L'Art de juger du caractere des homes sur leur ecriture, avec vingt-quatre planches representant les ecritures de divers personages celebres, gravees d'apres les originaux autographes. Nouvelle edition Augmentee. by HOCQUART, L.-J.-F - 1816

Amsterdam: Amacom. Good+. 1679. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean leather with somewhat faded gilt title. Page edges dyed red. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece and chapter headpiece. (167) , 156, (32) , C: 8. The 1st edition was printed by Lycosthenis in 1552. Livio created a Prodigior liber which explained many curious phenomena some which had been interpreted as UFO Sightings. Wonders, unexplained phenomena, Front cover starting with covers firmly attached. Museum of French Art ink stamp. Occult, Magic. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 156 pages .

London: Uma Press, 1947. First edition. Cloth bound in very good condition.. 133 pages.

1882 Ingoldsby Legends Occult Ghosts Devils Illustrated Cruikshank Abracadabra

"ABRACADABRA!"

A beautiful and attractive 1882 printing of the famous "Ingoldsby Legends." This collection of myths, ghost stories, and poetry was written by R.H. Barham, who is better known by his penname, Thomas Ingoldsby.

These legends were extremely popular from their inception in 1837. While this collection is less popular today than it was in the 19th-century, it does include aspects that are still recognizable – the magic command "Abracadabra" and a version of the children's song Bingo! Other selections in this complete series include:
·
The Black Mousquetaire
·
Merchant of Venice
·
Nell Cook
·
Aunt Fanny
·
Dead Drummer
·
Babes in the Wood
·
Raising the Devil
·
Of the Old Woman Clothed in Grey
·
Smuggler's Leap
This 1882 edition includes 50 illustrations by George Cruikshank, John Leech, John Tenniel, Barham, Du Maurier, and other famous… Read More

1848 1ed Das Kloster Scheible Occult Fairy Tales Superstitions Fischart Flohatz

'Das Kloster' is a 19th-century collection of tales and stories compiled by Johann Scheible. These books are some of the most popular books of occult texts, folklore, fairy tales, superstitions, and famous legends, including the tale of Faust!

This tenth volume, published in 1848, includes Johann Fischart's "Flöhhatz, Weibertratz, Ehezuchtbüchlein, podagrammisch Trostbüchlein". Fischart was a 16th-century German satirist whose 1573 book describes a bizarre battle between a woman and fleas!

Item number: #8828
Price: $499
SCHEIBLE, Johann
Das Kloster. Weltlich und geistlich. Meist aus der Ältern deutschen Volks-, Wunder-, Curiositäten-, und vorzugsweise komischen Literatur

Stuttgart : Verlag des Herausgebers, 1848.
Details:
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Collation: Complete with all pages
·
VI, 1184, [8]
·
Numerous woodcuts in the style of 16th-century masters
·
Language: German
·
Binding: Hardcover;… Read More

London: Constable, 1909. First edition. Cloth bound in near very good condition; Some wear to spine ends; Seam cracked inside front board and frontis; Frontis slightly loose.. xvi, 342 pages; Frontis engraving with facing tissue.

Amsterdam: Amacom. Good+. 1679. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean leather with somewhat faded gilt title. Page edges dyed red. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece and chapter headpiece. (167) , 156, (32) , C: 8. The 1st edition was printed by Lycosthenis in 1552. Livio created a Prodigior liber which explained many curious phenomena some which had been interpreted as UFO Sightings. Wonders, unexplained phenomena, Front cover starting with covers firmly attached. Museum of French Art ink stamp. Occult, Magic. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 156 pages .

London: Uma Press, 1947. First edition. Cloth bound in very good condition.. 133 pages.

1882 Ingoldsby Legends Occult Ghosts Devils Illustrated Cruikshank Abracadabra

"ABRACADABRA!"

A beautiful and attractive 1882 printing of the famous "Ingoldsby Legends." This collection of myths, ghost stories, and poetry was written by R.H. Barham, who is better known by his penname, Thomas Ingoldsby.

These legends were extremely popular from their inception in 1837. While this collection is less popular today than it was in the 19th-century, it does include aspects that are still recognizable – the magic command "Abracadabra" and a version of the children's song Bingo! Other selections in this complete series include:
·
The Black Mousquetaire
·
Merchant of Venice
·
Nell Cook
·
Aunt Fanny
·
Dead Drummer
·
Babes in the Wood
·
Raising the Devil
·
Of the Old Woman Clothed in Grey
·
Smuggler's Leap
This 1882 edition includes 50 illustrations by George Cruikshank, John Leech, John Tenniel, Barham, Du Maurier, and other famous… Read More

1848 1ed Das Kloster Scheible Occult Fairy Tales Superstitions Fischart Flohatz

'Das Kloster' is a 19th-century collection of tales and stories compiled by Johann Scheible. These books are some of the most popular books of occult texts, folklore, fairy tales, superstitions, and famous legends, including the tale of Faust!

This tenth volume, published in 1848, includes Johann Fischart's "Flöhhatz, Weibertratz, Ehezuchtbüchlein, podagrammisch Trostbüchlein". Fischart was a 16th-century German satirist whose 1573 book describes a bizarre battle between a woman and fleas!

Item number: #8828
Price: $499
SCHEIBLE, Johann
Das Kloster. Weltlich und geistlich. Meist aus der Ältern deutschen Volks-, Wunder-, Curiositäten-, und vorzugsweise komischen Literatur

Stuttgart : Verlag des Herausgebers, 1848.
Details:
·
Collation: Complete with all pages
·
VI, 1184, [8]
·
Numerous woodcuts in the style of 16th-century masters
·
Language: German
·
Binding: Hardcover;… Read More

London: Constable, 1909. First edition. Cloth bound in near very good condition; Some wear to spine ends; Seam cracked inside front board and frontis; Frontis slightly loose.. xvi, 342 pages; Frontis engraving with facing tissue.