Amsterdam: J. F. Bernard, 1723. First edition. Elephant Folio. 6 leaves, xlii, (8) 153, 14 plates, incl. frontispiece; 206 (4)pp., 22 plates. Original full calf with blind-stamped ruling on covers, gilt lettering, tooling and ruling on spine; raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece engraving. First title page printed in red and..... More
Leipzig: Joh. Friedrich Gleditsch, 1687. First edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. (16) 458 (14)pp. Original contemporary vellum with beveled edges and handwritten lettering on spin, library sticker on lower spine. Peiffer (1640-1698) was a German Lutheran theologian, orientalist, and the superintendent of Lübeck. Considered one of the theologians who have influenced Johann..... More
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London: Printed for John Saywell, 1658. Third edition, enlarged and perfected. Hardcover. Two works bound in one. Octavo. (30) 544 (8), (22) 78 (2)pp. Contemporary spotted calf with gold lettering on spine. Engraved frontispiece of author. Printer's device on title page. Decorative initials and headpieces. Few pencil notations in margins..... 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
Cantabrigiae (Cambridge): Apud C. Crownfield; E. Jeffery & W. Thurlboum, 1727. Second revised. Hardcover. Folio (14 x 9 1/4"). [1] leaf (Frontispiece), [20]pp (Title, Praefatio; Praefatio auctoris ad lectorem; Librorum, Capitum, & Sectionum Argumenta; Subscribers to Spencer), 635, [1]pp. (Vol. 1); [2], [636]-1232, [28]pp (Index) (Vol. 2). Modern full brown..... More
Printed for Thomas Tegg and Son, (1837). A New Edition in two volumes. Hardcover. Ex-library. Octavo. vii,687pp. iv,726pp. Three-quarter gold-tooled leather over patterned gray cloth with gold decorated spine. Frontispiece in both volumes. From title-page: "The Divine Legation of Moses by the Right Reverend William Warburton, D. D., Lord Bishop..... More
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Cantabrigiae {Cambridge}: Excudebat Joannes Field, celeberrimae Academiae Typographus. Imprensis Edovardi Story, 1663. Hardcover. 8vo. (6)89pp. 89pp. Original leather. Boards detached but present. Raised bands. Some scuffing, abrasion and wear to boards. Front board loose. Boards slightly bowed. Corners bumped and worn. Browning and chipping to endpapers. Front endpaper starting but..... More
Leipzig: Gerhard Fleischer, n/d. Hardcover. Vol. I: 12mo. xxx,516pp. 1825. Decorated paper-covered boards with title plate. Age wear and abrasions on binding. Text in Gothic script. Binding in fair, interior in very good condition. Vol.II: 12mo. vi,494pp. 1827. Three-quarter leather over decorated paper-covered boards with title plate and gold decorated..... More
Amsterdam: J.F. Bernard, 1723. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. 197pp. 104pp. Volume two of a set of seven. Original calf with stamped and tooled gilt on cover and spine. Raised bands. Marbled page edges. Ex-libris of previous owner on free front endpaper. Illustrated title-page. Fascinating account on the religious ceremonies..... 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
London: Printed for J. F. and C. Rivington, 1788. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2"). iv, [12], 373, [1]pp. Later full calf, with gold lettering and ruling to spine. In his "History of the Effects of Religion on Mankind," the author, after comparing Pagan, Jewish and..... 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
London: Chapman and Hall, 1850. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 8 3/4x 5 3/4". (iv) 46pp. Printed tan wrappers with black lettering on the front and back covers. Pages uncut. This work is a religious treatise and an examination of the biblical Sabbath of the Old Testament. The author asserts that..... 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
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
Madrid & Barcelona: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas Institute Arias Montano, 1957. First edition. Softcover. 4to. Vol. 1:"Estudio Historico - Critico - Doctrinal," 392 pp. Vol. 2:"Actas," 621 pp. Original paper wrappers with red and black lettering on front cover, decorative red logo on back cover of each volume. The..... 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
Avignon: François Chambeau, 1804. Nouvelle edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 382pp. (2). Brown leather covered boards with raised bands, red title-plate and ribbon marker. Red speckled edges. Title page with engraving of a person carrying a cross and a lamp. A comparison of Jewish and Christian practices by Abbé Claude Fleury, a...... 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
Halle: Instituti Judaici, 1765. First edition. Softcover. Sextodecimo. (2) 52pp. Original copper wraps. Decorative initials and endpieces. Essay intended to support the Halle Institute Judaica concerned with the salvation of Jews, Moslems and Oriental Christians. The essay is based on Schultz' experience with the institute as well as his travels..... More
Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1920. First edition. Hardcover. 3 volumes. 8vo. Blue leather over light blue boards. Some wear to spines as well as light scuffing to boards. With light general wear, a good copy. More
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1908. Hardcover. 2 volumes. xl, 327pp. 457pp. Green cloth with gilt decoration and lettering to spine. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Staining, scuffing and some discoloration to boards and spines. Fore-and bottom page edges untrimmed. Signed by previous owner on..... More
Düsseldorf: Heinrich-Heine-Universität, 2007. Softcover. 4to. 332 pp. Original paper wraps. Fascinating doctoral dissertation on Jewish Messianism and Christian Eschatology in 16th Century Germany. The author is an acclaimed scholar, researcher and professor. Text is entirely in German. Minor age wear to exterior, but book is in very good condition. More
New York: Macmillan, 1967. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Lg. 8vo. 4 books, two volumes per book. Blue buckram binding. Light signs of wearing to edges. This work covers the whole of philosophy as well as many of the points of contact between philosophy and other disciplines. 'The Encyclopedia treats Eastern and..... More