17th Century Literature

1685 Tasso Jerusalem Delivered CRUSADES Italian Gerusalemme Liberata Muslim RARE

"All he regarded; but in Syria most,
He mark'd the leaders of the Christian host:
That eye, whose penetrating glances dart
To each deep secret of the human heart"
– Torquato Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered, canto I

Originally written in 1575, Torquato Tasso's famous "Jerusalem Delivered" tells a mythical story of the First Crusade complete with Christian Knights battling Muslim warriors. In 1583, five additional cantos were written by Camillo Camilli to supplement Tasso's original poem.

This undated 1685 Bassano edition includes Camilli's additions.
Item number: #7523
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TASSO, Torquato
Il Goffredo, overo Gierusalemme liberata, Poema heroic…
Bassano: per Gio; Antonio Remondini, [1685]

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o 672
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Famous Provenance – Handwritten
o Jean-Aymar Piganiol de La Force; 17th-century French author
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Language: Italian
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1694 English LAW King Charles I England William Style Practical Register Crimes

William Style's "Practical Register" is a law treatise collecting the legal proceedings and orders carried out during the reign of Charles I. It covers criminal and civil law, punishments for crimes, the legal process, and various councils and law offices.
Item number: #13651
Price: $599
STYLE, William
Style's practical register, begun in the reign of King Charles I : consisting of rules, order, and the principal observations concerning the practice of the common law in the courts at Westminster, particularly the Kings Bench, as well in matters criminal as civil
London : Printed for Tho. Dring, 1694.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [20], 588
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Provenance: Armorial Bookplate / Handwritten – Owen Brigstocke, Esq., 1732
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Owen Brigstocke of Kidwelly served as High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire for two separate terms. His first term was in 1657 and his second in 1668.
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1696 FALL of ROME Salvian Gaul & Vincent Lerins Early Christian Martyrdom RARE
Salvian was a 5th-century writer who is primarily known for his two existing treatises. Salvian was a Christian living in Gaul during the Fall of Rome, and his most important work was dedicated to describing the events that lead to the fall.
This collection of the works of Salvian was published in Venice and includes the works of Vincent of Lerins, another 5th-century Christian monk who wrote on Roman martyrs and the heretical views of the papacy and early Catholic Church. This 1696 edition was collected and edited by Italian Cardinal, Stephano Cosmi, who was archbishop of Spalato, Italy at the time.
Item number: #13892
Price: $599
SALVIAN, of Marseilles
D. Salviani Massiliensis Episcopi opera. Cum ampliori eiusdem vita, & Adnotationibus locorum difficulilium, & singulorum librorum…
Venetiis : ex typographia Bosij, MDCXCVI. [1696].

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[12], 468
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1641 Erasmus of Rotterdam Precationes Aliquot Prayer Book Latin Humanism RARE
"When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes."
― Erasmus
While best known for his 'In Praise of Folly' and 'Colloquies', Desiderius Erasmus wrote other important treatises including this relatively unknown work 'Precationes aliquot'. More commonly known as a prayer-book, this book became a widely used devotional manual both with Catholic and Protestant readers.
Item number: #17782
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ERASMUS, Desiderius
Desid. Erasmi Roterodami Precationes quibus homines assuescant cum Deo loqui
Lugduni Batavorum : Ex Off. Ioannis Maire, 1641.

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136
· Provenance: Handwritten – Ellis Edwards
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Ellis Edwards (1844-1915) was a Calvinist preacher in Wales, and principal at Bala Theological College.
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
· Size: ~5in X 2.75in (12.5cm x 7cm)
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1558 Reformation Musculus De Usuris Verbo Dei Bible Commentary Ambrose Aquinas
Wolfgang Musculus was a 16th-century Protestant reformer who wrote numerous biblical commentaries and theological treatises. One of his commentaries was 'De Usuris ex Verbo Dei', a short appendix noting the commentaries of famed theologians such as Ambrose, Aquinas, with Chrysostom and their notes on the Old Testament.
Item number: #19780
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MUSCULUS, Wolfgang
De Usuris ex Verbo Dei. Appendix ex libro, quem V. Musculus ... scripsit in Psalmos
[Tubingen: Ulrich Morhart], 1558.
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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[38] unnumbered leaves
· References: USTC 631912
· Provenance: Stamp – Franziskaner Kloster Dettelbach
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The Franciscan Monastery Dettelbach is a former monastery of the Franciscan Observants in Dettelbach, Bavaria in the Diocese of Würzburg. The founding and establishment of the branch is closely related to the pilgrimage church Maria im Sand, also in Dettelbach. In… Read More

1673 Council of Trent Italian Jesuit Pallavicino Catholic Doctrine HUGE FOLIO
Beginning in 1651, Pietro Sforza Pallavicino composed a thorough and detailed response denying Paolo Sarpi's 'History of the Council of Trent'. With the support of other Jesuits, Pallavicino wrote extensively on Catholic doctrine which does not differ from that which was established by the Council of Trent; however, he does discuss major controversial treatises that arose from the most important ecumenical council. This work became the source and the focus of major criticism and is the reason that Pallavicino is remembered today.
Item number: #20991
Price: $750
PALLAVICINO, Pietro Sforza
Vera Concilii Tridentini historia : contra falsam Petri Suavis Polani narrationem
Antverpiae: 1673.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 parts in 1
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Vol. 1 – [20], 14, 296 (i.e., 294), [22]
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Vol. 2 – [4], 297, [27]
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Vol. 3 – [4], 326 (i.e., 316), [22]
· Provenance: Handwritten – [J. Veltman]
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1671 Direttorio Monacale Monastics Monks Nuns Catholic Prayers Venice Ferrari
Pietro Ferrari's "Direttorio Monacale" is a rare 17th-century monastic dictionary written to offer practical direction and advice to nuns and monks. Ferrari discusses the most common obstacles that clergy, monks, and nuns face, offering tactics on relief from temptation and difficult situations. It also contains prayers, instruction for communion, and much more.

Item number: #21124
Price: $499
FERRARI, Pietro Antonio
Direttorio monacale, cioè, Modo prattico quotidiano di viuere col quale il padre spirituale incamina le monache figlie alla perfettione
In Venetia: per Abbondio Menafoglio, 1671.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[12], 331, [1]
· Language: Italian
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~5.75in X 2.75in (14.5cm x 7cm)
· Quite scarce
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1654 Godefroy Justinian LAW Commentary Codex Corpus Juris Civilis Byzantine
Jacques Godefroy, son of the famed Denis Godefroy, followed his father's lead by publishing his own edition of the ancient Roman 'Codex'. This manual was, as expected, a political commentary on the
Corpus Juris Civilis offering historical context for his views. While not as famous as the commentaries of his father, any law codex published by the Godefroy family is without question the most reputable of any such work.
Item number: #21314
Price: $550
GODEFROY, Jacques
J. Gothofredi Manuale juris, seu, parva juris mysteria : ubi quatuor sequentia continentur: Juris civilis romani
Genevae: Sumptibus Joannis Antonii et Samuelis de Tournes, 1654.

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Manuale Juris – [24], 83
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Florilegium – 132
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"Diegestorum et Codicis" – 322
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~5.5in X 3.25in (14cm x 8.5cm)
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1687 CRUSADES Jerusalem Delivered Tasso Godfrey of Bouillon Fairfax ENGLISH

"All he regarded; but in Syria most,
He mark'd the leaders of the Christian host:
That eye, whose penetrating glances dart
To each deep secret of the human heart"
– Torquato Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered, canto I

Originally written in 1575, Torquato Tasso's famous "Jerusalem Delivered" tells a mythical story of the First Crusade complete with Christian Knights battling Muslim warriors. This rare 1687 English edition was translated by Edward Fairfax and titled 'Godfrey of Bulloigne', the rare but recognized title of this work.

Item number: #21823
Price: $750

TASSO, Torquato

Godfrey of Bulloigne: or The recovery of Jerusalem. Done into English heroical verse, by Edward Fairfax, Gent. Together with the life of the said Godfrey

London : Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1687.

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• Collation: Complete with all pages
o [32], 655, [1]
• Provenance: Handwritten – Tho. Dyke
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1698 Hymni Sacri et Novi Catholic Hymns Music Chant Latin Poetry Jean Santeul

Known mostly for his Latin poems, Jean Baptiste de Santeul wrote a plethora of hymns that were published in 17th-century Breviaries. Santeul was a French-born poet who wrote under the name Santolius Victorinus. His complete collection of hymns and hymn texts were published in "Hymni Sacri et Novi" which first appeared in 1689.

This 1698 edition was the first enlarged edition of 'Hymni' and includes Santeul's hymns for all occasions of the Catholic liturgical year. In addition to the Latin text, this book contains hymns with music notation – chant with neumes.

Item number: #21920
Price: $499

SANTEUL, Jean-Baptiste de

Hymni sacri et novi

Parisiis : Apud Dionysium Thierry ..., 1698.

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• Collation: Complete with all pages
o [3], 8-13, [11], 302, [6], 12
• References: Brunet V, 135; Graesse VI, 269
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~7in X 4in (18cm x 10.5cm)

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1691 TACITUS Annals Histories Germania Roman Empire Nero Rome Classical Latin
"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws."
― Tacitus, The Annals
Cornelius Tacitus was a 1st-century Roman historian who is now remembered for his two major works – 'Annals' and 'Histories' – in which he examines the lives and political careers of important Roman emperors such as Tiberius, Nero, and Claudius. By many accounts, Tacitus is considered the greatest Roman historian, not only by the accuracy of his content, but through demonstrating the psychological nature of ancient Roman politics.
Item number: #22424
Price: $499
TACITUS, Cornelius
Caii Cornelii Taciti Annales et Historiae
Rotomagi [Rouen]: Richardum Lallemant, 1691.
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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 522
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~4.75in X 3.25in (11.5cm x 8cm)
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1675 Church of England Documents King William III James I Anglican Sparrow Kings

A rare edition of 'A Collection of Articles... of the Church of England'. Collected by Anthony Sparrow, this work includes writings to and from the Church of England, injunctions of Queen Elizabeth, King James, and Edward VI. This collection of works describes various orders of the church, records of ceremonies, and doctrines of theology.

This 1675 edition of Sparrow's "Articles" was published in London by Robert Pawlet.

Item number: #22650
Price: $599

SPARROW, Anthony

A collection of articles, injunctions, canons, orders, ordinances, and constitutions ecclesiastical; : with other publick records of the Church of England

London: Printed for Robert Pawlet, 1675.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
· [24], 402 (i.e., 406), [14]
· References: Wing C 4094a; DNB v53, p.314;
· Provenance: Handwritten – James Randall
· Language: English / Latin
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1685 Vossius Etymologicum Latin Language Etymology Dictionary Vellum FOLIO

Gerardus Vossius was a 16th-century Dutch classical theologian known for being one of the first to treat theological dogmas and non-Christian religions from a historical point of view, rather than the more accepted theological. His works of rhetoric were widely popular and were used as textbooks during and after his lifetime. He followed Aristotelian thought and was influenced not only by Aristotle, but also by Cicero and other ancient philosophers.

Vossius's "Etymologicum" was a lengthy Latin language study, gathered and edited as a dictionary. This 1685 edition was published as part of the complete works of Vossius, printed in Amsterdam by Blaeu.

Item number: #22951
Price: $750

VOSSIUS, Gerardus Joannes

Gerardi Joannis Vossii Etymologicon linguæ Latinæ. Præfigitur ejusdem De literarum permutatione tractatus. Editio nova

Amstelodami : Ex typographia P. & I. Blaev, apud Ianssonio-Waesbergios, Boom, a Someren, &… Read More

1694 Catholic Book of Hours Prayers Hymns Liturgy Latin Bible Moroccan Valfray

An absolutely beautiful 17th-century Catholic Book of Hours! Published by Peter Valfray in Lyon, this Moroccan leather-bound tome contains hundreds of pages of prayers and hymns each of which features red and black text inks. It offers communion prayers and liturgies for the sacraments and each ceremony of the church calendar.

Item number: #23462
Price: $499

Catholic Church

Horae diurnae breviarii romani ex decreto sacro sancti concilii Tridentini restituti ; Pii V Pont. Max. Jussu editi, a Clementis VIII auctoritate recogniti

Lugduni: Petrum Valfray, 1694.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [22], 454, cxxx, 2
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Leather; secure
· Size: ~8.5in X 5.75in (21.5cm x 14.5cm)

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1695 Bible JUDAISM ART Jewish Prophecy Pagan Occult Moloch Dutch Wits Witsius

Hermann Wits was a 17th-century Dutch monastic theologian who studied systematic theology. While most of his works were written to help reconcile Johannes Cocceius's theology with orthodoxy, one of his works was 'Miscellaneorum sacrorum' – a collection of biblical commentaries and summaries on a broad variety of topics. Notable topics covered in this work include:
· Bible prophets and prophecy
· Levitical mysteries
· pagan worship of Moloch (from Leviticus)
· on the Jewish Sanhedrin
· interpretation of apocalyptical letters, Revelation
· on Donatism, dark ages schism

This 1695 edition was published in Lugduni Batavorum by Frederic Haaring.

Item number: #23958
Price: $750

WITS, Herman

Hermanni Witsii Miscellaneorum sacrorum libri IV. quibus de prophetis & prophetia ... de schismate donatistarum, diligenter & prolixe disseritur ..

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