17137 [SWEDENBORG (E.)] de Coelo et ejus Mirabilibus, et de Inferno, ex auditis et visis, 4to. hf. calf, 12s

1758

One of the most curious works of the great Mystic. It gives a detailed description of the customs and pleasures of life in heaven.

17138 SWEDENBORG, Summaria expositio sensus interni librorum propheticorum Veteris Testamenti, necnon et Psalmorum, 4to. calf, Londini, 1784

17139

15s
78 6d

du Commerce établi entre l'Ame et le Corps, 8vo. calf, Londres, 1785 All the organs, offices, and pleasures of sex are retained in heaven, but corporeal prolification does not ensue.

17140 SWINDEN (Tobias) Enquiry into the nature and place of Hell, sm. 8vo. calf, 78 6d

1714 Hell is in the Sun, says the author, who uses a good deal of learning to prove that its fires are real, not figurative, and that they neither purify nor destroy the wicked sufferers, but torture them for ever-a very comforting conclusion.

6. WORKS OF THE REFORMERS AND THEIR OPPONENTS.

a. The Precursors.

17141 WYCLIF (John) ENGLISH TREATÍSES, 12mo. MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, 466 pages, with borders and capital letters illuminated in gold and colours, calf, gilt edges, £60.

circ. 1400

This truly valuable Manuscript is divided as follows:-Prologue; of Belief; on the Creed; Decalogue; Pater Noster; of perfect Life, virtuous Patience; Temptation; the Charter of Heaven's Bliss; of ghostly Battle; of the name of Jesus; Love of Jesus; of very Meekness; of Man's Will; of active and contemplative Life; the Mirror of Chastity.

"This tretys compilid of a pore caitif and nedi of goostli help of al cristen puple, bi ye greet merci and help of god, shal teche symple men and wommen of good wille ye rizt weie to heuene if yei wolen bisie hem to have it in mynd and worche yeraftir, wiyouten multiplicacion of many bokis. . . This extract from the first page is merely given as a specimen of the language of the book. (The Saxon letter for th has been necessarily transformed into y in printing.)

As a memorial of the great Precursor of the Reformation, as an oldEnglish text of the writer, who has been called the Father of English proseliterature, and as an example of English language and calligraphy five hundred years ago, this MS. is extremely interesting.-The name of Wyclif is not found in the volume, but he was certainly the author of at least the major portion of the text.

17142 WICLEFI (Io.) DIALOGORU libri qttuor quoru primus diuinitatē & Ideas tractat, Secudus uniuersaru creatione coplectitur. Tertius de uirtutib. uitiisqz ipsis cötrariis, etc. sm. 4to. fine woodcut title, slightly water-stained, old calf, £2. 10s

(Basil.) excusum anno a Christo nato 1525

"Cet ouvrage a été soigneusement supprimé et est devenu très-rare."Brunet. "Livre rare et précieux."-Deschamps.

17143 SHIRLEY (W. W.) Catalogue of the original works of John

Wyclif, 8vo. cloth, 3s 6d

Oxford, 1865

17145 HUSS (Joannis) Opuscula. Ioannes Huss de Anatomia Antichristi . . Appendix Othonis Brunnfelsii -Ioannis Huss

17146

. . Tomus secundus-Sermonum Ioannis Huss ad Populum Tomus tertius-Processus consistorialis martyrii Io. Huss[Lutheri] Resolutio Lutheriana de Potestate Papa5 parts in 1 vol. sm 4to. woodcuts, calf, £2. 2s (Argent. 1525) Epistolæ quædam Johannis Hus, cum Lutheri præfatione, J. Lufft-Disputatio Joannis Hus quam absolvit dum ageret Constantiæ, N. Schirlenz - Tragedia Johannis Huss welche auf dem unchristlichen Concilio zu Costnitz gehalten. portraits of Huss, Georg, Rhaw-3 vols. in 1, 12mo. old calf, rare, £2. 108 Wittemberg, 1537

The last piece is arranged as a regular drama, in rhyme, closing up with a warning address by a Prophet, one of the dramatis personæ.

17147 HEMMERLIN (Felicis) VARIE OBLECTATIONIS OPUSCULA ET TRACTATUS, sm. folio, with woodcut portrait of author on title, old blue morocco, with ornamental gilt tooling on the back, gilt and marb. edges, by Padeloup, FINE COPY, £5. 5s absque nota [Basil. 1497] Contra validos mendicantes; contra Beghardos Beginasque; Lollhardorum descriptio; de Exorcismis; de credulitate Demonibus adhibendâ ; etc. The author, Hemmerlin or Malleolus, made himself so obnoxious by his attacks upon the unworthy classes in the church that, even after an attempt to assassinate him, his enemies contrived to have him thrown into prison for some years immediately before his death.

17148 INSTITORIS (Henrici) SANCTE ROMANE ECCLIE FIDEI DEFENSIONIS CLIPPEUM ADUERSUS WALDĒSIUM seu PICKARDORUM HERESIM

sm. folio, arms on title, and device at end, corner of last leaf mended, otherwise fine copy in vellum. £5. 10s

Olomucz, C. Baumgarthe, 1501

FIRST EDITION; RARE. The reverse of the title contains a fine woodcut of St. Wenceslaus.

17149 BUCERI (Martini) Apologia qua fidei suæ circa Christi cœnam ratione. . . reddit, 12mo. calf, 6s

17150

17151

Argent. 1526 Acta Colloquii in comitiis Imperii Ratisponæ habiti, hoc est Articuli de Religione conciliati & non conciliati omnes, 2 parts in 1 vol. sm. 4to. original edition, old calf, 16s

(Argent.) 1541

All Bucer's books are rare. These two are of high historical importance. Iudgement concerning Divorce... now Englisht [by John MILTON] wherein a late book restoring the doctrine and discipline of Divorce is heer confirm'd, small 4to. sd. 25s 1644 17152 BULLINGERI (Henrychi) Bullæ Papisticæ ante biennium contra

Reginam Elizabetham & contra inclytum Angliæ regnum promulgatæ, refutatio, orthodoxæque Reginæ & universi Regni Angliæ defensio, 1571-Fidelis Servi, subdito infideli responsio, una cum errorum et calumniarum quarundam examine quæ continentur in septimo libro de visibili Ecclesiæ Monarchia a Nic. Sandero conscripta (sic) (auctore BARTH. CLERKE), 1573-De Visibili Romanarchia contra Nic. Sanderi Monarchiam, 1573— 3 vols. in 1, sm. 4to. vellum, all clean copies, £2.

Lond. Joh. Day, 1571-73

17153 CAROLSTADT (Andreas Bodenstein von) Berichtung dyesser Red. Regnum Coelorum vim patitur, etc. Wittemberg, 1521 -Von gelubden unterrichtung Andres Bo. von Carolstadt, ib, 1521-Klagbrief der armen Dürfftigen in Engenlandt an den König, widder die reychen geystlichen bettler, s. l. (1529)— History von vier Ketzer, woodcut, s. n. (1509)-Andres Bo. von Carolstad Antwort geweicht wasser belangend, Wittenberg, 1521 -Derselbe von beiden gestaldten der Messze, ib. 1521Zwingly, Artickel so 1523 offentlich disputiert, s. n.— Ecolampadius, das die beicht nitt schwer sey, s. n.-Ecolampadii Nunc dimittis, s. n.-Die verteutsch Bulle des Bapst Leo wyder Doctor Luther, /. n.-and other pieces in 1 vol. sm. 4to. bd. from the Norfolk collection, £5. 1509-29 17154 CONCUBINARII. Underricht ob ein Priester ein Eheweyb oder Concubin haben mög; item von Nutz der Pfaffen Mägdt und ihrem erlichen Leben, etc. sm. 4to. woodcut on title, 158

s. n. 1545 A curious treatise, advocating the marriage of priests, and exhibiting a curious picture of sacerdotal life in Germany in the description of the Pfaffen-mägde or concubines, whom it was usual for priests to keep. 12mo. ruled with red ink, and

17155 EPISTOLE OBSCURORUM VIRORUM

bound in red morocco extra, gilt edges, £2. Londini, 1710 17156 ERASMI (D.) Concio de Puero Jesu (edente S. Bentley), facsimile, presentation copy, with Editor's autograph inscription, red morocco, gilt edges, by J. Clarke, 36s

Only 25 copies printed for presents.

1816

17157 HUTTENI (Ulrichi) super interfectione propinqui sui Ioannis Hutteni ad Ludovichum Huttenum . . in Ulrichum Wirtenpergensem sm. 4to. wodcuts, old calf, RARE, 36s in arce Stekelberk, 1519 Privately printed in the good knight's castle.

...

17158 LUTHER (Martin) Sermo de Poenitentia P. Martini Luther Augustiniani Wittenbergensis, 4 leaves, including title within coloured woodcut border, Wittenb. J. Grunenberg, 1518-Eynn Sermon von dem Ablass unnd gnade durch den wirdigen doctoru Martinů Luther, 4 leaves, Wittenberg, 1518-in 1 vol. sm. 4to. vellum, £4. 4s

17159

17160

17161

1518

Bound up with Ricardus Sancti Victoris de Trinitate, 1519, and Cypriani Opera, 1512, both printed at Paris.

The Latin sermon begins thus-Often have I spoken to you concerning the Indulgences, so often that I might have feared I should be accused of heresy. Contra Henricum Regem Angliæ Martinus Luther, sm. 4to. woodcut title, margin cropped, old calf, clean copy, from the Sunderland library, SCARCE, £2. 2s Wittemberga, 1522 de abroganda Missa sm. 4to. headline cut into, and some MS. notes on margins, vellum, 21s

1522

(AND OTHERS). Ain Christlyche und vast wolgegrünte beweysung von dem Jūgsten tag, und von seine zaichen D. M. L. (i.e. MARTIN LUTHER) Wittemberg, s. a. (circ. 1520)-Offenbarung des Endtchrists ausz dem propheten Daniel wider Catharinum, Wittemberg, 1504 (for 1524)-Das Wolff Gesang, curious woodcut frontispiece representing the Wolves attired as Pope, Cardinals

and Monks, trapping Royal and other Geese in a net, s. n.—Theologia teutsch, disz ist ain Edels und kostlichs büchlin von rechtem verstand was Adam und Christus sey; und wie Adam in uns sterben und Christus ersteen soll, Augspurg, 1520-Eyn Sendtbrieff und verantwortung etlicher Artickel an ayn Christliche gemain der Stat Eszling, Martinus Luther, Wittemberg, 1523-BODENSTAIN VON CAROLSTAT, von manigfeltigkait des ainfeltigen ainigen willen Gottes. Was sünd sey, s. l. 1524Anzaygung wie die gefallene Christenhait widerbracht müg werdn in jren ersten standt, 1524-Wie der Hailig Vatter Bapst Adrianus eingeritten ist zu Rom. 28 Augusti, 1522, a satirical dialogue, between an Abbat, a Courtier, and the Devil in a Monk's dress, s.n.-Absag oder vhedschrift des Hellischen Fürstē Lucifers, Doctor Martin Luther yetzt zugesandt (1524)-Von dem Papst Esel zu Rom und Münch kalbs zu Freyburg in Meyssen funden, ain deuttung der zwü grewlichen figurn, Philippus Melanchthon, Doct. Martinus Luther, with two large and extraordinary woodcuts, Wittenberg, 1523-Vonn walfart : Erasmi vermanung wo Christus uñ sein reich zu suchen ist, in Roman letter, 1522-Resolutio Lutheriana super propositione de Potestate Papæ, s. n. (Wittenb. 1518)-Suggestio Deliberandi super propositione Hadriani pont. Rom. s. 7. 1522-Bulla contra errores Martini Luther & sequacium, with the seal of the Bishop of Augsburg, Dilling, 1520—in 1 vol. sm. 4to. wooden boards, all fine copies, £10.

1520-24

17162 LUTHER (and others), curious Anti-Papal Tracts, including the following in 1 vol. sm. 4to. old binding, £3. 10s

1524-1582

17163 LUTHER, Uthlegginge der Euangelien .

17164

Magdeburg (1550 ?)

. geprediget dorch

Martin. Luther, stout 12mo. numerous woodcuts, fine copy in
stamped hogskin, £4.
Magdeborg, Hans Walther, 1533
VERY RARE. The first edition had appeared at Wittenberg in 1528,
but without the woodcuts. This Platt-deutsch version was made by
Bugenhagen.

Vom Abēdmal Christi Bekentnis Mart. Luth. sm. 4to. beautiful woodcut border to the title, by Lucas Cranach, bound, £5. Wittemberg, 1534

17165 LUTHER (and others) [MELANCHTHON, Unterricht der Visitatoren an die Pfarherren] mit Luthers' Vorrede, no title, Wittemb. 1539 -Melanthonis Verantwortung auf der Cölnischen unter Clerisey Schrifft widder Martin Bützern ausgangen, mit der Vorrhede Lutheri, Witt. 1543-Bugenhagen, Leiden und Aufferstehung Christi, Witt. 1544-Luther, an Kurfursten zu Sachsen und Landgraven zu Hessen, von dem gefangen H. zu Brunswig, Witt. 1546-Luther, zwo schöne und tröstliche Predigt von der Tauffe Christi.. von der Bekerung S. Pauli, fine portrait of Luther on the reverse of title, Witt. 1546-Jonas (Justus) zwo Tröstliche Predigt uber der Leich D. M. Luther, 1546– Melanthon, Oratio uber der Leich Martini Luthers, fine portrait of Melanchthon on reverse of title, Witt. 1546-Bugenhagen, Predigt uber der Leich Luthers, Witt. 1546-and other pieces in 1 vol. sm 4to. stamped hogskin, £5. 1539-46

17166

(AND OSIANDER) Berättelse uthaff Gudz Ord och Scrifft om Religions Artiklar, aff L. Osiandro, medh the smalkaldiska Artiklar sammandragne aff Luthero til thet Concilium i Mantua, 1537 (svensk), uthtälkade aff Petro Johannis Gotho, sm. 4to. original oak boards, covered with stamped and gilt leather, 25s Rostock, 1603 17167 MELANCHTHON. Die haubt artickel und fürnesten puncten der gantzen hayligen schrifft durch Philipp Melanchton Lateinisch gemacht un folgent verteutscht, ayn wunder guts biechlin, title in red and black within woodcut border, RARE, s. 1. 1522 ULRICHS VON HUTTEN Gespräch büchlin, woodcut title and portrait, s. l. et a. (1521) Doc. MARTINI LUTHERS, Augustiner, ain trostlichs Büchlein, geteutscht durch Georgium Spalatinum, title within woodcut border, Augspurg, 1520 ERASMI Klag des Frydes, durch Leo Jud vertütscht, title in woodcut border, Zürich, 1521 Das WOLFFGESANG, curious satirical woodcut, s. n.—5 pieces in 1 vol. sm. 4to. bd. £5. 1521-22 17168 NAOGEORGI Regnum Papisticum et alia Poemata, 12mo. BEST EDITION, calf gilt, rare, 25s

17169

(Basilea), 1559

the same, 12mo. red morocco extra, gilt edges, by Derome le jeune, £2. 2s

1559 The Regnum Papisticum of Thomas Kirchmayer is looked upon by Roman Catholic theologians as one of the most detestable productions of the followers of Luther.

He lost the friendship of Luther and Melanchthon through holding the doctrine that the Elect never forfeited their state of grace, even while grievously sinning.

17170 PIRKHEIMER. Bilibaldi Birckheimheri de vera Christi carne & vero ejus sanguine ad Ioan. Oecolampadium responsioEjusdem adversus cōvicia Ioánis, qui sibi Oecolāpadii nomen indidit, responsio secunda-2 vols. in 1, 12mo. bd. 30s

Noremberga, 1527

The first response is a kindly one, but the second very different, for the question of the Real Presence had turned these two former friends into bitter enemies of each other.

Pirckheimer remained always a son of the Church, but his tendencies were towards Lutheranism.