Filosofia

The Philosophy of Man and Creation

John Coutts · 1878 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Melbourne, Adelaide, Nelson, F. Pitman, 1878 . First edition. Cloth. A particularly scarce philosophical work uniting religion and science by John Coutts. A very scarce work, held institutionally by only two libraries.Written by John Coutts, an author of philosophical ...

Love and Marriage, Being Montaigne&Apos;S Essay &Apos;Sur Des Vers de Virgil&Apos;

Michel de Montaigne; trans. Constance Vera Norman · 1533 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Florence, Tipografia Giuntina , c1928. Hardback. A lovely translation of this essay by French philosopher Michel de Montaigne. Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) was a philosopher of the French Renaissance, remembered for making the essay a commonly used literary form. His influe...

Documenta Philosophiae Arabum Quae Pro Dissertatione Ad Summos in Philosophia Honores Ab Amplissimo in Universitate Fridericia Wilhelmia Rhenana Philosophorum Ordine Rite Impetrandos

Augustus Schmoelders · 1836 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,876.74 | $3,170.55 | ¥506,296)

Bonnae, Regiis Arabicis, 1836. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Schmoelders' commentary of Golden Age Arabic philosophy. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.A Latin commentary on three Arabic texts, 'Risalah fima yanbaghi an yaqdum...

The Plague

Albert Camus; Stuart Gilbert [translator] · 1948 · Rooke Books

£945.00 (€1,132.72 | $1,248.40 | ¥199,354)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. The first English language translation of Albert Camus's absurdist existentialist classic, in the striking original Michael Ayrton dust wrapper. First published in the original French the year prior, this is the first ...

Fables from Ancients and Moderns

Various [ed. by James Gorle] · 1838 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Birmingham, H.C. Langridge, 1838. Cloth. A very scarce collection of well-known fables adapted into charming children's verse, offering lighthearted lessons for young readers. Fables from Ancients and Moderns, a very scarce collection of fables adapted to verse, written b...

A New Volume of Letters Partly, Philosophicall, Politicall, Historicall

James Howell · 1647 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.46 | ¥209,902)

London, T. W. for Humphrey Moseley, 1647 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of James Howell's collection of letters on seventeenth century politics, philosophy and history. A very scarce first edition. Comprising a series of literary letters on politi...

The Humourist. Being Essays Upon Several Subjects

Thomas Gordon · 1741 · Rooke Books

£1,950.00 (€2,337.35 | $2,576.07 | ¥411,366)

London, T. Woodward; D. Browne, 1741 . Leather. The fourth edition of Thomas Gordon's very scarce collection of essays on diverse subjects, including ghosts, witchcraft, prejudice, love, and enthusiasm. The fourth edition of this very scarce work. A series of essays by Th...

Religious Courtship: Being Historical Discourses on the Necessity of Marrying Religious Husbands and Wives Only

Daniel Defoe · 1807 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Bungay, C. Brightly, 1807 . Leather. An early 19th century 'New Edition' of Daniel Defoe's didactic guide to conduct, arguing that Christians should only marry within their own denominations. A new edition of this work, which was first published in 1722. Written...

The Essays, or Councils, CIVIL and Moral

Sir Francis Bacon · 1701 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Printed by E. Holt for Henry Herringman, 1701. Leather. An early 18th century edition of Francis Bacon's 'Essays', issued with 'Of the Colours of Good and Evil' and his discourse on the 'Wisdom of the Ancients&apos. One of the several edit...

Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review

Lord Macaulay · 1883 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.94 | ¥12,446)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1883 . Leather. A very good copy of Lord Macaulay's critical and historical essays in a full calf prize binding. In a full calf prize binding.Macaulay's political writings are famous for their ringing prose and for their confident, so...

Christ the Crisis

Friedrich Gogarten · 1970 · Rooke Books

£23.99 (€28.76 | $31.69 | ¥5,061)

London , SCM Press Ltd. 1970. Cloth. A fascinating work being a summary of German theologian, Friedrich Gogarten, life's work. First translated edition, R. A. Wilson. From the private library of theologian, David Palin. Featuring the original dustwrapper. In original buck...

Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow Vol. XL. 1908 - 1909

1909 · Rooke Books

£21.99 (€26.36 | $29.05 | ¥4,639)

Glasgow, Published by the Society, 1909. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work from the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow. First edition. The Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow was established in 1802, and is a learned society. In the original publisher...

Fragmens Psychologiques Sur la Folie

Francois Leuret · 1834 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

Paris, Crochard, Librarie Editeur, 1834. First edition. Paperback. Psychological Fragments Of Madness. First edition Includes information on hallucinations, visions and the terror of damnation. Psychological Fragments Of Madness. First edition Includes information on hallucina...

Elementa Philosophica de Cive and Eyphma Compendiarium in Religione Christiana Novum

Thomas Hobbes · 1696 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.90 | ¥179,313)

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 ...

L&Apos;Art de Connaitre Les Hommes Par la Physionomie

Gaspard Lavater [Johann Kaspar Lavater] · 1820 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.96 | $1,981.59 | ¥316,435)

Paris , Depelafol , 1820. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated French edition of Johann Kaspar Lavater's monumental treatise on physiognomy. A new edition, corrected and arranged in a more methodical order. Original French edition published from 1806-1809.Complete in ten volumes...

Education and the Social Order

Bertrand Russell · 1932 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London , George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1932 . Cloth. An interesting pedagogical essay by philosopher Bertrand Russel on the education of the individual citizen, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original blue cloth binding. I...

Philosophical Dissertations of the Egyptians and Chinese

Mr. de Pauw [Cornelius de Pauw]; Capt. J. Thomson [trans.] · 1795 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Printed for T. Chapman, 1795. Cloth. The second English edition of this cultural and philosophical study of ancient Egypt and China, written by Cornelius de Pauw. The second English edition. Volume I only from this uncommon two-volume work. In a contemporary full clot...

Father and Son: A Study of Two Temperaments

Edmund Gosse · 1936 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, William Heinemann, 1936 . Leather. A lovely copy of Gosse's psychological biography, in a full morocco binding. In full morocco. With a photographic frontispiece of Gosse and his father.Father and Son, originally subtitled 'A Study of Two Temperaments',...

Angli Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio

John Milton · 1652 · Rooke Books

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

Londini [Gouda], Typis Du Gardianis [G. de Hoeve], 1652 . Leather. A scarce early unauthorised continental edition of John Milton's argument in favour of the regicide of Charles I, and the legitimacy of the republican regime. In the original Latin.First published the year...

Town: An Essay

Holbrook Jackson · 1913 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

Westminster, A. T. Stevens, 1913. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce essay celebrating towns by Holbrook Jackson, with a rare to see hand-coloured cover. The first edition. In the publisher's original paper covers. With a very rare to see hand-coloured front cover.Â...