16th C. Adrianus Turnebus "Philo Judaeus" Antiquarian

1716 Palladio Architecture First Book of Five Orders Illustrated Art Vignola Andrea Palladio was a 16th-century Italian architect who was influenced strongly by the Greek and Roman architectures of Vi

1661 English Criminal LAW Elizabethan Ferdinando Pulton Sundry Statutes FOLIO Ferdinando Pulton was a 16th-century writer known for his studies in English criminal law. He seemingly left no law untouc

1822 1ed Alice Wonderland Influence RARE World Upside Down Porta Salviati ART Giuseppe Porta was a 16th-century Italian painter whose artwork is beautifully represented in this 1822 work ‘Il Mondo R

1693 WITCHES Agrippa Occult Demons Magic Witchcraft Incertitudine Science RARE An incredibly rare 1693 printing of Henri Cornelius Agrippae. Agrippa was an early 16th-century scholar who specialized i

1569 German Catholic anti Martin Luther Protestant Bible Munich Johannes Via A rare and rather unknown 16th-century German devotional. This book, by Catholic preacher Johannes Via, was written to inst

1685 Catholic Church Divine Office Mass Liturgy St Charles Borromeo Prayers RARE Charles Borromeo was a 16th-century Archbishop of Milan and preeminent figures in the Counter-Reformation for the Catho

1705 ENORMOUS Ribadeneira Lives of Saints Jesuit Martyrs Hagiography Martyrdom Pedro de Ribadeneira was a 16th-century Spanish Jesuit priest who is best known for studying with Ignatius of Loyola. One

1588 RARE LAW Italian Catholic Vatican Rome Banking Formulam Cameralis Massa ‘Ad Formulam Cameralis Obligationis’ is a rare and relatively unknown 16th-century book of canon law by Italian author

1734 1ed FAMED Nizolius CICERO Lexicon Ciceronianum Latin Rhetoric Rome FOLIO Marius Nizolius was a 16th-century Italian humanist who focused his studies on grammar and Italian rhetoric. He is best re

1558 BIBLE Latin & French Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Sapience Apocrypha RARE An extremely rare and valuable 16th-century Bible by Guillaume Rouille. Published in 1558 Lyon, this small Old Testament

1684 Kings of England Richard Baker Chronicle BIZARRE Dragons Monsters FOLIO Richard Baker was a 16th-century English Protestant historian who is best known for his chronicle the royals of England. In

1566 Biblia Sacra Vulgate Holy Bible Lyon Frellon Woodcuts Illustrated Estienne An exceedingly rare mid-16th-century Vulgate Bible. This Bible, published by Jean Frellon. In 1555, Frellon first publis

1568 Latin Proverbs & Famous Saying Sententiae Loci Communes Renaissance Woodcuts A rare 16th-century printing of Latin proverbial sentences – “Sententiae sive loci communes”. Published in C

1705 ENORMOUS Ribadeneira Lives of Saints Jesuit Martyrs Hagiography Martyrdom Pedro de Ribadeneira was a 16th-century Spanish Jesuit priest who is best known for studying with Ignatius of Loyola. One

1760 Dutch Medicine Lommius on Diseases Human Anatomy Maladies French Jodocus Lommius was a 16th-century Dutch physician and personal doctor to Philip II. Also known as Josse van Lom, Lommius was know

1532 1ed Italian Renaissance Luigi Alamanni Poetry Mythology Narcissus Sonnet Latin Luigi Alamanni was a 16th-century Italian poet, and, to some, considered the greatest Italian poet for centuries bas

1683 SCOTLAND 1st ed Sir James Melville Memoirs Mary Queen of Scots James VI James Melville of Halhill was a 16th-century Scottish political delegate who is primarily remembered for his own memoirs. I

1633 1ed TURKISH Ottoman Empire Busbecq Letters Constantinople Politics Elzevier Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq was a 16th-century Flemish author who is best known for his ambassador service to the Ottoman

1566 Holy Bible Biblia Sacra Vulgate Woodcuts Illustrated MAPS Lyon Vincent An exceedingly rare mid-16th-century Vulgate Bible published by Antonio Vincent. In 1566, the same year this Bible was print

1579 1ed ENORMOUS Ortelius Nomenclator Ptolemaicus Geography Orbis Terrarum Atlas Abraham Ortelius is one of the most prolific Dutch cartographers of the 16th-century. In 1570, Ortelius published what

1778 Memoirs of Duke of Sully France Henry IV UTOPIAN Europe Christian Republic “A very valuable memoire of the history of the reign of Henry IV” Maximlien de Bethune was a 16th-century French sta

1592 English LAW William Lambarde Eirenarcha Justice of Peace Constable Duties William Lambarde was a 16th-century English historian who wrote several important works on English law. The most popular

1700 Idolatry & Pagans BIBLE History Jews Gentiles Vossius De Theologia Gentili Gerardus Vossius was a 16th-century Dutch classical theologian known for being one of the first to treat theological dog

1689 HERBAL Botany Bauhin Plants Asia Africa America Phytopinax Flowers Cannabis Caspar Bauhin was a 16th-century Swiss botanist who is best known for classifying thousands of plants in way that rival