The Best Known Works of Oscar Wilde by OSCAR WILDE

1590 POPES Lives Platina Catholic Church Sacchi Italian Panvinio Venice Medici

Bartolomeo Sacchi, or Platina, was a 15th-century Italian humanist who is most remembered for his book 'Vitae Pontificum,' or 'Lives of the Popes.' 'Lives' was an important work dedicated to the papacy of important Catholic popes, but Platina wrote the work through the lens of Roman history with obvious themes of paganism. This book was the first systematic handbook on papal history and praises the punishment of heresy throughout the Catholic Church.

This 1590 edition of Platina was published in Venice by Girolamo Polo. This edition is notable for being revised and edited by Onofrio Panvinio.

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SACCHI, Bartolomea [Platina]
Battista Platina delle vite de'pontefici : dal Saluator del mondo Giesv Christo sino a Paolo II : con l'aggionta delle vite de gli altri Pontefici, da Sisto Quarto sino a Sisto Quinto, scritte da Honofrio Panuinio, e da diuersi altri Authori, come al suo luoco si vede.
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1580 LAW Justinian Institutes Codex Rome Corpus Juris Aldobrandini & Cornello
"Freedom is the natural ability of everyone to do what he likes, unless it is prohibited by law or by force."
― Justinian I
The 'Institutes of Justinian' is a portion of the full Corpus Juris Civilis, largely based on the Institutes of Gaius. Justinian sought to reform Roman law and education. This work was originally intended to be used by law students, but they were not solely used as a textbook, they carried legal weight …as law!
This 1580 Venetian edition was collected by lawyer Silvestro Aldobrandini who included his own commentary as well as notes of Francisci Cornello.
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JUSTINIAN
Institutiones iuris civilis d. Iustiniani imp. accuratissime recognitae atque emendatae cum omnibus Syluestri Aldobrandini & aliorum clarissimorum iurisconsultorum annotationibus hactenus impressis.
Venezia, [Giovanni Varisco] apud Domenico & Giovanni Battista Guerra, 1580.

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1541 Catholic LAW Decretals Pope Boniface VIII Gregory IX Medieval Judaism Jews

Pope Boniface VIII was a 13th-century Catholic Pope who is best remembered for his contributions to the Sixth Book of Decretals. In this decretal, Boniface continues the original five decretals established by Gregory IX which helped teach Catholic canon and church law and more importantly, gave power to the pope over the Church.
Originally written in 1234, this Catholic doctrine included many anti-Jewish sentiments, in particular the "perpetua servitus iudaeorum" stating that all Jews would be servants until the end times. Because of this, Jews were suppressed from having any sort of direct influence in political or ecclesiastical decisions for centuries.
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BONIFACE VIII, Pope
Sextvs decretalivm liber, per Bonifacium octauum pontificem in concilio Lugdunensi aeditus
Parisiis : Ex officina Carolae Guillard, 1541.
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1554 1ed Gropper Catholic Institutes Protestant Reformation RARE Binding Erasmus
Johann Gropper was a 16th-century German Catholic clergy who studied under Erasmus. While little is known of his literary career, in 1554 he published one of his only known works, 'Catholic Institutes'. This book was written, like many at the time, to fight against the Protestant Reformation, particularly in Cologne.
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GROPPER, Johann
Institutio catholica : elemẽta christianae pietatis succincta breuitate complectens
Coloniae: excudebat Iaspar Gennepeus, 1554. First edition.

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[72], 680 (i.e. 672), [2]
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1585 Perault VIRTUE & VICE Virtutum ac Vitiorum Catholic Bible Latin Rouille
An exceptionally rare 16th-century printing of Guillaume Perault's Bible commentary, annotations, and scripture references entitled 'Summae Virtutum ac Vitiorum'. Perault wrote on virtues and vices of human nature offering devotional views on dealing with mistakes through prayer and Bible study.
Item number: #19777
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PERAULT, Guillaume
Svmmae virtvtvm ac vitiorvm tomus secundus
Lvgdvni : Apvd Gvlielmvm Rovillivm, 1585.
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595, [83]
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Signatures: Aa-Zz8 AA-TT8 VV4
· References: USTC 125553; Adams P 638
· Provenance: Stamp – Franziskaner Kloster Dettelbach
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The Franciscan Monastery Dettelbach is a former monastery of the Franciscan Observants in Dettelbach, Bavaria in the Diocese of Würzburg. The founding and establishment of the branch is closely related to the pilgrimage church Maria im Sand, also in Dettelbach. In 2017, the monastery… Read More

1574 Life Charles V Spain Alfonso Ulloa Ottoman TURKS Italian Venice Crusades

Alfonso de Ulloa was a 16th-century Spanish historian best-known for his service to Charles V, King of Spain. Having moved to Venice to study, Ulloa worked in the embassy of Charles V where he gained knowledge on the Holy Roman Emperor. In 1560, he published the first biography of Charles V, a work which staunchly defended the emperor against Turkish invaders and the spread of the Protestant Reformation.
This work is exceedingly rare – there are no known copies in any institution in the western hemisphere! (USTC)
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ULLOA, Alfonso de
Vita dell'inuittissimo e sacratissimo imperator Carlo V
In Venetia : appresso gli heredi di Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1574.

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· References: USTC 861586;
· Language: Italian
· Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
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1587 Justinian LAW Corpus Juris Civilis Codex Digest Godefroy Modius Commentary

"Freedom is the natural ability of everyone to do what he likes, unless it is prohibited by law or by force."
― Justinian I
Justinian's 'Corpus Juris Civilis' is unquestionably the fundamental work on law and jurisprudence! Parts of this work were originally intended to be used by law students, but they were not solely used as a textbook – they carried legal weight …as law! It includes four distinct parts – Codex, Digest, Institutes, and Novellae – each written with a different purpose.
'Digest' or 'Pandectae' is a collection of juristic treatises taken from various legal writings of Ulpian and Paulus. 'Codex'
was the Justinian's attempt at organizing the laws in a systematic manner. Following the successes and legal implications of Codex and Digest, 'Novellae Constitutiones' or 'New Constitutions', was written after 534AD. These new laws were enacted following Justinian's reign, and, while credited to… Read More

1537 1ed Orthodox Saint John Chrysostom On the Priesthood + Brixius Marburg

A rare 16th-century printing of works of John Chrysostom. Chrysostom was one of the most important Early Christian Church authors and preachers and is most remembered for his sermons and homilies. He preached on many different subjects, but his most frequented topic was helping the needy. Chrysostom calls for followers of Jesus to set aside their material desires to help the poor, often in a way that shamed the rich and guilted them in to giving.
"Do you pay such honor to your excrements as to receive them into a silver chamber-pot when another man made in the image of God is perishing in the cold?" (Chrysostom in Liebeschuetz)

One of his most important treatises was 'On the Priesthood' in which he describes his experiences becoming a priest and living as a priest. Interestingly, this work was popular during his lifetime as he made references to it in his other works.
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1556 1ed Thomas Aquinas BIBLE Commentary on Epistles of Paul Latin New Testament
"The truth can be perceived only through thinking"
― Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas was a 13th-century Dominican monk known as one of the most important and influential church fathers and Catholic philosophers. He is remembered for his best-known works such as 'Summa Theologica' as well as his commentaries on Aristotle and the Epistles of Paul. Throughout his commentaries, Aquinas supports with his principle that everything Jesus did on earth was to teach us and leave an example.
This extremely rare 1556 printing of the New Testament commentaries of Aquinas includes the books of Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Philemon, Hebrews, James (or Jacob), Peter, Paul's letters to John, and Jude. Collected and edited by Jacobo Castro in Lyon.

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AQUINAS, Saint Thomas
Tomus II commentariorum D. Thomae Aquin. Ordinis Praedic. super Pauli epistolas
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1565 FAMOUS Calepino Dictionary Lexicon Language FOLIO Woodcuts Aldus Calepinus
Ambrogio Calepino was a 15th-century Italian lexicographer who is remembered only by his Latin dictionary. This 1565 Latin edition was published by the famed Gryphius and includes thousands of entries describing roots of words and definitions.
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CALEPINO, Ambrogio
Ambrosii Calepini Dictionarium, tanta tamque multa verborum, tum Latinorum, tum etiam Græcorum, quæ suis Latinis bellissimè respondent, loquendíque formularum, accessione adauctum & locupletatum, ut Thesaurus linguæ Latinæ, non injuriâ, dici possit.
Lugduni, Antonium Gryphium, 1565.

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· References: USTC 65772
· Language: Latin / Greek / Italian / French / Spanish
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~15in X 10.5in (38cm x 26cm)
· Very rare and desirable
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