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1682V67346London: James Collins and Sam. Lowndes 1st first edition 1682 1683. Hardcover. Good. Lacks frontispiece supplied in facsimile. 5 complete titlepages for the. TWO WORKS in One Volume. Octavo newer calf spined marbled boards tips rubbed/sl.marked lacks engraved frontis leaf as does the British Library copy but here supplied in facsimile mounted onto old fly leaf. Collation: 46pp inc. Titlepage in red & black titlepage to Lux Orentalis dated 1682 & prelims 151pp 13pp inc. titlepage to Discourse of Truth dated 1682 165-195 7pp inc. titlepage to Annotations upon the Two foregoing Treatises "by one not unexercized in these kinds of Speculation" dated 1682 171pp 7pp inc. titlepage to Annotations upon the Discourse of Truth . Dr.Henry More dated 1683 173-276 4pp catalogue of books printed for Lowndes. Lacks pp131-2 leaf supplied in facsimile. Titlepage browned/dusty with old name Joh: Wetherby to margin corners rounded margins bit chipped 2nd title with another name blank verso of previous page marginal paper repair to dedication page not touching print other signs of use and a few pages at the beginning and end have marginal damp marks. Several inscriptions on blanks facing later titlepages inc. ownership poem dated Dublin 1795 "Bernard Macklin is my name Ireland is my Nation Dublin is my dwelling place and heaven is my salvation" . Glanvill wrote several books on occult matters the most famous being "Saducismus Triumphatus . Evidence concerning Witches and Apparitions". Here he defends belief in the prior existence of souls and thus reincarnation also tied in with belief in ghosts but as a sceptic he seeks empirical proof. His views and Dr. Rust's are then defended in Henry More's Annotations all 3 thus virtually forming an early society of psychical research. James Collins and Sam. Lowndes 1st first edition hardcover
1688187811688 Ferrara, Ex Typographia Filoniana, 1688,iN4 demi basane dos lisse,reliure posterieure milieu XIXe S.,Pg.(8), 107p.,In fine sono riportate alcune "Lucana Praetensae Excommunicationis" di Iacopo Fatinelli, Francesco Castracani, Andrea Bertoni, Francesco Chiocca. Fresco esemplare, ad ampi margini. "Zita nacque nel 1218 da un'umile famiglia contadina di Monsagrati, poco fuori Lucca. Non ebbe nessuna particolare istruzione, ma fin da bambina si dette la regola di condotta di chiedersi se le sue azioni potessero piacere o meno al Signore. A dodici anni la piccola Zita entrò a servizio nel palazzo della ricca famiglia lucchese dei Fatinelli, dove restò per tutta la vita con umiltà e devozione. Per questo il suo attributo sono le chiavi, e Pio XII l'ha poi proclamata patrona delle domestiche.