Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1893. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. XXIV, 491, [1]pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Renan’s early work, L'Avenir de la science (1890; The Future of Science), was written during a period of inspiration and enthusiasm at the beginning of the Second French Republic, a time..... More
Paris: Michel Levy Freres, 1873. Second edition. Hardcover. Sm. 4to. li,572pp. Linen backed paper covered boards, title label on spine, marbled edges. Text in French. History of the Origins of Christianity, focusing on the concept of the Antichrist. Head and tail of spine bumped and chipped. All edges rubbed. Binding..... More
Farnborough: Gregg International Publishers Limited, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. XVIII, 469, [1]pp. Original orange cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Elegant 1969 facsimile edition of Ernest Renan's "Les Écrivains Juifs Français du XIVè Siècle" (French Jewish writers of the 14th century), originally published in 1893 by the Imprimerie Nationale, in..... More
Farnborough: Gregg International Publishers Limited, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. XXII, [431]-764pp. Original orange cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Elegant 1969 facsimile edition of Ernest Renan's Les Rabbins Français du Commencement du XIVè Siècle (French rabbis of the early 14th century), originally published in 1877 by the Imprimerie Nationale, in..... More
Paris: Calmann Levy, 1882. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. vi,648pp. Brown cloth, title label on spine. Marbled edges. Histoire des Origines du Christianisme. Livre Septieme qui comprend le regene de Marc-Aurele (161-180). Marcus Aurelis. Text in French. Binding in good, interior in very good condition. More
London: Mathieson & Company, ND (ca 1890). Hardcover. Octavo. VI, 215, [1]pp. Original green cloth with gold lettering on spine and black lettering on front cover. Collection of several texts by Renan on different phases of religious thought at different periods in the history of Christianity. Moderate age wear on..... More