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An Investigation into Principles, &c by Baldwin, George. [Blake, William, assoc.]

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Title: An Investigation into Principles, &c
Author: Baldwin, George. [Blake, William, assoc.]
Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description: 1801. [London : Dalla Stamperia di Gul. Bulmer, 1801]. Thick 4to, [2], [1], 1-721 pp. Printed in English and Italian. Contemporary red straight-grained goatskin, flat spine banded with double gilt rules, single gilt rule to the margins of the boards, all edges gilt, some foxing to the preliminaries, binding repaired and refurbished, still showing some scratches and stains, but still an attractive copy. ß Only edition, of absolute rarity (three copies recorded, none at auction,one in the marketplace bought by Yale). Maggs wrote of this copy: "Written by an associate of William Blake, this is a profoundly eccentric production, full of the revolutionary spirit of the times, combining mysticism, philosophy, electricity and magnetism. One of an unknown number of copies privately printed for the author, without a title page, by George Bulmer, all of them intended for presentation to the author s friends, this copy bearing the 19th Century ownership inscription Girdlestone , for whose identity there are several candidates, none completely convincing. It is in two parts, the first "An Investigation into Principles", written in English, is a series of reflections on the nature of elements, gravitation ( the pressure of the general ethereal fluid against our orb ), time ( Look for time in the vast expanse, Eternity will start to view, and time revolve no more ) tides, earthquakes and the lack of salt in rain (when raised into the sky by waterspouts, it is sweetened by the action of electricity). His logic is baffling at times, demonstrating the wisdom of a forward five year old or of an experienced haschischan : for instance he observes that gravity isn t all that Newton cracked it up to be, since water from a known principle in hydraulics rises to the top of mountains, which truth he derives from the fact that rivers never run dry. On the Barleycorn , is a dialogue between Mata and Ata based on a conversation [with George Finch, Earl of Winchilsea], concerning wisdom, folly, genius, reason, the individuality and the faculty of the soul. The second part is titled "On the Soul. On Magnetism. Magnetic Productions." and comprises the transcripts of Avena s automatic writings (see below), in Italian, many with English introductions, and some untranscribed writings dismissed as too confused to merit attention . There are a total 51 sessions in the first year, dated to Alessandria 1796 , 52 in the second year, and 27 in the third and last year. The last two years have almost no English narrative. In researching this book, we [Maggs] rely heavily on the intoxicating and brilliant essay by Marsha Schuchard "Blake s Healing Trio: Magnetism, Medicine, and Mania" published in Blake, an Illustrated Quarterly, Vol 23, Issue 1 which explores Blake s relationship with the eclectic network of illuminÈs, which included Swedenborgians, Freemasons, and Cabalists who shared his interest in animal magnetism spirit-communication, and erotic trances . George Baldwin was one of these, and is included, as Baldwin of Egypt s Lake in a vicious later (1808 - 1811) poem attacking their lack of commitment to his studies. Baldwin, born in 1744, was an author and diplomat who became very wealthy in the later years of the 18th century, establishing trade links for the East India Company with Egypt, owning a monopoly of the British trade route through Suez, demonstrating remarkable prescience about the importance to British trade of this route to the east. He was British Consul-General in Egypt from 1786 to 1796, in which position he warned the British Government of French plans to take over Egypt, a warning which was largely ignored. When the French invaded Egypt in 1798 he left the country for Italy, leaving behind substantial property in Alexandria, which was seized by the French. He was of considerable help in the planning of the British counter invasion, returning to Egypt in 1801 with the British forces, and claimed the credit for the decision to breach the canal in Alexandria and flood Lake Mareotis to hinder French navigation, which played a significant role in the recapture of Egypt - this is what Blake refers to when he mentions Baldwin of Egypt s Lake. It is attractive to think of a time in which a man could be a senior servant of the state as well as indulging in such arcane personal tastes. Baldwin s wife, Jane Malpass, a famous Greek beauty, sat for her portrait to Sir Joshua Reynolds and to Richard Cosway, who introduced Baldwin to English devotees who believed in healing by magnetism, which, although he was a popular figure in English society, made him the subject of some ridicule. Some Blake scholars believe that Jane Malpass is one of the figures in Blake s Vala manuscript. Baldwin had come across what he claimed were many cures in Egypt using magnetism, and experimented on himself with, he said, considerable success. His Magus, so to speak, was an itinerant poet, one Cesare Avena di Valdieri, who passed on his gifts to Baldwin during magnetic sleep. The Principles begins in English with a history of the development of Animal Magnetism, then turns to Italian and intertwines the further exploration of the theme with the story of Baldwin s contact with the spirit of his lost first love through the mediumship of Valdieri in a magnetised trance. Both Blake and Baldwin believed that the same Muse that dictated spirit writings to them also inspired Milton in the writing of Paradise Lost . Baldwin was in London from 1781-6 where he must have first encountered the English school of Animal Magnetism, a fashionable science begun largely by Franz Anton Mesmer who was for a while very successful as a practitioner in London society. It is highly likely that Baldwin made the acquaintance of Blake during these years. Mesmer was soon eclipsed by his disciple Dr. John Bonniot de Mainaduc, who became a very rich man treating the great and the good of British society, from Royalty downwards. Mainaduc published in 1798 a series of lectures (with a frontispiece by Cosway) where much of the phraseology bears a striking resemblance to the writings of Blake. Baldwin was back in Egypt in 1786, from where he ordered many publications on Animal Magnetism, and on his interest in native medicines with their use of magic and trance states. He set himself up as a practitioner and claimed much success as a healer - it is thought that a drawing from Blake s notebooks showing a cloaked man wearing a turban treating a young crippled girl represents Baldwin. Baldwin even claimed to be able to heal the plague, rife in Egypt at the time, mainly by the use of massage with olive oil. This publication originated with Baldwin s meeting with Valdieri and his consequent magnetisation of the poet, who poured forth the verse printed here, dictated to him by spirits. In 1797 Baldwin was visited in Egypt by the art connoisseur Thomas Hope, a devotee of Animal Magnetism. The copy of this book in Emory University Library is inscribed to Hope s brother Henry, a wealthy banker and disciple of Mainaduc. The inscription reads To Henry Hope Esq from his humble servant George Baldwin author of the English part of this work and editor only of the Italian . Baldwin himself categorises the principles of the title as the discovery of a spiritual influence on the physical temperature of man . Worldcat reports only two copies in institutions worldwide, Emory University and the University of Chicago, but a deeper poke reveals a mis-catalogued copy in the British Library. Not in Crabtree, Animal Magnetism early hypnotism, and psychical research, an annotated bibliography. 1766-1925." DNB notes: "Baldwin was welcomed into London society as an exotic newcomer. He was described by Wright as 'lolling on oriental cushions, amid strange hangings' (T. Wright, Life of William Blake, 1929, 2.31) and had some interesting pictures to share. Baldwin became intrigued by Cosway's keen interest in the therapeutic powers of magnetism as expounded by John de Mainauduc. Baldwin's presence was noted in William Blake's lines: Cosway, Frazer and Baldwin of Egypt's lake, Fear to associate with Blake, This life is a warfare against evils, They heal the sick, he [Blake] casts out devils." Bentley, BBS, 495 (p. 404).

Manuscript on paper, entitled on first leaf “Goyuijo [gohozoiri] hyakkajo [“The One Hundred Articles of Testimony”] by TOKUGAWA, Ieyasu

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Title: Manuscript on paper, entitled on first leaf “Goyuijo [gohozoiri] hyakkajo [“The One Hundred Articles of Testimony”]
Author: TOKUGAWA, Ieyasu
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Description: 17 folding leaves. 8vo (265 x 191 mm), orig. patterned wrappers with paintings on each cover, old stitching. On the antepenultimate page, in a later hand using red ink in trans.: “Yakushiji Temple Horinin…copied August 1795.” An important text, which has been shrouded in secrecy for several centuries. Manuscript copies, such as the present example, were quietly made, but the Legacy of Ieyasu was not published until the early 19th century. Ieyasu Tokugawa (1543-1616) “left behind him a document, called the Legacy of Ieyasu, which to those desirous of studying the character and motives of the founder of the Tokugawa dynasty possesses a supreme interest. Some doubt has been thrown by Japanese critics on the authenticity of this composition. It has been asserted that it was not the work of Ieyasu and therefore not worthy of the reverence in which it has been held. But whether the Legacy was originally composed by him or approved and sanctioned by him, matters little for our purpose. It dates from the time of the founding of the Tokugawa shogunate, and has been an unimpeachable authority during all its history. One of the singular features in the disposition of the Legacy, to which Professor Grigsby directs attention, was the secrecy in which it was kept. The original was preserved in Kyoto and was never seen, while an authenticated copy was kept at the shogun’s court in Yedo, and once a year was open to the inspection of all above a certain rank… “The Legacy of Ieyasu consists of one hundred chapters, arranged without any attempt at logical order. Each chapter treats of a single, separate subject, and is usually of a very moderated length. As Professor Grigsby has pointed out: ‘Sixteen chapters consist of moral maxims and reflections; fifty-five are connected with politics and administrations; twenty-two refer to legal matters, and in seven Ieyasu relates episodes of his own personal history.’ The moral maxims are quoted chiefly from the works of the Chinese sages, Confucius and Mencius. While the collection on the whole has a military aspect, and plainly encourages and promotes the well-being of a military class, yet we see in it the mild and peaceful nature of Ieyasu.”–David Christie Murray, Japan, p. 151. Our manuscript, written in sumi (black) ink, contains a number of notes and additional commentary in red ink, with a few further modern annotations in blue ink. The manuscript label on the upper cover states “Momijiyama gohozoiri hyakkajo hisho” [“The One Hundred Articles of Testimony kept in the collections of the Shogun in Edo, a Secret Text”]. Throughout the manuscript, an annotator, writing in red ink, has made a number of corrections and additions to the text. An inscription in blue ink on the first leaf states that the red ink annotations derive from a comparison with the manuscript at the Yakushiji Temple in Nara. The upper wrapper has a lovely painting of Momijiyama and the surrounding landscape. The lower wrapper depicts another landscape of the area. In very good condition. The wrappers and text have some worming, touching characters, but the text is legible.

Don't Let Him Down! by [WW2] BEALL, Lester

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Title: Don't Let Him Down!
Author: [WW2] BEALL, Lester
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Description: Washington DC: Division of Information / Office For Emergency Management, 1942. Lithographed poster in colors, 101cm x 76.5cm (ca 39-3/4" x 30"). A fine example, professionally mounted on archival canvas. One of the most striking homefront posters of the Second World War. Lester Beall (1903-1969) was a pioneer in the use of photomontage in American graphic design, especially famous for his series of posters for the U.S. Rural Electrification Program in the Thirties.

Breaking Loose: African-Canadian Dance in Southwestern Ontario 1900-1955 by [AFRICAN-CANADIAN HISTORY - DANCE] SHADD, Ruth Ann

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Title: Breaking Loose: African-Canadian Dance in Southwestern Ontario 1900-1955
Author: [AFRICAN-CANADIAN HISTORY - DANCE] SHADD, Ruth Ann
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Description: Windsor: by the Author, 1995. First Edition. Octavo. Pictorial wrappers; 174pp. Private ownership stamps to bottom edge and fore edge of text block, Else a tight, VG copy with unmarked text. Rather scarce, self-published work by an Afro-Canadian dancer and educator, based on her Master's Thesis at Wayne State University.

Return to Human Decency [drop title] by AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE, NEW ENGLAND REGION

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Title: Return to Human Decency [drop title]
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Description: [Cambridge, MA: American Friends Service, New England Region, ca. 1957]. First Edition. Octavo (22.75cm.); photographically illustrated bifolium printed on cream stock. Fine. Compilation of quotes by various newssources and scientists against nuclear bomb testing, all dated 1957. Unlocated in OCLC as of September, 2015.

[CHILDREN] [SPECIAL PRESS] THE VIOLET FAIRY BOOK by Andrew Lang [Author]; Alison Lurie [Introduction]; Bob Venables [Illustrator]

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Title: [CHILDREN] [SPECIAL PRESS] THE VIOLET FAIRY BOOK
Author: Andrew Lang [Author]; Alison Lurie [Introduction]; Bob Venables [Illustrator]
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Description: London: Folio Society, 2010. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher's decorative purple cloth, with purple paper-covered slipcase; xviii, 306 pages, with 15 unnumbered leaves of plates; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~The contents are thirty-five fairy tales from a number of countries: Portugal, Rumania, Germany, Italy, Africa, Scandinavia Russia, Serbia and Japan.~~A lovely Folio Society production. Fine binding.

A Hebrew grammar compiled from some of the best authorities by Willard, Sidney

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Title: A Hebrew grammar compiled from some of the best authorities
Author: Willard, Sidney
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Description: Cambridge: printed at the University Press by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1817. First edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 86; a rubbed but sound and clean copy in original calf-backed marbled paper-covered boards. Willard's father and grandfather were both presidents of Harvard. For twenty-four years he was Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages at Harvard, and in later years a dedicated public servant serving as both state senator and mayor of Cambridge. In his preface Willard argues for his book citing the great expense to which students of theology must go to procure suitable Hebrew grammars. But surely he was not in ignorance of Sewall's (1802, 1806, 1812), Smith's (1803, 1810.), Stuart's (1813), and Carvalho's (1815) grammars, all but the last printed in either Cambridge or Boston to meet the Harvard demand. Ironically, this copy bears a 1819 ownership inscription of Samuel B. Mead of Yale.

English Books with Coloured Plates, 1790-1800. by Tooley, R.V.

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Title: English Books with Coloured Plates, 1790-1800.
Author: Tooley, R.V.
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Description: London: B.T. Batsford, (1954). Large 8vo. vii, 424 pp. "A Bibliographical Account of the Most Important Books Illustrated by English Artists in Colour Aquatint and Colour Lithography." First edition. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket.

PUMPING TESTS IN THE LOS ALAMOS CANYON WELL FIELD NEAR LOS ALAMOS NEW MEXICO by 1962WSP 1619 - I -- Theis, C.V. and Conover

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Title: PUMPING TESTS IN THE LOS ALAMOS CANYON WELL FIELD NEAR LOS ALAMOS NEW MEXICO
Author: 1962WSP 1619 - I -- Theis, C.V. and Conover
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Description: Washington, D.C.: GPO. Very Good. 1962. Softcover. USGS 1962. Wrappers, Good Condition (rubber stamp on cover). Complete with all maps and plates. .

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