Paris: Hachette & Cie 1860. Fine. Hachette & Cie Paris 1860 11 x 18 cm 2 volumes reliés First edition. Contemporary half navy sheep bindings smooth spines decorated with quadruple gilt fillets dark brown paper boards. In these first two volumes of the tetralogy: The Devils of Loudun the Jansenist convulsionnaires the divining rod and the Protestant diviners. Copies virtually free from any foxing. Hachette & Cie hardcover
Milano: Treves 1896. Un volume 25 cm di XI-654 pagine. Sedicesima edizione italiana con 307 incisioni disegnate per la massima parte sopra animali viventi e numerose note e aggiunte. Legatura coeva in mezza pergamena e tela titolo al dorso. Nella collezione Vita e costumi degli animali. Qualche usura ai m argini della legatura peraltro condizioni molto buone. Treves unknown
Boston: Roberts Brothers 1893. Hardcover. Good. 175 X 125 mm pp. 321 2 p. ads. Translation by Abby Langdon Alger. Green publishers cloth binding with gilt title and author on cover and spine. Some spotting to cover. Top endband detatched. Overall GOOD condition. Joys Beyond the Threshold is a sequel to Tomorrow of Death blending speculative science with spiritual imagination. In this work Louis Figuier advances a striking vision of the afterlife in which human souls migrate through planetary space evolve into higher intellectual and moral beings and ultimately fulfill their purpose beyond earthly existence. The book promises reunion with loved ones communion with the great minds of history and the realization of ambitions denied in life—an imaginative quasi-scientific consolation aimed at readers searching for belief meaning and hope beyond death. Roberts Brothers hardcover
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