Search Results: michael scot by thorndike lynn

Nelson, 1965. Good. From former professor's library with owner's name on flyleaf. Shows wear, but spine is tight. Some foxing on edges.

Thomas Nelson, 1965. Hardcover. Very good/Very good.

London: Nelson, 1965. First printing. 8vo. 143 pp. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Subtle wrinkling to jacket extremities. Hardcover. Fine.

London: Thomas Nelson, 1965. Original hard covers in tidy condition with a slightly rubbed, price clipped dust jacket, previous owners name, page edges a little browned, 143pp, uncommon. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd.. Fine with no dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in dark brown cloth with gilt-stamping on the spine, in a Fine dust jacket. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations. Overall Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. .

Nelson, 1965-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. 143 p., 22 cm.

In wonderful condition. Likely to have been well shelved and kept from the beginning. Exceedingly rare in the first edition in this condition. Pages are bright, unmarked, clean. Literally two small spotting marks if you look for them, no other marking or tanning. Remarkably pristine. DJ is unclipped, and in an excellent state. The most very minor of shelf wear here and there. Boards clean and tight. All quite remarkably well preserved. Hard to imagine a better copy exists. See photos.First edition first printing.143pp illusThorndike's classic biography of Michael Scot, the leading Alchemist, physician, astrologer and divine of his age. His insistence on experience & his allusions to experiments influenced the methods later used by Grosseteste and Roger Bacon. But he also delighted in `adulterine arts such as the interpretation of dreams, auguries and lots'. Born in Scotland in about 1175, he is thought to have studied at Oxford, and very likely both taught and studied at the University of Paris. As a… Read More

London, et al. : Nelson/Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, 1965. 1st Published: 1965 . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Body Ey Ms 266 [Fol. 48] in the Bodleian Library, Oxford (Cover Illustration). 143 + pp. A rare, hard-to-find, out-of-print, scarce, true collectible gem! A wonderful copy! A great, almost spotlessly clean copy and dust jacket! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy and dust jacket with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Dust jacket shows minimal, minor or light wear around edges. Synopsis: Alchemist, physician, astrologer and divine, his insistence on experience & his allusions to experiments influenced the methods later used by Grosseteste and Roger Bacon. But he also delighted in `adulterine arts such as the interpretation of dreams, auguries and lots'. Born in Scotland in about 1175,he is thought to have studied at Oxford, and very likely both… Read More