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The Mystic and other poems.

The Mystic and other poems.

by BAILEY, Philip James

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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1856. First American edition. . Hardcover. See Description. First U.S. Edition. 8vo. pp. 159, [5 blank]; 11, [1] adverts. Bound in original brown blind stamped publisher’s cloth. A tight and attractive copy with minor professional repairs to the head cap and to the fore-edge of the front cover. The rear blank free end paper is lacking. The interior pages are generally clean; many leaves are still uncut / unopened. James Philip Bailey (1816-1902) was a British spasmodic poet best known for his long poem "Festus." His book, "The Mystic and other poems" (first printed in London, 1855), describes the journey of the divine soul or spirit. The work contains wild visionary, cosmological and esoteric imagery – i.e. "Thence, hawk-like, through the purgatorial air, / And many-regioned aether, peaceful, pure, / Soul-quickening, soared he to the crescent moon, / And sailed the sky’s abysmal sea of suns / In ark crystalline, manned by beamy… Read More
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Le Prophetes du passe.

Le Prophetes du passe.

by BARBEY D'AUREVILLY, Jules-Amedee

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Paris: A. Bourdilliat, 1860. Second Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. [4], 222. Half calf with marbled boards (some rubbing). Pages clean. Book plate on inside front cover. Name in pencil on front blank. Bookseller stamp near bottom edge of half-title. First published in 1851. The second edition contains a supplement concerning the correspondence of Joseph de Maistre. Barbey D'Aurevilly (1808-1889) flamboyant French decadent writer with strong Royalist and Catholic sentiments. He was known for writing several mystical-sadomasochistic novels. His "Prophets of the Past" discusses the conservative political philosophies of Joseph de Maistre, Francois-René Chateaubriand, Félicité Robert de Lemennais and others. [De Backer Catalogue 1890; Vicaire I, 292].
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Droit constitutionnel comparé la constitution Française de 1875...

Droit constitutionnel comparé la constitution Française de 1875 étudiée dans ses rapports avec les constitutions étrangères.

by BARD, A. and Robiquet, P.

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Paris: Ernest Thorin, 1876. Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. VII, [1], 400. Half morocco with marbled boards. Withdrawn sticker on inside front cover. Shelf number printed neatly in upper left corner of paste down. Library impress stamp on title page and on p.55. Stain on top edge of text block not visible on the pages. Slight discoloration in 2nd panel of spine where library sticker used to be.
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The Rhine from its source to the sea.

The Rhine from its source to the sea.

by BARTLEY, G.C.T., [trans.]

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Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1899. Hardcover. See Description. Second edition, revised and corrected. 8vo. 2 vols. Vol. I. pp. [8], 303, [1] Vol. II. pp. [8], 318. Fold out map of the Rhine in the rear of volume II. Contains 48 photo plates. Title in red and black. Fresh, bright copy bound in blueish green cloth with gilt flower decorations. Slight wear to the head and tail caps. Very minor bumping on a couple of cover corners. Pages are fresh. Top edge gilt. No dust jacket. Translated by G.C.T. Bartley from the German of Karl Stieler, H. Wachenhusen and F.W. Hacklander.
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Starcrarft

by BARTON, William H. and JOSEPH, Joseph Maron

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New York: Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1938. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. See Description/Dust Jacket Included. 8vo. (23.5 cm), pp. vii, [3], 228. With a color illustration of Galileo preceding the title page and numerous black and white illustrations accompanying the text. Bound in blue cloth with dust jacket. Binding displays minor wear; the lower corner tip of the front board is bumped.The dust jacket is well worn; the head of the jacket spine is chipped; the rear jacket contains tears, creases, splits, and chipping along the folds; inside jacket flap tips are clipped (perhaps by design?) Interior is printed on semi-gloss paper. Pages are generally clean. There is a small spot of damage to the upper margin of p. 97. Book block edges contain some faint foxing. "'Starcraft' differs from other books on amateur astronomy in that it not only gives a detailed guide to the study of the stars, but tells how the reader can build his own instruments for making observations"… Read More
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Oeuvres de Beaumarchais.

Oeuvres de Beaumarchais.

by BEAUMARCHAIS, Pierre

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Paris: Au Bureau des Éditeurs, 1829. Hardcover. See Description. Small 12mo. (14 cm). 3 volumes. Volume I, pp. 294, [2]. Volume II, pp. 242, [2]. Volume III, pp. 251, [1]. Bound in later quarter dark blue morocco with gilt stamped spines, sewn-in green ribbon bookmarks, marbled boards and end papers. The binding is generally fresh with only minor rubbing to the extremities. A bookplate is located on the inside front cover of each volume – "ex libris J.A. Steiner". Interior pages contain some scattered foxing and spotting – generally light. The bottom corner of p. 173 (vol. II) is chipped; a 5 cm tear part way across the lower portion of p. 215 (vol. I) is very neatly sealed. Pierre Beaumarchais (1732-1799) was a French playwright and revolutionary…. Contents: Vol. I: Notice historique sur Beaumarchais; Eugénie, drame en cinq actes et en prose; Essai sur le genre dramatique sérieux; Le Barbier de Séville, comédie en quarter actes et en… Read More
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The Folly and unreasonableness of atheism demonstrated from the advantage and pleasure of a religious life…

by BENTLEY, Richard

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London: J.H. for H. Mortlock, 1699. Hardcover. See Description. Small 4to. "Fourth Edition." pp. [4], 280. Complete. With frontispiece engraving of the Hon. Robert Boyle. An extra 19th century plate of the author Richard Bentley is also included after the dedication. Bound in modern half calf with marbled boards. Pages are generally clean; a faded name is written with small letters in an early hand on the title page (upper corner); minor chipping to outer edge of title. All edges gilt. Richard Bentley (1662-1742) English scholar and literary critic. He was made keeper of the Royal Libraries and was later appointed Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1692 he was nominated first Boyle lecturer (named after scientist Robert Boyle). He then delivered a series of sermons trying to refute Thomas Hobbes and atheism. In particular, the lectures tried to show how the recent work in physics by Sir Isaac Newton offered proof of God’s existence. Bentley even corresponded with Newton on the… Read More
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Recherches physiologiques sur la vie et la mort.

Recherches physiologiques sur la vie et la mort.

by BICHAT, Marie François Xavier

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Paris: Charpentier, 1852. Hardcover. See Description. Fifth Edition. 12mo. pp. [4], XXXII, 382. With a fine frontispiece engraving portraying a marble statue of the author. Bound in quarter red morocco with gilt spine and marbled boards. Mild rubbing; generally a fine copy. Pages are clean. Includes the notes of Dr. Cerise (first printed in the 1844 edition). F-X Bichat (1771-1802) Famous french physician and anatomist. Garrison's History of Medicine refers to him as the creator of descriptive anatomy. His book Recherches physiologiques sur la vie et la mort was first published in 1800. According to Garrison and Morton: "When Volta questioned the validity of experiments claiming to show responsiveness of an ex vivo heart, devoid of blood flow and nervous connections, Bichat obtained permission to experiment upon the freshly killed bodies of those guillotined during the French Revolution. His trials on both laboratory animals and human cadavers led him to conclude that cardiac excitation by… Read More
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Pirotechnia. Li diece libri della pirotechnia, nelli quail si tratta non solo la diversita delle...
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Pirotechnia. Li diece libri della pirotechnia, nelli quail si tratta non solo la diversita delle minere, ma ancho quanto si ricera alla prattica di esse: e di quanto s'appartiene all'arte della fusiione ouer getto de metallic, e d'ogni altra cosa a Questa

by BIRINGUCCIO, Vannoccio

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Venice: Comin da Trino di Monferrato, 1558. Hardcover. See Description. Third Edition. 4to in 8’s. ff. [8], 168. Including decorative initials and 84 woodcut illustrations with the text. Title within woodcut border depicting a variety of metallurgical and mining equipment. Final leaf (recto) contains a printer’s device and colophon - "In Vinegia per Comin da Trino di Monferrato MDLIX" [1559]. Attractive copy. Pages are generally clean and fresh with occasional mild spotting / staining. An old bookplate from the "Royal Military College" is located on the inside front cover. The bookplate is stamped "Sold by H.M Stationery Office." Bound in original limp vellum (minus thong fore-edge ties). Minus binder’s blank fly-leaf in the rear. Vannoccio Biringuccio (1480-1539?) was a Siennese nobleman, engineer and metallurgist. His "Pirotechnia" (first published in Venice, 1540) is considered the earliest detailed hand-book on metallurgy. The work contains… Read More
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A Gypsy bibliography.

A Gypsy bibliography.

by BLACK, George F.

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Mansfield Centre, CT.: Martino Publishing, 2000. Hardcover. See Description. Facsimile reprint of the London, 1915 edition. 8vo. pp. vii, [1], 226. Bound in black buckram. The binding and the interior are both clean and fresh. A bibliography on the Roma peoples listing 4577 books and articles in several languages. The entries often include notes and pagination.
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A Philosophical essay on credulity and superstition; and also on animal fascination, or charming.

A Philosophical essay on credulity and superstition; and also on animal fascination, or charming.

by BLAKEMAN, Rufus

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New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1849. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. 206p. Bound in quarter gray-brown publisher’s cloth with plain paper boards. Carefully re-backed preserving the original spine and paper spine label (worn). Rubbing and wear present to the extremities and boards. Interior is generally clean but with occasional areas of mild scattered foxing as well as some age-toning along the outer edges of the margins. A name and a date (1858) are written in an early hand on the front free fly-leaf. This treatise on superstition and on supernatural beliefs is written by a medical doctor. Chapters are dedicated to discussing witchcraft, dreams, ghosts, ecstasy, trance, homoeopathy, mesmerism, animal fascination or charming and credulity in medicine. According to the preface: "It has been the author’s object to allude to the mental origin of the various popular superstitions that have extensively prevailed among mankind at different periods, and briefly to… Read More
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Boetius de consolatione philosophica & de disciplina Scholarium. Additum est Carmen iuvenile...

Boetius de consolatione philosophica & de disciplina Scholarium. Additum est Carmen iuvenile Sulpitti.

by BOETHIUS, Anicius Manlius

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Lyon: Iohnnes Clein, 1515. Hardcover. See Description. [c.1515]. 4to. pp. [280]. p.[280 blank]. Colophon dated "nono kale[n]das Octobris" (23 Sept.). Title page printed in red and black inside woodcut architectural border. Woodcut printer's device (Sylvestre 132). Printed in Roman font with the surrounding commentaries printed in Gothic. Text contains decorative initials. Bound in contemporary blind stamped paneled calf boards; re-backed preserving original spine. Later antique endpapers with inscription on front-free endpaper dated "1925"; front and rear blank fly-leaves worn. Pages are generally clean with occasional marginalia in an old hand (i.e. several small inscriptions written on the title page); minor spotting; lower corner of leaf c7 clipped in margin; The hinges and inner margins to the first gathering are neatly strengthened / repaired. The outer edges to this same gathering show some wear - i.e. a few marginal tears (sealed), and light soiling. The bottom margins… Read More
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Eighteenth-century studies in honor of Donald F. Hyde.

Eighteenth-century studies in honor of Donald F. Hyde.

by BOND, W.H.

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New York: Grolier Club, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. pp. XV, [1], 424, [2]. One of 1,650 copies. Bound in black and beige cloth with slip case. Fine condition. Contains numerous scholarly articles on Samuel Johnson and James Boswell as well as articles on Oliver Goldsmith, Tobias Smollett, the painter Sir Joshua Reynolds, etc . Fine condition.
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Libri Salomonis; Proverbia, Ecclesiastes, Canticum Canticorum, Sapientia, Ecclesiasticus. Cum...
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Libri Salomonis; Proverbia, Ecclesiastes, Canticum Canticorum, Sapientia, Ecclesiasticus. Cum notis Jacobi Benigni Bossuet , Episcopi Meldensis. Accesserunt eiusdem supplenda in Psalmos.

by BOSSUET, Jacques-Bénigne

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Paris: Apud Johannem Anisson, 1693. Hardcover. See Description. First Bossuet Edition. 8vo. pp. 25, [1], 659, [1]. Bound in full period speckled calf. Spine gilt in 6 compartments. Spine tail cap is professionally restored. Several areas on the outer hinges (especially near the tail cap) are neatly repaired. The bottom corner of the rear board is bumped Interior pages show some uniform age-toning / tanning, foxing. A few very minor marginalia/corrections are present in an old hand. The bottom marginal corner of leaf Dd2 is repaired. Latin text/translation of the Biblical books at one time ascribed to Solomon including Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom [of Solomon], Ecclesiasticus [Wisdsom of Sirach]. Included are copious notes by the learned French scholar Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704), Bishop of Meaux, tutor to the Dauphin, and court preacher to Louis XIV of France. Ecclesiasticus contains parallel Latin texts of the "Sixtina versio" and the "versio… Read More
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France under Louis XIV (Le Grand Siecle) Its arts - its ideas.

France under Louis XIV (Le Grand Siecle) Its arts - its ideas.

by BOURGEOIS, Emile

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. Hardcover. See Description. Large 4to. pp. XVI, xxvii, [1], 470, [2]. With 22 portraits engraved on copper and 33 full page illustrations including the frontispiece. Hundreds of illustrations with the text. Plates have tanned or browned with age. The plate opposite p. 62 has a chipped outer edge. Maroon cloth with gilt decoration - a garland surrounding the crown of France inside ornate borders. The endpapers are similarly decorated. Some wear at the head and tail of the spine. Corners a bit bumped. All edges gilt. Interesting picture book illustrating this period of French history and culture.
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Studies in bibliography; papers of the bibliographical society of the University of...

Studies in bibliography; papers of the bibliographical society of the University of Virginia…Volume Five, 1952-1953.

by BOWERS, Fredson, (editor)

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Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, 1964. Hardcover. See Description. Later edition. 8vo. pp. [4], 211, [9]. Bound in publisher’s blue cloth. No dust jacket. Miniscule bumping to the bottom corner of the rear cover. Binding is generally clean. The title page shows very mild stress to the upper corner. A very faint indent or mark of bumping is present near the upper edge on some leaves. Interior is otherwise clean. Contains numerous bibliographic articles by various authors – i.e. "Establishing a Text: The Emily Dickinson Papers." By Thomas H. Johnson; "The Copy for the First Folio Richard II." By Richard E. Hasker; "Type Sizes in the Eighteenth Century" by Philip Gaskell; "Baskerville and James Whatman." By A.T. Hazen; "The Printing of Jefferson’s Notes, 1793-94." By Coolie Verner and P. J. Conkwright; "A Sheaf of Whitman Letters." By Walter Harding.
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Traite de l' Hysterie.

Traite de l' Hysterie.

by BRACHET, Jean Louis

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Paris: J.-B. Bailliere and Lyon Charles Savy Jeune, 1847. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. [8], 516. Pages generally clean with some mild scattered foxing. Bound in contemporary or somewhat later quarter black morocco with marbled boards and endpapers. Jean Louis Brachet (1789-1858) French professor of pathology and a member of L'Académie imperiale de médecine. His book Traite de l' Hysterie was an important early modern study on the subject. The author classifies and describes different forms of hysteria in males and females. [Hirsch I, p. 554-555].
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Vertheidigung der schweizerischen Muse, Hrn. D. Albrecht Hallers.

Vertheidigung der schweizerischen Muse, Hrn. D. Albrecht Hallers.

by BREITINGER, Johann Jacob

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Zurich: Heidegger und Comp., 1744. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. 109, [i.e. 149], [1]. Pages are generally clean with occasional mild scattered marginal foxing. Small stain on title page. Bound in period papered boards or faux-vellum (rubbed). A piece of paper covering is missing from bottom rear board. An old receipt for purchase of the book, dated 1925 is loosely inserted. Johann Jacob Breitinger (1701-1776) Influential Swiss-German literary critic whose writings, along with those of Johann Jacob Bodmer, helped to inspire a transition from Baroque to Modern German Literature. In 1740 Breitinger published his "critische Dichtkunst" (2 vols), a direct challenge to the classical viewpoint of leading Leipzig critic Johann Christoph Gottsched. Breitinger argued (contrary to Gottsched) that the poet’s passion should not be hindered by artificial rules (i.e. rhym). The feud which ensued with Breitinger and Bodmer on the one side and Gottsched on the other helped to… Read More
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Les écritures secrètes (alphabets, chiffres, grilles) et les encres...

Les écritures secrètes (alphabets, chiffres, grilles) et les encres mystérieuses dites sympathiques.

by BRÉMOND, Charles

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Paris: Albin Michel [c. 1900 - 1919 ], 1900. Wraps. See Description. Small 8vo. 48p. Bound in original publisher’s paper wraps. Some rubbing and wear present to the wraps and extremities. Pages are age-toned due to the quality of the paper, but not overly brittle. An ownership stamp is present on the half title. The bottom corner tips of the last four leaves and the rear wrap are chipped. .A small treatise on cryptography or secret codes. Includes some depictions of charts or grids.
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Things divine and supernatural conceived by analogy with things natural and human.

Things divine and supernatural conceived by analogy with things natural and human.

by BROWN, Peter

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London: William Innys and Richard Manby, 1733. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. [4], 544. Original calf boards, neatly re-backed with old spine label preserved. Board corners are restored. Library name stamped on bottom edge of text block; seminary library book plate on inside front cover; ownership stamp and hand printed name (dated 1938) on front end papers and on outer margin of title page; very faint library blind stamp on lower corner of title. Interior pages are generally clean. Peter Brown (1666-1735) Irish divine who became Bishop of Cork and Ross. His "Things divine and supernatural" [published anonymously] is an in-depth reply to criticisms leveled at him by George Berkeley (see Berkeley’s dialogue "Alciphron"). Browne defends his belief that the thoughts of the Divinity can only be known to us through analogy and not as they are in themselves. [ESTC T118954; Halkett & Laing VI, p. 27].
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