Mill John Trans (3 results)

IN HEBREW. TWO PARTS BOUND TOGETHER. 17.5X12 cm. IX+396 pages. Gilt hardcover. In good condition. The book is in : Hebrew.

Hardcover. Condition: Good- to good condition. Second edition. Duodecimo. 478pp. Original calf with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Engraved title page vignette with biblical reference. Typeset by Watson & Bange. Text of the New Testament printed in Greek, printed in double columns. Second printing of this edition. The first edition was published in 1800. See American Philosophical Association Proceedings in 1949, vol. 80, page 420, footnote 56. With chronological table of the books of the New Testament in English at front. With late readings in Mark 16:9ff and John 7:53-8:11. Text in Greek. Binding with some scuffing along edges and spine, here with some chipping at head of spine. Bookplate of the United Theological Seminary Library on inside front cover; library sticker printed in red on inside back cover. Some light staining of upper half of front free endpaper and title page. Library stamp on verso of title page. Some age-toning and light dampstaning of block.…

First edition in Japanese of Mill's classic exposition of his philosophy, as translated by his primary champion in Japan. Following the Meiji Restoration and the end of Japanese isolationism, the new government sponsored the translation of many Occidental texts as tools for understanding Western geopolitical superiority. Many of those engaged in this programme took 19th-century England - rather than 18th-century France - as their model for a fully enlightened state. Millian utilitarianism, moreover, with its ultimate emphasis on the collective interests of society was seen to be more directly palatable to minds trained on Confucianism than French offerings from the Age of Enlightenment. This translation was undertaken by Nishi Amane (1829-1897), a philosopher then teaching at Kaieisho College in Tokyo. 2 vols, octavo. Publisher's red ink seal on title page as issued; title page printed on red paper and laid down onto inner front wrapper of vol. I, text in Japanese. Original yellow paper wrappers, original white thread fukuro-toji binding, spine ends capped with green cloth, original printed paper labels on front wrappers. Housed in modern blue cloth folding case. Light rubbing and creasing, contents generally fresh: a very good copy indeed.…