Apr 11, 2024 - Sale 2665

Sale 2665 - Lot 48

Price Realized: $ 4,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
Calmet, Antoine Augustin (1672-1757)
Dissertations upon the Apparitions of Angels, Daemons, and Ghosts, and Concerning the Vampires.

London: Printed for M. Cooper, 1759.

First edition in English, octavo, bound in modern cloth textured to resemble morocco leather; edges trimmed; some underlining and notes in pencil; slight worming to final few leaves; 7 1/2 x 4 7/8 in.

[Together with]: [Daniel Defoe's] A System of Magick; Or, a History of the Black Art, London: Printed & sold by Andrew Millar, 1728; first edition, lacking the engraved frontispiece (supplied in facsimile), title printed in red and black; bound in 19th century half black morocco and paper-covered boards with gold ruling and lettering piece, worn; contents generally good; 7 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (2)