Joseph Glanvill and Psychical Research… : William Rider & Son 1921
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William Rider and Son Scarce “Mystics and Occultists” Series Pamphlet on 17th Century Occult Researcher Joseph Glanvill
Redgrove, H. Stanley and I.M.L. Joseph Glanvill and Psychical Research In The Seventeenth Century. William Rider & Son LTD. London. 1921. First edition.
Scarce volume on writer and noted anti—skeptic Joseph Glanvill, from the “Mystics and Occultists” occult history series created by notable esoteric publisher William Rider of the Rider-Waite Tarot. Noted for his works on religion and natural philosophy, Glanvill sparked controversy in the 1660s with his arguments for the existence of magic, witchcraft, and good and evil spirits. Fragilely bound, surviving copies from this series are difficult to come by. The author, H. Stanley Redgrove, was also noted for his other writings on occult subject, several printed by Rider, including Alchemy: Ancient and Modern, and other titles.
59 copies found in OCLC as of December 2023.
93pp + 2 ads. Perfect bound in printed cloth wraps. Corners and spine ends worn. Bubbling to spine. Minor warping front wrap. Textblock and pages toned but clean. Portrait frontis. Good.
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