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The Cradle of the Twin Giants, Science and History.
Henry Christmas
1849
Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. : London
8.5" by 6"
XXXIV, 354 pp. ; iv, 402 pp.
SUMMARY
The very scarce first edition of this thorough, nineteenth-century history of esoteric disciplines and their relationship to the modern sciences by Henry Christmas, in two volumes, with the original boards.
First Edition,Very Scarce
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs1 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The first edition of this work in two volumes.
Published by Richard Bentley, a significant nineteenth-century publisher known for the Standard Novels series he created with Henry Colburn. The Standard Novel series sought to reprint popular works that were out of print or that were yet to be made available in a format that was financially accessible to the middle classes.
With the original boards.
With the mark of Remnant & Edmonds bookbinders to the rear pastedown of Volume I.
Very scarce.
Henry Christmas was an English clergyman, periodical editor, and man of letters, who having graduated from St Johns college, Cambridge went on to become librarian and secretary of Sion College in London. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Society of Antiquaries in London. The Cradle of the Twin Giants examines the role of popular mythology in preserving ideas surrounding the occult, alchemy, and the paranormal, and considers the impact of such popularity on cultural interest in rational thought.
CONDITION
In full cloth bindings with blind stamping to the boards. Externally, sound with minor marks, fading, and rubbing to the boards and age discolouration to the spines. A marginal nick to the spines cloth of Volume I and bumping to the head and tail of the spines and extremities, resulting in slight lifting of the cloth. Dust dulling to the text blocks top edges. Rubbing to parts of the list of works on the pastedown of Volume II in addition to some marks and chips to the decorative paper covering the pastedowns, recto of the front first free endpaper, and verso of the rear first free endpaper, for both volumes. Archival mark to rear pastedown of Volume II. Some cockling to front endpapers of Volume I. Hinges tender. Internally, binding is strained. Pages are generally bright and clean with light toning, some and the odd spot, and fractional marks, closed tears and chips, not impacting text. (leaves coming from between front first free endpaper-xii of Volume I and pp. 288-402 of Volume II resulting in some leaves starting to come away from the text block spine.)
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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