Journal of the American Akademe, Vol III, No. 7.
Orange, NJ: Press of the Orange Chronicle, 1887. First edition. 8vo, [147]-175pp. Publisher's printed paper wrappers, saddle-stitched. Some sunning to bottom edge of front wrapper, faint vertical crease throughout. Very good.
Single issue of this quite scarce journal from prominent theosophist and Neoplatonist, Alexander Wilder (1823-1909). From the Mission Statement, inside front wrapper:
"To promote the knowledge of Philosophic Truth, and to co-operate in the dissemination of such knowledge with a view to the elevation of the mind from the sphere of the sensuous life into that of virtue and justice, and into communion with the diviner ideas and natures."
The American Akademe was a philosophical club founded by Hiram K. Jones (1818-1903) and others in 1883, modeled after Jones's own influential Platonist academy, The Jacksonville Plato Club. Wilder served as vice president under Jones and edited the group's journal.
OCLC locates perhaps 8 holdings of any of the issues of this publication.
. Item #6441
OCLC locates perhaps 8 holdings of any of the issues of this publication.
Price: $150.00