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The person posting the bids online has to be the person who has registered for the auction. John Uri Lloyd was an American pharmacist and leader of the eclectic medicine movement who was influential in the development of pharmacognosy, ethnobotany, economic botany, and herbalism.Īll accepted bids are contracts and are considered final and non withdrawable.Ī buyer's premium of 25% will be applied to all purchases. Etidorhpa literary clubs were founded in the United States, and some parents named their infant daughters Etidorhpa. Ideas presented in Etidorhpa include practical alchemy, secret Masonic orders, the Hollow Earth theory, and the concept of transcending the physical realm. Eventually a popular success, the book had eighteen editions and was translated into seven languages. The word 'Etidorhpa' is the backward spelling of the name 'Aphrodite.' The first editions of Etidorhpa were distributed privately later editions of the book feature numerous fanciful illustrations by John Augustus Knapp. 'To the Subscribers' sheet is laid in at front. Another facsimile note from the author is tipped in at the rear. At the front of the book are two pages containing a facsimile hand-written note from the author to the recipients of the Author's Edition. Scarce first edition of this early science fiction novel. (4to) Brown cloth with gilt lettering and design on cover and spine, top edge gilt.

With frontispiece and numerous illustrations by J.

Etidorhpa first edition