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Opera by Aristotle
Featured Work First Edition, in Roman type, with woodcut capitals and 351 woodcut diagrams in the text with large woodcut device of Benedictus Fontana on final leaf. Translated by Joannes Argyropylus, Leonardo Bruni, Georgio Valla and others. This volume "contains...
The Extraordinary Black Book by John Wade
Featured Work "The Bible of the Reformers” was the Black Book, a massive compendium of all the abuses, electoral, ecclesiastical, legal, which they sought to abolish. The edition cited here was the most influential, coming as it did on the eve of the Reform Bill...
Complete Proceedings of the First Continental Congress by Congress
Featured Work First Edition. Extracts from the Votes and Proceedings of the American Continental Congress, Held at Philadelphia, on the Fifth of September 1774. Containing, The Bill of Rights, a List of Grievances, Occasional Resolves, the Association, an Address to...
Enoch 1
Featured Work This newly discovered copy of the apocalyptic and pseud-epigraphic biblical book of the lost prophet Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah, is arguably the "most important Jewish writing that has survived the Greco-Roman period." Scholars believe that...
Von der Babylonischen der Kirchen by Martin Luther
Featured Work Third German Edition printed in the same year as the first edition. This is the second of Luther's three crucial reformatory writings of 1520, which the Reformer radically critiques the sacramental system of the church. "It is in the "Babylonian...
The Institution of Christian Religion by John Calvin
Featured Work "(Adapted from Jean Calvin, 1509-1564) French Protestant reformer. Calvin’s theological doctrines had tremendous influence, particularly in the Puritan religion of England, Scotland, and America. Calvin had an early background of humanism; as a student...
Vulgate Bible
Featured Work lluminated and Rubricated Manuscript, in Latin on Parchment. This portable Bible was made in Northern France in the 13th Century. This Bible style was originally copied in Paris around 1230, and this format quickly spread throughout Europe. The Vulgate,...
Koran
Featured Work The Koran is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the exact word of God and the Final Testament, following the Old and New Testaments. Its literally meaning is “a recitation.” It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature...
Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Featured Work First Edition. One of the landmarks of American literature. An American abolitionist and author, Harriet Beecher Stowe was influential both for her writings and her public stands on social issues of the day. Her novel, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was a depiction...
Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume
Featured Work First Edition. David Hume's "Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding" was first published in 1748. In 1758, the work became known as "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding." It was a revision of an earlier work of Hume's entitled, "A...
Discourses Concerning Government by Algernon Sidney
Featured Work First Edition. Algernon Sidney’s "Discourses Concerning Government" was published from his original manuscript in 1698. Written between 1680 and 1683, it was not published until 1698, after Sidney was executed in 1683 for his involvement in the Rye...
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
Featured Work First Edition, with additional engraved title page and folding table. “Leviathan” was written during the English Civil War (1642-1651) by Thomas Hobbes, where he asserts that civil war and anarchy can only be avoided by having a strong, undivided...