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Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, vol. 78. 8vo. xxxii, 330 pp. Maroon cloth, gilt-stamped cover and spine title. Ownership signature on ffep. Fine. ISBN: 9004108238 John Murdoch was a historian of ancient Greek and medieval Latin science and philosophy. In alternate years he gave a lecture course on one or the other of these periods in pre-modern science. Each year he directed a seminar on both of these ancient and medieval fields, the topics of which vary, in addition to an advanced seminar on medieval philosophy and science, and a seminar on the establishment of medieval Latin scientific texts. / Professor Murdoch was the author of Album of Science: Antiquity and the Middle Ages (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1984). His publications in medieval science, mathematics, and philosophy include an article in The Cultural Context of Medieval Learning (D. Reidel, 1973), edited with Edith Sylla, and numerous articles on the transmission of Euclid's Elements. His particular interest was in the concepts of infinity, continuity, and limits throughout early science. [Harvard Dept. of the History of Science].…

First edition thus. Large folio (17-1/2" x 12-3/4"). (8)pp. + 11 leaves of color facsimiles + 58pp. Index. Dark green cloth lettered in gilt. Some faint scratch marks on front cover, otherwise a fine copy. William Blake drew inspiration from the Bible throughout his life. Shortly before his death in 1827, he began an illuminated manuscript of the Book of Genesis, revisiting such key themes as creation, division, and forgiveness. This edition of Blake's Genesis provides a full-size reproduction of the Huntington Library's manuscript. (OCLC) Contents: 1: The manuscript -- William Blake's Genesis manuscript -- Transcription of Blake's Genesis manuscript -- Notes to the transcription -- Substantive differences between Blake's Genesis manuscript and the King James Bible -- 2: Commentary -- Foreword, by John Murdoch -- Blake's illuminated manuscript of Genesis / Robert R. Wark -- Commentary by the editors -- Blake and the Genesis tradition -- Blake's patron, John Linnell -- The manuscript -- Notes to the editor's commentary -- Index to part 2. (OCLC).…

Zustand: New. KlappentextA history of James and Mary Murray Murdoch and their descendants. Includes maps, charts, and numerous photographs.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. First edition. 30 cm; 695 pages, color lithograph frontispiece, 10 photogravure plates, 2 color lithographs of birds, tinted lithograph of shells, and 7 wood engraved plates. Bound in original cloth. Boards pristine; some discoloration to spine and lettering. Reference: Wood, p.530. Includes Ray's "Ethnographic sketch of the natives of Point Barrow," as well as a census of Eskimos at the Cape Smythe village, an essay on the vocabulary of the Point Barrow Eskimos, natural history, and other studies. …