248 - [THEOSOPHY, RUSSIAN EMIGRANT PUBLICATIONS]

[THEOSOPHY, RUSSIAN EMIGRANT PUBLICATIONS] LOT consisting of: 1) RADDA-BAÏ (E. P. BLAVATSKAYA). Mysterious Tribes of the “Blue Mountains.” Drubar in Lagore. Ed. Olga Diakova, Berlin, [1925]. 310 pp., in-12, later binding, A.B.E. Illustrated cover preserved with provenance inscription: Library of the Russian Theosophical Circle of Brussels. 2) BLAVATSKY, E. P. The Secret Doctrine. A Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy by the Author of Isis Unveiled. Translated by Elena Roerich. 2 VOLS. “Uguns,” Riga, 1937. Vol. I: Cosmogony, 845 pp., as is. Copy bearing a dedication dated June 2, 1939: “To the ‘White Lotus’ Department, a gift from the Council of the Russian Theosophical Society (from books donated by E. I. Roerich).” Stamp of the Russian Theosophical Society of Geneva on the half-title page. Vol. II: Anthropogenesis, 1,008 pp., as is. Copy bearing the same inscription dated June 2, 1939, and the stamp of the Russian Theosophical Society Outside Russia in Geneva on the half-title page. Publisher’s bindings, in-8. A remarkable collection of Theosophical publications from the Russian emigration, extremely rare. [THEOSOPHY, EMIGRANT PUBLICATIONS] LOT: 1) RADDA-BAY (E. P. BLAVATSKAYA). Mysterious Tribes in the “Blue Mountains” of Drubar in Lagor. Published by Olga Dyakova & Co., Berlin, [1925]. 310 pp., 20 × 13.5 cm, owner’s binding, in fair condition (the publisher’s cover with the owner’s inscription “Library of the Russian Theosophical Circle in Brussels” is preserved) 2) [ROERICH, E., trans.] BLAVATSKAYA, E.P. The Secret Doctrine: A Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy by E.P. Blavatskaya, author of *Isis Unveiled*. [In 2 vols.] Vols. 1–2. “Uguns,” Riga, 1937. Vol. 1: Cosmogensis, 845 pp., in good condition (minor creases in the binding on the spine side, minor tears in the binding along the spine), with a dedication dated June 2, 1939: “To the ‘White Lotus’ Section, a gift from the RTO Council (from books donated by E.I. Roerich),” stamp on the half-title page from the Russian Theosophical Society in Geneva. Vol. 2: Anthropogenesis, 1,008 pp., in good condition (stains, tear on the spine, moisture stains), with a dedication dated June 2, 1939: “A gift to the ‘White Lotus’ Branch from the RTO Council (from books donated by E.I. Roerich),” stamp on the half-title page from the Russian Theosophical Society Outside Russia in Geneva. In the publisher’s binding, 24 × 16.5 cm. The principal theosophical work by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (née von Hahn; 1831–1891), devoted to the problems of cosmic evolution. First edition in Russian. A great rarity. Within the émigré structure of the Russian Theosophical Society Outside Russia, a “White Lotus” section/lodge did indeed exist. In a scholarly article by E. V. Kryazheva-Kartseva on the Russian branches of the Theosophical Society in exile, “White Lotus” is explicitly mentioned among the overseas branches.