[Rarebooks] FS: 1st English editions of Swedenborg "...Concerning the Last Judgement" London: 1788 & 1791

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Swedenborg, Emanuel. A TREATISE CONCERNING THE LAST JUDGEMENT, and the Destruction of Babylon... Translated from the Latin. London: R. Hindmarsh. 1788. 8vo. xvi,154,(2)pp. With the half-title. The final leaf is ads. BOUND WITH: Swedenborg, Emanuel. A CONTINUATION CONCERNING THE LAST JUDGEMENT... London: R. Hindmarsh. 1791. iv,80pp. Cont. calf, black morocco spine label. Spine extremities a bit chipped. The half-title to the first work (the second work does not call for a half-title) with a piece torn away, removing a previous owner's name, not affecting the printed text.    $450.00 (trade discount allowed)
First English translations, both translated by Hindmarsh the publisher/printer. "The Continuation" of 1791 is particularly scarce, with only 3 U. S. records in the ESTC..

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