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Die Histori Thome Muntzers, des anfengers der Döringischen vffrur, seer nutzlich zulesen. Ermanung des Durchleuchtigen Fursten vnnd Herrn, Herrn Philippsen Landtgraue zu Hessen etc. an die Ritterschafft, die Bauren (vnder dem scheyn des Euangelions sich wider alle oberkeit, durch falsch Predicanten verfurt, setzende) trostlich anzugreyffen by Melanchthon, Philip (1497-1560). Müntzer, Thomas (1489-1525)

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Title: Die Histori Thome Muntzers, des anfengers der Döringischen vffrur, seer nutzlich zulesen. Ermanung des Durchleuchtigen Fursten vnnd Herrn, Herrn Philippsen Landtgraue zu Hessen etc. an die Ritterschafft, die Bauren (vnder dem scheyn des Euangelions sich wider alle oberkeit, durch falsch Predicanten verfurt, setzende) trostlich anzugreyffen
Author: Melanchthon, Philip (1497-1560). Müntzer, Thomas (1489-1525)
Seller: Liber Antiquus (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Hagenau: Johann Setzer, 1525. SOLE EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in late 19th or early 20th c. marbled boards, spine mended. A nice copy with the impressions of bearer type on the first and final leaf. Small light dampstain to corner of two leaves and some light spots on final printed leaf. A rare polemic by Philip Melanchthon against the radical reformer Thomas Müntzer, the "murderous and bloodthirsty prophet" and the most significant figure in the second, crucial phase of the Peasants' War. In the face of crushing taxation and crop failures, the German peasants had declared open rebellion against the oppression of their feudal lords. Müntzer encouraged them with fiery oratory and led them into battle. The peasants' were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen. Captured in battle, Müntzer was executed by beheading, his body was impaled, and his head stuck on a stake outside the gates of Mühlhausen, where it remained for years. This book was printed a month after Müntzer's decisive defeat. Melanchthon's purpose in publishing this book was to show that Müntzer was a tool of the devil and to warn others not to follow his teachings. The book contains a speech purportedly given by Müntzer to rally his troops as they prepared to meet the armies of the Saxon and Hessian princes on 17 May 1525 at Frankenhausen. Contemporary reports indicate Müntzer did in fact give a speech, but the text as given in this book was almost certainly composed by Melanchthon and his allies: "There is absolutely no evidence to suggest that the words are Müntzer's; he certainly made some kind of speech, and an idea of what he said was reported by men such as Hans Hut, who had been at Müntzer's side. But Melanchthon was on that day in Wittenberg, 150 kms distant, and certainly would not have been able to record the words spoken. At best, the text is reported third-hand and faulty; at worst, it is a complete fabrication."(Drummond) In Melanchthon's version of the speech, Müntzer claimed a divine prophecy led him to call for the uprising: "I only began all this at God's command, and not for selfish reason or out of boldness, for I have never been a soldier in all my days; but because God spoke to me and told me to march forth". Melanchthon presents Müntzer's case in language that closely resembles Müntzer's writings, and the speech includes a battle cry against the nobility: "They are nothing but tyrants, who fleece the people, and exhaust our blood and sweat with their splendour, with useless pomp, with their whoring and villainy. . . . But what do our princes do? They do not give justice, they do not keep the roads clear, do not prevent murder and robbery or punish offences and evil, do not defend widows and orphans, do not help the poor to justice - which is the very reason that God created the rulers . . . You should not imagine that God will let this go on for much longer, for, just as he destroyed the Canaanites, so he will destroy our princes. Melanchthon adds his commentary to the speech. Despite not being present, he argues that many of Müntzer's followers seemed reluctant to join the battle: "And when Thomas had finished speaking, the majority of the army were desperate and wanted to get away from there, for they saw that the water was about to overflow the bucket. But there was no order or discipline which allowed anyone to take good advice on what to do." (translated by Andy Drummond) Thomas Müntzer In 1523, Müntzer, formerly the leader of the radical "Zwickau Prophets" began to radicalize the area of Allstedt, where he was then pastor, preaching that the ungodly were to be eliminated and the elect would establish a kingdom of Christ on earth and threatening the political rulers of the area with rebellion. In early 1524, as Müntzer grew bolder in his denunciation of the authorities and called for an elimination of the enemies of God, he divided the citizenry into military units in order to resist any outside interference in his activities. Müntzer openly challenged and attacked Luther, who was openly opposed to Müntzer's ministry of the elect, as one of "our mad, debauching pigs, which are horrified by the windstorm, the raging billows and by all the waters of wisdom." Following the Battle of Frankenhausen, Müntzer was captured and executed by beheading. His body was impaled and his head stuck on a stake outside the gates of Mühlhausen, where it remained for years. Following Müntzer's execution on May 27, Luther would write "I killed Müntzer; his death is on my shoulders. But I did it because he wanted to kill my Christ'". (Brecht Vol II, p. 185) The Peasants' War The Peasants' War was one of the bloodiest chapters in the turbulent early history of the German Reformation. The uprising began in upper Swabia in early 1524 and quickly spread to southern and western Germany, as well as to parts of Switzerland and Austria. The peasants were motivated by a number of factors: crushing taxation, lack of a voice in government, no recourse to the courts, crop failure, and helplessness in the face of their feudal masters' demands. But whereas these conditions had resulted in smaller uprisings in the past, the massive rebellion of 1524-5 was also a result of the turbulent upheaval caused by the nascent Reformation. By the time the rebellion was crushed in late 1525, some 100,000 combatants and civilians had been killed. Reprisals were carried out for the next two years, and the peasants' demands, as outlined in their Twelve Articles, came to nothing.

Original Celluloid of the Queen of Hearts from Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland. by [Disney, Walt; Carroll, Lewis.]

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Title: Original Celluloid of the Queen of Hearts from Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland.
Author: [Disney, Walt; Carroll, Lewis.]
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: [Burbank, CA]: [Walt Disney Studios], [1951]., 1951 9" x 9", within a 15" x 15" frame. Gouache on celluloid drawing of the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland, holding a flamingo mallet, colored in green, yellow, black, red, and white, with a gray background, in a glossy black frame. Fine. Overall, a bright and exemplary cel from the classic 1951 Disney film. Walt Disney's animated film Alice in Wonderland (1951) is based on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1872). Walt Disney was inspired by Carroll's books from a young age, and his early silent "Alice Comedies" in the 1920s showed the imaginative author's influence on him. Disney purchased the rights to Tenniel's Alice illustrations in 1931 with the idea of turning the books into a film, but it wasn't until 1951 that the project was finally completed. Featuring the voices of Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Sterling Holloway and others, the film received a lukewarm reception when it was released, but has since come to be regarded as one of Disney's finest feature-length films. Like other hand-drawn Disney films, Alice in Wonderland required hundreds of thousands of hand-drawn cels (24 images equated to only a single second of animation) and the loving labor of hundreds of artists.. First Edition. Fine.

Breve noticia de las festivas demostraciones que con el plausible motivo de la real proclamacion del señor don Carlos IV. Hecha en la ciudad de Palma dia 11. de Julio de 1789 by [FETES / MALLORCA IMPRINTS]

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Title: Breve noticia de las festivas demostraciones que con el plausible motivo de la real proclamacion del señor don Carlos IV. Hecha en la ciudad de Palma dia 11. de Julio de 1789
Author: [FETES / MALLORCA IMPRINTS]
Seller: Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Extremely rare first and sole edition of this Mallorcan festival book commemorating the festivities held in Palma on the occasio
Description: Extremely rare first and sole edition of this Mallorcan festival book commemorating the festivities held in Palma on the occasion of Charles IV's accession to the throne. The description, with its careful lists of the noblemen involved, constitutes a snapshot of Mallorcan society at the end of the eighteenth century. The work is illustrated with two plates, one a plan of the central square with the arrangement of ephemeral architecture and decorations, the other a very large plate (49.5 x 33 cm overall, 42.5 x 32 cm to platemark) depicting the triumphal arc erected in honor of the new sovereign, with his arms above those of Palma de Mallorca.The author estimates that between 34,000 and 38,000 citizens took part in the celebration, with gentlemen on horseback dressed à la española antigua and ladies in such splendid finery that it "filled the spirit with extasty." (B2r) The central square was festively decorated with and portraits of the king and queen to which the assembled paid solemn respects.Mallorca had seen a growth in trade and prosperity under Charles III thanks to his policies of liberalizing trade with America. Churches and monasteries were brought under the aegis of the Spanish crown, and the first postal service was created. The accession of his famously weak son at the very time of revolutionary unrest in France would have been a source of worry.Although printing began on Mallorca in the late sixteenth century, work with the Palma imprint are rarely seen on the market.OCLC lists a single copy, University of Connecticut*Palau II.35,402;. 4to. (10) ff., with two folding plates. Bound in contemporary patterned wrappers, in turn bound in modern quarter calf and marbled papers over boards. Ownership inscription of the Marquesa Axiany (?). Some bleeding of ownership inscription onto title but otherwise very good, with good strikes of the plates.

1882 Die Missbildungen des Menschen [Human Malformations] by Ahlfeld, Johann Friedrich

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Title: 1882 Die Missbildungen des Menschen [Human Malformations]
Author: Ahlfeld, Johann Friedrich
Seller: Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description: 1882 FOLIO LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES OF HUMAN MALFORMATIONS. Two 37x 47 cm folio heavy card folders, black cloth corners and spines, printed paper title labels to covers, containing a total of 49 unbound lithographed plates containing over 750 subjects. Vol. 1 containing Plates I - XXIII, Vol. 2 containing Plates XXIV - XLIX TOGETHER WITH 16 x 24 cm hardcover text volume, marbled paper covers, black cloth spine with contemporary autograph ink title label, i-xv, 297 pp. Light soiling and wear to covers and edges of plates, 3 cm closed tear with clear tape repair to edge of Plate 1, remaining plates intact; light wear to covers of text volume, light browning to pages, unmarked. Very good in custom archival mylar covers. GERMAN LANGUAGE. JOHANN FRIEDRICH AHLFELD (1843 � 1929) was a German obstetrician and gynecologist. From 1863 to 1867 he studied medicine at the universities of Greifswald and Leipzig, where he was a pupil of Carl Siegmund Franz Crede. In 1873 he obtained his habilitation for obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Leipzig, and in 1877 attained the title of associate professor. In 1881 he became a full professor at the University of Giessen, then two years later relocated to Marburg as director of the university Frauenklinik and school for midwives. GARRISON-MORTON No. 534.66: "Reproduces plates of important specimens from otherwise inaccessible sources."

Crowley A Louisiana Romance by [Louisiana]. [Agriculture]

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Title: Crowley A Louisiana Romance
Author: [Louisiana]. [Agriculture]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: About very good.
Description: Crowley, 1919. About very good.. [31]pp. 16mo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Moderate soiling to covers, contemporary pencil ownership notation on front cover. Doodle inside front cover. Minor soiling internally. "The city that sets the pace in the race for prosperity in the rice belt, takes nobody's dust and keeps her head turned always in the direction of success." A promotional work for the city of Crowley, Louisiana, located in the south-central portion of the state. The work is extensively illustrated with views of the city, as well as scenes of rice fields and a map of the state showing Crowley's location and all of the railroads that connect it to the wider world. We locate four copies in OCLC -- University of Alabama, Yale, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and the Louisiana state library.

The Holy Science by Sri Yukteswar Giri, Swami

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Title: The Holy Science
Author: Sri Yukteswar Giri, Swami
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Self Realization Fellowship, 1990. Fine. Sri Yukteswar Giri, Swami. The Holy Science. Los Angeles, CA: Self Realization Fellowship, 1990. 120pp. Indexed. 12mo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine with light rubbing.

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