The second edition of this catechism and collection of moralistic tales designed for the benefit of children and printed by a Connecticut Baptist Minister. It was assembled “by the ministers of the blessed Redeemer,” likely in Norwich, with the hope that those who read it would be “a blessing to your.....
The first edition of the first book of this important genealogical history of the Habsburg dynasty. Herrgott, rather than delving into the pursuit of spurious ancestral lines tracing back to Imperial Rome, or even Troy, carefully explicated the connections between the Habsburg and Lorraine families in order to demonstrate the.....
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An unsophisticated copy of this handsome book of hours, the earliest dated production of Anabat’s press. Anabat was a native of Brittany; his press was active in Paris between 1505 and 1510. All of the books that he printed were done for other publishers; the vast majority were books.....
Second edition of Gilbert Burnet’s translation. The first edition appeared in 1684. REFERENCES: Wing M2692; ESTC R232304.
First edition in English of Plutarch’s Moralia. Although Plutarch is best known as a biographer, over half of his work consists of philosophical writings. In addition to his discussions of several classical schools, Plutarch writes on a wide variety of subjects, from marriage, the proper education of children, and how.....