New Books
- Johannes Althusius - Politica Methodice Digesta
- Johannes Valentinus Andreae - Fama fraternitatis Roseae Crucis oder Die Bruderschaft des Ordens der Rosenkreuzer
- Alonso Jerónimo de Salas Barbadillo - El Cavallero puntual
- New edition of the King James Version of the Bible in a "user-friendly" Roman typeface
- Michael Maier - Arcana arcanissima
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