Nov 12, 2013 - Sale 2330

Sale 2330 - Lot 51

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
BÖHME, JAKOB. Alle theosophische Wercke. 10 (of 15) parts in 4 volumes. 12mo, 154x96 mm, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards with brass catches and clasps, bindings worn overall; varying browning and dampstaining throughout. Ownership inscription of Philip Fisher, Windsor Township, Berks County [Pennsylvania], dated 1824 on verso of engraved general title in Volume 1. Amsterdam, 1682

Additional Details

first collected edition of the writings of the German mystical theologian (1575-1624); the individual parts were also sold separately. Dünnhaupt II, 678; Faber du Faur 116.
I--[Lebenslauf, etc.] Engraved plate. [73] leaves, including engraved additional title; lacks index. Morgenröte im Aufgang. [28], 360, [8] pages, including engraved additional title and 2 blanks at end. Betrachtung göttlicher Offenbahrung. [4], 48 pages, including engraved additional title.
II--Mysterium Magnum. Right half only of the double-page engraved additional title, loose. 805, [7] pages; lacks 2 preliminary leaves (explanatory text for engraved title, and errata).
III--Von der Menschwerdung Jesu Christi. [2] (of [4]), 204, [6] pages, including final blank; lacks engraved additional title. Von Christi Testamenten. 2 plates, each with leaf of explanatory text. [4], 108, [4] pages, including engraved additional title and 2 blanks at end. Der Weg zu Christo. 4 plates, each with leaf of explanatory text. [4], 245, [3] pages, including engraved additional title and final blank. Von der Gnaden-Wahl. [4], 198, [2] pages, including engraved additional title.
IV--Beschreibung der drey Principien göttliches Wesens. [4], 448, [8] pages, including engraved additional title. Hohe und tieffe Gründe von dem dreyfachen Leben des Menschen. [4], 307, [5] pages, including engraved additional title and final blank; lacks plate between pages 152-53.
The missing parts are Viertzig Fragen, Von sechs Puncten, Bedencken über Esaiae Stiefels Büchlein, De signatura rerum, and Theosophische Sendbriefe.