Philosophy (Catalog) - Xerxes Books, Booksellers to the World Since 1980

Philosophy:

Barth, Paul . DIE PHILOSOPHIE DER GESCHICHTE ALS SOZIOLOGIE I.2. Auflage
Leipzig 1915 Reisland. 2 Auflage . Hardcover. 821pp., index. Only 1 volume published. Bookplate of Ludwig Schulze. In German. Near VG, front cover a bit warped. Hinges not cracked; binding secure; no dj. (a14222)
$50.00 Kroner, Richard . LOGOS: INTERNATIONALE ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHILOSOPHIE DER KULTUR
Tubingen 1921-4. 16 serparate issues in German. Sm.4to., wraps. Good to VG. (a16714)
$175.00 Courbin, Henri . GRAMMAIRE ELEMENTAIRE DU SANSKRIT CLASSIQUE - GRAMMAIRE; EXCERCISES ( Two volumes in one )
Paris 1931. 2 Parts, Section 1, Grammaire, Section 2, Exercises. In Frenhc. Sm.4to., 128pp., 117pp.(reproduced lecture notes), 1/2 cloth and marbled boards. Good plus, , text slightly toned. (a24171)
$175.00 Biran, Main De . JOURNAL
Neuchatel 1954-1957. Edition integrale publiee par Herni Gouhier. In French. 3 volumes, Fevrier 1814- 31 Decembre 1816, 252pp., 1e Janvier 1817-17 Mai 1824, 430pp., Agendas, Carnets et Notes, 320pp., index. 8vo., wraps. Unopened. Near Fine. (a24547)
$200.00Daniel, Gabriel. VOIAGE ( VOYAGE ) DU MONDE DE DESCARTES
Paris 1690 first edition. Hardcover. 12mo. In French. Daniel, a Jesuit responds to Descarte's theories. Collated complete: one blank end paper; titlepage (with blank verso), Avis (4p), Table (12p) Idee Generale (10p), foldout plate. Text begins pp. 11-437. Errata is printed on verso of page 437. One blank page follows. One double page map of moon, 18 woodcut illustrations in text and 3 tail pieces (two are the floral basket and one is a floral arrangement). Full leather with raised spine bands. A few signatures in pen, one on title page. University bookplate (with official withdrawn stamp). Good, leaves slightly cropped (no effect on text), one-inch leather repair at base of spine; some light wear along outer hinges. Scarce. (a27223)
$650.00 Yorke, Henry Redhead . ELEMENTS OF CIVIL KNOWLEDGE
1800 Printed for the Author by T. Lockett, Dorchester. Hardcover octavo., 336pp. Rebound in green buckram. Good, Some water staining on initial and final pages, cover soiled. Almost no spots in text. Binding very secure. No ownership marks. (a29755)
$60.00Heliodorus of Emesa; Schmid, J P. HELIODORIS AETHIOPICON BIBLIA DEKA (PRINTED IN GREEK)
Lipsiae 1792. J.P. Schmid, editor. With notes by J. Bourdelotti. Hardcover with papercovered boards. Sm.8vo., 524pp. Text in Greek, notes in Latin. Original backstrip present and remounted. Text VG Plus, very clean with no wear and no spots or tears or foxing. no owner marks. (a33994)
$280.00 Azais, Pierre Hyacinthe . SYSTEME UNIVERSEL
Paris 1810 Leblanc Garnery. 2 volumes. Sm8vo., 442pp., 253pp. Vol. 1, Application de la Cause universelle a la formation au aux movemens des Etres inorganises; Vol. 2, Application de la Cause universelle aux movemens de grands Corps. Philosophy of Natural history, Astronomy and Geology. 1/2 leather and marbled boards. 'Withdrawn' on ownership bookplates in each volume. Good, heels of spines rubbed, light wear, fraying on spine ends, corners worn. Set of 2 volumes: (a34085)
$190.00 Erasmus of Rotterdam . L. ANNAEI SENECAE PHILOSOPHI FLORES SIVE SENTENNIAI INSIGNIORES EXERCEPTE PER D. ERASMUM ROTEROD ITEM L. ANNAEI SENECAE TRAGICI
Amsterosdami 1642 Elzeviriam. Hardcover. 12mo. (3 x 5 inches; 13 x 8 cm), 336pp., full page engraved title (of Christ-like semi-naked man standing in mouth of large basin), which has been hand-colored in red and green, full vellum with mounted red leather spine label. Owner signed on title page in lower margin (Christianus Malighius 1694) Second owner's signature on front end paper. VG, spine label chipped at edges, cover a bit soiled, spine a bit browned. (a38103)
$700.00 Muller, Peter Erasmus . KRISTELIGT MORALSYSTEM
Kisbenhavn 1808 Brummers. Muller, Danish theologian, lived 1776-1834. 8vo., 473pp. Spine and tips leather with marbled boards. Good plus, moderate wear but tight and text clean. Rare. (a38127)
$220.00 Erasmus of Rotterdam . EPISTOLOGRAPHIA SEV RATIO ELISTOLAS LATINAS ACCURATE SCRIBENDI A CLARRISSIMIS
Dransfeld 1692 Bartholdi Fuhrmanni. Hardcover. In Latin. 12mo. (14 x 8 cm), (vii.), 965pp., fine full page engraved frontis, indices (23pp.), full vellum. VG plus, title in ink on spine; text clean and binding secure. Nice condition. (a3894)
$950.00Browne, Sir Thomas. THE WORKS OF SIR THOMAS BROWNE (3 VOLUMES)
Edinburgh 1927 John Grant. Edited by Charles Sayle. 3 volumes, complete. 8vo., 351pp., 400pp., 601pp., boards with spine labels. VG, one page with crease in volume 1, in Good DJs, spines browned, small chip on DJ spine of volume 1. (a41592)
$245.00 Lowenthal, Dr. Moritz . HIOB PRAKITSCHE PHILOSOPHIE OBER KLARE DARSTELLUNG...
Frankfurt am Main 1846 Verfassers. German-Hebrew text of Job. Hardcover. Octavo, 206pp., marbled boards. Good, moderately foxed throughout, boards worn on edges. (a41799)
$150.00 Herder, Johann Gottfried . IDEEN ZUR PHILOSOPHIE DER GESCHICHTE DER MENSCHHEIT DRITTER THEIL
Riga und Leipzig 1787 1st Johann Friedrich Hartznoch. In German. Lg.8vo., 368pp., plain wraps. Good, page corners bumped, tear in top margin of 2 leaves, small chip in text next to last leaf, large tear and chip in text of final leaf, occasional light spotting in text. Volume 3 only. (a43847)
$150.00 Neurath, Otto . EMPIRISCHE SOZIOLOGIE DER WISSENSCHAFTLICHE GEHALT DER GESCHICHTE UND NATIONALOEKONOMIE
Wien 1931 Julius Springer. Schriften Zur Wissenschaftlichen Weltauffassung Band 5. In German. First edition of this classic work of Logical Positivism. Octavo, 151pp., wraps. Ernest Nagel's copy, signed by him in ink on the title page. A few pencil marks in margins, some pencil notes at the lower margin of final page. Good, heel of spine chipped, light wear. (a49518)
$300.00 Blosius, Ludovicus . PSYCHAGOGIA HOC EST ANIMAE RECREATIO E DD. AUGUSTINO ET GREGORIO MAGNO POTISSIMU COLLECTA
Paderbornae 1610 Mattheus Pontanus. In Latin. 16mo., 456pp. plus index, full embossed vellum with metal clasps (three raised spine bands with title in ink mss on spine). Some ink notation on front blank end paper. Good, lower clasp broken and mostly missing, inner hinges cracking, paper inside covers has small bit of worming (not in text itself) and small amount of blue paper residue. Rare. (a50973)
$295.00 Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph . SYSTEME DES CONTRADICTIONS ECONOMIQUES OU PHILOSOPHIE DE LA MISERE VOLUME 1
Paris 1846 first edition Guillaumin. In French. Hardcover. Octavo, 435pp., original blue patterned paper covered boards with grey cloth spine. Good, one leaf lightly creased, one leaf has closed tear (no loss), edges of cover and corners worn and backstrip lightly soiled. Volume 1 only. (a51949)
$350.00 Adler, Friedrich Wolfgang . SCHRIFTE: (I) BEMERKUNGEN UBER DIE METAPHYSIK IN DER OSTWARLD' SCHEN ENERGETIK; (II) ERNST MACHS UEBERWINDUNG DER MECHANISCHEN MATERIALISMUS ; (III) ORTSZEIT, SYJTEMZEIT, ZONENZEIT UND DAS AUSGEZEICHNETE BEZUGSJYJTEM DER ELEKTRODYNAMIK,
Leipzig 1905, Wien 1918, Wien 1920. In German. Three volumes bound in one. Octavo, 47pp., 186pp., 237pp., 3/4 cloth with marbled boards. VG. (a52249)
$320.00 (anonymous) . VON DEM EINFLUSSE DER RELIGION AUF DIE GLUECKSELIGKEIT DER MENSCHEN UND VON DEN URSACHEN UND TRAURIGEN FOLGEN DES UNGLAUBENS. IN BRIEFEN
Prag 1787 Johann Mangoldt. In German. 8vo., 181pp., original 3/4 leather with patterned papercovered boards and mounted leather spine label and raised bands. Good plus, text clean with only light occasional spotting, light to moderate wear on cover with two small chips on spine. Very scarce. (a56945)
$500.00 (philosophy) . MY PHILOSOPHY, BY AN UNPROFESSIONAL THINKER
Oxford 1934 1st Shakespeare Head Press and Sold by Basil Blackwell. 8vo., 145pp., hardcover. VG, corners bumped, no DJ. Scarce. (a59223)
$300.00 Wisdom, J. O.; Hunt, G. M. K. and V. Gladman et al (editors) . THE BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE VOLUME 13 NO. 50 (AUGUST 1962) TO VOLUME 49 NO. 4 (DECEMBER 1998) A COLLECTION OF 37 CONSECUTIVE HARDCOVER VOLUMES
1962-1998 Oxford University Press. 37 years of this quarterly publication. Each quarterly issue has fascinating articles and forums. Octavos, institutional buckram (some volumes have gilt spine lettering, others white; most volumes cover cloth is tan, some volumes are greyish-green; some volumes are about 1/3 inch taller than other volumes ) with all covers for individual issues bound in. Ex-university library with name stamps on all fore-edges and on issue covers (no bookplates, no pockets, no spine numbers). Fine. Clean; appear unused/unread. 37 hardcover volumes. Wonderful reading! Articles as: Could a Machine Perceive? by Alan Gauld; "A New Look at the problem of Innate Ideas" by Nicholas Rescher; "Turing machines and the MInd-Body Problem" by J J Clarke. (a60535)
$450.00 Rajberti, Giovanni (1805-1861) . SUL GATTO CENNI FISIOLOGICI E MORALI
Milano 1846 Giuseppe Bernardoni di Gio. Seconda Edizione Colla Coda. In Italian. Octavo, 111pp., original green paper covered hardcover with green cloth spine (spine has 6 gilt horizonal lines). VG, some occasional light foxing, light cover wear. Scarce. (a60862)
$450.00 Lipsius, Justus (Juste Lipse; Justi Lipsi) . MONITA ET EXEMPLA POLITICA LIBRI DUO QUI VIRTUTES ET VITIA PRINCIPUM SPECTANT; AD LIBROS POLITICORUM NOTAE ET DE UNA RELIGIONE LIBER AUCTA OMNIA & INNOUATA; DE UNA RELIGIONE ADVERSUS DIALOGISTAM ; LEGES REGIAE ET LEGES X. VIRALES (two volumes)
Antverpiae 1606, 1610, 1613 Ex officina Plantiniana apud Ionnem Moretum. Juste was renowned Flemist scholar and philologist who lived from 1547 to 1606. 4 different titles bound in 2 matching volumes. 4to., (6), 213pp. (6); 103pp. (4), (8), half vellum with colorful marbled boards appears to be 17th century binding). Decorated Capitals, nice engraving on title page of first Volume, tail vignettes. Printer's device on titlepage in one volume is a woodcut, in the other it appears to be some sort of engraving. Fine example of printing from the Plantine Moretus press of Antwerp which operated from 1555-1875. Two volumes are in excellent condition, binding secure, light spotting, light wear. (a61353)
$1700.00Chih-Yi Cheng, Andrew. HS�NTZU'S THEORY OF HUMAN NATURE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON CHINESE THOUGHT
Peking 1928. first edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 111pp., gilt printed with cloth spine. Owner signed on front free blank (H W Luce) . A few small marginal pencil marks. Good, some marginal foxing inside covers, corners and top spine end lightly worn. Original edition. Very scarce. Submitted in partial fulfillment Doctor of Philosophy degree, Columbia University. (a61612)
$150.00Steinthal, Dr. H. CHARAKTERISTIK DER HAUPTS�CHLICHSTEN TYPEN DES SPRACHBAUES
Berlin 1860 zweite bearbeitung seiner Classification der Sprachen, Ferd. D�mmler's Verlagsbuchhandlung. Octavo hardcover. Principal work of this German philologist, philosopher and specialist in the Old Testament, 1823-1899. In German. 335pp.In German. Original boards with reinforced backstrip. Owner signed in 1884. Good, light toning to text; boards worn on edges and tips. Binding secure; hinges not cracked. (a63589)
$75.00 Dana, A. H. . ENIGMAS OF LIFE, DEATH, AND THE FUTURE STATE
NY 1882 Charles P. Somerby. Small octavo, 250pp., index, original tan cloth hardcover. Owner stamp on title page, short inscription on front free blank. Good plus, front hinge beginning to crack, light wear and rubbing. Very scarce. An attempt to reconcile spiritualism with religion, to show that the mind can alter matter. Author offers a philosophy of religion which stays within the bounds of Christian belief. (a63648)
$300.00 Carnap, Rudolf . DER LOGISCHE AUFBAU DER WELT
Berlin 1928 first edition Im Weltkreis. Hardcover. Important work on Logical Positivism. In German. Largeb octavo, 290pp, boards. Good plus, some cover browning and soiling, spine lettering beginning to fade, boards slightly warped outward. In protective glassine dust jacket. (a63717)
$200.00 Baldwin, James Mark . THOUGHT AND THINGS VOLUME II EXPERIMENTAL LOGIC, OR GENETIC THEORY OF THOUGHT
London 1908 Swan Sonnenschein. Volume 1 was published in 1906, and Volume II in 1911. Each volume is complete in itself. Octavo, 436pp., maroon cloth hardcover. VG. A very nice copy of a scarce volume. (a64037)
$240.00 Lamy, P B de l'Oratoire . ENTRETIENS SUR LES SCIENCES
Lyon 1694 Jean Certe. 12mo., (24p.), 400pp., (32pp.), full leather. Institution stamp on title page, faint residue of label at heel of spine. Front board present but detached. Opens to a reconstructed title page which is composed of the original half title and the lower half of the original title page. Three index pages at end lacks lower corner (no loss of text). Cover rubbed and only about half of original mounted spine label remains. Sold as described. (a64279)
$350.00 Sextus Empiricus . LE HIPOTIPOSES OU INSTITUTIONS PIRRONIENNES EN TROIS LIVRES
1725 Amsterdam. Traduites du Grec (par Huart) Avec des notes qui expliquent le texte en plusieurs endroits. Hardcover. In French. 12mo., 434pp., title page lettering in red and black, small vignette on title pages, full page frontis portrait of Sextus, full leather with gilt-decorated spine. Good, outer hinges cracked. Binding secure. No ownership marks. (a64561)
$400.00 Garimberto, Hieronimo . PROBLEMI NATURALI E MORALI
Vinegia 1550 Nella Bottega d'Erasmo di Vicenzo Valgrisi. Hardcover. In Italian. 12mo., nice vignette on titlepage of two hands holding a staff around which is curled a serpent, later full tan calf with red spine label and raised bands. VG, occasional spotting in text, light wear and discoloration on boards. Nice looking book. Rare. (a64562)
$2200.00 Ausonius, Decimus Magnus; Erasmus of Rotterdam . D. MAGNI AUSONII BURGIDGALENSIS OPERA AD OPTIMAS EDITIONES COLLATA;MORIAE ENCOMIUM SIVE STILTITIA LAUS IN USUM HOMINUM ELEGANTIORUM
Ausonius: Biponti 1785 editio accurata Ex Typographia Societatis; Lipsiae 1816. Two books in Latin bound in one. Octavo, 354pp., plus xxviii (Vita of Ausonius); 14pp., original hardcover binding with one mounted orange spine label (which only the Ausonius listed). Good, one page has tiny hole(no loss), spine is wrinkled and slanted, a few text pages are wrinkled, initial few pages of Ausonius have light water stain on edge of margin. (a64893)
$265.00 Faye, Eugene de . GNOSTIQUES ET GNOSTICISME ETUDE CRITIQUE DES DOCUMENTS DU GNOSTICISME CHRETIEN AUX IIe ET IIIe SIECLES
Paris 1925 - 2e Edition Augmentee. Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner. In French. Sm.4to., 543pp., blue cloth hardcover. VG, some fading and discoloration of cover. (a64912)
$275.00Abubequer de Tortosa. LAMPARA DE LOS PRINCIPES TRADUCCION ESPANOLA DE MAXIMILIANO ALARCON - 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Madrid 1930, 1931 Instituto de Valencia de Don Juan. In Spanish. Limited to 500 ejemplares. Abubequer de Tortosa travelled and studied in Moorish Spain and the Middle East. Two volumes. In Spanish. Sm.4to., lxiii, 437pp., 546pp., original printed wraps. Uncut. VG, light wear and light soiling. 2 volumes. (a65887)
$250.00 Kant, Immanuel . KRITIK DER PRAKTISCHEN VERNUNFT
Gratz 1796 (first edition was 1788) Neuste mit einem Register vernehrte Auflage. Hardcover. In German. 12mo., 342pp., (23pp. inhalt), original grey paper-covered boards with mounted printed paper spine label. Small owner signature on end paper ( Zanik Frans. Jachima). Good plus, some wear on edges and corners, occasional light spotting in text, end papers toned. Binding secure. (a66532)
$1100.00 Hirzel, M. . LE SOCRATE RUSTIQUE, OU DESCRIPTION DE LA CONDUITE �CONOMIQUE & MORALE D'UN PAYSAN PHILOSOPHE
Zurich 1764 2nd corrigee & augmentee, Heideggeur & Compagnie. In French. 12mo., 408pp., full leather with colorful marbled end papers. Good, cover quite rubbed and worn. (a66533)
$600.00 Herder, J. G. . PHILOSOPHIE DE L'HISTOIRE DE L'HUMANITE (3 VOLUMES COMPLETE))
Paris/Bruxelles1861 Didot Frere/Verboeckhoven. Traduction de l'Allemand par Emile Tandel. 3 volumes. Octavo, 356pp., 372pp., (4), 411pp., wraps. Good plus. 3 volumes. (a66617)
$200.00 Bekker, Balthasar . DIE BEZUBERTE WELT: ODER EINE GRUNDLICHE UNTERSUCHUNG DES ALLGEMEINEN ABERGLAUBENS, BETREFFEND, DIE ARTH UND DAR VERMOGEN, GEWIT UND WIRCKUNG DES SATANS AND UND DER GEISTER UBER DEN MENSCHEN UND WAS DIESE DURCH DIESELBEN KRAFFT UND GEMEINSCHAFT THUN: SO AUS NATURLICHER VERNUNFFT UND H SCHRIFRT IN 4 BUCHERN
Amsterdam 1693 Daniel von Dahlen bey der Borse. Argues against possibility of witchcraft and superstition and in favor of Descartes and empirical, scientific reasoning. In German. 4to., 40pp., 136pp. (actually 144pp. as there are 4 leaves misnumbered), 270pp., (2), 17pp., (actually 19pp. one misnumbered leaf is added), (3), 308pp., (3), Extra illustrated with fine engraved frontis portrait of Bekker tipped in. Full leather. Ink notes on rear end papers. Includes fullpaage "Horn" engraving in Book 4. Good, cover quite worn, some professional repair on backstrip; front inner hinge cracked;text lightly evenly browned. Mounted spine label gone but title still lightly visible beneath. Binding secure . Scarce. (a66621)
$1100.00Tille, Alexander. VON DARWIN BIS NIETZSCHE EIN BUCH ENTWICKLUNGSETHIK
Leipzig 1895 1st C. G. Naumann. In German. A leading work on Social Drawinism. Octavo, 241pp., unusual colorful paper covered boards and mounted printed spine label. Small stamp on verso of title page: Det Kongelige Bibliotek Kobenhavn. VG plus. Scarce. (a67102)
$475.00 Schmid, Carl Christian Erhard . PHILOSOPHISCHES JOURNAL F�R MORALIT�T, RELIGION UND MENSCHENWOHL
Jena 1794 Akademischen Buchhandlung. Vierten Bandes Zwentes Stud. In German. 12mo., pp., 159-284, original blue wraps. Good, edges curled and frayed, cover wrinkled, occasional faint staining in text. Scarce. (a69480)
$650.00 Tonnies, Ferdinand . KRITIK DER �FFENTLICHEN MEINUNG
Berlin 1922 1st Julius Springer. Hardcover. In German. Sm.4to., 583pp., tan cloth spine with mounted printed paper spine label, orange and brown marbled boards. VG, light wear. (a70969)
$300.00 Kareev, N. . TEORIIA ISTORICHESCKOVO ZNANIYA; TEORIIA LICHNOSTI P. L. LAVROVA. (THEORY OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE; THEORY OF PERSONALITY OF P. L. LAVROV)
St. Peterburg 1913, 1907. Hardcovers. Lavrov was a Russian revolutionary sociologist, and a leading supporter of the the terrorist group, Narodnaya Volya (People's Will). 2 books in Russian, bound together. Octavo, 320pp. 64pp. frontis photo of Lavrov, later 3/4 leather and cloth. VG. Scarce. (a71204)
$300.00 Kaila, Eino . �BER DAS SYSTEM DER WIRKLICHKEITSBEGRIFFE, EIN BEITRAG ZUM LOGISCHEN EMPIRISMUS
Helsini 1936. Acta Philosophica Fennica Fasc. 2. In German. 4to., 101pp., wraps with new paper spine. Owner signed on front. Inscribed and signed on the front "with the authors compliments" but not signed by Kaila. Near VG, 3 short pieces of old scotch tape at left margin of front. Rare. (a71210)
$190.00 Curtis, Lionel . WORLD ORDER (CIVITAS DEI)
NY and Toronto 1939 1st Oxford. Foreword by A. Lawrence Lowell. Hardcover. Octavo, 985pp., maps on endpapers, cloth. Near Fine in VG DJ, a few small closed tears on edges, light sunning of dj backstrip. (a71951)
$390.00 Yukichi, Fukuzawa . FUKUZAWA YUKICHI'S AN OUTLINE OF A THEORY OF CIVILIZATION
Tokyo 1973 1st Sophia University. Translated by David A. Dilworth and G. Cameron Hurst. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 205pp., cloth. Near Fine, slight wrinkle in cloth on lower spine end, in VG plus DJ. Scarce. (a72803)
$350.00