Palm Springs Books

Pair of 1970’s polish chrome railroad tracks bookends in the manner of Bill Curry. This show minor wear consistent with age. Measurements: ...

A beautiful pair of wood bound early Coptic Bibles or Religious books. They feature hand painted pages. These are old and worn with numerous age and use imperfections.

10 miscellaneous vellum covered texts. These date from the 18th and 19th centuries and range in size from 14 x 9 inches the largest and 7 x 4 to the smallest. They are in various sta...

A real treasure from the annals of history is this 1668 book covered in vellum or parchment. The full title is as follows; Vita Del V.p.f. Domenico Di Giesu Maria Gia Preposito Gener...

4 vellum covered books from the 1600's although one dates to the 1700's. One is a volume of Flavius Josephus history of the jews from 1611. The se...

A rare and unusual find is this five volumes from 1624 of Cesare Baronio's masterpiece history of the Catholic Church titled Ecclesiastical Annales from the time of Christ to 1198. The full set of 12 volumes is only to be found in museums, and rare book collections. From what research I have found some people have one or two of the books. Here are 5 volumes, the first which is called Primus, 5,6,7 and 11.

A brief biography of this remarkable man follows from wikipedia;
Cesare Baronio (also known as Caesar Baronius; August 30, 1538 – June 30, 1607) was an Italian Cardinal and ecclesiastical historian. His best known work are his Annales Ecclesiastici ("Ecclesiastical Annals"), which appears in twelve folio volumes (1588–1607).
Cardinal Baronius left a reputation for profound sanctity which led Pope Benedict XIV to proclaim him "Venerable" (January 12, 1745). In 2007, on the 400th anniversary of his death, the cause for his canonization, which had been stalled since 1745, was reopened by the Procurator General of the Oratory of St Philip...

One of the most unusual books that I have come across is this extremley rare edition from 1673 of Thomas Bartholin or Bartholini's masterpiece Acta Medica & Philosophiae Hafniensia p...