[Rarebooks] FS: Occult and Metaphysical Books, Part One

[Michael John Thompson]

FS: Occult and Metaphysical Books. From the Library of Charles Muses.
Prices in US dollars. Terms: as usual.

1) ACHAD, Frater [Charles Stansfeld Jones)., Q.B.L. OR THE BRIDE’S 
RECEPTION. BEING A SHORT CABALISTIC TREATISE ON THE NATURE AND USE OF THE 
TREE OF LIFE. WITH A BRIEF INTRODUCTION AND A LENGTHY APPENDIX., Chicago, 
ILL: Privately printed for the Author, Collegium ad Spiritum Sanctum. 
[1922]. 1st edition. Octavo, original boards with buckram spine, paper 
title label on spine, Achad’s lamen in gilt on front panel, top edges gilt. 
A limited edition of 250 copies signed and numbered by the author, this 
being copy number 128. Contains a colour frontispiece and 3 additional full 
page colour plates, plus numerous diagrams, folding chart, appendixes. An 
extensive work on the Cabalistic Tree of Life by Frater Achad, disciple of 
Aleister Crowley and former "Grand Master" of the O.T.O. for North America. 
 From the library of Dr. Charles Muses, author of esoteric works and 
founder of the Jacob Boehme society, heavily annotated in pen by him 
throughout, signed in full “Charles A. Muses 1944” on front free endpaper. 
Old tape removed from front boards (it was covering the spine label, which 
is browned), the mark “A 4” in red ink near base of spine, corners a bit 
bumped. Overall a very good copy with Muses’ extensive handwritten notes 
throughout. $250.00

2) ANONYMOUS., THE LIVES OF ALCHEMYSTICAL PHILOSOPHERS; WITH A CRITICAL 
CATALOGUE OF BOOKS ON OCCULT CHEMISTRY; AND A SELECTION OF THE MOST 
CELEBRATED TREATISES ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE HERMETIC ART., 
London: Printed by MacDonald and Son, For Lackington, Allen & Co., Finsbury 
Square. 1815 First edition. Octavo, original mottled pink boards, title 
label on spine. 384 pp. [1] plate at page 296, Index, [4] pp. ads at rear. 
Our copy lacks the front free endpaper. Half-title leaf present. Boards a 
trifle stained on rear panel and upper corner slightly damaged. Spine panel 
darkened, a few marks to front board. Internal hinges reglued. The binding 
has been glazed. From the library of Dr. Charles Muses, author of occult 
and esoteric works & founder of the Jacob Boehme society, signed by him on 
the half-title leaf, with his pencil notes on the rear endpaper and minor 
marginalia in pencil throughout. Overall, a very good copy in the original 
binding, and extremely rare thus. The first edition of the LIVES was 
published in 1814 under the title THE LIVES OF THE ADEPTS IN ALCHEMYSTICAL 
PHILOSOPHY, the second issue (with a new title page only) was issued in 
1815 as THE LIVES OF THE ALCHEMYSTICAL PHILOSOPHERS. The first issue is 
terribly rare, and most references the book refer to the edition of 1815. 
The work consists of three parts: a series of biographies of adepts from 
the earliest ages until the 18th Century; an alphabetical list of 
alchemical books, and a number of alchemical treatises. The work was 
"revised" by Arthur Edward Waite and republished in 1888 as LIVES OF 
ALCHEMYSTICAL PHILOSOPHERS BASED ON MATERIALS COLLECTED IN 1815. The 
authorship is unknown. Originally attributed to Francis Barrett (whose book 
THE MAGUS was issued by the same publishers and is listed in the 
publisher's advertisements at the rear), that attribution is now thought to 
be incorrect. Candidates for authorship include Sigismond Bacstrom and 
Ebenezer Sibley. An extremely important work in the evolution of modern 
Hermetic philosophy. $3500.00

3) BACSTROM, Sigismond. Hamilton-Jones, J.W. (editor)., BACSTROM'S 
ALCHEMICAL ANTHOLOGY. EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J.W. 
HAMILTON-JONES., London: John M. Watkins. 1960. First edition. 500 copies 
printed. Small octavo, original blue cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 
Black & white frontispiece plate depicting a bookplate used by Bacstrom, 
adapted from an Alchemical Figure in a fifteenth century manuscript. This 
is the first edition of the first Alchemical work by Bacstrom. The MS, in 
the hands of Hamilton-Jones, was originally titled "An Essay on Alchemy", 
and is here published along with extracts from the great early Alchemists. 
None of Backstrom's Alchemical books were ever published in his lifetime, 
although H.P. Blavatsky, in LUCIFER (a Theosophical monthly magazine) 
commenced the publication in serial form in February 1891 of a book 
translated by Backstrom entitled THE GOLDEN CHAIN OF HOMERUS; the 
publication of those installments was discontinued shortly thereafter upon 
Blavatsky's death. Backstrom was an initiate of the Societas Rosae Crucis 
and a disciple of Comte Louis de Chazal. A fine copy in a fine dust 
wrapper, faint tanning to spine panel. A sharp copy of a scarce and 
valuable book. $125.00

4) BLAVATSKY, H[elena] P[etrovna] ["H.P.B."], THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE 
BEING CHOSEN FRAGMENTS FROM THE "BOOK OF THE GOLDEN PRECEPTS.", FOR THE 
DAILY USE OF LANOOS (DISCIPLES). TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED BY H.P.B., 
London: Theosophical Publishing Company / New York: W.Q. Judge. 1889. First 
edition. 12mo, original blue cloth titled in gilt on upper cover. 97 pp. 
Zen Buddhism scholar Dr Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki wrote about the book 
"Undoubtedly Madame Blavatsky had in some way been initiated into the 
deeper side of Mahayana teaching and then gave out what she deemed wise to 
the Western world..." Some tape repair at edges of covers, minor wear. From 
the library of Charles Muses, with his ink annotations throughout and notes 
on the rear endpapers. Very good. $100.00

5) BLAVATSKY, H[elena] P[etrovna]., THE STANZAS OF DZYAN. REPRINTED FROM 
THE "SECRET DOCTRINE" OF H.P. BLAVATSKY. IN TWO PARTS, WITH INTRODUCTION 
AND NOTES., London: The Theosophical Publishing Society. 1908. First 
edition. 12mo, original red cloth titled in white. 99 pp. [1] pp ads at 
rear. From the library of Charles Muses, with his ink annotations on a few 
leaves. Spine panel a trifle faded and white lettering on spine a bit 
effaced, mild soiling to cloth. A very good copy, overall. $55.00

6) BOEHME, Jacob [NOE JUIF POLONAIS], CLEF OU EXPLICATION DES DIVERS 
POINTES ET TERMES PRINCIPAUX EMPLOYES PAR JACOB BOEHME, DANS SES OUVRAGES. 
TRADUITE DE L'ALLEMAND SUE L'EDITION DE SES OEUVRES COMPLETES IMPRIMEES EN 
1715. SUR L'ÉDITION RARISSIME DE 1826., Paris: Dorbon L'Aine, Librarie. No 
Date (1910) 1st edition thus. Octavo, bound in half blue cloth over marbled 
boards, spine titled in gilt, original wrappers bound in. 70 pp, folding 
table of "Trois Pricipes de la Manifestation Divine" at rear. Text in 
French. Binding a trifle rubbed; a very good, clean copy. $75.00

7) BOEHME, Jacob [Böhme]; Friedrich Bleek, JACOB BÖHME: VOM ZANK UND STREIT 
DER GELEHRTEN UM CHRISTI TESTAMENTA, WAS SIE DAMITTE THUN UND WAS DAVON ZU 
HALTEN SEI., Berlin: 1823. First edition. Printed wrappers, bound in modern 
cloth, gilt titles. 40 pp. First and last leaf with some old tape repair, 
and reinforced with what appears to be wax paper at some point; otherwise a 
very good copy. Extremely rare. $150.00

8) BOEHME, Jacob., THE FORTY QUESTIONS OF THE SOUL AND THE CLAVIS. 
TRANSLATED BY JOHN SPARROW. REISSUED BY C.J.B. WITH EMMENDATIONS BY D.S. 
HEHNER., London: John M. Watkins. 1911. First printing of this edition. 
Large, thick octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on spine & front 
panel. 310 pp, + vi + 52pp, (2) pp CATALOGUE OF THE BOOKS WRITTEN BY JACOB 
BEHMEN at rear. One folding plate "The Figure of the Philosophical Globe, 
or Eye of the Wonders of Eternity, or Looking-Glass of Wisdom". From the 
library of Dr. Charles Muses, author of occult and esoteric works & founder 
of the Jacob Boehme society, signed by him on the front free endpaper and 
with the stamp of The Jacob Boehme Society (partially effaced). Muses' has 
*extensively* annotated and marked the text throughout, with underlining, 
marginalia and notes, cryptic designs and sigils, and heavy notes which 
appear to be a self-made index on the last two blanks and the two rear 
endpapers. The notes are scholarly and analytical in nature, and in many 
cases Muses' is *correcting the text*. The book is heavily marked in this 
manner. Tape repairs to inner hinges; a very good copy. $150.00

9) BOEHME, Jacob., CONCERNING THE THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE DIVINE ESSENCE. 
TRANSLATED BY JOHN SPARROW. REISSUED BY C.J.B. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DR. 
PAUL DEUSSEN., London: John M. Watkins. 1910. First printing of this 
edition. Large, thick octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on spine 
& front panel. 806 pp. From the library of Dr. Charles Muses, author of 
occult and esoteric works & founder of the Jacob Boehme society, signed by 
him on the half title leaf. Muses' has annotated and marked the text 
throughout, with underlining, marginalia and notes, plus made heavy notes 
which appear to be a self-made index on the last two blanks and the two 
rear endpapers. The notes are scholarly and analytical in nature, and in 
many cases Muses' is *correcting the text*. Lacking the front free 
endpaper; old sellotape at base of front & rear covers; a very good copy. 
$175.00

10) BOEHME, Jacob., THE HIGH AND DEEP SEARCHING OUT OF THE THREEFOLD LIFE 
OF MAN, THROUGH [OR ACCORDING TO] THE THREE PRINCIPLES. ENGLISHED BY J. 
SPARROW. REISSUED BY C.J.B., WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE REV. G.W. ALLEN., 
London: John M. Watkins. 1909. First printing of this edition. Large, thick 
octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on spine & front panel. 628 pp. 
 From the library of Dr. Charles Muses, author of occult and esoteric works 
& founder of the Jacob Boehme society, signed by him on the front free 
endpaper and with the stamp of The Jacob Boehme Society (partially 
effaced). Muses has *extensively* annotated and marked the text throughout, 
with underlining, marginalia and notes, cryptic designs and sigils, and 
heavy notes which appear to be a self-made index on the last two blanks and 
bothe the front & rear endpapers. The notes are scholarly and analytical in 
nature, and in many cases Muses' is *correcting the text*. The book is 
heavily marked in this manner. Spine panel a bit faded and some old 
sellotape marks at tips; a very good copy. The full title reads: THE HIGH 
AND DEEP SEARCHING OUT OF THE THREEFOLD LIFE OF MAN, Through [or according 
to] The Three Principles, By Jacob Boehme alias Teutonicus Philosophus. 
Written in the German Language Anno 1620. Englished by J. Sparrow, 
Barrister of the Inner Temple, London. / London: Printed for M.S. for H. 
Blunden, at the Castle in Cornhill, 1650. / Reissued by C.J.B., with an 
introduction by the Rev. G.W. Allen. $150.00

11) BOEHME, Jacob., THE AURORA. TRANSLATED BY JOHN SPARROW. EDITED BY 
C.J.B. AND D.S.H., London: John M. Watkins. 1914. First printing of this 
edition. Large, thick octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on spine 
& front panel. 723 pp., one engraving with tissue guard. From the library 
of Dr. Charles Muses, author of occult and esoteric works & founder of the 
Jacob Boehme society, signed by him on the front free endpaper and with the 
stamp of The Jacob Boehme Society .Muses has *extensively* annotated and 
marked the text throughout, with underlining, marginalia and notes, cryptic 
designs and sigils, and heavy notes which appear to be a self-made index on 
the last two blanks and the rear endpapers. The notes are scholarly and 
analytical in nature, and in many cases Muses' is *correcting the text*. 
The book is heavily marked in this manner. Spine panel a bit faded and some 
old sellotape marks at tips, cloth woirn and a bit torn at spine head. A 
good to very good copy. $175.00

12) PENNY, A.J., STUDIES IN JACOB BOHME, London: John M. Watkins. 1912. 
First edition. Large, thick octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on 
spine & front panel. 475 pp., (1) pp publishers ads at rear, frontispiece. 
 From the library of Dr. Charles Muses, author of occult and esoteric works 
& founder of the Jacob Boehme society, signed by him on the front free 
endpaper and with the stamp of The Jacob Boehme Society (partially 
effaced)Muses' has annotated and marked the text throughout, with 
underlining, marginalia and notes, plus what appears to be a self-made 
index on the rear endpapers. The notes are scholarly and analytical in 
nature. The book itself has tape repairs to the endpapers, and a Lending 
Library label from "Lucis Trust" on the inner front cover, with a note by 
Muses which states "bought from Lucis Trust 1942 C.M." Some general light 
staining to covers; a very good copy. spine unfaded. A unique copy. $150.00

13) BRANDENBURG, Dietrich., MEDIZIN UND MAGIE. HEILKUNDE UND GEHEIMLEHRE 
DES ISLAMISCHEN ZEITALTERS [MEDIZINGESCHICHTLICHE MINIATUREN BAND 1], 
Berlin: Verlag Bruno Hessling. 1975. 1st edition. Octavo, original boards, 
159 pp., illustrated. Text in German [Text auf Deutsch]. The history of 
Islamic Medicine and Magic. The Islamic scholars, physicians and adepts 
were far advanced beyond the West. Their books and manuscripts show a vast 
literature on magickal, medical and alchemical practices. Contents include: 
Astrology & medicine - the Islamic number symbolism - Alchemie & medicine - 
Amulets & talismans. A fine copy. $30.00

14) COLLUM, V.C.C., THE TRESSE IRON-AGE MEGALITHIC MONUMENT (SIR ROBERT 
MOND'S EXCAVATION). ITS QUADRUPLE SCULPTERED BREASTS AND THEIR RELATION TO 
THE MOTHER-GODDESS COSMIC CULT., London: Oxford University Press / Humphrey 
Milford. 1935. First edition. Small quarto, original brown cloth, dust 
wrapper. 123 pp, illustrated, folding chart at rear. Report on the 
Excavation of a Hitherto Unexcavated Allee Couverte of the Gallo-Roman 
Period with Realistic Sculptures in Relief of Two Double Pairs of Human 
Breasts and containing a Crouched Burial In Situ, Fragments of a one-edged 
Iron Short Sword, Steatite Beads, and More than 60 Pots of 
Armorican-'Dolmenic' and Armorican-Gaulish Styles and Ceramic Techniques at 
Tresse, St. Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, in 1931. Undertaken by Sir Robert Mond, 
for the Owner Baron Robert Surcouf by Permission of the French Ministry of 
Fine Arts and carried out on his behalf by V.C.C. Collum. Together with An 
Exhaustive Comparative Study of the Cult Responsible for the Synbolism of 
the Twin Human Breats. Illustrated with 35 plates and 14 figures. Corners a 
trifle bumped and dust wrapper with slight wear; a very good copy. $55.00

15) COOPER-OAKLEY, Isabel., TRACES OF A HIDDEN TRADITION IN MASONRY AND 
MEDIAEVAL MYSTICISM. FIVE ESSAYS., London: The Theosophical Publishing 
Society. 1900. First edition. Octavo, original green cloth titled in a 
darker shade of green on spine & front panel. 192 pp. A series of sketches 
first published in the pages of the THEOSOPHICAL REVIEW. Concerning gnostic 
mysticism, The knights Templars, the Alchemists and the Rosicrucians, The 
Troubadours and the Holy Grail legends. Aleister Crowley cited the essay 
"The Heavenly Kingdom of the holy Grail" contained herein in his reading 
lists in BOOK 4. Previous owner's bookplate on inner front cover, two small 
bookseller's tickets, one snag to cloth on front panel, nicely repaired. A 
nice clean copy. $85.00

16) D'ALVIELLA, The Count Goblet., THE MIGRATION OF SYMBOLS. WITH AN 
INTRODUCTION BY AIR GEORGE BIRDWOOD, M.D., K.C.I.E., Westminster: Archibald 
Constable. 1894. First edition. Octavo, original green cloth titled in 
darker greem, small device on front panel. 277 pp. Index, Illustrated. 
Excellent work on universal symnbolism, with emphasis on the swastika, the 
triskell, the winged globe and the caduceus. Label removed from inner front 
cover, inner hinges neatly strengthened. Spine a touch darkened, slight 
soiling to cloth, light wear to cloth; a solid, very good copy. $60.00

17) DARESSY, M.G., CATALOGUE GENERAL DES ANTIQUITES EGYPTIENNES DU MUSEE DU 
CAIRO. NOS 9401-9449. TEXTES ET DESSINS MAGIQUES., Le Caire [Cairo]: 
Imprimerie de L'Institute Francais D'Archeologie Orientale. 1903. First 
edition. Folio, contemporary half-leather over green cloth boards, marbled 
endpapers. 60 pp. Indexes, 13 pages of plates. Magical texts and Drawings 
in the Museum of Cairo, including Steles of Horus on the crocodiles, curved 
sticks with magical figures, and magical pentacles or talismans. Light wear 
at edges, a very good, clean copy. $300.00

18) DAVIES, Edward., CELTIC RESEARCHES, ON THE ORIGIN, TRADITIONS AND 
LANGUAGE OF THE ANCIENT BRITONS; WITH SOME INTRODUCTORY SKETCHES ON 
PRIMITIVE SOCIETY., London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by J. Booth, 
Duke-Street, Portland-Place. 1804. First edition.Thick octavo, bound in 
modern green cloth with gilt titled spine label. 561 pp.With a long section 
on the Celtic Language, and a substantial section on "Bardic Letters" 
(Runes), with 2 engraved plates of Runes. From the library of Dr. Charles 
Muses, author of esoteric works and founder of the Jacob Boehme society, 
with his miniscule notes in pen and pencil covering the last 6 blank leaves 
(including both rear endpapers) and with numerous scholarly notes in the 
margins throughout the text, otherwise, a crisp and clean copy; very good. 
$150.00

19) DHALLA, Maneckji Nusservanji, Ph.D., ZOROASTRIAN THEOLOGY. FROM THE 
EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY., New York: (No Publisher Given). 1914. 
First edition. Octavo, original red cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 
384 pp., Index. From the library of Charles Muses, with his signature and 
aquisition date (Oct. 1950) on front endpaper, his notes on the rear 
endpapers and scattered notes throughout the text. A very good copy. This 
is the first edition, quite uncommon. $100.00

20) DUNLAP, S.F., SOD. THE MYSTERIES OF ADONI., London: Williams and 
Norgate. 1861. First edition. Octavo, original brown cloth titled in gilt 
on spine. 216 pp. Appendixes, Notes, Chronology. This copy has an 
inscription in pencil on the tiotle leaf "Chas ......bury (it's hard to 
decipher the name) / from the author". There is also the ownership 
signature of one Montgomery Blair, dated Nov, 1899. Errata leaf tipped in 
at front, as issued, there are as well two loose printed sheets laid in at 
page 70 and page 165 which seem to be errata or addendum to the text. In 
addition, there is an oversized and folded printed leaf of text tipped in 
between page 166 and page 167 which pertains to the text on those pages. 
This copy was formerly in the library of Dr. Charles Muses, author of 
occult and esoteric works & founder of the Jacob Boehme society; it is 
unclear as to the origina of this particular leaf inserted at page 166 - if 
it was inserted by Muses, or by the author, or by a previous owner. Muses 
has put his ownership stamp on the inner paste-downand there are a few 
small pencil marks in his hand throughout the text. A few faint waterstains 
to the cloth and cloth slightly bubbled, but overall a very good, clean 
copy. Rare. This is an important work on secret teachings and the mystery 
religions, it is also considered to be a source book for the Theosophical 
writings of Madame Blavatsky. $250.00

21) DUNLAP, Samuel Fales., THE GHEBERS OF HEBRON. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE 
GHEBORIM IN THE LANDS OF THE SETHIM, THE MOLOCH WORSHIP, THE JEWS AS 
BRAHMANS, THE SHEPHERDS OF CANAAN, THE AMORITES, KHETA, AND AZARIELITES, 
THE SUN-TEMPLES ON THE HIGH PLACES, THE PYRAMID..., New York: J.W. Bouton. 
1898. "New and Revised Edition". Large thick octavo, original black cloth 
titled gilt on spine. 1017 pp., Index. Errata slip tipped in. From the 
library of Charles Muses, with his handwritten notes on the rear endpaper, 
ownership stamp at front, a some marks in pencil to the text. Lightly 
rubbed and some minor wear to the tips; a very good copy. Full title reads: 
THE GHEBERS OF HEBRON. An Introduction to The Gheborim in the Lands of the 
Sethim, The Moloch Worship, The Jews as Brahmans, The Shepherds of Canaan, 
The Amorites, Kheta, And Azarielites, The Sun-Temples on The High Places, 
The Pyramid and the Temple of Khufu, The Mithramysteries, The 
Mithrabaptism, and Successive Oriental Conceptions from Jordan Fireworship 
to Ebionism. $175.00

22) FORNANDER, Abraham., AN ACCOUNT OF THE POLYNESIAN RACE, ITS ORIGIN AND 
MIGRATIONS, AND THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE HAWAIIAN PEOPLE TO THE TIMES OF 
KAMEHAMHA I. VOLUME 1., London: Kegan paul, Trench, Trubner. 1890. Second 
edition, the first edition was issued in 1878. This is the first volume 
ONLY. Issued as Extra Series Vol III. of Trubner's English and Foreign 
Philosophical Library Series. Octavo, original slate-blue cloth titled and 
decorated in black and gold. [8] pp ads at front, 247 pp, folding chart at 
rear. Deals with the Polynesian creation mysths, Tatooing, Superstition, 
Cannibalism, Human Sacrifice, plus Hawaiian genealogies, etc, etc. The 
author was Circuit Judge of the Island of Maui. From the library of Charles 
Muses, with 4 small notes in his hand on the recto of the rear endpaper. 
Trifling rubbing to cloth at edges, a near fine, bright copy, clean and 
sharp. $125.00

23) FREDEN, Gustaf., ORPHEUS AND THE GODDESS OF NATURE., Goteborg, Sweden: 
Goteborg University. 1958. First edition. Small quarto, original printed 
wrappers. 179 pp. Pages unopened. Slight toning; a very good, clean copy. 
$50.00

24) GICHTEL, J.G., THEOSOPHIA PRACTICA. TRADUITE POUR LA PREMEIRE FOIS EN 
FRANCAISE. AVEC CINQ FIGURES EN COULEURS HORS TEXT., Paris: Chamuel. 1897. 
First French Edition. Octavo, contemporary half-leather over cloth boards, 
marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. 209 pp, with 5 colour plates (one 
folding). The first edition in French of Gichtel's THEOSOPHIA, first 
published posthumously in Leiden in 1723, an important mystical text, with 
astonishing illustrations. Gichtel was heavily influenced by the writings 
of Jacob Böhme (Boehme), and editied the first collected works of Boehme. 
Gichtel's life and philosophy were entirely influenced by Boehme. The 
illustrations in this volumeare striking colour lithographs depicting "The 
grand mystery of divine revelation within the human form", the Perfect Man, 
Terrestrial Man and Regererated Man. The publisher's imprint on the title 
page has been covered with a slip stating "Bibliotheque Chacornac, 11, Quai 
St-Michel, 11", but the colophon shows that this is indeed the 1897 
edition. The binding is worn at the edges and the front spine hinges are 
raw - the boards are holding but just on the cords, some chips to the 
leather spine and marks to the covers. This copy was previously owned by 
Dr. Charles Muses, author of esoteric works and founder of the Jacob Boehme 
society, but is curiously not signed or annotated by him - Muses' usually 
wrote extensively in his books, filling the margins with scholarly 
annotations and reference notes. The verso of the front free endpaper does 
bear his ownership stamp "C.A. Muses". A good copy. Very uncommon. $150.00

25) GOLLANCZ, Herman, M.A., D. Lit., SHEKEL HAKOSH (THE HOLY SHEKEL). THE 
METRICAL WORK OF JOSEPH KIMCHI, NOW EDITED FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM THE MSS. 
AT THE BODLIEIAN, WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION, INTRODUCTION, NOTES, ETC. TO 
WHICH IS ADDED YESOD HAYIRAH (THE FOUNDATION OF RELIGIOUS FEAR), London: 
Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press. 1919. First edition. Octavo, 
original blue cloth, gilt titles. The text in English translation commences 
at the front of the volume, the text in Hebrew begins at the end. From the 
library of Charles Muses, with his scatted pencil notations in the text and 
ink notes on the title page (correcting the translation). Spine panel a bit 
faded, but a very good copy. $75.00




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