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this work were shared between Louis Elzevier in Amsterdam and Henry le Gras in Paris; there are no differences beyond the title pages, which bear different imprints and devices. Provenance: from the library of the French Hebraist François Masclef (1663–1728) with an estate ex-libris dated 1729, after which the book passed to the Abbey of Saint-Riquier (Somme). Small octavo (152 × 94 mm). Contemporary limp vellum. Woodcut printer’s device on title page, head- and tailpieces, initials. Vellum soiled, front free endpaper missing. Contents lightly browned and in places foxed; expertly restored vertical tear on title leaf, coat of arms stamp, ownership entry and bookplate on title page; a very good copy. ¶ Garrison-Morton 4965; Guibert 1649 (1), p. 150; Norman 626; Willems 1083 (“L’édition de 1649 est assez rare, surtout avec l’adresse primitive”). Michael Moriarty, intr. & trans., T he Passions of the Soul, and Other Late Philosophical Writings by René Descartes , 2015. £12,500 [ww] 42 DICK, Philip K. The Man Who Japed. [Published dos-à-dos with:] The Space-Born, by E. C. Tubb. New York: Ace Books, 1956 nuclear dystopia, signed by the author First edition, signed by the author on the title page. This post-apocalyptic novel is set in the year 2114, after a devastating nuclear war has left the world under the oppressive regime of Moral Reclamation (“Morec”).
Publishable offences include mild public cursing, premarital displays of affection, and neon signs. Small octavo, two novellas bound dos-à-dos. Original illustrated wrappers. Spine and corners of rear wrapper a little creased, trivial rubbing to extremities and rear wrapper, faint damp stain to top edge extending a little to upper margins, contents a touch toned, wrappers bright. A very good copy indeed. £1,750 [156726] 43 DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837 extra-illustrated First edition, an exceptional copy, finely bound by Zaehnsdorf, abundantly extra-illustrated, and with an autograph letter from Dickens to his lawyer, Frederick Ouvry written on “All the Year Round” stationery tipped in. 2 volumes, octavo (210 × 128 mm). Early 20th-century red morocco by Zaehnsdorf (their stamp, 1921, to turn-ins), spines lettered in gilt and gilt in compartments, gilt turn- ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. With the 43 original illustrations, and extra illustrated with 32 plates by T. Onwhyn (Sam Weller); 2 original Buss plates; 2 Buss plates in color; the 43 illustrations in later state, colored by hand; 12 colored plates by A. B. Frost; 18 views of places of interest mentioned in Pickwick; 11 colored plates from “Cries of London” by Cruikshank; and 4 additional portraits. With
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only indirectly controlled by the soul through the nerves” (Norman). Descartes locates the soul in the pineal gland, and for the first time uses the word “reflex” in connection with the action of the nervous system. “The first part of the text explains the nature of passion in general, the second describes the principal passions, and the third the further passions that derive from these; but each part ends with some definite recommendations concerning the attitudes or behaviour we should adopt in the light of the foregoing explanations” (Moriarty, p. xviii). It remains the “most extensive account of [Descartes’s] behavioural physiology to be published in his lifetime . . . Portions of this work constitute what we have of Descartes’ moral theory” ( Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy ). This is one of two issues of the same first edition sheets. The printing and publishing rights for
readers: “With many lovers of the author’s works David Copperfield ranks as the finest of his writings” (Eckel, p. 77). The novel has been adapted into films multiple times, including most recently in 2019, starring Dev Patel. 20 numbers in 19 monthly parts, as issued. Original pale blue pictorial wrappers. Housed in custom green cloth chemise within morocco pull-off box. With 40 engraved plates by H. K. Browne. Expert restoration to spines and wrapper extremities, minor peripheral nicking, light soiling, some parts with contents a little creased, part 7 with slight chipping to terminal advertisements, part 15 with repaired closed tear affecting text without loss to pp. 455–6, ownership signature to front wrapper of part 18, part 19/20 with spine a little worn. A very good copy. ¶ Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 253–72. £7,500 [157671]
the bookplate of the prominent collector Doris Benz on the front pastedowns. A fine copy. £7,500 [155831] 44 DICKENS, Charles. The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1849–50 in the original parts First edition in the original monthly parts of Dickens’s classic Bildungsroman, his most lightly disguised autobiographical fiction. In the preface to a later edition (1867), Dickens would call the novel his “favourite child”, a sentiment shared by many
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