Lot 732
Swedenborg, Emanuel
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographss | 10 May 2007
Description
De coelo et ejus mirabilibus, et de inferno. London: [John Lewis], 1758, first edition, lacks errata leaf; Ibid. De nova Hierosolyma et ejus doctrina coelisti, 1758, first edition, lacks errata leaf; Ibid. De ultimo judicio, et de Babylonia destructa, London: [John Lewis], 1758, first edition; Ibid.De equo albo de quo in Apocalypsi, London: [John Lewis], 1758, first edition; Ibid. De telleribus in mundo nostro solari, London, [John Lewis], 1758, first edition, 5 works in one volume, woodcut vignette on title-pages, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, modern antique style calf, spine gilt, raised bands, some early annotations and scoring, some damp-staining, chiefly of "De nova Hierosolyma", first title slightly dust-soiled and repaired in fore-margin
Footnote
Note: An attractive set of five important first editions by Swedenborg, probably printed by John Lewis of Hyde, with the aim of disseminating Swedenborg's religious teachings. It includes his famous tracts on Heaven and Hell and on the New Jerusalem. Honeyman 2947; 2948
Provenance: L.L. Anjou, early inscription