London: Alexander Hogg, [1780]. First book form edition. Hardcover. Folio (13 6/8 x 9 1/3"). [8], 1704 (i.e. 704), XIIpp. Modern half calf over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering to spine. Raised bands. Modern endpapers and fly leaves. Engraved frontispiece. Originally published in 60 fascicles, William Hurd's brilliant... More

Great Bend, KS: W.H. Kerr/ Church of Humanity, 1904-1915. Ex-library, first edition. Hardcover. Folio. 11 x15.5". Dark blue buckram boards, with black lettering over white labels on the front cover and spine. The book is a near complete run, including 103 issues of the periodical publication issued by W.H. Kerr... More

Leipzig: Ioh. Frid. Zeitlerum, 1705. Third edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [20], 1504, [82]pp. Original full vellum with black lettering on spine. Illustrated woodcut vignette on title-page. Decorative initials, head- and tailpieces. In his chief work, Spencer deserted the time-honoured paths traced by commentators, and 'may justly be said to have laid... More

Amstelodami (Amsterdam): Excudit Gerardus Borstius, 1696. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo (7 3/4 x 6"). [18], 492pp. Contemporary blind-stamped parchment, with handwritten title on spine. Additional engraved title by Joseph Mulder (1658-1742), a Dutch Golden Age printmaker, after an illustration by Jan Goeree. Engraved title vignette. Decorative headpieces, initials, and tailpiece.Originally... More

Edinburgh: A. Fullarton, ND (ca. 1870). First edition. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes. 4to. Vol. I: A-G. [8], 992pp. Vol. II: H-Z. [4], 930pp. Original three-quarter calf over cloth with blind- and gold-tooled spine. Leather title-labels with gold lettering. Frontispiece in both volumes. Engraved half-title page, illustrated title-page. Comprehensive work... More

London: John Williams, 1828. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [6], 956pp. Full cloth. All paper edges marbled. Additional engraved title page, dated 1826. Remarkable survey of the ritual and ceremonial life of all the known religions of the world. Abridged from Picart's "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du..... More

Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1841. 8vo. lxxx, 388pp. Front board missing. Spine and back board almost detached. Free front endpaper missing. Two title-pages, one loose. Signature of previous owner "Philip Grossman" on attached title-page. Part of a series "Anekdota zur Geschichte der mitteralterlichen Scholastik unter Juden und Moslemen." Text in... More

Herbornae Nassaviorum (Herborn): Johannis Nicolai Andreae, 1717. Third edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8 3/4 x 6 3/4"). [24], 492, [4]pp. Contemporary blind-stamped parchment, with handwritten title to spine. Raised bands. Additional engraved title by A. C. Fleischmann. Title page in red and black lettering. Publisher's device on title. Decorative head-, tailpieces... More

Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Maisenhauses, 1834. First edition. Hardcover. 2 parts in one. 8vo. xx,497,[1],pp. viii,266pp. Marbled boards with black leather label on spine. Gold lettering on label. Comparative study on the history of Jewish-Alexandrian (Alexandria) religious philosophy. Some age wear on binding. Head and tail of spine slightly... More

Paris: Michel Levy Freres, 1861. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 399pp. 1/4 red leather over black paper covered boards with gilt decorated and lettered spine. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Corners worn. Scuffing rubbing and minor staining to boards. Blue endpapers. Minor browning and water staining to pages, not... More

New York: Fowlers & Wells, 1851. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (xiii) 263pp. + 1 page of ads at the rear. Blue-grey buckram with blind stamped illustrations and designs on the covers and spine. Title in gilt on the spine. Illustrated dedication page. The fascinating publication espouses the author'spersonal philosophy and... More