Dictionnaire philosophique portatif par Mr. de Voltaire. by Voltaire - 1764

Lyon: Haratio Cardon, 1613. Hardcover (Vellum). Very Good Condition. 2 volumes in contemporary vellum, very light wear and quite clean, volume titles inked to bottom page edges and spine. Moderate foxing and browning throughout, many text illustrations, largely in the sections on Roman armies and gladiators (the military engravings are very good impressions, the gladiator section a bit lighter) ; printed in two columns. Engraved title, complete in 2 substantial volumes. half title, title, (7), portrait of Lipsius, 882pp; (8), 899pp. Lipsius developed a Neostoic system based in large part on Seneca and Tacitus that espoused a rational, dispassionate Christianity that was widely influential in post-Renaissance and pre-Enlightenment Europe. Size: Folio. 2-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Philosophy; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 042358.

Leipzig and Norristown, PA: Breitkopf & Hartel / Schwenckfelder Church, 1907. 12 volumes of a 19 volume edition. Edited by Chester David Hartranft and Elmer Ellsworth Schultz Johnson. All first editions, except vol 15, which is a second printing. Bound in leather and marbled boards. Includes Volumes 1 to 10, 12, 15. Published Leipzig and Norristown, PA: Breitkopf & Hartel / Schwenckfelder Church, 1907-1960. Thick 4to's., 8 1/4" x 10 3/4" x 3", approx. 700 - 900pp. per volume, illustrated with facsimilies. Text in German with introductions and commentaries in English. Three quarter leather with gilt spine titles and marbled boards and edges, decorative endpapers. External wear to first eight volumes, with rubbing and scuffing to leather and covers, some inner hinges tender on older volumes, markings on spine of volume seven, no other markings, text clean and bright. Very good. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.

Petro Grad: Iz. N.P. Taberio, 1916. Second edition. Cloth bound in fine condition; Contents very good .. Original Russian edition of Tertium Organum: A Key to the Enigmas of the World; Originally paperbound, newly rebound in black cloth with copy of the original cover set into the cloth cover; 322 pages. Text in Russian.

Philadelphia: Baptist General Tract Society, 1828. HINDU. The First Appearance of The Memoir of Krishna-Pal [Hindu][American Tracts]. Memoir of Krishna-Pal, [as found in] The Tracts of the Baptist General Tract Society, Volume I. Philadelphia: Published by the Baptist General Tract Society, and Sold at their Depository, 1828. First edition. One octavo volume contains 41 numbered tracts. Each tract is individually paginated and contains the header "No. [22] of the series of tracts issued by the Baptist General Tract Society." Tract number 22 is the Memoir of Krishna-Pal, [16] pp, who is described as "The first Hindoo, in Bengal, who broke the chain of the cast, by embracing the gospel." Other works include tract number 41, Divine Songs for Children, By Isaac Watts, D.D. [24]pp. "Divine Songs was one of the standard texts of English childhood for almost two centuries after its first publication in 1715." (The Hockliffe Project). Bound in contemporary full marbled sheep. Spine ruled in gilt. With red… Read More

London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd, 1921. First English edition. Octavo. Navy blue boards with gilt title to spine. Foxing to front and rear paste-down and free endpapers. Minor wear to corners. Bright text block throughout. Rare in this condition. Near-fine.. Uncommon first English edition of Miguel de Unamuno's (1864-1936) celebrated philosophical essay on the human condition and the enduring struggle between reason and faith. First published in his native Spain in 1912 as Del sentimiento trágico de la vida en los hombres y en los pueblos, Unamuno's famous cris de coeur was subsequently translated and published in English in 1921 by Macmillan. Unamuno was among a coterie of influential Spanish intellectuals referred to as the "Generation of '98" devoted to renewing the intellectual and cultural heritage of Spain. Unamuno himself was a philosopher, poet, playwright, essayist, and novelist, and he was also among Europe's leading existentialist scholars. In the tradition of Augustine, Pascal, and… Read More

In Fair to Good Condition. The Karen language originates in Northern Thailand, classified as the Tibeto-Burman group of the Sino-Tibetan language family. 22 leaves bound in marbled paper over boards, with cloth spine. Includes one plate, showing Meridians and Parallels, with description also in English. Both title pages and the plate have decorative borders. Covers detached, binding tight, occasional foxing. Hand written paper label on front cover, reads "Karen Catechism is presented by Rev. Dr. Ide". ASSOCIATION COPY. Dr. Rev. Ida was part of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, and received a letter of commendation from President Lincoln for his Christian support of the Country and Liberty. Library marks show as small paper label & written call number on spine, a paper plate inside the front cover, embossing and perforations on some pages.

New-York: Printed by William A. Davis for Peter A. Mesier, 1806. Leather Bound. Very Good. 6 x 9 inches. 8vo. [32] + [506] unnumbered pages. Collates as [A]-D (in 4s) + E (2 leaves not recorded in Griffiths) + A-3S (in 4s, last page is 3S1). Printed in single column Roman type. Griffiths 1806/11. Bound with: The Whole Book of Psalms in Metre, with Hymns Suited to the Feasts and Fasts of the Church and Other Occasions of Public Worship. New York: William A. Davis for P.A. Mesier, 1805. 250 numbered pages. Collates as 3S2-4 + 3T-5C (in 4s, last page is 5C3). Psalms with separate title page. Register is continuous with BCP. Printed in single column Roman type. Bound with: Additional Hymns set forth in General Convention, 1808. 12 numbered pages. 2 ffep & 2 rfep. All page edges colored yellow. Bound in contemporary straight grained morocco with gilt lettering and spine designs and gilt stamped corner edges. Damp stain along spine, end papers and first and last few leaves. An unusual early American… Read More

Venetiis [Venice]: n.p., 1575. Vellum. Very Good. 2 vols. 6 1/2 x 9 inches. Vol. 1: 75 unnumbered leaves + 435 numbered leaves, some misnumbered. Vol. 2: 496 numbered leaves, some misnumbered, some worming to leaves 488 and following, increasing toward end. Many pages with one or more elaborate initial capitals with floral motifs. Title pages with near contemporary ink inscriptions, some marked through. Light dampstaining. Bound in matching full vellum with loss to spine revealing old manuscript liner (Vol. 2) and old library label and ink title to spine (Vol. 1). Some soiling to covers. Each volume with two of four later ties present. Both volumes professionally conserved and preserved in original state. A very good set of this scarce early printing of the sermons of St. Bernard of Clairveaux, the principal builder of the Cistercian Order and the preacher whose sermon at Vezelay prompted the Second Crusade (1146-1149).

Tome 1:Amsterdam: David Martin, 1707. First edition. French. Hardcover. Folio, iii, 397 p. (pag. rh only; therefore 16, 794 p.). This first volume of La Sainte Bible qui contient le Vieux et Le Nouveau Testament, commonly called Mortier's Bible, after the name of the printer, is in a good condition. The volume is tightly bound with some tearing of the latter vellum and noticeable discoloration. The text and beautiful engravings remain in excellent condition. Few pages are loose and torn but most have sustained foxing around the edges. This two volume set was created by David Martin [1639 - 1721], was a learned French Protestant theologian. Heavy extra postage at cost. Heavy requires more postage.Tome 2:Amsterdam: David Martin, 1707. First edition. French. Hardcover. Folio, 423, [9], 65 p. (pag. rh only; therefore 826, [9] 130 p.). This second volume of La Sainte Bible qui contient le Vieux et Le Nouveau Testament, commonly called Mortier's Bible, after the name of the… Read More

Hooker, Richard. (1554?-1600) Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie. Eight Bookes. London: by Richard Bishop and are to be sold by George Lathum, 1638. Folio, 11.4 x 7.6 in. Seventh edition. Fourth complete edition. A-Z6, Aa-Zz6, Aaa-Hhh6, Iii8. This copy is bound in modern full calf.
Richard Hooker:
"The adventures of this text [The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity] are among the strangest in literary history. The first four books were published in March 1593. The fifth followed in December 1597. In 1604 Dr. Spenser, President of Corpus Christi, Oxford, in a new edition of the Polity, stated that Hooker had finished the three further books he intended: that certain persons had rifled Hooker's study after his death, abstracted the fair copies and left only 'unperfect and mangled draughts;' from which draughts, nevertheless, 'there is a purpose' of publishing the best text now possible. After this, nearly forty years of silence. Then in 1648 we have an edition containing Books VI and… Read More