CATALOGUE 26 JACOB BOEHME AND HIS CIRCLE Books from the Library of Charles Muses

A catalogue of mostly early books by and about the German Mystic Jacob Boehme (1575-1624); his friends and followers. All of the books in this collection came from the library of Charles A. Muses, PhD. (1919-2000), a multidisciplinary scholar who studied within a multitude of academic realms, including philosophy, mathematics, Egyptology, mythology, computer sciences, the structure of time and the evolution of consciousness. Muses founded the Jacob Boehme Society in the 1950s, editing and publishing THE JACOB BOEHME SOCIETY QUARTERLY. He was an avid and discerning book collector. We offer here the bulk of his collection of Boehme, individually priced. Note: errors, omissions, redundancies and philosophical errors are due to the incompetence of the cataloguer, and are not due to inadequacies on the part of Muses (or Boehme).

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Part One: Works By Jacob Boehme

1) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. AURORA, That is, the Day-Spring Or Dawning of the Day in the Orient Or Morning-Redness in the Rising of the Sun, That is the Root Or Mother of Philosophie, Astrologie, & Theologie From the True Ground Or a Description of Nature. By Jacob Behme Teutonick Philosopher London: Printed by John Streater, for Giles Calvert, and are to be sold at his shop at the Blackspread-Eagle at the West-End of Pauls. 1656. First Edition in English [translated by John Sparrow]. Small Quarto [190 x 146 mm], contemporary or slightly later plain calf, raised bands on spine. (xxviii of xxx) + 643 (final two leaves misnumbered 634 & 939) + (1), lacking the leaf preceding the title page [Quotations from the Book of Revelation] and the preliminary Engraving of the Elders before the Throne from the Book of Revelation which is inserted behind the title page in some copies. Corner torn from front free endpaper, older initials JL at head of title, title leaf rather browned and finger-soiled, leather worn in patches and repaired, one rear corner tipped with brown paper, covers glazed. Overall, a solid, very good copy. The first edition in English of the authors first book, originally published in Amsterdam in 1634. Initially composed in 1612 titled Morgenrte im Aufgang, the manuscript was confiscated by the authorities and Boehme was subsequently labeled a heretic & banned from publishing. This copy is from the library of mystical philosopher Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, and has his small ownership stamp on the front paste-down and some marginalia in pen to several leaves. Wing B3397. $950.00 2) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. GICHTEL, Johann Georg (editor); FRANKENBERG, Abraham von (contributor). [ALLE THEOSOPHISCHE WERCKEN] DES GOTTSEELIGEN HOCHERLEUCHTETEN JACOB BHMENS TEUTONICI PHILOSOPHI ALLE THEOSOPHISCHE WERCKEN : Darinnen alle tieffe Geheimnsse Gottes/ der ewigen und zeitlichen Natur und Creatur/ samt dem wahren Grunde Christlicher Religion und der Gottseeligkeit/ nach dem Apostolischen Gezeugn offenbahret werden ; Theils aus des Authoris eigenen Originalen/ theils aus den ersten und nachgesehenen besten Copyen auffs fleissigste corrigiret. Und In Beyfgung etlicher Clavium so vorhin noch nie gedruckt/ nebenst einem zweyfachen Register. Den Liebhabern Gttlicher und Natrlicher Weiheit zum besten an Tag gegeben. Vols 1-3 (of 16). Amsterdam: (Welstein). 1682. First edition. 12mo [155 x 98 mm], later half red morocco over marbled paper boards, the spine with raised bands and nicely ruled and decorated in the compartments, titled "IACOB BOHMEN" in gilt, marbled endpapers. Three volumes in one. Contains the preliminary volume with the engraved title and printed general title leaf; most of the volume is the taken up with JACOB BOEHME'S LEBENS-LAUFF by Abraham von Frankenberg; Vol 2: MORGENRTE IM AUFGANG (AURORA); and Vol 3: BESCHREIBUNG DER DREY PRINCIPIEN GTTLICHES WESENS. Pagination: Vol 1: [Engraved title] + [title leaf] + [142pp] [of 146, lacks plate facing p.24]; Vol 2: [Engraved title] + [2pp] + [title leaf] + [22pp] + 360pp + [3pp- register] [complete]; Vol 3: [Engraved title in facsimile] + [2pp] + [title leaf] + 3-448pp + [7pp-register] [complete except for facsimile plate]. Old sellotape in inner margins of 8 leaves, a few small ink notes, lacking one plate and one plate present in facsimile only as noted, an attractive copy in a very nice binding, overall very good. Caillet 1288. The first volume of the first edition of the first collected works of Boehme, edited and published by his disciple Johann Georg Gichtel. This copy is from the library of mystical philosopher Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, and bears two different stamps on the front endpapers from The Jacob Boehme Society. $400.00

THE DEFINITIVE EDITION OF 1730 3) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. DE TRIBVS PRINCIPIIS, ODER BESCHREIBUNG DER DREY PRINCIPIEN GOETTLICHEN WESENS, das ist, Von der ohnUrsprung ewigen Geburt der Heiligen Dreyfaltigkeit GOttes; ... / Geschrieben nach Goettlicher Erleuchtung von Jacob Boehmen, No place of publication [Amsterdam]: No publisher [Ueberfeld]. 1730. Small octavo [173 x 100 mm], contemporary or slightly later full calf, the spine with raised bands and two contrasting title labels marked "Jacob Boehmens / Goettliche / Schriften / 2ter Band", marbled endpapers and page edges. 293 pp, frontispiece engraving [complete]. Ownership stamps on title page and recto of frontispiece, older ink names on endpapers. Leather somewhat worn and rubbed, generally a very good clean copy. Issued as Volume II of THEOSOPHIA REVELATA, Das ist: Alle Gttliche Schriften des Gottseligen und Hocherleuchteten Deutschen Theosophi Jacob Bohmens, edited by Johann Georg Gichtel and Johann Wilhelm Ueberfeld, Amsterdam, 1730. This is considered the definitive edition, Ueberfeld at that time being in possession of Boehme's original manuscripts. This copy is from the library of mystical philosopher Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, although it unusually has no ownership marks or notes by him. Rare. $450.00 4) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. DE ELECTIONE GRATIAE, von der Gnaden-Wahl oder von dem Willen Gottes ber die Menschen ... / Geschrieben ... von Jakob Bhmen, im Jahr 1623, vollendet den 8. Febr. No place of publication [Amsterdam]: No publisher [Ueberfeld]. 1730. Small octavo [168 x 100 mm], contemporary marbled boards, vellum spine with raised bands. 224 pp, engraved frontispiece plate. Complete. Boards slightly rubbed, mild browning to the text. Fresh, near fine copy. Although not mentioned anywhere, this was issued as Volume XV of THEOSOPHIA REVELATA, Das ist: Alle Gttliche Schriften des Gottseligen und Hocherleuchteten Deutschen Theosophi Jacob Bohmens, edited by Johann Georg Gichtel and Johann Wilhelm Ueberfeld, Amsterdam, 1730. This is considered the definitive edition, Ueberfeld at that time being in possession of Boehme's original manuscripts. This copy is from the library of mystical philosopher Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, although it unusually has no ownership marks or notes by him. Rare. $475.00 5) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. DE TESTAMENTIS CHRISTI ODER VON CHRISTI TESTAMENTEN : als erstlich von der Heiligen Tauffe ... ; zum andern von dem Heiligen Abendmahl des Herrn Christi / vorgestellet durch Jacob Bhmen im Majo, Anno 1623. No place of publication [Amsterdam]: No publisher [Ueberfeld]. 1730. Small octavo [171 x 102 mm], contemporary marbled boards, vellum spine with raised bands. 116 pp, engraved frontispiece plate. Complete. Boards slightly rubbed and a faint vertical crack on front panel, mild browning to the text. Fresh copy. Although not mentioned anywhere, this was issued as Volume XVI of THEOSOPHIA REVELATA, Das ist: Alle Gttliche Schriften des Gottseligen und Hocherleuchteten Deutschen Theosophi Jacob Bohmens, edited by Johann Georg Gichtel and Johann Wilhelm Ueberfeld, Amsterdam, 1730. This is considered the definitive edition, Ueberfeld at that time being in possession of Boehme's original manuscripts. This copy is from the library of mystical philosopher Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, although it unusually has no ownership marks or notes by him. Rare. $475.00

6) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. LIBRI APOLOGETICI, ODER SCHUTZ-SCHRIFTEN WIEDER BALTHASAR TILKEN, einen Schlesischen von Adel : Die erste ist eine kurtze und wolgemeinte Verantwortung wegen des Buchs Morgenrthe, wieder einen feindlichen Paquill ... / Geschrieben von Jacob Bhmen, im Jahr 1621 [along with] ANTISTIEFELIUS, ODER BEDENKEN UBER ESSAIA STIEFELS BUCHLEIN / Geschrieben von Jacob Bhmen, Anno 1622. den 6. April [along with] APOLOGIA CONTRA GREGORIUM RICHTER ODER SCHUTZ-REDE WIEDER GREGORIUM RICHTER, Ober-Pfarrer zu Grlitz ... Geschrieben im Jahr 1624 den 10. April, Wie auch Libellus Apologeticus oder Schriftliche Verantwortung an E. E. Rath zu Grlitz ... / Geschrieben von Jacob Bhmen, Anno 1624. den 3. April [along with] INFORMATORIUM NOVISSIMORUM, oder Unterricht von den Letzten Zeiten an Paul Kym ... in zwey Theilen ... / Geschrieben von Jacob Bhmen im Jahr 1620, den 14 Aug. No place of publication [Amsterdam]: No publisher [Ueberfeld]. 1730. Small octavo [170 x 100 mm], contemporary marbled boards, vellum spine with raised bands. 440 pp, engraved frontispiece, plus a further engraving in the text at p. 159. Complete. Note: all four works have separate full title pages, but pagination is continuous. Boards slightly rubbed, mild browning to the text, dampstain to the first few leaves leaving a slightly darkened area (affecting the plate slightly but not severely), otherwise a fairly fresh, very good . Although not mentioned anywhere, this was issued as Volumes X, XI, XII and XIII of THEOSOPHIA REVELATA, Das ist: Alle Gttliche Schriften des Gottseligen und Hocherleuchteten Deutschen Theosophi Jacob Bohmens, edited by Johann Georg Gichtel and Johann Wilhelm Ueberfeld, Amsterdam, 1730. This is considered the definitive edition, Ueberfeld at that time being in possession of Boehme's original manuscripts. This copy is from the library of mystical philosopher Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, although it unusually has no ownership marks or notes by him. Rare. $525.00 7) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. DE SIGNATURA RERUM ODER VON DER GEBURT UND BEZEICHNUNG ALLER WESEN ... : Eine sehr tiefe Porta der ewigen und auch anfnglichen usserlichen Natur und ihrer Gestaltnissen. Geschrieben durch Jakob Bhmen. Im Jahr 1622 im Febr. ... No place of publication [Amsterdam]: No publisher [Ueberfeld]. 1730. Small octavo [170 x 100 mm], contemporary marbled boards, vellum spine with raised bands. 244 pp, engraved frontispiece plate. Complete. Boards slightly rubbed, mild browning to the text. Fresh, near fine copy. Although not mentioned anywhere, this was issued as Volume XIV of THEOSOPHIA REVELATA, Das ist: Alle Gttliche Schriften des Gottseligen und Hocherleuchteten Deutschen Theosophi Jacob Bohmens, edited by Johann Georg Gichtel and Johann Wilhelm Ueberfeld, Amsterdam, 1730. This is considered the definitive edition, Ueberfeld at that time being in possession of Boehme's original manuscripts. This copy is from the library of mystical philosopher Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, although it unusually has no ownership marks or notes by him. Rare. $475.00 8) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. MYSTERIUM MAGNUM oder Erklrung ber Das Erste Buch Mosis Von der Offenbarung Gttlichen Worts durch die drey Principia Gttliches Wesens, auch vom Ursprung der Welt und der Schpfung : Darinnen das Reich der Natur und das Reich der Gnaden erklret wird ; Zu mehrerm Verstande des Alten und Neuen Testaments ... / vollendet im Jahr 1623. von Jacob Bhmen. No place of publication [Amsterdam]: No publisher [Ueberfeld]. 1730. Small octavo [168 x 100 mm], contemporary full calf small device in blind (of a lamb, a banner and a blazing sun) on front & rear panels, the spine with raised bands and with gilt title

label. 896 pp, folding frontispiece engraving. The front free endpaper (recto and verso ) and the blank sides of the folding plate (4 leaves total) have extensive ink notes in an antique hand describing the meaning of the emblematic frontispiece, there is some bleeding of the ink through to the printed side of the engraving. There is also a contemporary signature in ink on the front pastedown. Slight worming to upper corner of the inner margin of the first few leaves (not affecting the text or plate in any way), related small loss to leather at top edge of front hinge. Spine leather cracking and gilt on title label mostly effaced. Very good clean copy. Although not mentioned anywhere, this was issued as Volume XVII of THEOSOPHIA REVELATA, Das ist: Alle Gttliche Schriften des Gottseligen und Hocherleuchteten Deutschen Theosophi Jacob Bohmens, edited by Johann Georg Gichtel and Johann Wilhelm Ueberfeld, Amsterdam, 1730. This is considered the definitive edition, Ueberfeld at that time being in possession of Boehme's original manuscripts. The last and most important work of the 17th Century mystic, this is a wide-ranging interpretation of the Book of Genesis that touches also on the message of the New Testament and the nature of mystical experience. This copy is from the library of mystical philosopher Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, and has some small pencil marks to the text and a few pencil- or ink marks to the margins, as well as short notes by him on the rear endpaper (i.e., 270-275, 287 Boehmes greatest prophecy) as well as a strange mystical & mathematical sequence in ink in the lower margin of the frontispiece. Rare. $650.00 9) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. QUAESTIONES THEOSOPHICAE, ODER BETRACHTUNG GTTLICHER OFFENBARUNG, was Gott, Natur und Creatur ... sind ... in 177 Fragen gestellet von einem Liebhaber Christi ... ; Angefangen zu beantworten, jedoch nicht vollendet im Jahr 1624 von Jacob Bhmen ... [bound with] TABULAE PRINCIPIORUM, oder Tafeln von den dreyen Principien Gttlicher Offenbarung ... Geschrieben ... von Jacob Bhmen [bound with] CLAVIS ODER SCHLSSEL, das ist, Eine Erklrung der vornehmsten Puncten und Wrter, welche in diesen Schriften gebrauchet werden ... / von Jacob Bhmen [bound with] EPISTOLAE THEOSOPHICAE, ODER THEOSOPHISCHE SEND-BRIEFE / Des ... Mannes Gottes Jacob Bhmens, Geschrieben von Anno 1618 bis 1624. No place of publication [Amsterdam]: No publisher [Ueberfeld]. 1730. Small octavo [170 x 100 mm], contemporary full calf stamped S.S. 1731 in gilt on front panel, the spine with raised bands and decorated gilt within the compartments, gilt title label, all edges gilt and nicely gauffered at the corners, marbled paste-downs. Four works bound together. Pagination: [title leaf] + 56 pp + [title leaf to second work] + 57-74 pp + [title leaf to third work] + [2pp] + 75-120 pp + [title leaf to fourth work] + [6pp] + 262 [of 302] pp lacking pp 263-302. With three folding tales in the first work at pp 61, 69 & 71 and one folding table in the third work at pp. 109. Lacking the frontispiece engravings for Quaestiones Theosophicae & Epistolae Theosophicae, no engravings called for with the other two works. Mild wear to binding, gilt initials on front panel partially effaced, spine a bit cracked but not the hinges which are holding firm; a solid, very good copy. Although not mentioned anywhere, this was issued as Volumes XVIII, XIX, XX & XXI of THEOSOPHIA REVELATA, Das ist: Alle Gttliche Schriften des Gottseligen und Hocherleuchteten Deutschen Theosophi Jacob Bohmens, edited by Johann Georg Gichtel and Johann Wilhelm Ueberfeld, Amsterdam, 1730. This is considered the definitive edition, Ueberfeld at that time being in possession of Boehme's original manuscripts. This copy is from the library of mystical philosopher Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, although it unusually has no ownership marks or notes by him. Rare. $400.00

10) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. EPISTOLAE THEOSOPHICAE, ODER THEOSOPHISCHE SEND-BRIEFE / Des ... Mannes Gottes Jacob Bhmens, Geschrieben von Anno 1618 bis 1624 [bound with] DE VITA ET SCRIPTIS JACOBI BHMII oder Ausfuehrlich erlaeuterter Historischer Bericht von dem Leben und Schriften des teutschen Wunder-Mannes ... Jacob Boehmens, ... in sieben Abtheilungen verfasset, und ueber alle vorigen Editionen mit wichtigen Erlaeuterungen und Zusaetzen vermehret ... und ... zum Druck befoerdert [bound with] REGISTER BER ALLE THEOSOPHISCHEN SCHRIFTEN des Gottseligen und hocherleuchteten Theosophi ... Jacob Bhmen, in drey Theilen ... [bound with] ANDEUTUNG ODER ERKLAERUNG DER TITEL-FIGUREN UND KUPFER, Welche des Hocherleuchteten Jacob Boehmes Schriften Hollaendischer Edition beygefueget sind, Und nunmehro auch bey dieser gegenwaertigen neuen Auflage den Liebhabern derselben mitgetheilet werden. No place of publication [Amsterdam]: No publisher [Ueberfeld]. 1730 (& 1731, last work). Small octavo [168 x 100 mm], contemporary full plain calf, raised bands on spine. Four works bound together. Pagination: [title leaf] + [6pp] + Engraved plate + 302 pp [complete]; [title leaf] + [3] - 170, engraved plate attached at p.22 [complete]; [title leaf] + [3] - 406 [Incomplete - the register is complete, lacks the last section "Bericht an den Buchbinder" pp 407420]; [title leaf] + [2] - 32pp [complete]. Some general browing to text block, minor worm-holes to inner margins of a few leaves in the third work; two contemporary or slightly later ink names on the endpapers, the binding is slightly worn but complete and holding together nicely on the hinges; a very good solid copy. Although not mentioned anywhere, this was issued as Volume XXI and the three supplemental volumes of THEOSOPHIA REVELATA, Das ist: Alle Gttliche Schriften des Gottseligen und Hocherleuchteten Deutschen Theosophi Jacob Bohmens, edited by Johann Georg Gichtel and Johann Wilhelm Ueberfeld, Amsterdam, 1730. This is considered the definitive edition, Ueberfeld at that time being in possession of Boehme's original manuscripts. This copy is from the library of mystical philosopher Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, and bears the Jacob Boehme Society stamp on the front free endpaper. Rare. $500.00 11) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. THE WAY TO CHRIST DISCOVERED AND DESCRIBED IN THE FOLLOWING TREATISES. 1. Of true repentance. 2. Of true resignation. 3. Of regeneration 4. Of the supersensual life. By Jacob Behmen. To which are added some other pieces relative to the same subjects; as also a treatise on the four complexions. Written by the same author. Bath: printed by S. Hazard, for T. Mills, Bristol, 1775. Reprint of the 1664 edition translated into English by Humphrey Blunden. 12mo [167 x 90 mm], bound in 20th century plain brown cloth, red leather label on spine titled in gilt "BEHMEN / WORKS". 445 pp. Contents: Of true repentance -- Of true resignation -- Of regeneration -- A dialogue between a scholar and his master, concerning the supersensual life -- A discourse between a soul hungry and thirsty after the fountain of life ... and a soul enlightened -- An appendix to a large treatise of election: being a compendium of repentance -- The fifteenth chapter of the book, called the three-fold life of man -An epistle from Jacob Behmen, to a good friend of his -- A treatise of the four complexions -- An epistle from Jacob Behmen to a person under temptation and trouble of mind. Appended to the text is An Explication of some Latin and other Words used by This Author in a peculiar Sense, and occuring in the foregoing Treatises" (pp 395-445), followed by the Corrigenda. Lower inner edge of title leaf repaired with tape loss to upper margin of p. iii (affecting the header PREFACE on pp iv), Scattered ink marginalia, notes on endpapers. "The Way to Christ" handwritten on spine below title label. Very good copy. From the library of mystical philosopher Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, with his ownership stamp on front endpaper alongside the stamp of The

Jacob Boehme Society. There are *extensive* notes on the rear endpapers and final two blank leaves in Muses hand, plus scattered marginalia, notes and underlinings in muses hand throughout. $250.00 12) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. CHRISTOSOPHIA, ODER WEG ZU CHRISTO : verfasset in Neun Bchlein, nun in Acht zusammen gezogen, welche handeln von wahrer Busse, und vom Schlssel Gttlicher Geheimnisse ... / gestellet aus Gttlichem Erkenntniss durch Jakob Bhmen von Alt-Seidenberg, sonsten Teutonicus Philosophus genannt. No Place, No Publisher. 1802-03 [but actually circa 1750]. Octavo [170 x 108 mm], contemporary full mottled calf, leather spine label, gilt rules and titles, all edges stained red. [Engraved frontispiece] + xvi [including main title leaf] + 42pp. + [title leaf] + pp43-84 + [title leaf] + pp109-142 + [title leaf] + pp143-164 + [title leaf] + pp165-200 + [title leaf] + pp201-220 + [title leaf] + pp221-413. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Boehme, plus an additional woodcut at the beginning of the text. Front free endpaper lacking but otherwise and generally a near fine clean copy, fresh and pleasing. A curious edition, published in the mid-18th century and spuriously dated, with no publication information. The title leaf is dated 1803, all six internal title leaves are dated 1802, but the paper, typography, and binding style are definitely mid-18th Century. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, with the JBS stamp on the recto of the frontispiece leaf. $375.00 13) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. JAKOB BOHME'S SAMMTLICHE WERKE Herausgegeben von K.W. Schiebler. Erster Band: DER WEG ZU CHRIST. Leipzig, 1860. 2nd edition. Octavo [220 x 140 mm], original printed wrappers.152 pp. Wrappers trifle soiled, spine glazed. Moderate browning and foxing to text. Very good copy. Odd volume from a set, but containing the complete text of Der Weg Zu Christ. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, with a small note by him on the rear wrapper, and a slip laid in on pp iv marking a section of text and noting Imp. quote showing Kants debt to J.B. $100.00 14) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. THE WORKS OF JACOB BOEHME. With an introduction by a graduate of Glasgow University. Vol. I. THE EPISTLES. Glasgow: D. Bryce & Son, 1886. 1st printing of this edition. Vol I [all published]. Small quarto [195 x 145mm], original brown cloth ruled in blind, titled BOEHMES WORKS / THE EPISTLES in gilt on spine. xi, 216 pp. Cloth lightly spoiled, some wear at spine head. A sound copy, very good. Reprint of the 1649 London edition, the title page of which is reproduced after the general title. Translated by John Ellistone, Introduction signed simply F.F.. No further volumes were published in this series. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, with his personal ownership stamps on the front endpapers, extensive notes on the rear endpapers, underlining and marginalia throughout. Scarce. $150.00 15) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. THE EPISTLES OF JACOB BOEHME. Reprinted from the 1649 Edition. Glasgow: John Thomson. 1886. Small quarto [195 x 145mm], original brown cloth ruled in blind, titled BOEHMES EPISTLES in gilt on spine. 216 pp. Spine ends bumped, near fine copy. Translated by John Ellistone. A duplicate of the preceding, with a different titlepage, and without the Introduction. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, with the JBS stamp and Muses signature on the front flyleaf, extensive notes on the rear endpapers, underlining and marginalia throughout. Scarce. $150.00

16) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. THOUGHTS ON THE SPIRITUAL LIFE by Jacob Behmen. Translated from the German by Charlotte Ada Rainy. London: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier. 1896. 1st edition. Octavo [185 x 120 mm], original green cloth titled in gilt. 87 pp. Covers heavily silverfished (looks like it came out of Mrs. Larsens Garage). Very good copy otherwise. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, with the JBS stamp on he front free endpaper, plus the ownership stamp of Leo L. Burnstein, Los Angeles, and an inscription by Burnstein presenting the book to the JBS, Nov. 30, 1952. $45.00 17) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. SIX THEOSOPHIC POINTS And Other Writings by Jacob Bhme. Newly Translated Into English by John Rolleston Earle, M.A. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1920. 1st edition. Octavo [205 x 140 mm], original purple cloth, paper title label on spine. 220 pp. Dampstain to lower edges, front hinges taped at title leaf, tape on spine panel; good copy only. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, with the JBS stamp and Muses signature on the front endpapers. The entire volume has extensive notes in pen in Muses hand to the text, the margins, & both rear endpapers. A unique copy. $65.00 18) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. DE ELECTIONE GRATIAE, AND QUAESTIONES THEOSOPHICAE / BY JACOB BHME. With a Biographical Sketch. Translated from the German By John Rolleston Earle, M.A. London: Constable & Company Ltd. 1930. 1st edition. Octavo [220 x 140 mm], original blue cloth titled in gilt on spine. 325 pp. Bright copy. Contains Sketch of the Life of Jacob Bohme by Dr. Hermann Adolph Fechner. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, with the JBS stamp and Muses signature on the front endpapers. The entire volume has extensive notes in pen in Muses hand to the text, the margins, both rear endpapers & the front endpaper. 4 pages of cryptic notes by Muses are also laid in, one page of which bears The Diagram of the Way to God. A scarce book; a unique copy. $175.00 19) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. DIALOGUES ON THE SUPERSENSUAL LIFE. Translated by William Law and Others. Edited by Bernard Holland. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. No Date [1957]. Small octavo 175 x 108 mm], original red cloth titled in gilt on spine. 144 pp. Two-inch split to cloth at lower edge of front hinge, very good in rubbed dust wrapper with corresponding split on the fold. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, unsigned by him but with several small notes in his hand. One note on the title leaf states that the translation is by Francis Lee, not William Law. $25.00 20) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. PEUCKERT, Will-Erich [editor]. JACOB BHME SAMMTLICHE SCHRIFTEN. Faksimile-Neudruck der Ausgabe von 1730 in elf Banden. Neu herausgegeben von Will-Erich Peuckert. Vierter Band ). Stuttgart: Fr. Frommann. 1957. 1st printing of this edition. Octavo [200 x 125 mm], original tan cloth titled in black & red and ruled in blind. Some small stains; a very good copy in like dust wrapper. Facsimile reprint of the 1730 edition, complete with the emblematic plates, put together into 11 volumes, this being vol. 4 (only). Facsimile of original title page: Theosophia revelata, das ist, Alle gottliche Schriften des ... Jacob Bohmens. This volume contains: V: De incarnatione verbi; VI: Sex puncta theosophica; VII: Sex puncta mystica; VIII: Mysterium pansophicum; IX: Christosophia. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, with his ownership stamp on the front endpaper. $100.00

21) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. PEUCKERT, Will-Erich [editor]. JACOB BHME SAMMTLICHE SCHRIFTEN. Faksimile-Neudruck der Ausgabe von 1730 in elf Banden. Neu herausgegeben von Will-Erich Peuckert. Sechster Band. Stuttgart: Fr. Frommann. 1957. 1st printing of this edition. Octavo [200 x 125 mm], original tan cloth titled in black & red and ruled in blind. Some small stains; a very good copy in like dust wrapper. Facsimile reprint of the 1730 edition, complete with the emblematic plates, put together into 11 volumes, this being vol. 6 (only). Facsimile of original title page: Theosophia revelata, das ist, Alle gottliche Schriften des ... Jacob Bohmens. This volume contains: XIV: De signatura rerum; XV: De electionae gratiae; XVI: De electionae gratiae; XVII: De testamentis Christi. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, with some short notes in pencil by him on the rear endpaper. $100.00 22) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]; BUDDECKE, Werner [editor]. DIE URSCHRIFTEN. StuttgartBad Cannstatt: Friedrich Frommann. [1963 -1966]. First printing of this new edition. Two volumes. Quarto [267 x 210 mm], original beige buckram titled in gilt on spines. Covers slightly bowed, one small dampstain to lower edges of front cover of Vol. 2; a near fine set. Issued as Auftrag der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Gttingen Herausgeben von Werner Buddecke. In Fraktur. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, unsigned by him but with an Autograph Note Signed by the editor laid in presenting the second volume to Muses, dated 1966. Also laid in is a book review of Boehmes Sammtliche Werke edited by Will-Erich Peuckert, removed from a copy of Theologische Literaturzeitung 1960 No. 6, inscribed Freundliche Grusse! and signed by Buddeck, all with original mailing envelope. There is also a Christmas card to Muses from Henry C. Backstrom laid in, dated 1966. $450.00

Part Two: Works on Jacob Boehme

23) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]; ARNOLD Gottfrid [Gottfried]. UNPARTEYISCHE KIRCHENUND KETZER-HISTORIE: vom Anfang des Neuen Testaments bis auf das Jahr Christi 1688. Franckfurt am Mayn, Bey Thomas Fritsch, 1699-1700. First edition. Two volumes [in four parts] in one. Folio [335 x 210 mm]; contemporary full blindstamped pigskin over beveled boards, brass clasps, raised bands on spine. Pagination: [half-title leaf] + [title leaf] + [18pp] + 422pp + [1] 420pp + 429 [pagination error] - 728 pp + [52pp - Register]; Volume II [1700]: [half-title leaf] + [title leaf] + [4pp] + 284pp + [7pp] + 8 - 445pp + [21pp variously numbered - pagination error] + 457 - 461pp + [3pp variously numbered - pagination error] + 463-848; Additamenta 26pp + [17pp]. Complete. Some underlining to the text in parts in an antique hand. Long inscription in Latin on front free endpaper discussing the importance and veracity of the text. Front hinge very slightly cracked, binding mildly soiled; a very good copy, clean and attractive, the clasps solid and holding, the text complete. A beautiful copy. The first edition of this major work, "a church history which is even today not out-of-date and which can still be compared with modern church historians. It covers an incredibly rich field of material and carries the student into the atmosphere of extraecclesiastical Protestantism as no other book does" (Ernst Troeltsch, Sociallehren, 1912). A valuable source of information for countless people and religious sects, including large sections on Jacob Boehme, Paracelsus, Manichaeism, the Rosicrucians, Anabaptists, Alchemy, Magic, &c, &c. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, with his personal ownership stamp on the front paste-down. $1,250.00

24) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]; BLEEK, Friedrich. JACOB BHME: VOM ZANK UND STREIT DER GELEHRTEN UM CHRISTI TESTAMENTA, Was Sie Damitte Thun und was Davon Zu Halten Sei. Berlin: 1823. First edition. Printed wrappers, bound in modern cloth, gilt titles. 40 pp. First and last leaf with some old tape repair, and reinforced with wax paper at some point; otherwise a very good copy. Extremely rare work. $150.00 25) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]. [BRITISH MUSEUM CATALOGUE] JACOB BOEHME. An Extract from the Catalogue of Printed Books of the British Museum. London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited. Sold at the British Museum. No date [1922]. First edition. Folio [375 x 250 mm], original printed wrappers, sewn on spine. 13 pp. Slightly tanned and with small creases. Very good copy. 1st separate edition printing the entire Jacob Boehme heading from the British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books. A gift by Mr. Charles John Barker of fifty-seven works by or concerning Jacob Boehme so greatly augmented the British Museum Collection that the new entries could not be conveniently inserted in the interleaved copies of the Catalogue of printed Books, already congested with the additions made during thirty-six years From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, with the JBS stamp at top of front cover (crossed out) and his ownership label placed above it. Minor marginalia in Muses hand in pencil. Scarce. $60.00 26) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]; BUDDECKE, Werner. DIE JAKOB BHME-AUSGABEN. Ein beschreibendes Verzeichnis. 2 Teil: Die Ubersetzungen. Gttingen: Verlag Dr. Ludwig Hantzschel. 1957. 1st edition.. Octavo [240 x 170 mm], original printed wrappers. 268 pp. Wrappers somewhat chipped at spine ends, and head of spine bumped; very good copy. A bibliographic work, compiling the editions and translations of Boehme's work into various languages. Volume 2 only, Vol. 1 was issued in 1937. The first volume had the German printings, this second volume deals with the editions in Latin, French, Dutch, French, Italian, etc. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society,. With the JBS stamp on the front endpaper. An Autograph Postcard Signed by the author is laid in, discussing sending this book to Muses. The postcard bears a photographic image of Gottingen, the birthplace of Boehme. $85.00 27) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]; CLAASSEN, Johannes. JACOB BOEHME, SEIN LEBEN UND SEINE THEOSOPHISCHEN WERKE IM GEORDNETEN AUSZUGE MIT EINLEITUNGEN UND ERLUTERUNGEN. Allen Christglubigen dargeboten durch Johannes Claassen. (Vol. 1: Einfhrung in Jakob Bhme; Vol. 2: Das groe Leibegeheimnis Gottes und seines Reiches Pt. 1: Vom ewigen Ungrende bis zur fleischwerdung des WOrtes; Vol. 3: Das heilige Liebegeheimnis Gottes und seines Reiches Pt. 2: Von der fleischwerdung des WOrtes bis zur ewigen Vollendung) Three Volumes in One. Stuttgart: J. F. Steinkopf, 1885. First edition. Octavo [200 x 117 mm], bound in full red cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. lxvi + 256 pp, xvi + 476pp, viii + 504 pp. Complete. Extremely rare and comprehensive work on Boehmes lifeand writings. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, signed andd dated by him (1951) on the front paste-down. $375.00 28) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]; HAMBERGER, Professor Dr. J.; BAADER, Franz von. ZUR TIEFEREN WURDIGUNG DER LEHRE JACOB BOHME'S. Besonderer Abdruck der Einleitung zu: Franz v. Baaders Sammtliche Werke, zweite Hauptabtheilung dritter Band: Vorlesungen und Erlauterungen uber J. Bohmes Lehre. Leipzig: Hermann Berthmann. 1855.

First (only) edition. Octavo [220 x 140mm], original printed yellow wrappers, the wrappers mounted on boards and bound with a plain cloth spine. 56 pp. Old, 19th century library stamp on title leaf, modern pen marks at base of title. 19th Century notes in pen in German and Greek on preliminary blanks. General soiling to covers, a very good complete copy. An extremely rare work. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, with the JBS stamp at head of title leaf and a few small notes by Muses on a rear blank. $150.00 29) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]; HOBHOUSE, Stephen. SELECTED MYSTICAL WRITINGS OF WILLIAM LAW. Edited with Notes and Twenty-Four Studies in the Mystical Theology of William Law and Jacob Boehme. London: The C.W. Daniel Company Ltd. [1940]. Second edition, originally issued in 1938. Octavo [215 x 135 mm], original blue cloth titled in gilt on spine. 395 pp., Index. Scattered foxing to page edges, clipping taped to front free endpaper. Very good copy in chipped and torn dust wrapper. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, with his ownership signature and JBS stamp on front endpaper. The entire volume has extensive notes in pen by Muses, - to the text, the margins, both rear endpapers, the rear dust wrapper flap and even both the front & rear panels on the dust wrapper! Laid in is a two-page ALS with envelope from the author addressed to Muses, dated 28 October, 1952, plus Muses two-page typed carbon copy reply dated 4 November 1952. Muses letter to Hobhouse is scathing, accusing him in part of ignoring Freyers influence on Law. There is also an order form for Hobhouses Autobiography laid in. A unique copy. $275.00 30) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]; [NOE, Juif Polonais]. CLEF OU EXPLICATION DES DIVERS POINTES ET TERMES PRINCIPAUX EMPLOYES PAR JACOB BOEHME, Dans Ses Ouvrages. Traduite de l'Allemand sue l'edition de ses Oeuvres completes imprimees en 1715. Sur l'dition rarissime de 1826. Paris: Dorbon L'Aine, Librarie. No Date (1910) 1st edition thus. Octavo [203 x 125 mm], bound in half blue cloth over marbled boards, spine titled in gilt, original wrappers bound in. [6], lxvii, 70 p., [1] folded table of "Trois Pricipes de la Manifestation Divine" at rear. Text in French. Binding a trifle rubbed, pages mostly unopened; a very good, clean copy. Rare work on Boehme. "Cet ouvrage est attribu dans le Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes de A.A. Barbier 'Noe, juif Polonais'". Contents: De la vie et de la mort de Jacob Bhme -Relation vritable faite par Corneille Weissner, docteur en mdicine, de la douceur, de l'humilit et d l'amabilit de Jacob Bhme, et de l'examen qu'il a subi Dresde, en prsence de S.A. electorale et de huit principaux professeurs - Lettre de M. le baron Abraham de Frankenberg, auteur de La vie de J.B., du 21 octobre 1641 - Lettre d'un magistrat de Grlitz, touchant la personne et les crits de Jacob Bhme - Clef, ou, Explication des divers points et termes principaux, employs par l'auteur dans ses ouvrages, faite au mois d'avril 1624, par Jacob Bhme. $125.00 31) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]; SHEPHEARD, Harold B., M.A. IN JACOB BEHMENS SCHOOL. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1926. First edition. Octavo [180 x 155 mm], original green cloth, gilt titles on spine. 90 pp. Library numbers in white on spine, no other library marks. Very good copy. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, with his extensive notes covering both rear endpapers. $30.00 32) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]; THUNE, Nils. THE BEHMENISTS AND THE PHILADELPHIANS: A Contribution to the Study of English Mysticism in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells, 1948. First edition. Octavo [243 x 163 mm], original printed

wrappers. 229 pp, frontispiece portrait of John Pordage. Wrappers a bit crumpled and with small edge-tears, a few pages dog-eared, very good copy. Academic work on Jacob Boehme and his followers, Jane Leade, John Pordage and the Philadelphians. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, with his ownership stamp on the recto of the frontispiece and signature on title leaf. Laid in is a two-page TLS with envelope addressed to Muses from Rev. E. Lewis Evans, Pontardulais, Wales, dated 1953, offering a translation (included) of what the Rev. William Hobley wrote of Freher. Pordage is also mentioned. Muses 2 page typed carbon-copy response is included. Also laid in is a two-page TLS (in German) from Dr. Hans Krabusch, Universitats-Bibliothek Heidelberg dated 1952, discussing books by Dionysius Andreas Freher. Again, Muses typed carbon copy response is included. $200.00 33) BOEHME, Jacob [Bhme]; VETTERLING, Herman. THE ILLUMINATE OF GRLITZ; Or Jakob Bhme's (1575 - 1626) Life and Philosophy. A Comparative Study. Leipzig: Markert & Peters. 1923. First edition, limited to 50 copies only. Thick quarto, [245 x 175 mm], original brown cloth with Ouroborous design in gilt on front panel, green cloth spine titled and with the design repeated in gilt. [x] + 1453 pp, Index, Bibliography. Frontispiece, text illustrations. Small marks to the cloth and a few silverfish tracks to the spine panel. A rare work in the original edition. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, signed by him on the front endpaper, dated Lausanne, 1960, a few pen marks by him to the index but relatively clean. The original quote from a German Bookseller - dated 1960, with notes in Muses hand is loosely laid in. Also laid in is a seven page letter to Muses from Henry C. Backstrom pertaining to Boehme, also dated 1960. $550.00

Part Three: Related Materials

34) [BAADEN, Franz V]. CLAASSEN, Johannes. LEBEN UND THEOSOPHISCHE WERKE ALS INBEGRIFF CHRISTLICHER PHILOSOPHIE. Vollstndinger, wortgetreuer Auszug in geordneten Einzelstzen. Den Freunden der ewigen Wahrheit dargeboten durch Johannes Claassen. Stuttgart: J.F. Steinkopf. 1886-1887. First edition. Two volumes. Octavo [215 x 130 mm], original printed wrappers. Frontispiece portrait in Volume One. 432 + 634 pp., Index. Some mild chipping to spine tips, covers slightly crumpled, spines neatly glazed. A very good, clean copy. An extremely important survey of the work of Franz Xavier von Baader (1765-1841), Mystical Philosopher and Theosophist, whose philosophy and writings are similar to and influenced by Jacob Boehme. Very scarce. $325.00 35) COLBERG, Ehregott Daniel. DAS PLATONISCH-HERMETISCHES CHRISTENTHUM, Begreiffend Die Historische Erzehlung vom Ursprung und vielerley Secten der heutigen Fanatischen Theologie, unterm Namen der Paracelsisten, Weigelianer, Rosencreutzer, Quacker, Bohmisten, Wiedertauffer, Bourignisten, Labadisten, Und Quietisten. Ausgefertiget von EhreGott Daniel Colberg. Leipzig : Gleditsch, 1710. Reprint, 1st issued in 1690 -91. Octavo,[162 x 95 mm], 19th century full calf, the spine with raised bands, gilt decorations & title labels, marbled endpapers, all edges stained red. Pagination: [Engraved frontispiece] + [title leaf] + [20pp] + 438pp + [title leaf to Volume II] + [30pp] + 771pp + [52pp Register]. Complete. Spine split at hinges (needs rebacking); old binders tape on inner hinges, heraldic bookplate of Thomas South on front paste-down. Internally near fine, binding in some need of repair. An important work, a violent outburst by Colberg [1659-1698] against the Alchemists, Rosicrucians, Behmenists, Anabaptists

and other fanatical sects. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, although not marked so by him. Rare. $375.00 36) GICHTEL, Johann Georg. UEBERFELD, Johann Wilhelm [editor] MICHELMANN, Jacob [contributor] DER WUNDER-VOLLE UND HEILIGGEFHRTE LEBENS-LAUF des Auserwehlten Rstzeugs und Hochseligen Mannes Gottes Johann Georg Gichtels. [Theosophia Practica Volume Seven] : No place [Leyden]. No publisher. No date [1722]. First edition. Octavo [165 x 112 mm], contemporary full calf over beveled boards, front and rear panels bordered in blind, the spine plain with raised bands, brass clasps. 470 + [168] pp. Collation: a-z8, Aa-Ff4, a4,bh8, a-k8, a4, b-c8, )( 8. [Complete]. Mild browning to the text. Binding glazed, slight erosion to leather on the clasps but holding firm, minor scuffs. A sound copy, very good and attractive. Issued as Volume 7 of Gichtels great work THEOSOPHICA PRACTICA, edited by Johann Wilhelm Ueberfeld and published posthumously. An important mystical text: Gichtel was a disciple of Boehme and heavily influenced by him, he edited the first collected works of Boehme in 1682. Gichtel did have specific religious views which he arrived at independently of Boehme, he attracted a small group of followers known as Gichtellians or Brethren of the Angels. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, with the JBS stamp on the front free endpaper. $475.00 37) POIRET, Peter. WIESER, Max. PETER POIRET. DER VATER DER ROMANISCHEN MYSTIK IN DEUTSCHLAND. Zum Ursprung der Romantik in Deutschland. Mnchen, G. Mller. 1932. First edition. Octavo [225 x 150 mm], original black cloth titled and decorated in gilt. 348 pp., plates. A near fine copy in a nice dust wrapper which has a few scuffs and tiny chips. Peter Poiret [1646-1719], German mystic, influenced by Boehme. Poiret amassed a major library, and compiled an index of mystical works almost as complete as possible for the time. This index appears here, pp. 226-238. From the library of Charles Muses, founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, with his signature and the JBS stamp on the front free endpaper. Very scarce in hardcover. $125.00 38) POIRET, Peter. WIESER, Max. PETER POIRET. DER VATER DER ROMANISCHEN MYSTIK IN DEUTSCHLAND. Zum Ursprung der Romantik in Deutschland. Mnchen, G. Mller. 1932. First edition. Octavo [225 x 150 mm], original printed wrappers. 348 pp., plates. Mild creases to wrappers, a clean, very good copy. A duplicate of the above, in printed paper wrappers as is commonly found. $50.00 39) PORDAGE, John [as Johann Pordasche]. GTTLICHE UND WAHRE METAPHYSICA, oder wunderbahre, durch eigene Erfahrung erlangte Wissenschafft der unsichtbaren und ewigen Dinge, nemlich von denen Unsichtbaren Welten, als der gttlichen, der ewigen Natur, der Englischen, der Hlle und paradiischen, ihren Einwohnern, deren Regierung, Gestalt, Sprache, Verrichtung und andern Wundern ... : nebst einer Einleitung in die darin enthaltenen Materien / durch Johann Porddschen. Aus dem Engl. ... bers. Two volumes [of three]. Franckfurt ; Leipzig : Hagen, 1715. First edition. Two volumes, small octavo [150 x 90 mm], later marbled boards with cloth spine, gilt titles, plain cloth with gilt titles to Vol. 2. Vol 1: 704pp + [29pp - Register], Vol 2: 360pp + 209pp + 261pp + [25pp- Register]. With three copper engravings in Volume 1 (one folding) plus several figures in the text. Lacks portrait. Corners cut from front flyleaves of both volumes, light wear to bindings. Sound copies, very good, texts complete. The

first edition, in German, translated from the English manuscripts, of Pordages magnum opus. An Anglican rector of Bradfield who experienced visionary revelations of angelic and demonic proportions, twice tried for heresy, and removed from his ministry on the second occasion. He had visions of angels and dragons, spirits and invisible worlds. He became the leader of The Philadelphians, a protestant (non-Anglican) religious sect, and was a follower of the ideas and philosophy of Jacob Boehme. His books are elaborate, lucid and concise works of Christian Mysticism. From the library of Charles Muses, with his ownership stamp on the front endpapers, and several small pencil notes in his hand, mostly confined to the rear endpapers. Several of the notes are quite interesting and relate directly to the text and work of Pordage. Quite scarce indeed. $750.00

Part Four: The Jacob Boehme Society Quarterly

40) MUSES, Charles A. [editor]. THE JACOB BOEHME SOCIETY QUARTERLY. A Full Set. New York: The Jacob Boehme Society. 1952-1956. Quarto [280 x 220 mm], original printed wrappers, first two volumes in the publishers cloth. Comprises: Vol 1, Nos 1-8; Vol 2, Nos 1-4; Vol 3, Nos 1-4; Vol 4, Nos 1-3; together, 19 issues, All Published. Vol 1 bound in publishers red cloth, Vols 2 & 3 bound together in publishers blue cloth, Vols 3 & 4 in original printed wrappers. Portraits, Illustrations, and facsimiles throughout. Some stains to upper edges and margins of bound volume 2 & 3, front cover of last issue also stained. Very good set. Subtitled A periodical devoted to the thought of Jacob Boehme Philosophus Centralis and dedicated in his spirit of impartial truth to modern applications of the truth. Many of the contributions were written by Chareles Muses, the founder and secretary of the Jacob Boehme Society. Among the contributions of note are a series of articles reproducing a selection of illustrations from the work of Dionysius Andreas Freher (done into manuscript by his disciple Leuchter, after Frehers passing) entitled Paradoxa, Emblemata, Aenigmatica, Hieroglyphica, De Uno, Toto, Puncto, Centro (circa. 1730). The editors own copies, specially bound. One set available. $450.00 41) MUSES, Charles A. [editor]. THE JACOB BOEHME SOCIETY QUARTERLY. New York: The Jacob Boehme Society. 1952-1956. Quarto [280 x 220 mm], original printed wrappers. Extra individual issues available: Vol 1, Nos 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; Vol 2, Nos 1, 2, 3, and 4; Vol 3, Nos 1, 2, 3, and 4; and Vol 4, Nos 1 and 2. Near fine copies. $20.00 / issue. Terms: Prices are in Canadian Dollars, net. Books are offered subject to prior sale. Postage is extra, at cost. To order any item from this list, contact: Michael John Thompson Thompson Rare Books 5275 Jerow Road, Hornby Island, BC Canada V0R 1Z0 / Phone: 250-335-1182 Email: mjt@mjtbooks.com http://www.ThompsonRareBooks.com http://www.Mjtbooks.com