The Macrocosm and Microcosm, or The Universe Without and the Universe Within (Part I: The Macrocosm)

Fishbough, William

Published by N.Y.: Fowlers and Wells, 1853

Condition: Good Hardcover

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Binding tight; pages clean; chipping to spine ends. First of two volumes, though I can't find any evidence that the second (on "the Microcosm") was ever published. A treatise from the famed publisher of any number of works on phrenology and mesmerism, with the premise that "the whole realm of created being, natural, psychological, and even spiritual, forms . . . one perfectly united System, consistent and harmonious in all its parts and interactivities." Uncommon, not surprisingly. 259 pages + 4 pages of publisher's ads (not including Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass," which Fowlers and Wells published two years after this book. 4-3/4 x 7-1/2". Seller Inventory # 3629

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Title: The Macrocosm and Microcosm, or The Universe...

Publisher: N.Y.: Fowlers and Wells

Publication Date: 1853

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

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Hi all! I've been accumulating volumes for well over half my life, mostly autographed and inscribed copies. Wrote a book on book collecting for a Random House imprint in 2004 and another, "Book Collecting Now: The Value of Print in a Digital Age," for Chatwin Books, published in 2019. I intended to keep most of these books forever, but my wife and I decided to move to Manhattan, which meant downsizing from an enormous suburban house, with practically unlimited bookshelf space, to an apartment in Greenwich Village. So hello, AbeBooks!

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