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The Religio Medici and Other Writings (Everyman's Library #92)
by BROWNE, Sir Thomas
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
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About This Item
London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1945. Hardcover. A 1945 reprint of the 1906 issuance. A wartime Everyman's Library edition of the famous treatise on religion and Christianity by Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682). Also included are other writings of Browne, including his "Christian Morals" and a glossary at rear of volume. The author was an intellectual and a physician who wrote on a wide variety of subjects. Includes an introduction by C. H. Herford. Entry 92 in the Everyman's Library Theology & Philosophy series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In EL binding style 3 with full blue cloth-covered boards and gilt-stamped spine titling; blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed 'shell' to cover and brown topstain. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With prior owners' bookplate affixed to front paste-down, a few spots of soiling to cloth, and general age-toning to leaves, else a tightly-bound, unmarked copy.; 16mo (6 - 7 in. tall); xvi, [2], 296, 4 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87940
- Title
- The Religio Medici and Other Writings (Everyman's Library #92)
- Author
- BROWNE, Sir Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- London / New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Religion and Spirituality;
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