[Rarebooks] FS: Hindmarsh's 1st Eng. trans. of 2 works by Swedenborg. London: 1788-1791

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Swedenborg, Emanuel. A TREATISE CONCERNING THE LAST JUDGMENT and the Destruction of Babylon... Translated from the Latin... Originally Published in the Year 1758. London: R. Hindmarsh. 1788. First English translation. 8vo. xvi,154pp. BOUND WITH: Swedenborg, Emanuel. A CONTINUATION Concerning the Last Judgment and the Spiritual World. Translated from the Latin... Originally Published in the Year 1763. London: R. Hindmarsh. 1791. First English translation. (4),80pp. Both bound together in early 19th century calf, over marbled boards, spine rebacked at an early date. Spine and boards worn, but quite sound. Bookplate of the Mercantile Library Association with "withdrawn" stamp.             $600.00 (trade discount allowed)
Both titles were translated by the printer Robert Hindmarsh who was Swedenborg's main defender in England. Very scarce.

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