Ammersbach (1632-1691) Lutheran minister and controversalist theologian....

Bulifon, 1649 - c1707, expatriot Frenchman, printer, scholar and editor who set up his shop in Naples and wrote on Pozzuoli and its antiquites. He also published an account of the eruption of Vesuvius in 1694....

Cohausen (1655-1750) was a physician in Hildesheim who was noted for his satiric sense of humor.He wrote works against the use of snuff, cofee, and tea. This is a rare parody on the vanity of the clergy. One of the illustrations in tis book depicts a "Mo...

Cohausen (1655-1750) was a physician in Hildesheim who was noted for his satiric sense of humor.He wrote works against the use of snuff, coffee, and tea. This is a rare parody on the vanity of the clergy. One of the illustrations in tis book depicts a "M...

Sometimes attributed to Gilbert Crispin, [d. 1117?], abbot of Westminster. "Crispin is said to have become a perfect scholar in all the liberal arts while at Bec, whence he was called by Lanfranc to the abbey of Westminster, over which church he ruled for...

First published in 1692 and wrongly attributed to Robert Calder. "The Reader must be given to understand, that in exposing the Gallimaufry of Enthusiastik Zeal, Farce, and Nonsense, the Publisher had no design upon the lashing either of Persons or Opinion...

Goldney debated his theories with Aaron Hart (1670-1756) the chief Rabbi of England. The date has been changed by hand to 1761 and there is a pen note dating the preface to October 1761....

Griffet (1698-1775), writer "of considerable reputation," he entered the Jesuit order at Paris, was professor of belles lettres at the college of Louis le Grand, and a distinguished pulpit orator. His order was dissolved and he retired to Brussels. "The...

All editions of Hus's writings are rare beacuse of its condemnation by the Roman Church. This volume of Hus's writings on the Anti-Christ and its relation to the Papacy influenced Luther in his writings. It is often found, when it is at all, by itself.Hu...

Kirchmann (1575-1643) born at Lubeck, studied in Jena and Strassburg. He worked as a travelling tudor but settling finally in Rostock were he gained fame as a professor of poetry. He first published this work in 1604 and with a work on "De Annulis" he wo...