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London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No. 867 of an edition limited to 1,600 copies (400 for sale in the U.S.), hand-numbered on rear colophon, bound in limp vellum, lettered in gilt, deckled text block edges with top edge in gilt, slipcased. Designed by Francis Meynell, composed by T. W. Hay, printed on Van Gelder paper at the Curwen Press. Minor tanning/foxing to covers, with a hint of dampstaining along back cover fore-edge, bend/crease to bottom back corner. Slightly foxed endpapers, former owner's illus. book plate mounted inside front cover, interior otherwise clean and unmarked. Minor shelf wear to slipcase. Glanvill's 1688 translation..

[London:] Nonesuch Press, 1929 One of 1,200 copies for sale by the Nonesuch Press. Another 400 copies were sold in the United States by Random House. Designed by Francis Meynell and composed by T.W. Hay. The text is taken from the first known edition of Glanvill's translation (1688). . Original full limp parchment with gilt decoration and gilt title on spine. Octavo. With a title-page vignette of astrological symbols printed in red and black. Also with eight headpieces in blue and gray with gold accents, all hand-stenciled by T.L. Poulton. Printed in Janson type on Van Gelder paper at the Curwen Press. Minor toning to front cover and to edges. A near-fine copy of a beautiful Nonesuch Press production.  In the Nonesuch Century, Meynell noted: "Usually a stenciled illustration is printed in black, and color is thereafter applied to the key pattern. Here there is no printing at all: the whole decoration is stenciled."