Search Results: Theology from Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints

First edition in French detailing superstition and the cult of witchcraft in India. Translated into French by Thomas La Grue from the Dutch.
Description: Contemprary calf, gilt titles to spine and decoration in compartments between five raised bands. Octavo: 24 × 18 cm; pp. [7] ll., 375. With an engraved frontispiece plate and seven engravings, (five of which are full-page), and one fold-out plate.
Ref.: Graesse: xi, 147
Provenance: Handwritten bookplate of Stanislaj de Guaita and a small bookseller's label of the Librairie Sainte-Marie, Moissac, on the front pastedown.
Condition: Binding scuffed and bumped, front joint starting but firm, capitals with losses. The rear flyleaf removed. Textblock a little shaken, somewhat toned, stained and waterstained throughout. Quire H (pp. 57–66) is missing. Chip to pp. 67 not affecting text, paper repair due to loss of paper in outer margin on pages 357–373, not affecting text. A burned hole with minor text loss in quire Vu. Annotations in a early hand on… Read More

A print from the great period of the Imprenta Real under Joaquín Ibarra (1725-1785). Second edition, corrected and completed by Francisco de Ajofrín (1719–1789).
Description: Contemp. vellum, spine lettered in ink VEDA Fr. Ge / ronimo / Corleon. Octavo 20 × 14,5 cm; pag.: [1 (frontispiece)], [8]ff., 326pp.
Condition: Boards a little wavy and with some staining, spine title faded. Light spotting to first 8 pages and last 30 pages, otherwise clean and without browning. ¶