Philosophy

# 46947

CONFUCIUS (551-479 BCE)

Sinarum philosophus, sive scientia sinensis latine exposita.

Paris : Daniel Horthemels, 1687. First edition. Folio, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, preserving the original spine, in compartments with raised bands, gilt ornamentation and lettering, book labels for Levenside and H.P. Kraus to front pastedown, front free endpaper detached, pp. cxxiv; 108; 21; [iii – blanks]; 159; [blank]; xx; 108; 8; [I – privilege], [blank], …

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# 50027

FRANCE, Anatole

Les opinions de Monsieur Jérome Coignard

Paris : Chez A. & G. Mornay, Editeurs, 1924. Number 220 of 900 copies on Rives (edition of 1107). Square octavo, later full crushed morocco, sine with raised bands, gilt ornament and lettering; gilt dentelles; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers; original wrappers (including backstrip) bound in; pp. 215, [2]; with colour frontispiece and b/w illustrations …

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# 48952

LAFFITTE, Pierre; HALL, John Carey (translator)

A general view of Chinese civilization and of the relations of the West with China.

From the French of M. Pierre Laffitte, (Director of Positivism). Translated by John Carey Hall, M.A., Assistant Japanese Secretary to H.B.M.’s Legation, Tokyo. London : Trübner & Co. ; Yokohama, Shanghai & Hongkong : Kelly & Walsh (Limited) ; Tokyo & Yokohama : Z. P. Mary & Co. (Limited), 1887. Octavo (230 x 150 mm), …

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# 49341

DAVIDSON, D. and ALDERSMITH, H.

The Great Pyramid : its divine message. An original co-ordination of historical documents and archaeological evidences.

Vol. I – Pyramid Records. A narrative of new discoveries concerning civilisations and origins. London : Williams and Norgate, 1946. Sixth revised edition. Quarto, gilt-lettered black cloth (a little worn at head and foot of spine) in defective but rare dustjacket (splits and tears with loss to spine, old tape marks), pp. xxviii; 568, numerous …

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# 49780

MOORE, Alice and Richard LANDON

All in the golden afternoon : the inventions of Lewis Carroll.

An exhibition selected from the Joseph Brabant Collection by Alice Moore and Richard Landon. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 20 September1999 – 28 January 2000. Toronto : Thomas Fisher rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 1999. Quarto (280 x 190 mm), pictorial wrappers, pp. 108, profusely illustrated in colour and b/w; an excellent copy …

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# 50292

MOOKERJEEE, Ajit

Tantra art : its philosophy & physics

New Delhi : Kumar Gallery, 1966. First edition. Quarto, gilt-illustrated cloth, dustjacket (edge wear and a few short tears), pp. 156, illustrated in colour and black and white. Printed in Switzerland. The foundational text for understanding Tantrism through its visual metaphysics. Provenance: Australian artist Yvonne Audette (born 1930, her wet stamp to a few leaves). …

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# 22302

Raymond of Sabunde (c.1385-1436)

Theologia naturalis sive Liber creatura[rum] specialiter de homine [et] de natura eius in qua[n]tum homo.

:[et] de his qu[a] sunt ei necessaria ad cognoscendu[m] seip[su]m [et] Deu[m] [et] om[n]e debitu[m] ad q[uo]d ho[mo] tenet[ur] et obligatur tam Deo q[uam] p[ro]ximo. Impressus Nurembergae : Per Anthoniu[m] koberger [sic] inibi co[n]cluem, 1502. Folio (290 x 210 mm), contemporary sheep over wooden boards (lacking clasps), elaborate blind-tooling to both boards, upper board including …

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# 49491

DAVID-NEEL, Alexandra

Initiations and initiates in Tibet (Yvonne Audette’s copy)

London : Rider and Company, 1958. Second edition. Octavo, boards in dustjacket (price-clipped, light edge wear), pp. 224, light foxing to edges, black and white plates, a fine copy. An eyewitness account by Alexandra David-Néel, a practicing Buddhist, of the esoteric “Lamaic” rites and doctrines she encountered during her 14 years in Tibet. With revisions …

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# 49490

GIBRAN, Kahlil (1883 - 1921)

The Prophet (Yvonne Audette’s copy)

London : Heinemann, 1967. Reprint. Octavo, boards in dustjacket, pp. 114, light foxing to edges, a fine copy. The Prophet, first published in 1923, is the most celebrated work of Lebanese-American author Kahlil Gibran. Written in poetic English prose, it consists of 26 philosophical essays covering universal aspects of the human experience, such as love, …

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# 49002

GOREH, Rev. Nehemiah

Four lectures delivered in substance to the Brahmos in Bombay and Poona, in April and July 1875

by the Rev. Nehemiah Goreh, a converted Brahman of Benares Bombay : printed at the Education Society’s Press, Byculla, 1875. Octavo, lettered wrappers (stained and worn, corner clipped), contemporary owner’s name of D. P. Ford to upper wrapper and title leaf, dated Philadelphia 1878, corners creased, a few pen annotations, internally clean. Preface by Luke …

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# 47591

ZHU XI [LEGGE, James; Tao WANG]

The Four Books; or, the Chinese Classics in English :

for the use of those who wish to learn to translate English, and those gentlemen who wish to read the words spoken by the Chinese sages. Compiled from the best previous works, and arranged precisely, according to the pages of the Chinese text, by a Chinese compiler. In six volumes. Ho-nan : Printed at a …

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# 48623

EVANS-WENTZ, W. Y.

The Tibetan Book of the Dead

or the after-death experiences on the Bardo Plane, according to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup’s English Rendering. With a psychiatric commenrary by Dr. C. G. Jung, introducing foreword by Lama Anagarika Govinda, and foreword by Sir John Woodruffe. London : Oxford University Press, 1957. Third edition. Octavo, gilt-stamped cloth (bright and sharp), dustjacket (price-clipped, old tape marks …

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# 46285

TROTSKY, Leon (1879-1940), et al.

Leon Trotsky : a group of ephemeral publications, 1930s-40s.

I. Trotsky, Leon. Stalinism and Bolshevism : concerning the historical and theoretical roots of the Fourth International. New York : Pioneer Publishers, 1937. Octavo, original printed wrappers, stapled, 29, [1] pp; a fine copy. II. Trotsky, Leon. In defense of the Soviet Union : a compilation 1927-1937. New York : Pioneer Publishers, 1937. Octavo, original printed wrappers, stapled, …

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# 46726

SINGER, Peter (1946 - )

Animal liberation

A new ethics for our treatment of animals. London : Jonathan Cape, 1976. First English edition. Octavo, gilt-lettered boards in illustrated dustjacket (lightly marked and edge wear, fore edge foxed), pp. xvii; [1]; 301, illustrated. First British edition of Australian ethicist and philosopher Peter Singer’s landmark work on the treatment of animals.

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# 46410

FORTUNE, Dion (pseud. of Violet Mary FIRTH)

[OCCULT] Applied magic

London : The Aquarian Press ; New York : Wehman Bros., 1962. First edition. Small octavo (190 x 130 mm), publisher’s cream cloth with gold lettering to spine (gleaming and unmarked), in the yellow dust jacket printed in red (price-clipped, but superb); pp. viii, 110; contents immaculate, a very fine copy. A posthumous collection of …

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# 44344

GELLIUS, Aulus [GRONOVIUS, Jacob, editor]

Auli Gellii Noctes Atticae ex editione Jacobi Gronovii. Cum notis et interpretatione in usum Delphini variis lectionibus notis variorum recent edition et modicum.

London : A. J. Valpy, 1824. Four volumes in three, octavo (215 x 140 mm), in a handsome contemporary University of Glasgow prize binding by Carrs – the most prestigious Glasgow bookbinder of the period – of full vellum with gilt ornament and arms; the set was awarded as a First Class prize in Latin …

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