Herbert algernon 1792 1855 (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Hbk, lxxx1, 221 p. Blue cloth binding with lettering in gilt on spine. A clean unmarked copy in very good condition. [Great Britain - History - Politics - Celtic - Anglo-Saxon - King Arthur]. Heavy item that will incur extra charges for overseas shipping. r196 / m13905. …

First Edition. [Esoterica] FIRST EDITION, ex libris Supreme Council, 33° (Masonic lodge). Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2] iv; 247 [3]. Rebound in later blue half calf, marbled paper over boards. Red gilt-lettered label, raised bands, and gilt masonic symbols to spine. Marbled endpapers and textblock edges matching design on boards. Internally bright and clean, previous owner's extensive annotations in black ink and pencil throughout. Official masonic bookplate to front pastedown, 'Supreme Council, 33°.' Boards bright, minor sunning to spine. Gentle rubbing and wear to extremities. Herbert's thesis that Stonehenge was not an inconceivable, unknown construction built by ancient Britons, but a monument that was only possible following the collapse of the Roman empire. Scarce.…

Condizione: Good. 4to. [4], 238pp. Later cloth . Chipping on a few pages.Stamps of Brooklyn city Library and the Long Island Historial Society on the title page. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:30659346 (microfilm only). Very rare."An Essay on the Neo-Druidic Heresy in Britannia" is an 1838 work byAlgernon Herbert that posits a secret, surviving form of ancient paganism disguised as Christianity in post-Roman Britain. Herbert argues that the bards preserved pagan beliefs, or "Neo-Druidism," under the guise of Christian nomenclature, creating an esoteric cult that he called a "heresy". His work theorizes that this hidden paganism was influenced by and syncretized with Christianity, leading to a unique belief system in Britannia.…