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Lot 132
132. Oracles.- si b y L L i n A or A c u L A, first e d i t i o n, engraved
additional pictorial title, some text in Greek or Hebrew, ink library
stamp to title, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, upper joint
split, Amsterdam, apudHenricum & Viduam Theodori Boom,
1689; and an ex-library edition of Witsius’ Aegyptiaca, 1683, in
contemporary vellum, but with several ink stamps, small 4to (2)
£250 - £350
Lot 133
133. Patuzzi (Joanne Vincentio) de se d e in f e r n i in te r r i s
qu æ r e n d A di s s e rtAt i o, first e d i t i o n, double column, title in red and
black and with a woodcut ornament, ink stamp to recto and verso
of title, some water-staining to head (mostly at start), occasional
light spotting, modern boards, [Not in Caillet], 4to, Venice, ex
Typographia Remondiniana, 1763. £200 - £300
*** A scarce work on the supposed location of hell, debating whether
it is to be found on the sun or underground on earth.
134. Pernety (Antone Joseph) Le re p o s d e cy r u s o u L’histoire d e
sA vie d e p u i s LA seizième J u s q u’A LA q u A r A n t i e m e A n n é e, engraved
frontispiece and 3 plates, light offsetting, occasional spotting,
contempoary mottled calf, richly gilt spine with red morocco label,
upper joint starting at ends, but holding firm, rubbed, [Caillet 8552],
Paris, chez Briasson, 1762 § [Saint-Martin (Louis-Claude de)]
Des Erreurs et de la Vérité, ou les Hommes Rappellés au Principe
Universel de la Science, 2 parts in 1 vol., half-title, occasional
spotting, later marbled boards, rubbed and scuffed, [Caillet 9764
& 9769], Edimbourg [Lyon], 1782 § [Luchet (J.- P.-L. de la Roche
du Maine, Marquis de)] Essai sur la Secte des Illuminés, lightly
browned, contemporary half calf, gilt spine in compartments and with
red morocco label, lacking another smaller label, ?Paris, no printer,
1789; and 12 others, including a 9 vol. set of the fourth edition of
Gendre’s work on Esoteric matters, 1758; Charles Nodier on Army
societies and Fénelon on fables, 1783, 8vo (15) £350 - £450
*** A good selection of scarce works on various secret societies and
alternative philosophies.
Lot 135
135. Rocoles (Jean Baptiste de) Le s im p o s t e u r s in s i g n e s o u
histoire d e p L u s i e u r s h o m m e s d e n é A n t, d e t o u t e s n At i o n s, q u i o n t
u s u r p é L A qu A L i t é d’em p e r e u r s, ro y s & pr i n c e s, first e d i t i o n,
engraved additional pictorial title and 16 portraits, errata f. at
end, printed title with late Elzevier sphere device, lightly browned,
contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked in modern calf, gilt,
corners a little worn, [Caillet 9553], 12mo, Amsterdam, Abraham
Wolfgang, 1683. £200 - £300
*** A scarce little work on fraudsters who have pretended to be
royals.
136. Rosicrucianism.- Holland (John) cr u c i A n A., 2 frontispieces,
plates and illustrations, some water-staining, modern clothbacked
boards, Liverpool, 1835 § [Hartman (Franz)] An Adventure
Among the Rosicrucians. By a Student of Occultism, first e d i t i o n,
advertisements at end, original cloth, gilt, spine worn at head, lower
cover stained, Boston, 1887 § Waite (A.E.) The Brotherhood of the
Rosy Cross, first e d i t i o n, frontispiece, plates, illustrations, original
pictorial cloth, gitl, spine ends and corners frayed, a few short splits
to joints, 1924; and 8 others, Rosicrucianism, v.s. (11) £120 - £180
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