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Marci Antonini Imperatoris Eorum Quae Ad Seipsum Libri XII

Marcus Aurelius · 1744 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.78 | $1,182.35 | ¥188,806)

Glasguae [Glasgow], In aedibus academicis, excudebat R. Foulis, academiae typographus, 1744. Leather. The very scarce Foulis edition of the meditations of Marcus Aurelius, printed in both Greek and Latin. Handsomely bound in full tree calf by Riviere. Two volumes bound in one....

Georgii Buchanani Scoti, Poetarum Sui Seculi Facile Principis, Opera Omnia, Ad Optimorum Codicum Fidem Sumno Studio Recognita & Castigata

George Buchanan; Thomas Ruddiman [ed.] · 1715 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.48 | $502.00 | ¥80,164)

Edinburgi [Edinburgh], Robertum Freebairn, 1715 . First edition. Leather. The complete two volume first edition of Thomas Ruddiman's critical scholarly edition of the works of Scottish humanist George Buchanan. In the original Latin.Complete in two volumes.The first editi...

Essays of to-Day and Yesterday

Holbrook Jackson · 1927 · Rooke Books

£259.00 (€310.45 | $342.15 | ¥54,638)

London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1927. First edition. Paperback. A presentation copy of the first edition of this collection of essays by Holbrook Jackson. Signed and inscribed by the author. The first collected edition.The author's presentation copy, with his inscript...

Plato&Apos;S Symposium or Supper

Plato; Francis Birrell; Shane Leslie · 1924 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1924. Cloth. A Nonesuch limited edition of this enduring philosophical work by Plato. A limited edition of 1,050 copies, of which this is numbered 501.In the original very scarce unclipped dust wrapper.'Plato's Symposium or Supper' is...

Utilitarianism As Propounded by J. Stuart MILL, Alex. Bain and Others

Robert Watts · 1868 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

Belfast , C. Aitchison, 1868 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce paper exploring principles of utilitarianism and the views of leading philosophers in the field, read before the Theological Society at Assembly's College in Belfast by Robert Watts, Professor ...

Diarii Spiritualis

Emanuel Swedenborgh; Emanuel Swedenborg · 1843 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

Tubingae; Londini, Curam Administrat; William Newbery, 1843-46. Leather. An important philosophical and spiritual work by Emanuel Swedenborg, strikingly bound with decorative gilt stars. Bound in four volumes.In Latin.'Diarii Spiritualis' details the author's sp...

Table Book of Choice Extracts, Moral and Religious

Samuel Morgan [ed.] · 1872 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Glasgow, William Mackenzie , 1872. Leather. A very scarce series of extracts pertaining to philosophy and religion, bound in smart full calf. A vanishingly scarce book of philosophical and religious extracts, edited by one Samuel Morgan.In full calf binding. One extract seems...

A Phrenological Chart of Character

E. Stackpool O'Dell; Mrs. E. Stackpool O'Dell · 1906 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, The London Phrenological Institution , 1906 . Cloth. A scarce work documenting the research of E. Stackpool O'Dell and his wife in the field of phrenology, with handwritten notes presenting their findings. Scarce work.Bound in the publisher's original red clo...

Essai Sur le Beau

Yves Marie Andre · 1810 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Paris , Chez Ferra Aine, 1810 . Leather. A new edition of Yves Marie Andre's discussion on beauty, considered to be an important work in the history of aesthetics, bound in full tree calf. A new edition. First published in 1741. Bound in full tree calf with the spine laid...

The Religio Medici and Other Writings of Sir Thomas Browne

Sir Thomas Browne · 1920 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1920 . Cloth. An Everyman's Library edition of Thomas Browne's collection of essays, this copy belonging to and inscribed by English science-fiction author, Brian Aldiss. The fifth impression of the Everyman's Library edition of th...

A Modern Symposium

G. Lowes Dickinson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1930 . Leather. A beautifully bound collection of essays exploring philosophical and social issues of the early twentieth century, written by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson. Bound in an elegant leather binding with gilt motif. A signed binding by...

The Pathway to Reality: Being the Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St Andrews in the Session 1902-1903 and 1903-1904.

Richard Burdon Haldane · 1902 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, John Murray, 1902-04 . First edition. Leather. A pair of first edition's containing Richard Burdon Haldane's series of lectures delivered at St Andrews University between 1902 and 1904, with a letter from the author tipped-in. A pair of first editions, compri...

Du Statu Mortuorum & Resurgentium Tractatus. Of the State of the Dead, and of Those That Are to Rise

Matthias Earbery · 1728 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, E. Curll, 1728. First edition. Leather. A scarce English translation of Thomas Burnet's interesting philosophical treatise in which he discusses the punishment of those who have done wrong. A scarce English translation.Complete in two volumes.Volume II is the firs...

A Treatise on the Seven Rays: Esoteric Psychology. Volume I.

Alice A. Bailey · 1950 · Rooke Books

£424.00 (€508.22 | $560.13 | ¥89,446)

London, Lucis Press Limited, 1950 . Cloth. The third edition of the first volume of Alice Bailey's five volume Theosophical work 'A Treatise on the Seven Rays', in the very scarce original dust wrapper. The third edition of this work, first published in 1936.Vol...

Armour for Aphrodite

Thomas Sturge Moore · 1929 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Grant Richards and Humphrey Toulmin, 1929. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this interesting analysis of contemporary thoughts on aesthetics, sexuality and morals. Smart, first edition, in the publisher's original green cloth binding. Written by ...

Histoire de la Philosophie Ionienne

Charles Mallett · 1842 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Paris, Chez Madame veuve Maire-Nyon, 1842. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of Charles Auguste Mallet's work on the Ionian School of Pre-Socratic philosophy. Published in French. A first edition of Charles Auguste Mallet's discussion of Ionian Philosophy. Pu...

Martin Heidegger: De Weg Van Zi Jn Denken

Otto Pöggeler · 1969 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Utrecht, Uitgeverij Het Spectrum N. V. 1969. Paperback. A very scarce Dutch language edition of Martin Heidigger's Path of Thinking, by philosopher Otto Pöggeler. A very scarce Dutch language edition of this work, in the publisher's original paper wraps. Ink inscrip...

Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami Opera Omnia Emendatiora Et Avctiora. Tomus Octavus Notis Illvstrata, Qui Complectitur Versa E Patribus Graecis

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus · 1962 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, The Gregg Press, 1962. Cloth. An attractive facsimile reprint of the philosophy of Erasmus. Published in Latin. The eighth volume of this facsimile reprint of the complete works of Erasmus. Published in Latin. The work of the sixteenth century philosopher and theologia...

Histoire Philosophique Et Politique

Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal · 1770 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.61 | $376.50 | ¥60,123)

None, A Amsterdam, 1770. Leather. Three volumes of the philosophical and political history of the European settlements and commerce in the two Indies. First three volumes of five. A study into the history of European settlements in the East Indies, South America, the West Indi...

The Governance of Britain

Harold Wilson · 1976 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Weidenfeld and Nicolson and Michael Joseph, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this political history of Britain written by former Prime Minister Harold Wilson. A first edition copy. Harold Wilson was a British statesman and leader of the Labo...