Regensberg: Johann Leopold Montag, 1770. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [10], 400 (p. 211 numbered 111)pp. Title in red and black; 26 engraved plates; 13 folding woodcut and letterpress diagrams and charts; various in-text woodcut and letterpress diagrams throughout. Some Hebrew text in the chapter on the Jewish Cabala. Contemporary plain..... More
Los Angeles: The Philosophical Research Society, 1988. Deluxe Diamond Jubilee Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed in calligraphy on title page to Kyidinkongeba Ali Sawadgo Abu-Bekr of the Naqshbandi Mujaddadi, Mazhariya, Khariya Order. Elephant Folio. 245pp., 48 color plates, including frontispiece. Two of them fold-outs, one of them a Shakespeare portrait..... More
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Exeter/Canterbury: R. Trewman/ W. Bristow, 1777, 1801. First edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 3/4 burgundy leather over green marbled paper boards. Gilt ruling and letters on the spine with raised bands. The book contains two scarce Masonic titles, bound in one volume. "The Principles of Free-Masonry Delineated". (xxiii) 256pp. Engraved frontispiece with..... More
Rochester, New York: Charles H. McDonell, Printer, 1852. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. xiv, 15-256pp. Original light yellow wraps with decorative ruling and black lettering on cover and spine. With an introduction by B. Franklin. Amy and Isaac Post were early converts to the 19th century Spiritualism, a religious movement that..... More
Berlin: Ferdinand Schneider, 1858. Ex-Library First Edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. xxi, 759 (1)pp. Bound in three-quarter leather, with raised bands and gilt lettering on spine, over marbled boards, original printed yellow wrappers bound in. Gilt top edge. Marbled endpapers. Dedicated to Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm. The German research on myths..... More
Paris: Editions E. De Boccard, 1966. First edition. Softcover. Large quarto. VIII, 684, [4]pp (text), 64pp (plates). Uncut. Original printed wrappers with red and black lettering on front cover and spine. Fascinating work on Roman sarcophagi with representations of Dionysus. This work is profusely illustrated with 64 numbered plates of..... More
Stuttgart: Verlag des Herausgebers, 1847. First edition. Hardcover. 16mo. lx, 1020, [8]pp. Original quarter-cloth over paper-covered boards with printed title-label. Includes series and title-page. Festkalender (calendar of festivals) is a compilation of religious festivals for each day of the calendar year and their relationship to pre-Christian and Pagan celebrations. It..... More
Braine-le-Comte; Paris: Maison-Mere des Peres des Sacres-Coeurs de Picpus (Braine-le-Comte); Gabriel Beauchesne (Paris). 1927. First edition. Softcover. Quarto (10 x 6 3/4"). 204, [4]pp. Original printed wrappers. Half title inscribed and signed by the author. Illustrated with 34 b/w in-text maps, illustrations and photographic reproductions, this work documents the various..... More
Los Angeles: The Philosophical Research Society, 1998. Diamond Jubilee Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed in calligraphy on title page to Kyidinkongeba Ali Sawadgo Abu-Bekr of the Naqshbandi Mujaddadi, Mazhariya, Khariya Order. Elephant Folio. 245pp., 48 color plates, including frontispiece. Two of them fold-outs, one of them a Shakespeare portrait with..... More
Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1966. Reprint. Softcover. Large quarto. IV, 543, [1]pp.Original printed wrappers. Scarce and fascinating work on Roman Sarcophagi and Symbolism profusely illustrated with 105 in-text b/w figures and 47 plates of b/w photographic reproductions. This edition is the anastatic reprint of the 1942 original edition. Spine..... More
Hannover: Hahnsche Hofbuchhandlung, 1832. Ex-Library First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xi (i), 316pp. Original marbled boards, three-quarter in brown over black with decorative ruling on cover and spine, gilt lettering on black label of spine. Red edges. 'A handbook for the educated world and instruction at public schools.' Introduction with plea..... More
Los Angeles: The Philosophical Research Society, 1998. Diamond Jubilee Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed in calligraphy on title page to Kyidinkongeba Ali Sawadgo Abu-Bekr of the Naqshbandi Mujaddadi, Mazhariya, Khariya Order. Elephant Folio. 245pp., 48 color plates, including frontispiece. Two of them fold-outs, one of them a Shakespeare portrait with..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1970. First edition thus. Hardcover. Large quarto. (2) xxiii,(2) 430; viii,(431)-884,(2)pp. Housed in publisher's orange-brown cardboard slipcase with paper label on spine. Gilt stamped black cloth over textured yellow-brown linen. Light brown endopapers. Illustrated with 24 color plates (6, are double-page) and 26 text drawings..... More
Berlin: Volkserzieher-Verlag, 1919. Fourth completely revised and expanded edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 158 (2)pp. Original illustrated brown dustjacket over tan paper-covered boards with stamped brown illustration and lettering on cover and spine. Umber endpapers. Frontispiece drawing of Rune Gate. Rune alphabet and Germanic names of months on verso of frontispiece. Illustrated..... More
London: T. Cadell, and P. Elmsley, in the Strand; and T. Payne, at the Mews Gate, 1794. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. VIII, 441, [1]pp. 19th-century 3/4 morocco over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Written by Jacob Bryant (1715-1804), one of the..... More
Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 1962. Reprint (Unveränderter Nachdruck der 3. Auflage). Softcover. 4to. xxxvi,[1],424pp. Original printed wraps. Fascinating collection of Coptic-Gnostic writings. Front wrapper and spine detached from book block but present. Closed tears along spine on front and rear wrappers. Sunning, creasing and some staining to wraps. Wrappers in fair..... More
Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame, (1992). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv,258pp. Gray and maroon cloth. B/w photographic portrait of Père Èdouard des Places following title-page. Fascinating collection of articles by various scholars on Platonism in Late Antiquity. Includes articles on Plotinus and Christianity, Plotinus and the Chaldean Oracles..... More
Leiden: Brill, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi, 240pp. Index and 11 page bibliography. Brown boards lettered in white with yellow band at top. A fine, as new copy. Among the most important sources for understanding the cultures, religions, and systems of thought of ancient Mesopotamia is the large corpus..... More
Berlin: Friedrich Maurer, 1821. Hardcover. 8vo. viii. 255 pp. Followed by 1 errate-page (not paginated). 1/4 cloth over marbled boards. Illustrated title page. Printed on cotton rag. Work on Ancient History and Religion. Written by renowned German theologian, Johann Joachim Bellermann (see below). Age wear to binding, with rear board..... More
London: Reeves & Turner, 1878. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. (xv) 179pp. Blue cloth boards with blind-stamped design and ruling on the front and back covers. Spine with gilt lettering. The book appears to have never been read as the pages are unopened. The work examines and gives deference to..... More
Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 130 (1)pp. Original three-quarter brown cloth over marbled boards with black lettering and ruling on spine. Tan endpapers. Publisher's device on title page. Extensive essay on the psychology and characterology of occultists. Reviewing the development of occultism over the last 150 years..... More
Berlin: Friedrich Maurer, 1790-1791. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. XVI, 368, [8], 369-773, [1], VIII, 238, [2]pp. Original full marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering on spines. Frontispiece. First edition of this concise encyclopedia of Greek and Roman mythology exquisitely illustrated with 15 full-page copper plates. Moderate rubbing along edges..... More
Leipzig: Th. Grieben's Verlag (L. Fernau), 1906. Hardcover. Ex library. Sm. 8vo. viii,147pp. Illustrated green cloth. Some age wear and staining on binding. Ex-libris of Hebrew Union College on inside of front board. Library date sheet and card pocket in rear endpapers. Underlining and notes in black ink throughout. Illustrated..... More
Boston: William White & Co., 1868. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 488 pp. + adds. Brown cloth binding. Some staining to back and front and some wearing to edges. Head and tail of spine bumped and worn. Gilt lettering lightly discolored. Discoloration to endpapers. Some pencil underlining and notes. Detailed account..... More
Oceanside, California: Rosicrucian Fellowship, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 198 (8)pp. Original olive cloth with silver and red ornamentation on cover, silver, black and lettering on cover, silver on spine. "...these teachings advocate the dualistic view; they hold that man is a spirit enfolding all the powers of God as..... More