The Emancipation Of Massachusetts; The Dream and the Reality.
534pp. 8vo, cloth; (spine ends rubbed, corners bumped, endpapers soiled). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1919). More
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Knowledge and Society; A Philosophical Approach to Modern Civilization.
417pp., 8vo, cloth; ownership signature on front endpaper. New York, (1938). More
Art and Prudence: A Study in Practical Philosophy.
New York: Longmans, 1937. Thick 8vo, grey cloth. New York: Longmans, Green, 1937. First Edition. Very Good. More
Philosophy of Law and Jurisprudence
Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1961. 8vo, tan cloth. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, (1961). Very good. More
Die Logik der Logistik.
Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1954. 60pp., slim 8vo, printed wrappers. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1954. A near fine copy. More
Physiologie des Passions, ou Nouvelle Doctrine des Sentimes Moraux
Paris: Bechet, 1837. 2 vols., 1/4 green leather over marbled boards; marbled end--papers. Paris: Bechet. Third edition, revised and augmented. More
Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste.
Hartford: Goerge Goodwin, 1921. 8vo, full sheep (a bit rubbed), occasional foxing. Hartford: George Goodwin & Sons, 1821. Second American Edition. Very good. With the small ownership inscription of art historian Meyer Schapiro. More
The March of Philosophy.
Illustrated. Tall thick 8vo, black cloth, worn d.w. N.Y.: The Dial Press, Inc., 1936. Very good. More
Brooks Adams; Constructive Conservative.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1951. Frontispiece portrait. 250pp., 8vo, maroon cloth, d.w. soiled and slightly chipped. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1951). From the library of Wendell Garrett with his embossed stamp on the front flyleaf. More
Ideal Empires and Republics.
Two portraits. 8vo, buckram; (spine sunned and faded). N.Y.: M. Walter Dunne, (1901). Contains: Rousseau's Social Contract; More's Utopia; Bacon's New Atlantis; Campanella's City of the Sun. More
Siegfried's Curse: The German Journey from Nietzsche to Hesse.
Illustrated in b/w. 370pp., tall 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Atheneum, 1972. Fine. More
Leslie Stephen: The Godless Victorian.
New York: Random House, 1984. Illustrated. xv + 432pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; small tear upper rear margin. New York: Random House, (1984). First American edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Memoire sur les Professions Religieuses, en faveur de la Raison contre les Prejuges.
Avignon: 1767. 174, [2] pages.12mo, contemporary mottled calf with gilt-decorated spine (outer joints and spine ends a bit worn); marbled endpapers and page edges. Avignon: [publisher not identified], 1767. Second printing. A very good clean copy of this uncommon book -- OCLC lists only 3 copies of this printing. More
The Philosophy of J. Mill.
Oxford: Clarendon, 1953. Frontispiece portrait. 184pp., 12mo, cloth;ownership signature on front flyleaf. Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1953. First Edition. A very good copy. More
Naturalism and Historical Understanding: Essays on the Philosophy of John Herman Randall, Jr.
New York: State University of New York, 1967. 323pp. 8vo, blue cloth. New York: State University of New York, 1967. Near fine. More
Summa Theologica
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1985. 2 volumes. Tall thick 8vo, full blue morocco, ornately gilt covers and spines, all edges gilt. Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1985. Some light scratching and faint spotting on gilt edges, still a near fine pair. More
S. Thomas Super Physica: Expositio divi Thome Aquinatis Doctoris Angelici super octo libros Physico[rum] Aristotelis; cum duplici translatione antiqua videlicet : [et] Joan[n]is Argyropili : correcta [quoque] dilige[n]tissime a fratre Bartholomeo Spineo Pisano Ordinis Predicatorij : cum Tabula ad omnes materias [et] questiones operis : ac cum questionibus de formis eiusd
Venice: Luce Antony de Giunta, 1517. Illustrated with a fine woodcut headpiece showing St. Thomas teaching; many decorative initials and in-text diagrams throughout, and printer's device at end. [6] 147 leaves with black letter Latin text printed in double columns. Folio, later vellum-backed boards. Venitijs, Impensis domini Luce Antonij de Giunta Florentini, 1517. A tear in the title page has been carefully mended, still a very good tight copy with some contemporary ink marginalia. Scarce. OCLC lists only 5 copies... More
Histoire de L'Esprit Humain ou Memoires Secrets et Universels de la Republique des Lettres.
Berlin: Haude et Spener, 1765. Frontispiece copper plate portrait in first volume. 14 volumes, 12mo, full mottled calf, marbled edges, gilt spine, leather spine labels (rubbed), small library stamp on title pages. Berlin: Haude et Spener, 1765. Very good. More
Memoires Secrets de La Republique des Lettres, ou le Theatre de la Verite
La Haye: Jean Neaulme, 1743. 19 letters, complete in 6 volumes. [8], 442, [1]; [4], 431; [4], 433-907; [4], 913-1076, 202, 130; [8], 318, [8]; [4], 98, 114, 108 pages. Thick 12mos, full contemporary mottled calf with gilt spines; marbled endpapers and page edges; rubricated titles. La Haye: Chez Jean Neaulme, 1743-1748. First edition. A near fine set, very attractive and clean. Scarce - OCLC lists only 5 complete sets. Contains 19 letters, each with added separate title page, some bearing a second imprint: Amsterdam, Chez J. Desbordes, 1737-1753. More
Lettres Cabalistiques, ou Correspondance philosophique, historique et critique entre deux cabalistes, divers esprits elementaires et le seigneur Astarot.h
The Hague: Pierre Paupie, 1741. 6 volumes, 12mo, original 3/4 calf, leather spine labels, well rubbed. (34) 374pp;(16) 392pp; (10) 395pp;(8) 344pp; (2) 350pp; (2) 244pp. and Table des Matieres(90). This work was blacklisted in 1742. The author discusses some topics of Jewish Letters especially regarding religion, superstition and various forms of belief; there are many critical considerations on the Jesuits, Freemasonry, Kabbalah, the Templars, Alchemists, etc. The Hague: Pierre Paupie, 1741. Very good. Caillet 1605 Bibliotheca Esoterica 985. More
La Philosophie du Bon-Sens, ou Reflexions Philosophiques Sur l'Inceritude des Connaissances Humaibne, a l'Usage des Cavaliers & du Beau-Sexe.
La Haye: Pierre Paupie, 1746. Copperplate frontispiece and portrait. 2 volumes, 12mo, mottled calf, ornately gilt spine, rubricated edges. La HAye: Pierre Paupie, 1746. Very good (+). More
Lettres Chinoises, ou Correspondance Philosophique, Historique et Critique...
La Haye: Pierre Gosse, 1756. 5 of 6 volumes, lacks volume 1. 12mo, rubricated titles and edges, yellow glossy boards (corner lightly bumped), leather spine labels. La Haye: Pierre Gosse & Nicolas Van Daalen, 1756. Fifth Edition. Very good (+). More
Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society.
London: Harrison & Sons, 1945. New Series, 1945-1966. 21 volumes (XLVI-LXVI). Thin 8vos, blue cloth with gilt-lettered spines (lightly used copies with a neatly inked signature on each endpaper; one volume with rubbed and dulled spine). London: Harrison & Sons, 1946-1966. A very good(+) run of the proceedings of this scholarly society. More
The Works of Aristotle.
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1978. 4 volumes. Tall 8vo full burgundy morocco, elaborately gilt spines and covers, all edges gilt (volume IV is bound in a slightly different shade of leather and there is also some fading along spine). Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1978. Near Fine. More
[Aristotelous Technes Retorikes Biblia Tria]
Oxford: Ex Tjheatrou en Oxonia, 1759. [8], 199, [1], cxcix, [21] page indexes. Tall 8vo, handsomely bound in full contemporary red straight-grained morocco with gilt-stamped covers, spine with inner and outer dentelles, all edges gilt; leather is lightly edgeworn and spine evenly faded; bookplate and faint remnant of bookplate on front endpaper. [Oxford & London]: J. Fletcher & J. Rivington, Ex Theatrou en Oxonia, 1759. A very good(+) clean copy in an attractive period binding. Title and imprint are Romanized... More