[Rarebooks] FS: Funke 16th Century Catalogue

[Mark Funke]

Dear Friends, Customers, & Colleagues:

We are pleased to announce our new catalogue of books printed in the
16th century:

CATALOGUS LIBRORUM SAECULO XVI IMPRESSORUM

A few highlights:

*    Manual on measuring by sight. Do you want to "eyeball" the height
of a church tower? Now you can;
*    Aldine Imprint bound with a scarce tract of 98 far-reaching
reasons not to have sex;
*    Anti-Mennonite & Anti-Turkish Sermons from the Bishop of Vienna
who was nicknamed the "Hammer of Heretics";
*    Noted anti-slavery advocate's copy of anti-Aristotle education reform;
*    Manuscript notations that serve as a puzzle - a chronogram of the
author's date of death;
*    The first medical text on syphilis;
*    One of the earliest monographs on fish;
*    From Dr. Richard Mead's personal library;
*    Legal justification of colonization; and
*    "Her Book", an important source of early accounts of Christianity
owned by a female bibliophile from Los Angeles.

Please click on the following link to access the catalogue:

https://www.funkebooks.com/sixteenth-century

Come for the woodcuts; stay to brush up on your Latin.

On our website you will find all our recent catalogues including
Science Fiction, Inflation & Economics, Fascism, and East Germany.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

- Mark
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