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THE ROYAL SOCIETY The History of the Royal-Society of London 1667. The natural history of animals 1702 The natural history of Northampton-Shire.... https://jamesgray2.me/2026/08/05/the-royal-society/

The natural history of Stafford-shire 1686 983J Robert Plot (1640-1696.) The natural history of Stafford-shire. By Robert Plot. LLD. keeper of the Ashmolean Musæum and professor of chymistry in the University of Oxford·... https://jamesgray2.me/2026/08/05/the-natural-history-of-stafford-shire-1686/

A philosophical language. By John Wilkins *980J. John Wilkins (1614-1672) An essay towards a real character, and a philosophical language. By John Wilkins D.D....

Sammelband of 5 pre-reformation texts 1499-1513 Pre Reformation collection on updating the mass. 5 part Sammelband 537Ji-v This volume is Sammelbandof five printed books....

Sold Annotated books: https://jamesgray2.me/2015/07/16/a-few-early-books-with-annotations/ https://jamesgray2.me/2023/07/26/two-rare-no-copy-in-north-america-commentaries-on-aristotle-printed-in-salamanca-1497-and-venice-1505/ https://jamesgray2.me/2018/02/07/john-jewel-certaine-sermons-preached-before-the-queenes-maiestie-and-at-paules-crosse/

Annotated 1500 Orosius 526J. Paulus Orosius Pauli Orosii Viri Doctissimi Historiarum initium ad Aurelium Augustinum; Historiarum adversus paganos libri VII....

Six unsold books ! https://jamesgray2.me/2026/07/16/979j-an-annotated-boethius-1513-a-supreme-example-of-evidence-of-usage/ https://jamesgray2.me/2026/06/09/basilius-magnus-de-legendis-antiquorum-libris-ulm-1478-latin-translation-bruni/ https://jamesgray2.me/2026/05/27/on-the-christian-life-by-haug-marschalk-lay-luthern-reformer/ https://jamesgray2.me/2026/05/26/century-catalogue-no-2-1501-1599/ https://jamesgray2.me/2026/05/22/two-of-the-most-important-books-in-early-observational-astronomy-galileos-starry-messenger-and-keplers-dioptrice/ https://jamesgray2.me/2026/06/12/the-natural-history-of-northampton-shire/ For university and special collections purchases, I am accustomed to working within committee timelines and budget cycles....

Six Recently sold books: The purpose of a Special Collections library is not merely to preserve books; it is to activate them.... https://jamesgray2.me/2026/07/20/six-recently-sold-books/

940J Bacon 1640 940J Francis Bacon Of The Advancement And Proficience Of Learning or the Partitions Of Sciences ix Bookes Written in Latin by the Most Eminent Illustrious & Famous Lord Francis Bacon Baron of Verulam Vicont St Alban Counsilour of Estate and Lord Chancellor of England....

979J An annotated Boethius 1513 :|: A supreme example of evidence of usage. As many of my readers know, I like to stay as close as possible to the original users of the books I handle. Annotations allow that, bringing us into contact with a reader at work five hundred years ago. Over the past thirty years I have sold more than fifty pre-1700 editions of D, but this […]...

English Natural History https://jamesgray2.me/2025/03/21/sylva-sylvarum-francis-bacon-3/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/09/12/pharmacopoeia-bateana-or-bates-dispensatory-1694/ https://jamesgray2.me/2024/05/01/the-gentlemans-jockey-and-approved-farrier-1681/ https://jamesgray2.me/2026/06/12/the-natural-history-of-northampton-shire/ https://jamesgray2.me/2026/05/05/the-natural-history-of-oxford-shire/ https://jamesgray2.me/2026/05/13/the-natural-history-of-animals-1702/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/12/16/the-history-of-the-royal-society-of-london-1667/ For university and special collections purchases, I am accustomed to working within committee timelines and budget cycles....

Ten RARE ESTC Books https://jamesgray2.me/2025/02/04/a-philosophical-treatise-writ-in-america1687-2/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/08/27/extraordinary-adventures-revolutions-1704/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/04/04/onomastikon-brachy-1672/ https://jamesgray2.me/2024/05/01/the-gentlemans-jockey-and-approved-farrier-1681/ https://jamesgray2.me/2026/06/11/lusus-poeticus-1675/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/04/16/mocket-on-god-and-king/ https://jamesgray2.me/2024/11/12/1710-how-to-have-handsome-children/ https://jamesgray2.me/2024/05/09/26552/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/08/27/effigies-amoris-love-unvailed/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/05/28/worthy-proverbs/ For university and special collections purchases, I am accustomed to working within committee timelines and budget cycles....

A repurposed edition of Idea Sapientis Theo-Politici. 948J Vanossi, Antal (1683–1757) Johann Baptist Mayr Idea Sapientis Theo-Politici, seu Tripartita Morum Philosophia Ethica, Politica, Oeconomica, Summaria Methodo Comprehensa, Problematicis Quæsitis, et Emblematis Illustrata.... https://jamesgray2.me/2026/07/09/a-repurposed-edition-of-idea-sapientis-theo-politici/

July 26 Jesuit books currently in my stock. https://jamesgray2.me/2026/02/27/josephi-acostae-first-german-edition-of-advent-sermons/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/10/14/philosophia-mentis-et-sensuum-1698-jesuit-aristotelianism-and-empirical-philosophy/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/11/19/ratio-studiorum-1635/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/11/19/608j-alagona-under-the-pseudonyme-petrus-giuvara-navarrus-w-martinus-aspilcueta-azpilcueta-1549-1624/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/11/27/the-german-jesuit-horace/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/11/27/deus-solus-jesuit-spirituality-and-french-mysticism/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/11/27/901j/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/11/12/suppression-of-the-society-of-jesus-in-france/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/11/29/902j-defense-of-jesuiter-schul/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/11/25/anti-jesuitpamphlet-disguised-as-a-jesiut-retreat-form-their-exemptions/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/11/30/888j-defendet-pro-suprma-doctoratus-philosophiciu-very-rare-dissertation-defense-at-the-jesuit-college-in-graz/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/11/19/608j-alagona-under-the-pseudonyme-petrus-giuvara-navarrus-w-martinus-aspilcueta-azpilcueta-1549-1624/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/11/19/920j-theodor-anton-peltanus-pelt/ [email protected] https://jamesgray2.me/2026/07/07/july-26-jesuit-books-currently-in-my-stock/

Three catalogs July 26 by Century https://jamesgray2.me/2026/05/18/17th-century-books-mmxxvi/ https://jamesgray2.me/2026/05/26/century-catalogue-no-2-1501-1599/ https://jamesgray2.me/2026/06/05/catalogue-cc3-printed-books-1470-1501-2/ For university and special collections purchases, I am accustomed to working within committee timelines and budget cycles.... https://jamesgray2.me/2026/07/07/three-catalogs-july-26-by-century/

“An Annotated Livy, Venice 1491: A Humanist’s Working Copy” 671J Titus Livius (59BC-AD17) , Marcus Antonius Sabellicus.(1436-1506); Johannes Andreae, and others . Venice : (no printer) , 5 Nov....

Edward Brown’s 1677 Travels through Germany: Natural History, Mines & Baths. First edition of an intriguing illustrated travelogue by a Physician the son of Sir Thomas Brown....