1. Cordus, Euricius / Brasavola, Antonio Musa / [Hieronymus Schreiber / Jerôme Schreiber]

Botanologicon (Euricii Cordi Simesusii Medici Botanologicon) – Angebunden / Bound with: Antonio Musa Brasavola – Examen omnium simplicium medicamentorum, quorum in officinis usus est. Addita sunt Insuper Aristotelis problemata, quae ad stirpium genus, & oleracea pertinent.

Cologne (Köln) / Leyden (Lyon), Johann Gymnicus (Gymnich) / Johannes and Franciscus Frellon, 1534 / 1537. Octavo. Collation complete: I. Euricius Cordus – Botanologicon: Title with the woodcut device of Cologne-printer Johann Gymnicus, including his Motto, the first line of a Verse from the Aeneid by Virgil ‘Discite Iustitiam Moniti’, 183, [21] pp., 2 blank leaves. The titlepage of the Botanologicon bears the manuscript ownership-entry of Nuremberg’s Astronomer, Philosopher and Mathematician Hieronymus Schreiber [also called Jerôme Schreiber], student-friend of Euricius Cordus’ son Valerius Cordus in Wittenberg and later trustee of Valerius Cordus’ scholarly estate after Valerius Cordus’ premature death in Rome. Dated in the same hand on the titlepage also the entry ‘Anno 1539’, when Valerius Cordus matriculated at Wittenberg and Schreiber already had studied there since May 1532. With several contemporary manuscript annotations throughout both titles (the Botanologicon and Examen) / II. A. M. Brasavola – Examen omnium simplicium medicamentorum: Title, [1], [‘Reverendissimo to Ioannes Argenterius’, 4 pp.], [‘Ad Illustris & Sereniss. (‘Epistola Nuncupatoria’) to the Duces of Ferrara’ 17 pp.], [Epigramma, 1 p.], [Examen & Aristotelis Problemata 542 pages, [Dedication to Franciscus Frellaeus, 2 pp.], [Index copiosissimus in Examen Omnium, 13 pp.], [1]. With several manuscript annotations. Original, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards with some stronger signs of running to the corners, with partially bevelled edges and both of the original metal clasps intact. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Title in ink to upper spine and also to top of fore-edge. Very few pressed plants loosely inserted. Interior in excellent condition with some minor staining to very few pages only.

2. Russell, Bertrand.

Collection of important publications by and on the British Philosopher Bertrand Russell [some of the publications from libraries of important philosophers like Quine]. The collection includes: 1. Bertrand Russell – War – The Offspring of Fear (First Edition – London, 1914) / 2. Bertrand Russell – Ideas that have harmed Mankind – Man’s Unfortunate Experience with his self-made enemies, including sadistic Impulses, Religion, Superstition, Envy, Economic Nationalism, Pride, Racism, Sex Superiority, Creeds and other evil things. (First Edition – Girard (Kansas), 1946) [From the library of Henry David Aiken] / 3. Bertrand Russell – Scientific Method in Philosophy (First Edition – Oxford, 1914) / 4. [Bertrand Russell] Paul Foulkes – Wisdom of the West (London, 1960) / 5. Bertrand Russell – The Analysis of Mind (London, 1951) / 6. Bertrand Russell – “Per Aspera ad Astra” (in: “Science and the Future of Mankind” – together with essays by Albert Einstein, Robert Oppenheimer others, this copy used to belong to the library of Boston’s “Simmons College”) / 7. Ronald Jager – The Development of Bertrand Russell’s Philosophy [From the library of philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine (with inscription and signed by Jager to Quine)] / 8. Quine, Willard Van Orman / Heimpel, Carl G./ Wang, Hao – Symposium – Issue on Bertrand Russell by “The Journal of Philosophy”: ‘The Philosophy of Bertrand Russell’: Willard van Orman Quine – Russell’s Ontological Development / Carl G. Hempel – On Russell’s Phenomenological Constructionism / Hao Wang – Russell and Philosophy // A Historical Survey of Western Philosophy in its Social and Political Setting.

London / Oxford / Den Haag and others, Clarendon Press / Dr.Junk / Allen and Unwin / Macdonald & Co. Ltd., 1914 – 1972. Original Hardcover and Softcover – Bindings. Only one publications iwth some minor damage, otherwise all publications in very good or even better condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] / Dewey, John.

German Philosophy and Politics.

First Edition. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1915. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. 134 pages. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the reference library of sociologist Kurt Wolff, with his annotations and markings in the text.

4. [Stanley Cavell Collection] – [Cavell, Stanley] / Oksenberg Rorty, Amélie.

The Many Faces of Philosophy. Reflections from Plato to [Hannah] Arendt.

First Edition. Oxford and others, Oxford University Press, 2003. 25.8cm x 18.5cm. XXIX, (2), 512 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of philosopher Stancley Cavell. Inscribed / Signed by the editor Amélie Oksenberg Rorty to philosopher Stanley Cavell.

5. Saisselin, Remy G.

The Rule of Reason and the Ruses of the Heart. A Philosophical Dictionary of Classical French Criticism, Critics, and Aesthetic Issues.

Cleveland, The Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1970. 16 x 24 cm. 308 pages. Hardcover. Original cloth with dustjacket. Very good condition. Dustjacket shows only traces of usage. Wrapped in protective mylar. Very clean copy.

6. Russell, Bertrand.

Wisdom of the West. A Historical Survey of Western Philosophy in its Social and Political Setting.

London, Macdonald & Co. Ltd, 1959. 21 cm x 28.2 cm. 320 pages. With black and white and colour illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7. Russell, Bertrand.

Wisdom of the West. A Historical Survey of Western Philosophy in its Social and Political Setting.

London, Macdonald & Co. Ltd, 1960. 21 cm x 28.2 cm. 320 pages. With black and white and colour illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. With only minor foxing to endpapers, pastedowns and edges. Minor rubbing to spine and corners. Otherwise interior bright and clean.