swedenborg emanuel trans james john (5 resultados)

Condición: Fair. Acceptable condition. Former Library book. Volume 1. Spine and joints tape reinforced. Egdeworn. Bookplate inside. Writing inside. (anatomy, behavior).

Half leather. 1st Edition. Octavo, half-leather binding with title stamped in gilt to spine, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, vignette of the Swedenborg Society printed at top of the Contents page, pp (viii), 149. Small area of loss of cloth next to the top (leather) corner, some light rubbing. Previous owner's bookplate (Claude Toby) front endpaper. Spotting to the inner blank endpapers (next to the marbled eps). Small marks (offsetting?) pp 73, 74, and faintly 75, otherwise very clean. Very good condition. First edition in English. The works include "The way to a Knowledge of the Soul", "Faith and Good Works", "The Red Blood", "The Animal Spirit", "The Origin and Propagation of the Soul".

Half leather. 1st thus. Two works bound in one volume. Octavo, half-leather binding with title stamped in gilt to spine, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, vignette of the Swedenborg Society printed at top of the Contents page. "A Hieroglyphic Key." published by William Newbery, London 1847, pp xv, 44, trans. Wilkinson "On the Divine Love" is published by the Swedenborg Society, London 1864, pp 86, no translator stated. Small areas of loss of cloth rear board, some light rubbing. Previous owner's bookplate front endpaper (Claude Toby). Spotting to the inner blank endpapers (next to marbled eps). Very good condition. "On the Divine Love." is reprinted from Swedenborg's muli-volume "Apocalypse Explained". Of "A Hieroglyphic Key." the translator writes: "it belongs to the same period of Swedenborg's life with 'the Economy of the Animal Kingdom', 'Animal Kigdom', and 'Worship and Love of God' and [it] was written with the view of [.] embracing the circle of the higher sciences, as the pathway whereby the human mind may approach to a knowledge of the soul.".

Blind-stamped Black Cloth. Condición: VG-. 1st English. xi+327+4 (bound in 11.5 x 19 cms. Swedenborg list)+4 (Swedenborg list, apparently no overlap with preceding and inc. French, Welch (sic) and Latin editions plus 'Dr Tafel's Editions' ), both lists by Newbery. Internally clean, tight & unmarked, prev.owner's small gilt label top front pastedown, top textblock edge remains a little dusty despite cleaning, covers clean bar a small orange paint fleck lower front which resists removal (see image), remarkably unworn, hard to know whether it is all slightly faded or not, blind-stamped borders and decorative central panel. Scarce in such good condition. Basically a survey of physiological knowledge of male and female 'generative organs' with relatively little explicit expoition of author's mystical doctrines, although hints of this in functional accounts of how physiology operates. Note: quoted shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range. Size: 14.5 Cm x 22 Cm.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Hardcovers. 2 volumes bound in green embossed boards with gilt lettering. Part I 1843, Vol. II 1844. The boards are worn with some water marks and staining to both volumes Corners are bumped and the spine ends are compressed with slight nicks. Part I has a small spilt to the rear spine edge and is more faded overall than Vol. II. Internally there is a previous owner's signature penned on the pastedown of part I and some water marks to the rear pastedowns and REPs of both volumes. The text remains bright and clear in both. DP. Used.