9-KbH4BNtY30bP_HU5mbGQYgOzhfpZXn4Ie7D19ycsr2rtMs3uNWy1-M/s1600-h/archaeological_discourses_rowlands_anglesey_1722.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436643070703937698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOfNpSmZCyYkm8q7BRPzfJlPhWUrEHgPvu49DRRRSBqx3FbkNFElbvmrc5DBYeu1KO8jPXwYB217JLLIKruL9-KbH4BNtY30bP_HU5mbGQYgOzhfpZXn4Ie7D19ycsr2rtMs3uNWy1-M/s200/archaeological_discourses_rowlands_anglesey_1722.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="color:#cc0000;">Mona Antiqua Restaurata<br /></span><br />An Archaeological Discourse on the <span style="color:#cc0000;">ANTIQUITIES</span>, Natural and Historical, of the <span style="color:#cc0000;">ISLE </span>of <span style="color:#cc0000;">ANGLESEY</span>. The Ancient Seat of the <span style="color:#cc0000;">British Druids</span>.<br /><br />In Two Essays.<br /><br />With an <span style="color:#cc0000;">APPENDIX</span> containing a Comparative Table of ?? words and Derivatives of them in several tongues of Europe with remarks upon them.<br /><br /><br /><br />Together with some <span style="color:#cc0000;">LETTERS</span> and Three <span style="color:#cc0000;">CATALOGUES</span> added thereunso<br /><br />1 Of the <span style="color:#cc0000;">Members of Parliament</span> from the County of Anglesey<br />2 Of the <span style="color:#cc0000;">High Sheriffs</span> and<br />3 Of the <span style="color:#cc0000;">Beneficed Clergy</span> thereof<br /><br />By <span style="color:#cc0000;">HENRY ROWLANDS</span> vicar of Llanjdam in the Isle of Anglesey.<br /><br />DUBLIN<br />Printed by <span style="color:#cc0000;">AARON M??</span> for <span style="color:#cc0000;">ROBERT OWEN</span> Bookseller in ??<br />MDCCXXll (1722)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cymricbooks.co.uk/about.htm">SOURCE</a>Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-16609918991107292122008-12-10T11:26:00.006-05:002012-07-24T17:10:11.818-05:00The Gutenberg PressIn this revealing documentary, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry">Stephen Fry</a> investigates the story of one of the most important machines ever invented - the Gutenberg Press.<br />
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The printing press was the world's first mass-production machine. Its invention in the 1450s changed the world as dramatically as splitting the atom or sending men into space, sparking a cultural revolution that shaped the modern age. It is the machine that made us who we are today.<br />
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Stephen's investigation combines historical detective work and a hands-on challenge. He travels to France and Germany on the trail of Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing press and early media entrepreneur. Along the way he discovers the lengths Gutenberg went to keep his project secret, explores the role of avaricious investors and unscrupulous competitors, and discovers why printing mattered so much in medieval Europe.<br />
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But to really understand the man and his machine, Stephen gets his hands dirty - assembling a team of craftsmen and helping them build a working replica of Gutenberg's original press. He learns how to make paper the 15th-century way and works as an apprentice in a metal foundry in preparation for the experiment to put the replica press through its paces. Can Stephen's modern-day team match the achievement of Gutenberg's medieval craftsmen?<br />
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UNFORTUNATELY - In 2012 I discovered that this entire documentary has been removed from Youtube - probably for Copyright Infringement.<br />
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A very great pity - it was a wonderful documentary!!! <br />
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9 minutesFrancesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-23319925152265636302008-09-03T18:13:00.013-05:002008-09-03T18:59:00.443-05:00Philadephia Rare Books & ManuscriptsI have heard and seen various mentions of the <a href="http://www.prbm.com/interest/i.htm?lit-a-b.shtml~main">Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscript Company</a>. But I have never seen their website - until today. WOW. They have tons of old and rare books. <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqPpVLImPY8n3APGXgDcgsuoYLtoJws-3qtnAkWBv_F6MicmE7WDskYkcXlWZ_fz0eXO-iHmtE25lnIyupUNanfl7pUxHJ1coODuhbwdO8g0Ln-UOwMRExkRFc805myOspvOS8LMRiBQ/s1600-h/samuel_johnson_1773_dictionary.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqPpVLImPY8n3APGXgDcgsuoYLtoJws-3qtnAkWBv_F6MicmE7WDskYkcXlWZ_fz0eXO-iHmtE25lnIyupUNanfl7pUxHJ1coODuhbwdO8g0Ln-UOwMRExkRFc805myOspvOS8LMRiBQ/s200/samuel_johnson_1773_dictionary.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241945878241392802" /></a>Samuel Johnson's Dictionary Published in 1773.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhqVT_YpJqTLcc8lvyD0O9tF0dvZiioy1g-yXrbLkD4p6SjPeD0NSXPckIDEmTeo2r_QVuI_VcmXe-ewz7qtpKHByaKluTM_p1PUK3pwzzAGZj0soxDU5WZIvYtJ4cfUhYYZMrCEnrVMI/s1600-h/samuel_johnson_1773_dictionary_detail.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhqVT_YpJqTLcc8lvyD0O9tF0dvZiioy1g-yXrbLkD4p6SjPeD0NSXPckIDEmTeo2r_QVuI_VcmXe-ewz7qtpKHByaKluTM_p1PUK3pwzzAGZj0soxDU5WZIvYtJ4cfUhYYZMrCEnrVMI/s200/samuel_johnson_1773_dictionary_detail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241946060732333794" /></a>Introduction to the Dictionary as written by Samuel Johnson in 1773<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6ijuwhZ48IjhD2l6GSga8747Iw5chLXbjge2MqxGzx7xBAoIQX0LDKJh5wgOvWzw4cZK1qt91_sCsvBYmRW3b7EGs9fjSwMic13-tq1KKRSwXtnHE-Ujs0mrcOHa6RzhF_fOwMTDzwg/s1600-h/samuel_johnson_1786_dictionary_8th_edition.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6ijuwhZ48IjhD2l6GSga8747Iw5chLXbjge2MqxGzx7xBAoIQX0LDKJh5wgOvWzw4cZK1qt91_sCsvBYmRW3b7EGs9fjSwMic13-tq1KKRSwXtnHE-Ujs0mrcOHa6RzhF_fOwMTDzwg/s200/samuel_johnson_1786_dictionary_8th_edition.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241947428893946754" /></a>Samuel Johnson's Dictionary - Published in 1786 - 8th edition<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiudEGxj3xBBCrVgzelu1PDjd3t94Vplxx6NwbRe75FPnhaJbs7CxgZ2a1d1YuA6CJzPxCysR2e0uQhc01XbQZB0uca-jeFw3z8Jg9g_4tNKNdB7RhEPNgNF8YCzPUSc0eupVpuOgLf9Jg/s1600-h/defoe_1790_robinson_crusoe.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiudEGxj3xBBCrVgzelu1PDjd3t94Vplxx6NwbRe75FPnhaJbs7CxgZ2a1d1YuA6CJzPxCysR2e0uQhc01XbQZB0uca-jeFw3z8Jg9g_4tNKNdB7RhEPNgNF8YCzPUSc0eupVpuOgLf9Jg/s200/defoe_1790_robinson_crusoe.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241945560140661170" /></a>Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe - Published 1790<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5_cDoBVDSidFFBw53P1HRhHCajAjxlOrNkTyOj4WBX9N4BImF8_qAETLITTyEOVSGRwfm5C50YxZaTrILNVn6_IxkBMb_zULMTlVpXH38VslhY-WjWMh9Rz6kY1EF7B8lO46DVy28yM/s1600-h/leigh_hunt_1801_poems.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5_cDoBVDSidFFBw53P1HRhHCajAjxlOrNkTyOj4WBX9N4BImF8_qAETLITTyEOVSGRwfm5C50YxZaTrILNVn6_IxkBMb_zULMTlVpXH38VslhY-WjWMh9Rz6kY1EF7B8lO46DVy28yM/s200/leigh_hunt_1801_poems.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241945088407435410" /></a>Not forgetting Leigh Hunt... <br />An author requested by Helene Hanff from 84 Charing Cross Road. <br />published 1801<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMoDUGV_l4lo6FA38Le4xM6EHC8tf5xhjVQaXepjjPdJUSKxFe8gSS189G4vcgObRMP-XAHmiOlmmVfLyJx0Fxso-8Zkpmwe1qnTm6-Qigb6RVJWmsEBc3yE4woCqRxZtENMfJum7LHw/s1600-h/aristophanes_1783.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMoDUGV_l4lo6FA38Le4xM6EHC8tf5xhjVQaXepjjPdJUSKxFe8gSS189G4vcgObRMP-XAHmiOlmmVfLyJx0Fxso-8Zkpmwe1qnTm6-Qigb6RVJWmsEBc3yE4woCqRxZtENMfJum7LHw/s200/aristophanes_1783.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241944457782930658" /></a>Aristophanes Published in 1783Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-32818147859642192662008-01-13T21:50:00.000-05:002008-12-12T00:18:56.944-05:00Vaulted Treasures of the University of VirginiaI found a whole website with LOTS and LOTS of pictures of old and rare MEDICAL books and title pages. <br /><a href="http://historical.hsl.virginia.edu/treasures/index.html"><strong>Vaulted Treasures</strong></a>. <br /><br />Here are some of my favourites.<br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPgWjCKl2RWwJj2w_h_j29l9_8wM4XMz_PwOfi-Gm0w84pypj-C3TjIVrMl-nSsToXA4d79je_LuFYIA8Q99Gn8Su7Bju4rfp2ll4_sjdtdheDG7dSGqgHrYtTpADvF6BurDXx_H2_OiY/s1600-h/galen1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPgWjCKl2RWwJj2w_h_j29l9_8wM4XMz_PwOfi-Gm0w84pypj-C3TjIVrMl-nSsToXA4d79je_LuFYIA8Q99Gn8Su7Bju4rfp2ll4_sjdtdheDG7dSGqgHrYtTpADvF6BurDXx_H2_OiY/s200/galen1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155162922191050994" /></a><br />Galen, …De naturalibus facultatibus libri tres. 1537<br /><br /><a href="http://historical.hsl.virginia.edu/treasures/galen.html">Galen Page</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAm9KHCAsbze3NAMvY4VFFK7oqOv_ai8rakRY3D4o7RnIW-RxGnZp0VvfMoydW8aLPaMtudUDwHL0yRXHS8Hh0gYBPUTzgk-qWaZYY7Oaq3t8NkVfY5-ZON9MFexT22BfPii_iclDSBrA/s1600-h/galen2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAm9KHCAsbze3NAMvY4VFFK7oqOv_ai8rakRY3D4o7RnIW-RxGnZp0VvfMoydW8aLPaMtudUDwHL0yRXHS8Hh0gYBPUTzgk-qWaZYY7Oaq3t8NkVfY5-ZON9MFexT22BfPii_iclDSBrA/s200/galen2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155163910033529090" /></a><br />Galen, In aphorismos Hippocratis commentarii septem… 1554<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggeMDqLqZg77apxZv5E9JFXgNl_i3r8kptfr5GI0uMNDZr_3J-r5YC74HlZu9kHzBAHMqXPkn8bhaEbP2Bi7W5Ueyu352EHLcDXoRpL343D7vseChlfzzIW3fbWAmsAKp9M1PXjT4oYZk/s1600-h/avicenna1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggeMDqLqZg77apxZv5E9JFXgNl_i3r8kptfr5GI0uMNDZr_3J-r5YC74HlZu9kHzBAHMqXPkn8bhaEbP2Bi7W5Ueyu352EHLcDXoRpL343D7vseChlfzzIW3fbWAmsAKp9M1PXjT4oYZk/s200/avicenna1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155167066834491666" /></a><br />Liber canonis medicine. [Venetiis: In edibus Luce Antonii Junta, 1527.]<br /><br /><a href="http://historical.hsl.virginia.edu/treasures/avicenna.html">Avicenna Page</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWhnbctduL6BUdeYJTNBNwOa_lHdaF0y5U53o6QlB98XsGiMeNh9L-pu6QutcL7zPuwkTiM09h2gdo9nUW59Yfn72TyTUtoIDUq2GDkTGqxWmAr8oR4xRqp71OAabRFhQ3Xa2qJQcTAPA/s1600-h/hippocrates1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWhnbctduL6BUdeYJTNBNwOa_lHdaF0y5U53o6QlB98XsGiMeNh9L-pu6QutcL7zPuwkTiM09h2gdo9nUW59Yfn72TyTUtoIDUq2GDkTGqxWmAr8oR4xRqp71OAabRFhQ3Xa2qJQcTAPA/s200/hippocrates1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155167590820501794" /></a><br />Hippocratis coi medicorum omnium longe principis, opera quae apud nos extant omnia. Lugduni: Apud Ant. Vincentium, 1555.<br /><br /><a href="http://historical.hsl.virginia.edu/treasures/hippocrates.html">Hippocrates page</a>Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-15881628807126357552007-12-29T17:39:00.000-05:002008-12-12T00:18:57.156-05:00Life and Works of Confucius<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_-sMAxmkouSuAYrbSD6m1f92kvXXa-Pv-odK_p9i5KRQDymFJV9xTXXyvJeW3PtRrVig7ieCJxZIqiPyYdLuSXqB0HsBOnzoogXuytUo6-jAckkM4snJJ9vjl2cENXmHPE3U7n6lkx4/s1600-h/LifeAndWorksOfConfucius1687.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_-sMAxmkouSuAYrbSD6m1f92kvXXa-Pv-odK_p9i5KRQDymFJV9xTXXyvJeW3PtRrVig7ieCJxZIqiPyYdLuSXqB0HsBOnzoogXuytUo6-jAckkM4snJJ9vjl2cENXmHPE3U7n6lkx4/s200/LifeAndWorksOfConfucius1687.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149528685307910226" /></a><br /><br />VERY LARGE FILE<br />Life and Works of Confucius<br />by Prospero Intorcetta, 1687<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism">Deism - Wikipedia</a><br />see The Discovery of Diversity ChapterFrancesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-38164762133883407232007-12-05T18:16:00.000-05:002008-12-12T00:18:57.493-05:00Codex Gigas or The Devil's Bible<a href="http://www.nkp.cz/files/codex_gigas_en.pdf">Codex Gigas</a> (PDF)<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Gigas">Codex Gigas</a> (Wikipedia)<br /><br />Mon Sep 24, 2007<br /><a href="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070924/koddities/devil_s_bible">CBC - Return of the Devils Bible to Prague draws crowds</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZT9aT1Qd5rMK8F220nqEyrB1L1SxJ_cWicdB-RtqCHFoO_6ACYLdvGFJkOY75jfO3GCpLBhoiwl8oa4BaklNxzzoT9vQKtNvyx_5KyqI2TCqmQdT6idlapSDv1F5_ZGdOmRzs9wiA4-8/s1600-h/Codex_Gigas_devil.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZT9aT1Qd5rMK8F220nqEyrB1L1SxJ_cWicdB-RtqCHFoO_6ACYLdvGFJkOY75jfO3GCpLBhoiwl8oa4BaklNxzzoT9vQKtNvyx_5KyqI2TCqmQdT6idlapSDv1F5_ZGdOmRzs9wiA4-8/s200/Codex_Gigas_devil.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140634191168413890" /></a>PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Codex Gigas, also known as the Devil's Bible - a medieval manuscript said to have been written 800 years ago with the devil's help - has returned to Prague after an absence of 359 years. And Czechs were eager to see it, officials said. <br /><br />The priceless piece, considered the biggest medieval book, was taken from the Prague Castle by Swedish troops at the end of the Thirty Years' War in 1648. It is in Prague on loan from Sweden's Royal Library in Stockholm. It was put on display last week under high security at the Czech National Library. <br /><br /><br /><br />Its return to Prague for the exhibition, which runs through Jan. 6, was made possible after years of negotiations between Czech and Swedish diplomats, National Library spokeswoman Katerina Novakova said. <br /><br />"We expected big interest from the public," Novakova said. "Now, we are 100 per cent full." <br /><br />Only 60 people an hour can enter an air-conditioned room in the library's medieval complex for a 10-minute look at the manuscript, which is inside a specially designed, unbreakable case, she said. <br /><br />According to myth, a Benedictine monk promised to write the book overnight to atone for his sins. When he realized the task was impossible, he asked the devil for help. The page with the illustration of the devil is the one visitors see. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkIN4cT-l6XqJUr1HbrSi8dFUuxfIGJNMYQJGXDKzBOdliGCxtbfd42snEiAm-gRG6LKEPiG4xb0INp9gXNwSi_jfd-rxc27Guf8eduK_lp1e1SKVN1Wr6HtP3elcwV8u7r5jakPzqhQ/s1600-h/Codex_Gigas_Sapientia.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkIN4cT-l6XqJUr1HbrSi8dFUuxfIGJNMYQJGXDKzBOdliGCxtbfd42snEiAm-gRG6LKEPiG4xb0INp9gXNwSi_jfd-rxc27Guf8eduK_lp1e1SKVN1Wr6HtP3elcwV8u7r5jakPzqhQ/s200/Codex_Gigas_Sapientia.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140636080954024146" /></a>The manuscript was likely written by one monk from the Benedictine monastery in Podlazice located some 100 kilometres east of Prague sometime at the beginning of the 13th century, said Zdenek Uhlir, a specialist on medieval manuscripts at the National Library. <br /><br />It contains "a sum of the Benedictine order's knowledge" of the time, including the Old and New Testament, "The War of the Jews" by the first-century historian Josephus Flavius, a list of saints, or a guideline how to determine the date of Easter, Uhlir said. <br /><br /><br />"I would estimate it took him between 10 and 12 years to write," he said about the piece, which weighs 75 kilograms. Originally, it had 640 pages, of which 624 survived in relatively good condition, he said. <br /><br />The book was transported to the Czech Republic in a military plane. Authorities would not give any details about security measures adopted at the library. It has previously been displayed in New York and Berlin.Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-39259875519022893202007-05-25T19:22:00.000-05:002008-12-12T00:18:57.699-05:00Latin Bible - Genesis through Ruth 1550<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZkVju7l4SZlkgGCFtBb8woXHYlW7KcjVc1zvkfd61uGy7EmG6F1hT0fVVxcY9F_7KKBESELmYL5aPUk_U9hTBpKjDE1TRh1gXiysni55tZJNDCj6XW4auLA9NIG7lyQNS34hVEzarSE/s1600-h/Biblia_Graeca_Latina.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068658521359550466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZkVju7l4SZlkgGCFtBb8woXHYlW7KcjVc1zvkfd61uGy7EmG6F1hT0fVVxcY9F_7KKBESELmYL5aPUk_U9hTBpKjDE1TRh1gXiysni55tZJNDCj6XW4auLA9NIG7lyQNS34hVEzarSE/s320/Biblia_Graeca_Latina.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Biblia Graeca et Latina. 1550.<br />By Nicholas Brülinger, in Basel, Switzerland.<br />Not a complete Bible.<br />As issued, this volume contains only the books of Genesis through Ruth.<br /><br />Source - <a href="http://home.uchicago.edu/~trwier/antiquebooks.html">A Student with an Antiquarian Taste in Books</a>Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-10327394152170943782007-05-13T08:12:00.000-05:002008-12-12T00:18:58.057-05:00The Psymon Bindery<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIXCO1fEEByHDfbZQoW_moSeh8Jp8rc5VMmHMbWLEB5cVE3oTRMC40WFh70JpgATmpbzT_2gmtN7fWA9SYKFOq2H43gE9b9oqsprfCMOWUrqEPHsRa2aBjIusaoUcSFq5r5RL7knUAtuM/s1600-h/chirurgery3.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064046902713664130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIXCO1fEEByHDfbZQoW_moSeh8Jp8rc5VMmHMbWLEB5cVE3oTRMC40WFh70JpgATmpbzT_2gmtN7fWA9SYKFOq2H43gE9b9oqsprfCMOWUrqEPHsRa2aBjIusaoUcSFq5r5RL7knUAtuM/s320/chirurgery3.gif" border="0" /></a><br />An Explanation of the Fashion and use of three and fifty Instruments of Chirurgery by Ambrosius Pareus<br />London Printed for Michael Sparke 1631<br /><br />Source - <a href="http://www.psymon.com/">Psymon Bindery</a>. This is quite simply the most breathtaking website with an Antiquarian Books theme that I have ever seen.<br /><br />Here is the <a href="http://www.psymon.com/incunabula/index.html">Incunabula section</a>. If you click on the <strong>Curiosities</strong>, you will see an entire page of Antiquarian Title pages such as those I find for this blog. The Chirurgery book shown at left can be found in this section. The <strong>Masterpieces</strong> and the <strong>Milestones</strong> sections are also packed full of interesting Title Pages.<br /><br />I wish I could have designed a website as gorgeous as this one<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lLEU-V9oDKwEnbfN6n5M53GCIL7k3yBJQa4bBRAehSf9ptl6xN3LB8EMbuUijJR-VCcatsg_yy6AD-Lj8Yzcw19Q1N8xzA4HusM43tc9DGFZl9inXpoCHX4tc3vq6NkHLISfp5BWSH0/s1600-h/chirurgery2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064032570407797346" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lLEU-V9oDKwEnbfN6n5M53GCIL7k3yBJQa4bBRAehSf9ptl6xN3LB8EMbuUijJR-VCcatsg_yy6AD-Lj8Yzcw19Q1N8xzA4HusM43tc9DGFZl9inXpoCHX4tc3vq6NkHLISfp5BWSH0/s320/chirurgery2.jpg" border="0" /></a> Author: James A. Cooke of Warwick.<br />Title: Mellificium Chirurgiae; or, The marrow of Chirurgery, With the anatomy of human bodies according to the most modern anatomists, illustrated with many anatomical observations, Institutions of physick, with Hippocrates's aphorisms…(and so on).<br />Published - London: Joshua Phillips, 1700.<br /><br />Source - <a href="http://www.arslibri.ca/restoration/">The Marrow of Chirurgery - Before and After Restoration</a><br /><br />The practice of Chirurgery is an early form of medicine, midwifery, dentistry and surgery, especially battle surgery. It was practiced primarily by men in Europe during the middle ages and in the new colonies of America. It may have been the reason for women being prosecuted as witches because they followed the old skills of midwifery and herbal folklore.Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-20529017906128172242007-05-13T07:39:00.000-05:002008-12-12T00:18:58.623-05:00Old Books from the Netherlands<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZT4K7JDMkqq5I79RYNLBhn8q8_bJcZ_8HswRCPvuwyNxJqQy61ZGCdA3lIR-DcswFLU9ZCWbtqJFJq0WqGd0RhXx3tLlJmLFerhM1-uHKoSrw2WNoNZWjwkwYDWQ8GFEI4cJ7ByOw-Qo/s1600-h/flavius_josephus_dutch.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064025835899077202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZT4K7JDMkqq5I79RYNLBhn8q8_bJcZ_8HswRCPvuwyNxJqQy61ZGCdA3lIR-DcswFLU9ZCWbtqJFJq0WqGd0RhXx3tLlJmLFerhM1-uHKoSrw2WNoNZWjwkwYDWQ8GFEI4cJ7ByOw-Qo/s320/flavius_josephus_dutch.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The Works of Flavius Josephus in Dutch.<br /><br />Josephus Flavius Opera omnia, <br />Pieter Mortier (1661-1711) Editor, <br />Amsterdam 1704<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgftVmv4-i7dy5ekwiMvdikPYsgvkDdwlm1icrhwcu9ptrdeRhZ1z3iLr3p_F05FfOIF7xJcJzSdvm9Ds0mlZB4yQqTxrM-GbAE58oqmU7Mp_JFRHk2eja0gQ4j3xJyzs2MsSZPht_JnAY/s1600-h/maerlant_dutch_manuscript.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064024096437322306" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgftVmv4-i7dy5ekwiMvdikPYsgvkDdwlm1icrhwcu9ptrdeRhZ1z3iLr3p_F05FfOIF7xJcJzSdvm9Ds0mlZB4yQqTxrM-GbAE58oqmU7Mp_JFRHk2eja0gQ4j3xJyzs2MsSZPht_JnAY/s320/maerlant_dutch_manuscript.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />From Jacob van Maerlants Rijmbijbel (Bible in rhyme) <br />(1271) The golden age of Dutch manuscript painting.<br /><br />One of the most impressive achievements of Dutch manuscript painting is the creation of a continuous cycle of illustrations for the Bible translation known as the Dutch History Bible.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Source - <a href="http://www.euronet.nl/users/warnar/Old_books.html">Collection of Old Books</a>Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-48998760620339049262007-05-11T20:44:00.000-05:002008-12-12T00:18:59.252-05:00And still more interesting Title Pages<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsLO_XloLsd3bnyOnFkOijtjkzqePtSivo3ToH94N_qcihINhonlvJgiXVsPpt676R6eNaQmnoSqpi8XnS5mCN0dvadqzpvZYP2EFUeyjqNwVckQaKwug5ksad6P9lKrvpMmlkzH4pdls/s1600-h/ladies_diary_1751.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063483076586914338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsLO_XloLsd3bnyOnFkOijtjkzqePtSivo3ToH94N_qcihINhonlvJgiXVsPpt676R6eNaQmnoSqpi8XnS5mCN0dvadqzpvZYP2EFUeyjqNwVckQaKwug5ksad6P9lKrvpMmlkzH4pdls/s320/ladies_diary_1751.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Ladies Diary or Woman's Almanack 1751<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FhkF9IsfJZWqW1se8HwKMz30bVCzLk5L87ME5p3Sy0KFn5XJYnHIR9oxp_yfSviKlpFc3ZAkfkVj8G7HypgziTFEC1dLLEnIEv0NMLPL46ocT9PWWddj37VJoNVKaYhasRqjuRsBI3U/s1600-h/john_cary_great_roads+_england_wales_1798.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063482934852993554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FhkF9IsfJZWqW1se8HwKMz30bVCzLk5L87ME5p3Sy0KFn5XJYnHIR9oxp_yfSviKlpFc3ZAkfkVj8G7HypgziTFEC1dLLEnIEv0NMLPL46ocT9PWWddj37VJoNVKaYhasRqjuRsBI3U/s320/john_cary_great_roads+_england_wales_1798.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />John Cary<br /><br />Great Roads Map Of England and Wales<br /><br />Published in 1798<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievyEz42xeitey5_NTEsCJxWEKDG-fr0RWQxt80u6pklU3QbrNQNRQJZcTXX169KDA9bezAiB127GWusxdO5CGjmyrBxp1LVAOM1rZhyphenhyphenWUjTUnvgVNdvw4a-9E6j_e7KsGaS3_NHWg5aE/s1600-h/masaniello.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063482617025413634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievyEz42xeitey5_NTEsCJxWEKDG-fr0RWQxt80u6pklU3QbrNQNRQJZcTXX169KDA9bezAiB127GWusxdO5CGjmyrBxp1LVAOM1rZhyphenhyphenWUjTUnvgVNdvw4a-9E6j_e7KsGaS3_NHWg5aE/s320/masaniello.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The History of the Rise and Fall of Masaniello<br />The Fisherman of Naples<br /><br />By T Midon<br /><br />Published in London 1729<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichkeYTkhHgDRyP96PfdUiefFHUDq8TFtzcHcvPh29WRowqLQtLjnPVDcJzGouw2K8PcJZDqauHzbLemRKEMUwmyAZcvWOqf18lM6fGVJMIIhQ4KtiQJHap2QYobIG3Wh-4tBw5YjOioM/s1600-h/historia_carlo_denina_crete_univ.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063482187528684018" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichkeYTkhHgDRyP96PfdUiefFHUDq8TFtzcHcvPh29WRowqLQtLjnPVDcJzGouw2K8PcJZDqauHzbLemRKEMUwmyAZcvWOqf18lM6fGVJMIIhQ4KtiQJHap2QYobIG3Wh-4tBw5YjOioM/s320/historia_carlo_denina_crete_univ.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Historia<br /><br />By Carlo Denina of Crete University<br /><br />Published in Venice 1784Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-34235209913185431232007-05-11T20:23:00.000-05:002008-12-12T00:19:00.349-05:00Thomas Paine advocated the removal of the Monarchy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7q284S8cwOeiVYU3_WDOAwNZOdETrqnjEpfCQujRhkASxh3y28V2rTG2j-3jTg3wPdwebnIyadKZDm9BI8OFh1Sl3eMqu2J76Vg1teLfumwCCCbnBcx2bapy-Cpas-oXAVWlx3Lljo00/s1600-h/Gentlemans_Calling_1660.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063482007140057570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7q284S8cwOeiVYU3_WDOAwNZOdETrqnjEpfCQujRhkASxh3y28V2rTG2j-3jTg3wPdwebnIyadKZDm9BI8OFh1Sl3eMqu2J76Vg1teLfumwCCCbnBcx2bapy-Cpas-oXAVWlx3Lljo00/s320/Gentlemans_Calling_1660.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The Gentlemans Calling<br /><br />1660<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKhirNukKxhuAcho3elw22eQV2Hovc4xz-hkL28SZQJ8nxwgwuqRWnPuq0ca4NRyfEdv2JyqI4jH2QdzS1NKBPUwRkK0s7pDW42fPwkmzphwtyevCmR40t99rBySeh87Tf6Dr91SW6n8/s1600-h/Bible_Tournes.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063481607708099026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKhirNukKxhuAcho3elw22eQV2Hovc4xz-hkL28SZQJ8nxwgwuqRWnPuq0ca4NRyfEdv2JyqI4jH2QdzS1NKBPUwRkK0s7pDW42fPwkmzphwtyevCmR40t99rBySeh87Tf6Dr91SW6n8/s320/Bible_Tournes.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.lyon.fr/vdl/sections/fr/arrondissements/2arrdt/culture/musees/musee_imprimerie_2">This version was printed in 1559</a><br /><br />But a <a href="http://www.studiolo.org/BSProject/BIBLE/pages/342-08.htm">1561 printing</a> has the following details<br />Bernard Salomon OT images<br />Quadrins historiques<br />La Sainte Bible, A Lyon, Par Jean de Tournes. 1561<br />Not in Cartier<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_fRk_n3o7JhXGiAnDuJzpmQWDPheZ12uOC4uakz5nsfOTsDXERzBnu5wVviV0t54nqN-fs1nPnk21U2jXxeR53-Ul4VCLY7DNR_abkxJ2L7odHh6S09KuCZV4FFM1MUmYGFdZrRlj2dg/s1600-h/fingal_epic_1762.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063480903333462466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_fRk_n3o7JhXGiAnDuJzpmQWDPheZ12uOC4uakz5nsfOTsDXERzBnu5wVviV0t54nqN-fs1nPnk21U2jXxeR53-Ul4VCLY7DNR_abkxJ2L7odHh6S09KuCZV4FFM1MUmYGFdZrRlj2dg/s320/fingal_epic_1762.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Fingal Epic by James MacPherson<br />Published in London 1762<br />The Ossian Poems were claimed by MacPherson to be stories from the 3rd century, but actually MacPherson wrote these epics himself.<br />1758 The Highlander<br />1762 Fingal: an Ancient Epic Poem in Six Books<br />1763 Temora, an Epic Poem, in Eight Books<br /><a href="http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/forgery/ossian.htm">MacPherson</a><br /><a href="http://solomonspalding.com/SRP/Ossian/MacPidx0.htm">The Ossian Poems Online</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTNsDMNnM2VMox1O66kubWaLfzbT-NSEidgXwwfg1vvZyzW5foRwup0lQiH9SW6JLFDLaE3FL02gUoMqY3gTcen4PhSMtGdORJwlcXcE2r1YJNbtKu4mHtxhTJhexSttsezEgwfHhZJU/s1600-h/common_sense_thomas_paine.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063480168894054834" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTNsDMNnM2VMox1O66kubWaLfzbT-NSEidgXwwfg1vvZyzW5foRwup0lQiH9SW6JLFDLaE3FL02gUoMqY3gTcen4PhSMtGdORJwlcXcE2r1YJNbtKu4mHtxhTJhexSttsezEgwfHhZJU/s320/common_sense_thomas_paine.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Common Sense by Thomas Paine<br /><br />Published in London in 1776<br /><br />Published in 1776, <a href="http://www.ushistory.org/paine/commonsense/singlehtml.htm">Common Sense</a> challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. The plain language that Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqa_M7BxznBihjIqsewwLym-ZtBJsNAgWafatu8eBgAnn2owsmZU-GK9TzrFnQQlH8d1T6wDwomPTdXt2yyGnJtANrkUSl5qiA9xX_MYcZpONCnRxRIgSsA9VX8rTVwK6VZCRcDp2GA4/s1600-h/ladies_complete_letterwriter_1765.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063479202526413218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqa_M7BxznBihjIqsewwLym-ZtBJsNAgWafatu8eBgAnn2owsmZU-GK9TzrFnQQlH8d1T6wDwomPTdXt2yyGnJtANrkUSl5qiA9xX_MYcZpONCnRxRIgSsA9VX8rTVwK6VZCRcDp2GA4/s320/ladies_complete_letterwriter_1765.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The Ladies Complete Letterwriter 1765Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-23311479658709596112007-05-06T06:03:00.000-05:002008-12-12T00:19:01.630-05:00Ben Jonson, Belisarius and Benjamin Franklin<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikl7VXUfqLn1bBMOQD3RORgN9vUyTSgt0VgfrjWm1m2x3rw0LyIOuh997npNWylCOLuiHaZUqLPOTnAlBrZNg93-S5FhC4S0MLXLlxCRMcHbT6Gq_SCHp_YrQdWadXXpp2XmNvpUgXrLc/s1600-h/Cicero_Benjamin_Franklin_1744.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061407877238505842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikl7VXUfqLn1bBMOQD3RORgN9vUyTSgt0VgfrjWm1m2x3rw0LyIOuh997npNWylCOLuiHaZUqLPOTnAlBrZNg93-S5FhC4S0MLXLlxCRMcHbT6Gq_SCHp_YrQdWadXXpp2XmNvpUgXrLc/s320/Cicero_Benjamin_Franklin_1744.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />M. T Cicero's<br /><br />Cato Major or His Discourse of Old Age<br /><br />With Explanatory notes<br /><br />Printed and Sold by Benjamin Franklin<br /><br />Philadelphia 1744<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnyuqBQItEQ0InFkykNb9AVlyZpyXMTxOWN7Vyy1MIOX3rOsJypDlyQTaesgMm8rCgjLmzy94F9j9TVJijC3KpHoGOytCnLAnovJFC3peVnT2VyVRRhn63hH5juN6oUyYh8XM0rSkmXk/s1600-h/Belisarius_1770.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061405622380675426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnyuqBQItEQ0InFkykNb9AVlyZpyXMTxOWN7Vyy1MIOX3rOsJypDlyQTaesgMm8rCgjLmzy94F9j9TVJijC3KpHoGOytCnLAnovJFC3peVnT2VyVRRhn63hH5juN6oUyYh8XM0rSkmXk/s320/Belisarius_1770.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Belisarius A Play<br /><br />Published in Philadelphia 1770<br /><br />Belisarius was Emperor Justinian's Roman Army General around 550 AD. He was married to Antonina, and she was close to Empress Theodora. All four are written about extensively in <strong>The Secret History by Procopius</strong> - of which there are several good modern translations available. Two publishers that I have read are Penguin and The Folio Society.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyiPB7qiLwmSlL0gn69PkgtqKSeFPY6vLLuELF8pGwlUO7-LnYe9CzFP-bLg7qHAnUBiRete3_XwSpYt8tHg44sDYVVDgKm7Pe4FyvMioRdOlcQRhClaxECt_zb6iA8CwEVP0Vopvd7Es/s1600-h/antidote_big.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061405025380221266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyiPB7qiLwmSlL0gn69PkgtqKSeFPY6vLLuELF8pGwlUO7-LnYe9CzFP-bLg7qHAnUBiRete3_XwSpYt8tHg44sDYVVDgKm7Pe4FyvMioRdOlcQRhClaxECt_zb6iA8CwEVP0Vopvd7Es/s320/antidote_big.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The Antidote<br /><br />Thomas L'Escot<br /><br />A French Medical book<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2A3wZuSDtcxBZuCsagV6QcBwdcKwS_I-LYBIASsb61SQ4gFGNctyc5vrzeYce13hZJU8DyZpqZK36BCn5MN2nn0zoTsiCjs_6hhLy7KKz_6oI8vIeR-Kj2d4z72jJafmGaX02lnlLFg/s1600-h/Rationale_Divinorum_Officiorum_1568.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061403672465523010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2A3wZuSDtcxBZuCsagV6QcBwdcKwS_I-LYBIASsb61SQ4gFGNctyc5vrzeYce13hZJU8DyZpqZK36BCn5MN2nn0zoTsiCjs_6hhLy7KKz_6oI8vIeR-Kj2d4z72jJafmGaX02lnlLFg/s320/Rationale_Divinorum_Officiorum_1568.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Rationale Divinorum Officiorum 1568<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYyXVJzFlWi0bOXS5XLpjjQBz2XqcqH8TUSkz4ZLU_FI1Ey0liogfr078yNWV6VlnptUHKNDKW1q1ETOlL7O0ppd8dvt3UCcCpF2-g1MzQxBTJmh3SgRl2vwms6mDuc5BMXpVRn_qR_w/s1600-h/alchemist_ben_jonson_1739.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061402882191540530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYyXVJzFlWi0bOXS5XLpjjQBz2XqcqH8TUSkz4ZLU_FI1Ey0liogfr078yNWV6VlnptUHKNDKW1q1ETOlL7O0ppd8dvt3UCcCpF2-g1MzQxBTJmh3SgRl2vwms6mDuc5BMXpVRn_qR_w/s320/alchemist_ben_jonson_1739.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The Alchemeist A Comedy<br />A Play by Ben Jonson<br />First Acted in 1610<br />This Copy Published in 1739<br /><br />Please note this is a VERY LARGE file.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFoknalZpEBEnt8UqA7VdNNGSG4O3bxpzL3gxsVWxZAyrjbdabzisJrL_c7Eiv8DYz9YouY0HoqLzj_6W1rgnyVaJNHn1jLMjO-zzps6WP5C4pUucsR0G-Yxkm0cpYfaNBaVSLEqeioc8/s1600-h/13th_century_Johannes_de_Sacrobosco..jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061402207881675042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFoknalZpEBEnt8UqA7VdNNGSG4O3bxpzL3gxsVWxZAyrjbdabzisJrL_c7Eiv8DYz9YouY0HoqLzj_6W1rgnyVaJNHn1jLMjO-zzps6WP5C4pUucsR0G-Yxkm0cpYfaNBaVSLEqeioc8/s320/13th_century_Johannes_de_Sacrobosco..jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />13th Century<br />Johannes de SacroboscoFrancesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-88516251086610757022007-05-02T20:32:00.000-05:002008-12-12T00:19:02.379-05:00Paradise Lost - Milton 1669<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHC2P3nzS6m4nK0AB1MY7ZLgXGdYcaQNddECyisYz5ATU-7vGLaOq0eYDo3FV5_KliabcoXHsUTzsWUaXbUXMYexeT_whfWl1Xg8S4nvN2f7B2twvpTv-VzQUm-Dn4e0TccyvpqbabmGw/s1600-h/paradise_lost_milton.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060141488951410898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHC2P3nzS6m4nK0AB1MY7ZLgXGdYcaQNddECyisYz5ATU-7vGLaOq0eYDo3FV5_KliabcoXHsUTzsWUaXbUXMYexeT_whfWl1Xg8S4nvN2f7B2twvpTv-VzQUm-Dn4e0TccyvpqbabmGw/s320/paradise_lost_milton.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />John Milton<br />Paradise Lost : A poem in ten Books.<br />London : Printed by S. Simmons, and are to be sold by T. Helder at the Angel in Little Brittain, 1669.<br />The first edition of <a href="http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/adopt-a-book/milton-paradise.htm">Paradise Lost</a> appeared in different impressions dated 1668 and 1669, but it is now believed that some copies like this with the later date were actually issued first. The poem is better known in twelve book form, a change implemented from the second edition onwards.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/adopt-a-book/major.htm">Adopt A Book</a>Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042114385660237.post-82201743624318029372007-04-27T04:49:00.000-05:002008-12-12T00:19:03.982-05:00Some Interesting Pages<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBWUXVfcDSujixaSklid_PYbDI-QbZA7sBbd4stb1Lc_oyEgBlChZfXH5LrRjnrg5j-JwaLjnBnatf_jIO6g3ZjfZZ3dhZswIdRt_gA3Aued9y5syGtyvRfUpttue6ngxOIKDJkkKEW5A/s1600-h/strabo_geographia_1469.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058045635105276034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBWUXVfcDSujixaSklid_PYbDI-QbZA7sBbd4stb1Lc_oyEgBlChZfXH5LrRjnrg5j-JwaLjnBnatf_jIO6g3ZjfZZ3dhZswIdRt_gA3Aued9y5syGtyvRfUpttue6ngxOIKDJkkKEW5A/s320/strabo_geographia_1469.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Geographia by Strabo - 1469<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfyf8Dx6R1CmHAfl0OZpjCLCbOXeSzX9kakcthdnejt9BP3W1zq1vaFhsdAySoP1ozSaZjQs2yMzWkRizwLi_T45Zb82ljm66ICi4G_zyu1plma5IOLaAD9xDuLmBd2t6MpcJJxbIxOXE/s1600-h/silence_dogood.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058045068169592946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfyf8Dx6R1CmHAfl0OZpjCLCbOXeSzX9kakcthdnejt9BP3W1zq1vaFhsdAySoP1ozSaZjQs2yMzWkRizwLi_T45Zb82ljm66ICi4G_zyu1plma5IOLaAD9xDuLmBd2t6MpcJJxbIxOXE/s320/silence_dogood.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Silence Dogood Letters written by Benjamin Franklin<br />Published in the New England Courant 1722<br /><br />http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/courant/silencedogood.htm<br />The Silence Dogood letters transcribed<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMiao0980MiiKAlvtMijwGY1s0idHzKk2dJfKW9elOv-kW8wicVn-EZ-6yo9ZfJn3tbJqH-ZHvyszIC8uFINaqyIaQr4-rTlAkcLiy62YUIXCNILbrBaujfEgCFwEB0jANiHlTqooU_dI/s1600-h/stephanus_greekNT_1550.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058044694507438178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMiao0980MiiKAlvtMijwGY1s0idHzKk2dJfKW9elOv-kW8wicVn-EZ-6yo9ZfJn3tbJqH-ZHvyszIC8uFINaqyIaQr4-rTlAkcLiy62YUIXCNILbrBaujfEgCFwEB0jANiHlTqooU_dI/s320/stephanus_greekNT_1550.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Stephanus - Greek New Testament 1550<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEmbjBP3MHduS686NgkSopaMMYK0zXoXxTdLmjkM2DhOxbbP9IcsMg6HUF8aieZv87qkI76HlHkLljPpcGP-vMvW2iZVZour2tkGYnbRsbYKlsEx2oOjnLQ47aRPTgmHQUfzsvW7g9Zw/s1600-h/shakespeares_poems_large.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058044191996264530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEmbjBP3MHduS686NgkSopaMMYK0zXoXxTdLmjkM2DhOxbbP9IcsMg6HUF8aieZv87qkI76HlHkLljPpcGP-vMvW2iZVZour2tkGYnbRsbYKlsEx2oOjnLQ47aRPTgmHQUfzsvW7g9Zw/s320/shakespeares_poems_large.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Poems written by Will Shakes-peare Gent<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKhFzq3-ifANXtP-U0k-SpcMsuN20-XJl5cHBoNKebKhjQqXLffk_FEBMPtUMnAgd302MQzJPXWO_a2bmVPVWb40vcBQHQx-KO1nyZC12gJCbToooVTjZal4YF7YOK3zuad8rjXHPr-Ao/s1600-h/Trait_+des_comptes_écritures.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058043766794502210" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKhFzq3-ifANXtP-U0k-SpcMsuN20-XJl5cHBoNKebKhjQqXLffk_FEBMPtUMnAgd302MQzJPXWO_a2bmVPVWb40vcBQHQx-KO1nyZC12gJCbToooVTjZal4YF7YOK3zuad8rjXHPr-Ao/s320/Trait_+des_comptes_%C3%A9critures.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Luca Pacioli<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGT9eoLSEfztMvwYg-l0z5XE5rbfGjxa32vSnwAVd8ZeNc46gBOvHrILpjVu6FJq1zEl1FCfuTOvwr6HxCkLJpbfXBUDcvlzNhM5vPGkcw7QyIO7h9rbHvL_h16kLS9WXsq3JesCwK5MI/s1600-h/melancholy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058043169794048050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGT9eoLSEfztMvwYg-l0z5XE5rbfGjxa32vSnwAVd8ZeNc46gBOvHrILpjVu6FJq1zEl1FCfuTOvwr6HxCkLJpbfXBUDcvlzNhM5vPGkcw7QyIO7h9rbHvL_h16kLS9WXsq3JesCwK5MI/s320/melancholy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />(Robert Burton.) THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY, What It Is with All the Kindes, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes, and Severall Cures of It- Philosophically, Medicinally, Historically, Opened and Cut Up. By Democritus Junior [pseud.]-. J. Lichfield & J. Short for H. Cripps., Oxford, 1621.<br /><br />Current Selling Price<br />$20,000-$35,000 /£10,000-£17,000Francesca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16240118158098699822noreply@blogger.com0