17th Century Literature

1694 1ed Memorials Thomas Cranmer England Canterbury Reformation Strype Holbein

Thomas Cranmer was a 16th-century English reform leader known for his reign as Archbishop of Canterbury. Cranmer's life and ministry were recorded by numerous English author's in the following decades; however, none as are prominent as that of John Strype. Strype lived a century after Cranmer, but he was well respected for his historical biographies – including that on Cranmer.

'Memorials of Thomas Cranmer' is a complete survey of his life following his work as bishop, his interactions and dealings with Thomas Cromwell, letters and correspondence, as well as providing an in-depth look at the history of the Church of England and the English Reformation.

Item number: #9336
Price: $795
STRYPE, John
Memorials of the Most Reverend Father in God, Thomas Cranmer, sometime Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. Wherein the history of the church, and the primacy of the said Archbishop, are greatly illustrated; and many singular… Read More

1690 Life of Pope Sixtus V Gregorio Leti Counter Reformation ROME Vatican 2in1

"While I live, every criminal must die"
– Pope Sixtus V

A rare biography of the life of Pope Sixtus V by the famous Gregorio Leti. Leti was known to possess an 'anti-papal' view when it came to his historical writings, however, "The Life of Pope Sixtus V" was widely read and translated throughout Europe during the 17th- and 18th-century. Even though Leti was called 'inexact' by the Catholic Encyclopedia and 'inaccurate' by the Lutheran church, his historical importance and relevance is well-known and unprecedented. (Mosheim, 194).
Pope Sixtus V was revered for his role in eradicating and decreasing corruption and disorder throughout Rome. While he provoked controversy by destroying some iconic antiquities, he rebuilt much of the Papacy, restored economic conditions, and was a central figure in the Counter-Reformation.

Item number: #14630
Price: $499
LETI, Gregorio
La Vie du pape Sixte cinquième.
A Paris : chez… Read More

1699 Pasquier Quesnel French BIBLE & Commentary Jansenism Catholic 4v BANNED
Pasquier Quesnel was a 17th-century French Jansenist best-remembered for his commentary on the New Testament. This commentary was written to push Jansenist theology and doctrine which, unfortunately, seemed to form numerous phrases that were considered heretical by the Catholic Church. This French edition of the New Testament includes Quesnel's commentary, published in four tomes.
Item number: #16418
Price: $750
QUESNEL, Pasquier [edit.]
Le Nouveau Testament en françois, avec des reflexions morales sur chaque verset, pour en rendre la lecture plus utile, & la meditation plus aisée ...
Paris, André Pralard, 1699.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages – 4 volumes
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Vol. I – lxii (i.e. lxiv), [6], 455, [1]; [6], 258
Engraved frontispiece
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Vol. II – [8], 517, [1]; [8], 472
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Vol. III – xxii, [18], 810
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Vol. IV – [20], 757, [15]
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather;… Read More

1635 Jesuit Letters Saint Ignatius Loyola Claudio Acquaviva Catholic Epistolae
The 'Jesuit Letters' were a collection of letters and general correspondence written by early Jesuit missionaries. These letters cover a wide variety of topics from Catholic doctrine, voyages, and missionary work. Notable contributors in this 1635 edition include Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Claudio Acquaviva.
Item number: #19000
Price: $499
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Epistolae praepositorum generalium ad patres et fratres Societatis Jesu.
Antverpiæ, : apud Joannem Meursium, 1635.
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Collation: Complete with all pages
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448, [8]
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~6in X 3.75in (15cm x 10cm)
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1688 1ed Old Testament BIBLE 50 Figures ART Adam Samson Methuselah David Doujat
Jean Doujat was a 17th-century French lawyer known for his studies in canonic law. In addition to his law career, Doujat wrote a book on the history of Old Testament figures such as Adam, Methuselah, Nimrod, Isaac, Job, Debora, Samson, David, and Isaiah. Each entry features a small woodcut engraving – a portrait of the biblical character.
Item number: #19031
Price: $750
DOUJAT, Jean
Éloges des personnes illustres de l'Ancien Testament, pour donner quelque teinture de l'histoire sacrée ...
Paris : Impr. de G. Martin, 1688. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[16], 99
o 50 engravings
· Language: French
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6.75in X 4.75in (17cm x 12cm)
· Rare and desirable
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1635 1ed Political Emblems ART Marcus Boxhorn Illustrated Emblemata LAW Janson
Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn was a well-known 17th-century Dutch scholar and professor of linguistics. While Boxhorn primarily studied European languages, he also published a treatise on civil and criminal law, 'Diquisitiones Politicae'. This work is a survey of laws, decrees, punishments, and even executions for various crimes. This book was followed by a book of emblems heavily influenced by 'Diquisitiones Politicae'. This 1635 first edition of Boxhorn's "Emblemata Politicae' contains all 19 expected engravings.
Item number: #19240
Price: $599
BOXHORN, Marcus Zuerius
Marci Zuerii Boxhornii Emblemata politica, & oration
Amstelodami : Ex Off. J. Janssonii, 1635. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[28], 258, [2]
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19 engravings
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~5.25in X 3in (13cm x 7.5cm)
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1615 Martial Epigrams Roman Literature Epigrammata Corruption in Rome Farnaby

"I live in a little cell, with a window that won't even close,
In which Boreas himself would not want to live."
– Martial, Epigrams
Martial was a 1st-century Roman poet from Spain most-known for his 'Epigrams.' This important, early piece of Roman literature expresses details of life in Rome focusing in on the brutal daily life during the Roman Empire. Martial describes living conditions of Rome, corrupt physicians and senators, cruel treatment of slaves, and secrets and rumors of emperors. Because of the style of Martial's writing, he is often considered the first insult comic, as he used humor to disguise his disdain for the life with which he was so familiar.
This 1615 London edition was edited by English classical scholar Thomas Farnaby who was known for his annotations of Juvenal, Ovid, Lucan, Virgil, and of course Martial.
Item number: #19558
Price: $499
MARTIALIS, Marcus Valerius
M. Val. Martialis epigrammaton… Read More

1684 Tertullian Apologetics Early Church Father Pagan Gnosticism Heresy Giry

"Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading."
― Tertullian

Tertullian was a 2nd-century early Christian church author and apologist. His works helped establish Western theology and early Church doctrine, especially those that spoke out against heresy. He is perhaps most famous for being the first Latin writer to use the term 'trinity' in reference to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Tertullian emphatically defended Christianity against pagans as well as defended 'freedom of religion' as human right unable to be taken away. One of his important apologetics was an anti-Jewish treatise to counteract Gnosticism and other philosophically based doctrines.
These defenses, along with other Tertullian works, are collected in this 1684 French edition. This edition features the translation and notes of Louis Giry.
Item number: #20417
Price: $499
TERTULLIAN
Apologetique de Tertullien, ou Defense des chrétiens… Read More

1699 RARE Holland DUTCH Parival MAPS Netherlands City Views Amsterdam Leiden
Jean-Nicolas de Parival was a French historian whose history of Holland is one of the best books of its kind from the end of the 17th-century. Parival offers a full description of Dutch history focusing on major events, cities, and figureheads. This impressive work contains folding maps and city views.
Item number: #21152
Price: $950
PARIVAL, Jean-Nicolas de
Les delices de la Hollande, en deux parties. La première contenant une déscription éxacte du Païs, avec les moeurs & les coutumes des habitans
Amsterdam: P. Marret, 1699.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[6], 579, [7]
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22 engravings (20 folding)
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Provenance: Armorial Bookplate – Algernon Capell, 1701
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Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex PC (1670–1710) of Cassiobury House, Watford, Hertfordshire, was an English nobleman, a soldier and courtier. He held the office of Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King William III between… Read More

1644 FAMED Joost den Vondel DUTCH Theater Lucifer War Revolt Amsterdam Bible

Joost van den Vondel was the considered the most important and prominent 17th-century Dutch poet and playwright. His plays were published throughout his lifetime, including these printings of his tragedies. Published from 1644 to 1654 in Amsterdam, this book contains five of his plays in Dutch including:
• "Lucifer" – considered his best and most important play; anti-Calvinist, against the English Civil War, and against the Dutch Revolt
• "Palamedes" – a fictionalized version of the trial of Johan Oldenbarnevelt given through the lens of Palamedes in the Trojan War
• "Joseph in Dothan"
• "Joseph in Egypt"
• "Solomon"

Item number: #21455
Price: $750

VONDEL, Joost van den

J.v. Vondels [Works; Tragedies] … Treurspelen: Lucifer. Palamedes. Joseph in Dothan. Joseph in Egypten. Salomon.

T'Amsterdam: Voor Abraham de Wees, 1644-1654.

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• Collation: Complete with all pages; 5 works in 1 tome
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1663 1ed WIGS & Hair Pieces FASHION De Capillamentis Conrad Tiburtius Rango

Conrad Tiburtius Rango was a 17th-century German historian known for his treatises written against Catholicism and Calvinists. While serving at the Royal Gymnasium in Berlin, he published his bizarre and rather obscure treatise on wigs. First published in 1663 in Magdeburg, 'De Capillamentis' was the first treatise devoted strictly to wigs and hair pieces covering all aspects from materials, uses in daily and theater use, history and origin of wigs, and much more.

Item number: #21436
Price: $550

RANGO, Conrad Tiburtius

M. C. T. Rangonis, Gymnasii Berolinensis Rectoris, De Capillamentis seu vulgo Parucquen/ Liber Singularis

Magdeburgi : Sumptibus Tobiae Schoteri imprimebat Johannes Mullerus, 1663. 1st edition

Details:
• Collation: Complete with all pages
o [2], 254
• References: USTC 451114 (16th-c ed);
• Language: Latin / German
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~5.25in X 3.25in (13cm x 8cm)

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1616 1ed Cardinal Bellarmine Eternal Happy HEAVEN Catholic Church Saints Jesuit

Robert Bellarmine was one of the most important and influential Jesuit cardinals of the 16th and early 17th-century. One of his lesser-known theological treatises was 'On the Eternal Happiness of the Saints' – a book containing descriptions of the expectations and duties of saints. However, the majority of the contains notes on the existence of and descriptions of heaven, how to get to heaven, finding joy on earth, and so much more!

Item number: #21451
Price: $499

BELLARMINE, Robert

De aeterna felicitate sanctorum libri quinque

Romae: Apud Bartholomaeum Zannettum, 1616. First edition.

Details:
• Collation: Complete with all pages
o [36], 380
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
• Size: ~5.75in X 3.25in (14.5cm x 8.5cm)

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1691 ENGLISH 1ed Present State of Christendom Louis XIV Alexander Duke Tuscany

'The Present State of Christendom' is a collection of nine dialogues between notable figures of 17th-century Europe including Pope Alexander VIII, King Louix XIV, dukes of Savoy and Tuscany, the Duke of Lorrain, Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, Prince Abasti, and others. Each of these works of correspondence discuss the effects of Protestant and Catholic theology on politics, royal crowns, and on churches themselves.

Item number: #22214
Price: $599

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The present state of Christendom consider'd : in nine dialogues

London : Printed for R. Baldwin ..., 1691. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [4], 95, [1]
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6in X 4.25in (15cm x 10.5cm)

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1664 Catholic Church Breviary Missal FAMOUS Plantin Press Prayers Liturgy Moreti

Roman Catholic breviaries from the 16th-century are known for being some of the most desirable works of Catholic liturgy. And of these, those published by the Plantin Press are considerably more rare. This 1664 Antwerp edition was published by Plantin and Balthasar Moreti and features prayers and liturgies for each month and feast of the Calendar year. It includes prayers for mass, funerals and other ceremonies, church dedications, communion and sacraments, and much more!

Item number: #23267
Price: $599

Catholic Church

Breviarium Romanum ex decreto sacrosancti concilii Tridentini restitutum, Pii V Pont. Max. jussu editum et Clementis VIII primùm

Antverpiae: ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1664.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
· [68], 792, cciiii, [4]
· 3 full-page steel engravings + numerous illustrated initials throughout
· Language: Latin
· Binding:… Read More

1647 FAMED Italian Loredanian Academy VENICE 107 PORTRAIT Biographies Brusoni

Girolamo Brusoni was a 17th-century Italian writer who served on the Loredanian Academy, or the Accademia degli Incogniti – a collection of notable Italian intellectuals. Brusoni sought to highlight the lives of the men of the academy by publishing a collection of short biographies of each. This work contains impressive, full-page portrait engravings of each figure. Especially important for women's studies, history of music, and libertinism in Italy!

Item number: #24294
Price: $995

BRUSONI, Girolamo

Le glorie de gli Incogniti o vero gli huomini illustri dell'Accademia de' signori Incogniti di Venetia

In Venetia : Appresso Francesco Valuasense, 1647. 1st edition

Details:
· Collation:
o [12], 424 (of 432)
o 107 engravings
· Language: Italian
· Binding: Vellum
· Size: ~8.75in X 6.75in (22cm x 17cm)
· VERY rare and desirable with auction records and price comparisons as high as… Read More