[John Hervey]

Some Remarks on the Minute Philosopher in a Letter from a Country Gentleman to His Friend in London

London, J Roberts, 1732. Cloth. An interesting and scarce text reviewing George Berkeley's text. The work is a letter whereby an English clergyman is writing to his London friend on his views of Alciphron or The Minute Philosopher. This is the second edition of this text. The Minute Philosopher is a philosophical dialogue by Irish philosopher George Berkeley. In this work he combats the arguments of the free-thinkers such as Mandeville and Shaftesbury against the Christian religion. The work was first published in 1732, the same year that this review was published. Although there is not an author attributed to the title page, it was later known that the title was written by John Hervey, or 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth. John Hervey was an English courtier, political writer and memoirist. He was known for writing very brutally frank works such as his memoirs of the court of George II where he gave a very unflattering account of the King and Frederick Prince of Wales. In a full cloth binding. Externally, smart with some bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Prior owner's inscription to front pastedown, A G Mollard Aberdeen June 1971. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned to edges with the title page heavily age toned with handling marks. Scattered spots throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: GEN2-D-1

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: John Hervey George Berkeley Scarce George Berkeley None

James Hevery

Meditiations and Contemplations

Coventry, Luckman, 1792. Leather. A scarce provincial printing of this work by James Hervey. Collated: Complete with all four plates, including a frontispiece of James Hervey. A scarce volume, the ESTC lists only three of this provinicial printing in the UK. Possibly originally intended to be published in two volumes, as plates reference 'Volume II', however it is complete in one volume. James Hervey was an English clergyman and writer. This is is his most famous work, modelled on a similar work of reflections on many subjects by Robert Boyle. In a full calf binding. Externally smart with just light bumping to the extremities and light rubbing to the boards. Internally generally firmly bound,although strained in places with fourth plate loosening. Pages bright and generally clean aside from marginal age toning and the occasional spot or handling mark Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: LTH18-D-23

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: Philosophy Essays Contemplation Essays None

J. Arthur Hill

Spiritualism and Psychical Research

London, T. C. & E. C Jack Ltd, 1913. Cloth. A scarce work on the study of spiritualism by John Arthur Hill. Scarce work. A study of spiritualism with reference to the history of spiritualism, psychical research, cases of apparent telepathy or clairvoyance, the subliminal self, and much more. Written by John Arthur Hill, a British psychical researcher. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light scattered spotting, predominantly to the first and last few pages. Pencil inscription to the front pastedown. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: 859T83

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: Spiritualism Psychical Research Hill Psychical None

Thomas Hobbes

Aristotle&Apos;S Treatise on Rhetoric an Analysis of Aristotle&Apos;S Rhetoric

Oxford, D. A. Talboys, 1833 . Cloth. An interesting analysis of Aristotle's Rhetoric by Thomas Hobbes. A second edition copy. This volume provides a translation from the Greek of Aristotle's Treatise on Rhetoric with an analysis of it by Thomas Hobbes. With the addition of Analytic Questions on Aristotle's Rhetoric to the rear. Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His Rhetoric is an ancient Greek treatise on the art of persuasion, dating from the 4th century BCE. In quarter cloth with paper boards. Externally, worn with marks to the spine and boards and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: 865B36

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: Aristotle's Treatise on Rhetoric An Analysis of Aristotle's Rhetoric philosophy Aristotle Thomas Hobbes philosophy None

Thomas Hobbes

Elementa Philosophica de Cive and Eyphma Compendiarium in Religione Christiana Novum

Zeidlerum and Lipsiae, Job. Frid and Joh. Wittigau , c1674-1696. Leather. A sought after collection of scarce philosophical works from early English political philosopher, Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. Written in Latin. Thomas Hobbes was one of the founders of modern political philosophy. His understanding of humans as being matter and motion, obeying the same physical laws as other matter and motion, remains influential; and his account of human nature as self-interested cooperation, and of political communities as being based upon a "social contract" remains one of the major topics of political philosophy. Hobbes was a champion of absolutism for the sovereign but he also developed some of the fundamentals of European liberal thought: the right of the individual; the natural equality of all men; the artificial character of the political order (which led to the later distinction between civil society and the state); the view that all legitimate political power must be "representative" and based on the consent of the people; and a liberal interpretation of law which leaves people free to do whatever the law does not explicitly forbid. Two works bound as one. First volume dated from COPAC using pagination and publisher. Preface present from the 1646 edition. Featuring an engraved title page, decorative head and tail pieces and illuminated capitals. In contemporary calf binding. Externally, rubbed with wear to the extremities and spine. Slight loss to the tail of the spine and rear hinge is very slightly starting. Internally, generally firmly bound, although with the odd leaf working slightly loose. Light instances of spotting throughout and with some uncut pages. Ink signature to the front free endpaper. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: FGN10-C-8

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: Philosophy Thomas Hobbes Scarce Thomas Hobbes None

Thomas Hobbes

The Moral and Political Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. Never Before Collected Together. To Which Is Prefixed, the Author&Apos;S Life, Extracted from That Said to Be Written by Himself, As Also from the Supplement to the Said Life by Dr. Blackbourne; and Farther Illustrated by the Editor, with Historical and Critical Remarks on His Writings and Opinions

London, Not Stated, 1750. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition collection of the moral and political works of Thomas Hobbes, this being the first time his works were collected in one volume. The first edition of this very scarce work, the first collected edition of the works of Thomas Hobbes.ESTC citation number T112688.Illustrated with an engraved title page and one plate. Collated, complete.With an additional lavishly engraved title page entitled 'Leviathan&apos.A collection of the works of Thomas Hobbes.Hobbes was an English philosopher active during the seventeenth century, largely considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy.This volume includes Hobbes' best known work on which he worked during the English Civil War, 'Leviathan', in which he looks at the structure of society and legitimate government, and is one of the earliest and influential works of social contract theory. This 1750 publication was the first time Hobbes' works had been published as a complete collection - the next was complete edition of his work was not published until 1839. In a rebacked half morocco binding with calf to the boards. Externally, front board is detached but present. Boards and spine are both rubbed, resulting in some loss of leather to the boards. A little loss to the head of the spine. Minor bumping to the tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is a little faded. Institutional stamps to the paste downs and endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some spots and light handling marks. An ex-institutional copy, with stamps to the engraved title page, title page, and to a couple of other pages. Front endpaper and engraved title page are detached with the front board. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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Book number: 815P10

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Keywords: The Moral and Political Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury moral political thomas hobbes moral None

Nicholas Horsman

Extracts from the Spiritual Bee, or a Miscellaney of Spiritual, Historical, Natural Observations, and Occasional Occurrancyes, Applyed in Divine Meditations

Oxford , John Crosley, 1823. Cloth. A reprint of this philosophical work, first published in 1667. Although the editor of this edition attributes the work to William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, the author is now believed to be Nicholas Horsman (1654–1689), a Church of England clergyman from Devon. With a previous owner's copperplate inscription to title page; Benjamin Fisher. The 'Arguments' include The Gospel a Trumpet, Of Vows Made in Sickness and Adversity, Against Rash Judgement and Self-Knowledge a Cure For Our Pride. In a paper covered binding with protective slipcase. Externally, worn with marks to boards. Slipcase is generally smart with slight shelfwear. Internally, binding loosening in places with ten leaves detached but present. Institutional ink stamps to front free endpaper and to verso of title page with ink marks also. Generally bright and otherwise clean. VERY GOOD slipcase Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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Book number: GEN23-C-2

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: Benjain Fisher Nicholas horsman William Penn Nicholas horsman None

James Huneker

Egoists: A Book of Supermen

New York, Charles Scribner's Son, 1918. Leather. A collection of critical essays examining the attitudes of key figures in the philosophy of egoism, in a lovely half morocco binding. A delightfully bound collection of essays relating to the philosophical egoists, from American art, book, music and theatre critic James Huneker.Originally published in periodicals including Scribner's Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly and the New York Times, in his essays Huneker discusses Stendhal and his sentimentality, Flaubert's 'Madame Bovary' and the pessimism of Huysmans, alongside discussions of Ibsen, Nietzsche, Baudelaire and Stirner.With a portrait frontispiece of Stendhal, and the illustrated bookplate of Roy McWilliams to the front pastedown. In a half morocco binding, with cloth covered boards. Light rubbing to back strip tail. Spotting to fore edge of text block. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 801F28

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: philiosophers egoism stendhal ibsen egoism nietzsche None

Richard Hurd

The Works of Richard Hurd D.D. Lord Bishop of Worcester

London , T Cadell and W Davies, 1811. First edition. Fine Binding. An attractive eight volume set of the works of Richard Hurd. Complete in eight volumes.First edition of the collected works.With a portrait frontispiece to volume I, and title page ornaments to all volume.An attractive and scarce set. Richard Hurd was an English divine and writer, later the bishop of Worcester. Hurd wrote extensively and broadly and his Letters on Chivalry and Romance are credited with influencing the Romantic movement. In attractive full calf bindings with gilt spine detailing and contrasting spine labels. Externally, smart, with rubbing to boards and score and scratch marks to the leather. Wear to the head of the spine to volume VIII. Personal bookplate of William Botfield to front pastedown of all volumes. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright, with occasional scattered spots but otherwise clean. Occasional pages creased at corners. Aroma of smoke to all volumes, stronger to first volume. Half title to volume VI detached but present. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: SET32-E-4

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: Richard Hurd Theology Politics Theology None

Paul Janet

Les Causes Finales Final Causes

Paris, Librairie Germer Bailliere Et Cie, 1876. Leather. A copy of Janet's philosophical work, in French. Paul Alexandre Rene Janet (30 April 1823 – 4 October 1899) was a French philosopher and writer. Born in Paris, he became professor of moral philosophy at Bourges (1845–1848) and Strasbourg (1848–1857), and of logic at the lycee Louis-le-Grand, Paris (1857–1864). In 1864 he was appointed to the chair of philosophy at the Sorbonne, and elected a member of the academy of moral and political sciences. In a quarter morocco binding with marbled paper covered boards; with five raised bands and gilt title detailing to the spine. Externally, sound with rubbing in places, some marks to boards, and very slight loss to the extremities. The hinges are tender. Internally, generally firmly bound although a little strained in places, with bright, clean pages; just scattered spotting, and handling marks here and there. With an ink marking to the final page. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: FGN9-F-9

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: Paul Janet Philosophy France Philosophy None

Harold H. Joachim

Logical Studies

London , The Clarendon Press, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work of idealist philosophy by Harold H. Joachim. Joachim is now identified with the later days of the British Idealist movement and is generally credited with the definitive formulation of the coherence theory of truth. He was also a scholar of Aristotle and Spinoza. Chapters include 'The Search for a Datum' and 'What is it that is True or False?' With an attractive woodcut bookplate of the Oxford University Press Delegates' Library to front pastedown. In a full cloth binding. Externally, smart with some light shelfwear and small marks to front board. Library label to a slightly cocked spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: GEN26-G-11

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Keywords: Harold H Joachim Philosophy Idealism Philosophy None

Immanuel Kant; J. M. D. Meiklejohn [translator]

Critique of Pure Reason

London, Bell and Daldy, 1871. Cloth. A translated edition of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, translated by John Miller Dow Meiklejohn. A philosophical study in which the author seeks to determine the limits and scope of metaphysics by providing a systematic analysis of "the faculty of reason in general, in respect of all knowledge after which it may strive independently of all experience." Written by Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Translated by John Miller Dow Meiklejohn, a Scottish academic, journalist and author known for writing school books. Publisher's catalogue to the front and rear of the text. Rebacked with the spine laid down in full green cloth. Externally, sound with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd pencil and ink annotation. Age toning to the first and last few pages. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: 885T30

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: Critique Pure Reason Kant Pure None

Robert Boyd Kidd

A Delineation of the Primary Principles of Reasoning

London, Richard Bentley, 1856. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this uncommon volume in which Robert Boyd Kidd offers a philosophical treatise on logic. A first edition of Robert Boyd Kidd's treatise on logic. Based on a lecture delivered to the members of the Mechanics Institute, Kidd elaborates on various philosophical topics such as logic, signs, proofs, syllogisms, and classification. The New Zealand born academic and headmaster received a doctorate of Law for this treatise. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front endpaper. The inscription reads 'Mr. D Saches. John Rhebon&apos. Rebound in a contemporary brown cloth binding. Externally, sound. Lightly rubbed to the boards. The spine is missing half a centimetre to the head of the spine, and is lightly bumped to the tail of the spine. There is a two-inch tear to the centre of the rear joint. The front hinge is starting, but firm, whilst the rear hinge is starting, and a little tender. Internally, generally firmly bound, although the gutter is visible between pages 24 and 25, 120 to 121, and 168 to 169. Pages are bright with light foxing throughout. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: 859N15

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Keywords: A Delineation of the Primary Principles of Reasoning Robert Boyd Kidd First Edition Uncommon Robert Boyd Kidd None

Eugen Kolisko

Reincarnation and Other Essays

London, King, Littlewood & King, [1940]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce work on reincarnation and other spiritual essays, complete with its rare, unclipped dust wrapper. Eugen Kolisko was an Austrian-German physician, known for his pioneering work in anthroposophy, spiritual movement in the twentieth century based on the belief in the existence of an objective and comprehensive spiritual world, accessible to all human experience. In this volume, Kolisko discusses some spiritual notions in depth, including reincarnation and its Western conception, the relationship between body and mind, Darwinism, the cycles of life, and English psychology. The undated first edition, first impression of this work issued by King, Littlewood & King, a scarce copy in the original, rare dust wrapper, unclipped. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author in black and white. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally generally sound with shelf wear and minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Considerable damp marking to the boards and spine. The dust wrapper is unclipped and excellent, with minor shelf wear only and minor chipping to the head and tail of the spine. Bookplate to the front free endpaper. Alice Aleddon. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to the fore edge, affecting only the first and last few leaves slightly, otherwise the pages are bright and clean throughout. Illustrated with a black and white frontispiece portrait of the author. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good/Very Good Indeed.

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Book number: 804A56

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Keywords: reincarnation philosophy first editions e kolisko philosophy Not Stated

W. W. L.

The Real Earth and Other Studies

London, The Path Publishing Company, 1916. Hardback. A very scarce work of anthroposophy, examining some of the larger questions of life; presented by the editor of the Path Publishing Company. With chapters such as 'Is there Deliverance?', 'The 'I'', 'Vacuity', 'Secret Words', 'The Conception of Mary', 'The Calming Thought of All' and 'The Opposers&apos.Inscribed by the editor of Path Publishing to a Mrs Jefferson, 'With pious greeting May 1917, D. N. D.''D. N. D.' is Daniel Nicol Dunlop, a Scottish entrepreneur and anthroposophist. With the ownership stamp of the Theosophical Society, which was situated at Hastings Lodge.Published under the initials W. W. L. An extremely scarce work, held institutionally by only four libraries in the U.K.Rarely seen in commerce. In the original paper covered boards. Externally rather worn; backstrip is lost at the tail of the spine. There is a mark to the head of the front board. Presentation inscription to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages have just the odd spot. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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Book number: 804R34

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: The Real Earth W W L Spirituality W W L None