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BRB0162
The 1546 French Bible translated by Pierre Robert Olivétan and revised by Jean Calvin was listed in the Sorbonne's catalogue of censured books in 1551. This copy is a rare variant issued for surreptitious circulation in France. Its title page omits…
BRB0185
Guide to the mass with seventy plates of prayers and illustrations in order of the sequence of the mass.
BRB0255
Striking visuals such as human hearts with either Jesus or the devil in them encouraged people to renounce their sins. The symbols in this work influenced the later Miror des ames.
BRB0261
This French calendrical manual features several fold-out plates, three volvelles, twelve sliding paper strips for tracking the weekdays of every month, and the exhibited adjustable table for determining the major moveable feasts. This table utilizes…
BRB0370
This tiny songbook was printed for the use of French pilgrims along the Camino de Santiago. Illustrated throughout with charmingly crude woodcuts, the book contains the texts of numerous chansons. The book also includes various prayers, memorials of…
BRB0456
Although Yolande Bonhomme soon began to sign her editions with her own name, she continued to utilize her husband's trademark. The final page of this French devotional volume features the large metalcut that Thielmann Kerver had used to identify his…
BRB0711
This first edition of the first bilingual French and Malagasy catechism was created to instruct the native inhabitants of Madagascar
BRB0717
Dedicated to Louis, le grand Dauphin, 20th Dauphin of France (1661-1711), this catechism in verse retains the popular question and answer format of the genre with the answers composed in rhyme
BRB0764
This catechism was composed for Louis, 18th Dauphin of France (1601-1643), later King Louis XIII (r. 1610-1643).
BRB0806
A prayer book for use of ladies residing in the Maison du Saint Sépulchre de Charleville in Belgium. At the end of the text, the owner transcribed a prayer for a good death but accidentally spilled ink over her hand-written text.
BRB0819
This unique, previously unrecorded devotional and instructional volume can be read in either of two directions. The rectos of each leaf are numbered and can be read sequentially while the versos are printed upside down and also numbered for reading…
BRB0819
This devotional and instructional volume can be read in either of two directions. The rectos of each leaf are numbered and can be read sequentially while the versos are printed upside down and also numbered for reading in a separate order and…
BRB0911
French version of Carl Heinrich von Bogatzky's extremely popular Güldenes Schatz-Kästlein der Kinder Gottes ("Little Golden Treasure Chest of God's Children"). The translator and editor, Choffin, notes that his work is not a direct translation as…
BRB0914
This folding triptych, known as a cartagloria, bears the essential texts of the Latin Mass that a priest needed to have visible during the Eucharistic ceremony. Complementing the central images of Christ on the Cross and the Last Supper, the…
BRB0993
Printed book of hours that appears in the style of a contemporary manuscript prayer book.
BRB1072
Compiled by a French Franciscan friar, this innovative confessional manual encouraged self-reflection on several hundred sins. Categorized according to the Ten Commandments, brief definitions of the sins were printed on pre-cut paper. This allowed…
BRB1146
This suite of fifteen etchings depicts the various methods of martyrdom suffered by the Twelve Apostles mentioned in the Gospels (including Judas Iscariot, who committed suicide by hanging) as well as Judass replacement, St. Matthias, and two…
BRE0025
Meditations on the Stations of the Cross with prayers addressed to Jesus in French.
BRE0032
Religious instruction book for children and adults. The frontispiece features an allegorical depiction of Piety rather than the usual Virgin Mary.
BRE0041
Devotional book for French troops that includes paschal calendar, daily prayers, instruction on Christian doctrine and the sacraments, and prayers for the corps and their commanders.
BRE0042
Four volume historical illustrated account of the clergy.
BRE0049
Book of brief refletions on the Passion beginning with the Garden of Olives and ending with the burial of Jesus. Included are detailed images with dialogue for illustrated figures.
BRE0057
This symbols within this emblem book was influenced by the eighteenth-century Le miroir du pecheur. This title also includes scenes of unrepentant souls at the end of their time on earth.
BRE0064
Illustrated guide that includes prayers for the Mass along with depictions of the ceremony. This copy is composed of images and text produced entirely with engraved plates.
BRE0066
Apocalyptic images such as the ones in this reprinted work were intended to instill the fear of punishment for sin. This edition includes a history of the multiple reprintings of the title throughout the seventeenth century.
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