La Philosophie Des Images Enigmatiques, Ou Il Est Traité Des Enigmes, Hieroglyphiques, Oracles, Propheties, Sorts, Divinations, Loteries, Talismans, Songes, Centuries De Nostradamus, De La Baguette by Menestrier, P. Cl. François

London: James Collins and Sam. Lowndes 1st first edition, 1682, 1683. Hardcover. Good. Lacks frontispiece (supplied in facsimile). 5 complete titlepages for the. TWO WORKS in One Volume. Octavo newer calf spined marbled boards (tips rubbed/sl.marked) lacks engraved frontis leaf as does the British Library copy but here supplied in facsimile mounted onto old fly leaf. Collation: [46]pp (inc. Titlepage in red & black, titlepage to Lux Orentalis dated 1682 & prelims) +151pp +[13]pp (inc. titlepage to Discourse of Truth dated 1682) +165-195 +[7]pp (inc. titlepage to Annotations upon the Two foregoing Treatises "by one not unexercized in these kinds of Speculation" dated 1682) +171pp +[7]pp (inc. titlepage to Annotations upon the Discourse of Truth .. Dr.Henry More dated 1683) +173-276 +[4]pp catalogue of books printed for Lowndes. Lacks pp131-2 (leaf supplied in facsimile). Titlepage browned/dusty with old name Joh: Wetherby to margin, corners rounded, margins bit chipped, 2nd title with another name… Read More

London: Privately Printed, 1894. Hardcover. See Description. Tall 4to. (32.5 cm), pp. [4], xvi, 254 with 40 plates and a facsimile of the 1786 title page. Large paper copy #19 of 50 from a limited edition of 500.The preface states: "the present edition, an exact reproduction of that of 1865, but correcting some manifest misprints, is published in the interest of science and scholarship." Bound in later plain black cloth showing rubbing and wear to extremities and to the spine caps. The first few leaves including the title contain a small dark stain near the upper edge. Pages show periodic smudging/soiling; several plates have a damp stain on the outer edge of the margin; occasional edge tears are professionally sealed; 3-4 leaves are carefully tipped back in to place. Richard Payne Knight (1750-1824) was a classical scholar, mythologist and a collector of antiquities. His "Discourse on the worship of Priapus" was first published in London, 1786. Knight argues that a universal… Read More

1855 Ingoldsby Legends Occult Esoteric Tenniel Leech Cruikshank Illustrated 3v

"ABRACADABRA!"

A fine 1855 printing of the famous "Ingoldsby
Legends." This collection of myths, ghost stories, and poetry was written by R.H. Barham, who is better known by his penname, Thomas Ingoldsby. These legends were extremely popular from their inception in 1837, but this edition was illustrated with George Cruikshank illustrations! While this collection is somewhat less popular today than it was in the 19th-century, it does include aspects that are still recognizable – the magic command "Abracadabra" and a version of the children's song Bingo!

This 1855 'three-series' edition includes illustrations by George Cruikshank, John Leech, and John Tenniel.
Item number: #12027
Price: $599
BARHAM, Richard Harris
The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels
London: Richard Bentley, 1855.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes
o Vol. I – xii, 338, [2]
8 engraved plates
o Vol. II – vii,… Read More

Margate: Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia, 1923. First edition thus. Boards somewhat faded; Corners slightly bumped; Toning to free end papers; Pencil notes to rear pastedown.. Originally printed in London in 1652 and now reprinted in facsimile with an Introduction, Notes, and a translation of the letter of Adam Haselmeyer, Notarius Publieus to the Archduke Maximilian, by F.N. Pryce"; Red cloth with gilt spine titles; 8.75" x 6"; pp. vii (List of Subscribers), 64 (Introduction), [2] (Original title), [70] (To the Reader & Preface), 64; Only four copies appear in OCLC;.

London: C.W. Daniel, 1974. Second edition. Hardbound in very good condition in a very good dust jacket.. Edited and Introduced by Francis King; 232 pages.

Paris: Saintin, 1816. Hardcover. See Description. 16mo. 78pp. With color frontispiece and 24 plates of handwriting samples from various personages. Contemporary calf back with paste paper boards. Some rubbing along the hinges. Pages clean. Contents include: "1. D'un essai sur l'art de juger les homes sur leurstyle; 2. Des ecritures de Louis XVI, de la reine Marie-Antoinette et du Dauphin, etc.; 3. D'un alphabet curieux des Sourds et Muets avec lequel on peut apprendre en quelques heures a converser avec eux." Includes material on sign language for deaf mutes. [Barbier I, 289 - citing the 1812 ed. Caillet 5197 - citing the 1812 and 1820 editions].

London: Uma Press, 1946. First edition. Covers dulled and quite worn along the edges, though not through the cloth at any point; Longish contemporary gift inscription to end-paper; Contents very good.. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and cover though the gilt is worn off save for a bit of the name and star emblem on the cover; 8.75" x 6"; [viii], 323, [2] ads pp.Top of the title page reads "A Book fo Initiates" and the book is sometimes presented with that title but the cover and spine show the title as The Golden Star. Spiritual journey of Ma-u and Ma-uti who are lead by the Divine Messanger Neteru-Hem through the spiritual hierarchy from the Domains of Night to God. In the introductory Note, the author says the some of the messages are based on the "Secret Doctrine" of Madame Blavatsky.

Albany, NY: State University of New York Press (SUNY Press), 1997. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, xxx+610pp, pictorial boards (no jacket, as issued). Massive and groundbreaking study of this important African-American spiritual practitioner. Includes index, notes and bibliography. An unmarked copy of the legitimate original 1997 hardcover first printing (not the later print-on-demand version) from the collection of poet and esotericist David Meltzer. Minor outer wear and erased resale markings to front free endpaper.

copy no 20

1635 Feyens on Mystery Imagination Occult Plato Homer Erasmus Albert Magnus

Thomas Feyens' "Da viribus imaginationis" is a 17th-century collection of questions and answers regarding imagination, curious mysteries, and the unknown world. Interestingly, this work is not Feyens own writings but rather a series of excerpts of writings from some of the most well-known writers, historians, and philosophers of all time including:
· Seneca
· Plato
· Plutarch
· Pliny the Younger
· Hippocrates
· Homer
· Erasmus of Rotterdam
· Galen
· Cicero
· Albert Magnus
· Saint Chrysostom

Item number: #23443
Price: $550

FEYENS, Thomas

Da viribus imaginationis tractatus

Ludg[uni] Batavorum: ex officina Elseviriana, 1635. First Elzevier edition.

Details:
· Collation: complete with all pages
o 377, [7]
· References: Willems 423; Goldsmid II 46
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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