Mollie Mumey's A Study of Rare Books

No Reserve! Title: Jade A Study in Chinese Archaeology and Religion RARE book Date/Period: 19th - 20th century Materials: rare books Description: Jade A Study in Chinese Archaeology and Religion RARE

This scientific engraving is from Athanasius Kircher's Magnes Sive De Arte Magnetica Opus Tripartitum The work was published in Cologne in 1641 by Jodocus Kalcoven. The work was an excellent study of

1870 NEW YORK City Great Metropolis History Susan B Anthony Greeley America Junius Browne’s ‘The Great Metropolis’ is a late 19th-century study on the history of New York City. Browne discusses

This scientific engraving is from Athanasius Kircher's Magnes Sive De Arte Magnetica Opus Tripartitum The work was published in Cologne in 1641 by Jodocus Kalcoven. The work was an excellent study of

1722 EXORCISM Manual Witchcraft Occult Conjuring Diversis Ritualibus Gelasius An incredible and highly rare study on ecclesiastical benedictions, exorcisms, charms, and rituals by 17th-century Augusti

This scientific engraving is from Athanasius Kircher's Magnes Sive De Arte Magnetica Opus Tripartitum The work was published in Cologne in 1641 by Jodocus Kalcoven. The work was an excellent study of

1778 Diderot Encyclopedia Plates MILTARY Art of War Weapons Cannons Forts Guns Through the mid-18th-century, large collections of knowledge were relegated to specific areas of study like law, medicine

This scientific engraving is from Athanasius Kircher's Magnes Sive De Arte Magnetica Opus Tripartitum The work was published in Cologne in 1641 by Jodocus Kalcoven. The work was an excellent study of

1779 Japanese Samurai Katana Swords New Blade Shinto Bengi Natae Kamada RARE An interesting Edo and Meiji woodblock-print of New Blade. Shintobengi is a study on Japanese swords published in 1784 by K

1793 Diderot Encyclopedia 59 Plates MILITARY War Weapons Swords KNIGHTS Forts Through the mid-18th-century, large collections of knowledge were relegated to specific areas of study like law, medicine,

1790 Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith Economics Industrial Revolution Banking Adam Smith's work is the first major expression of organized study of social wealth. "'The Wealth of Nations' is not a syst

This scientific engraving is from Athanasius Kircher's Magnes Sive De Arte Magnetica Opus Tripartitum The work was published in Cologne in 1641 by Jodocus Kalcoven. The work was an excellent study of

1765 Paris FRANCE City View Maps Architecture Art Piganiol ILLUSTRATED A rare geographical study of France by Piganiol! Piganiol de la Force was an 18th-century French author known almost exclusively

1758 John Mason Self-Knowledge Human Understanding Philosophy Know Thyself Plato John Mason’s book ‘Self-knowledge’ is a study on the advancement of human understanding, our understanding of God

1884 1ed OCCULT Sciences in INDIA Mysticism Spiritism Hindu gods Louis Jacolliot Louis Jacolliot was a 19th-century French author who published a bizarre study on the history of occultism in India. In

1765 Paris FRANCE City View Maps Architecture Art Piganiol ILLUSTRATED A rare geographical study of France by Piganiol! Piganiol de la Force was an 18th-century French author known almost exclusively

1611 RARE Latin Grammar Language Study Venice Stephanus Scinianensis Compendium A rare and rather unknown printing of Joannes Stephanuss “Sicinianensis Compendium”. This work, first published

1942 1ed Ltd Decorated Book Papers Loring Binding Harvard BIBLIOGRAPHY An exceedingly rare study on the specifics of decorative book binding and marbled end-papers. Edited and gathered by Rosamond Lor

1677 Pagan & Occult Funeral Rites & Ceremonies China Japan Turks Jews Egyptians A rare 17th-century anthropological study of funeral ceremonies, rites, and practices of various people groups including

1846 MEDICINE 1ed Practice of Auscultation Heart & Lung Disease Surgery Hughes Henry Hughes “Introduction to the Practice of Auscultation” is a rare 19th-century study into diseases of the

1755 Voyages in France Piganiol Geography Route Maps French Atlas Dunkirk 2v SET A rare geographical study of France by Piganiol! Piganiol de la Force was an 18th-century French author known almost ex

1795 Rabbi Akiba Joseph HEBREW Talmud Kaballah Jewish Mysticism Esoteric Seder “It is forbidden to study Kabbalah for any purpose other than spiritual elevation.” Talmud, Sanhedrin Jewish Kaballah

1831 Butterflies Sphinx Moths 126+ Color Butterfly Insects Lepidoptera 3v Thomas Browns “Book of Butterflies, Sphinxes and Moths” is a rare, early 19th-century study of butterflies and sim

1855 DEVILS Fantasy WITCHES Philosophy of Mystery Dreams Illusions Specters Walter Dendys “Philosophy of Mystery” is a rare, mid-19th-century treatise on the study of dreaming and dream in