Seven Books

PETER VON NEUMAGEN'S COPY

Saint Cyprian's Opera (Stuttgart, printer of Erwählung Maximilians c. 1486, folio), the only substantial book produced at Stuttgart in the fifteenth century. Likely annotated by Von Neumagen.

"TO BE READ THREE TIMES A YEAR"

The newly updated laws and ordinances for the Franciscans in the Spanish province of Los Ángeles (Seville 1667, 4to). The six chapters treat all aspects of religious life including dress, possessions and the conduct of nuns.

BURN BABY, BURN

Giorgio Follini's Osservazioni Fisiche Sul Preteso Vero Uomo Incombustibile Signor Giuseppe Lionnet (Turin 1808, 8vo), a report debunking Lionnet's claims of incombustibility and revealing how his tricks could be achieved.

WITH PASTEDOWNS FROM A BANNED SCOTTISH BOOK ON TYRANNY

Suetonius' Duodecim Cæsares (Leiden 1596, 8vo), a salacious account of the Twelve Caesars. Edited by the Belgian classicist and draftsman Stephan Pighius (1520-1604), on whose own collection of ancient coins the twelve woodcut illustrations may be based.

IT PASSED FROM ONE WOMAN TO ANOTHER

Réflexions Générales Sur La Grammaire Françoise. A l’usage des Pensionnats & Maisons d’Éducation (Tournay 1797, 8vo), for young women and men destined for the military, business, civil service and motherhood.

FOURTH-CENTURY ANAPHORA OF SAINT JAMES

Greek (Paris 1560, folio) liturgies and Latin translation (Paris 1560, folio) including the editio princeps of the oldest surviving Christian liturgy.

HEAVY METAL

A Catalogue Of A Valuable Collection of Greek, Roman, British, Saxon, and English, Coins and Medals (London 1779, 8vo) sold by auctioneer John Gerard. Includes coins, gems, drawings, curiosities, antiquities and books including two rare Americana. Priced with the buyer in manuscript.