Lot 60
Swedenborg (Emanuel) Arcana Coelestia: or Heavenly Mysteries contained in the Sacred Scriptures ..., 13 vol. with Index, 1783.
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000
Description
Swedenborg (Emanuel) Arcana Coelestia: or Heavenly Mysteries contained in the Sacred Scriptures ..., 13 vol. with Index, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. 1, bound without half-titles, pencil and/or ink manuscript notes to early blanks in each vol., occasional marginal pencil markings and notes, vol. 1 with previous owner's ink signature to front pastedown, scattered spotting, vol. 2 lacking 2I4 (?blank), vols. 6 & 7 with tiny wormholes to fore-edge, not affecting text, vol. 6 I2 & 2Q2 and vol. 10 K1 with short marginal tears, not affecting text, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, vol. 6 beginning to split at spine head but holding firm, Index vol. with upper cover detached, some gauging and bumping to edges, 8vo, 1783-1810.
⁂ Scarce
Description
Swedenborg (Emanuel) Arcana Coelestia: or Heavenly Mysteries contained in the Sacred Scriptures ..., 13 vol. with Index, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. 1, bound without half-titles, pencil and/or ink manuscript notes to early blanks in each vol., occasional marginal pencil markings and notes, vol. 1 with previous owner's ink signature to front pastedown, scattered spotting, vol. 2 lacking 2I4 (?blank), vols. 6 & 7 with tiny wormholes to fore-edge, not affecting text, vol. 6 I2 & 2Q2 and vol. 10 K1 with short marginal tears, not affecting text, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, vol. 6 beginning to split at spine head but holding firm, Index vol. with upper cover detached, some gauging and bumping to edges, 8vo, 1783-1810.
⁂ Scarce