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RELIGIO MEDICI AND OTHER ESSAYS by BROWNE, SIR THOMAS - [1911]

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RELIGIO MEDICI AND OTHER ESSAYS by BROWNE, SIR THOMAS - [1911]

RELIGIO MEDICI AND OTHER ESSAYS

by BROWNE, SIR THOMAS

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London: [Printed at the Ballantyne Press for] Chapman & Hall, Ltd, [1911]. 184 x 140 mm. (7 1/4 x 5 1/2"). 3 p.l., 230, [2] pp.
Pleasing contemporary caramel-colored half calf over brown linen boards, raised bands with a row of gilt drawer handle ornaments above and below, gilt-ruled compartments, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With a frontispiece portrait of the author. A touch of wear to joints, mild offsetting to title page from frontispiece, otherwise a fine copy, quite clean, fresh, and bright internally, in a scarcely worn binding.

This is an attractively printed copy, done on excellent textured paper, of Browne's first and most celebrated work, accompanied by other pieces, including "Hydriotaphia: Urn Burial," one of the first archaeological monographs in English. The Oxford Companion describes "Religio" as "a confession of Christian faith (qualified by an eclectic and generally skeptical attitude), and a collection of opinions on a vast number of subjects more or less connected with religion, expressed with a wealth of fancy and wide erudition." Readers have always been fascinated by the book's style, by the mind that both style and contents reveal, and by the author's combination of detachment from the world and curiosity about its smallest physical objects. Browne says in his preface that the book was written for his "private exercise and satisfaction," but he was not repelled by its unauthorized publication in 1642, nor did he discourage its republication a year later. Physician and writer Sir Thomas Browne (1605-82) was one of the great 17th century stylists of English prose, and one of the most innovative thinkers of his time. The present edition was issued by the Verulam Club (the name taken from Francis Bacon's title of Lord Verulam), described in a contemporary review from "The International Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art" as a group "which aims to produce great examples of literature in a manner befitting their contents. . . . These books are printed in a very legible type on British handmade paper . . . and considering their excellent get up, they are well worth the money.".

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Blackie & Son Limited, 1111. Hardcover. Good. 236 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Marginalia to a few pages. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges.
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Brentano's New York, no date. reprint ed. hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, gray paper covered boards with gilt lettering, paper spine label, spine darkened, a finely printed book, many pages unopened, 281 pages" .
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London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Gilt lettered light brown buckram. Boards tanned around the edges with some light rubbing to rear board. Revised edition. A very nice copy. Clean and bright throughout. Externally nice overall. Top edge gilt. Frontis portrait with tissue guard.
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London: E. Grant Richards, 1906. Hardback. Good. No DW. Lilav cloth boards with gilt decoration to front board. The spine strip is faded. Text is tight and clean with some margin notes.Inside front cover is a most attractive ex-libris wood engraving of a rural ploughing scene. No inscriptions or annotations. Some bumping to book ends and smal nick at top of spine. Otherwise this is a copy in good condition considering its age. A Doctor's Religion. Published in 1906.. An English text translation of Browne's classic in which he uses scientific imagery to illustrate religious truths and discusses the relationship between science and religion. Frontispiece portrait of the author, with tissue guard. Sir Thomas Browne. (19 October 1605 – 19 October 1682) was an English polymath and author of varied works which reveal his wide learning in diverse fields including science and medicine, religion and the esoteric. His writings display a deep curiosity towards the natural world, influenced by the scientific… Read More
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London: The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd, n.d.. With an Introduction by Charles Whibley. Pp. 236, printed in red & black, notes; small f'cap. 8vo; rebound in tan leather, spine ruled in gilt with gilt lettered green leather skiver label between 2 raised bands; ribbon marker; later marbled endpapers, the Contents page slightly creased, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd., London, n.d.[c. 191-?] *The notes are by Thomas Bayne. This edition first published by Blackie in 1906? Includes Hydriotaphia, or Urn-Burialb..
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Chapman & Hall, Limited. Collectible - Good. Edited by Henry Gardiner. London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., [1911]. 1st printing. [First published 1642 in London.] [6]+230+[2]pp. + photogravure frontis portrait with tissue guard. Bound by Bayntun Binders in Bath, England, in full rich crimson morocco, paneled spine in gilt filigree tooling ot the edges with gilt filigreed inner dentelles, and marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Near very good book. Joints worn, spine cracked near the foot, hinges cracked with separation along the rear hinge, leather spie labels lacking but with the embossed lettering quite readable. Owner's name and daet to the front blank. Even with it's faults, still a handsome book in a lovely binding. Inquire if you need further information.
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London: Chapman & Hall, [1911].. 8vo, (vi), 230, (2) pp. Later bookplate to fly leaf. Later limp purple morocco, t.e.g., gilt arms of Trinity Hall College, Cambridge, to upper cover, spine sunned otherwise very good.
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RELIGIO MEDICI and other Essays.

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London: Chapman & Hall, Limited, 1911. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First thus edition. Octavo (8vo). 231 pages of text. Bound in the original hardcover grey paper covered boards, with a printed paper spine label, and gilt decoration on the front cover. The rear hinge is cracked, and the thick, stiff paper used in this publication, though fine and beautiful, lends toward the cracking of the spine within the text. Still, an attractive, mostly intact and functional original binding. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown (William Ronghead), and notation neatly on first free endpaper. Illustrated with a frontisportrait of Browne. Contains the essays "Hydriotaphia: Urn Burial"; "A Letter To A Friend"; and "On Dreams." One of the series "The Books of the Verulam Club." Beautiful paper and typography. There is no date of publication listed in the book, but it was published in 1911..
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London: Chapman & Hall, 1911. Leather. Near Fine. 7.5" by 5.5". None. A smartly bound edition of this collection of religious essays from Sir Thomas Browne. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of spiritual and religious essays and an early psychological self-portrait. This work became a European best-seller bringing the author fame at home and overseas. Written by Thomas Browne, an English polymath and author of works in science, medicine, religion, and the esoteric. He is remembered for his deep curiosity towards the natural world during the Scientific Revolution. Bound by Baker & Son, Clifton. Bound in full navy blue calf. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities and fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. School bookplate to the front pastedown. Near Fine
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