Lot 278
Pordage (John) Sophia: das ist, Die Holdseelige ewige Jungfrau der Göttlichen Weisheit, first edition, Amsterdam, 1699.
Estimate: £500 - 700
Description
Pordage (John) Sophia: das ist, Die Holdseelige ewige Jungfrau der Göttlichen Weisheit, first edition, small ink ownership inscription to title, occasional damp-stain to lower edge, occasional isolated spotting, contemporary wrappers, loss of most of spine, edges creased with loss to upper joint foot, uncut, 8vo, Amsterdam, 1699.
⁂ First printed edition, in German; never published in original English, the unpublished manuscript having been lost. Pordage, Anglican priest, astrologer, alchemist and mystic records his spiritual journey and visions. Worldcat records only nine copies; bar the BL, all others in Germany, Switzerland and Denmark.
Description
Pordage (John) Sophia: das ist, Die Holdseelige ewige Jungfrau der Göttlichen Weisheit, first edition, small ink ownership inscription to title, occasional damp-stain to lower edge, occasional isolated spotting, contemporary wrappers, loss of most of spine, edges creased with loss to upper joint foot, uncut, 8vo, Amsterdam, 1699.
⁂ First printed edition, in German; never published in original English, the unpublished manuscript having been lost. Pordage, Anglican priest, astrologer, alchemist and mystic records his spiritual journey and visions. Worldcat records only nine copies; bar the BL, all others in Germany, Switzerland and Denmark.
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