Ocultismo

Padua: Pauli Frambotti, 1651. Limp Vellum. See Description. Second Edition. 4to. pp. [18], 522, [24]. With extra engraved title page and a portrait of the author. Also includes 24 engraved plates by Giovanni Georgi - most of which are a full page. Lacks blank free end papers. Interior generally clean with mild scattered marginal foxing. Manufacturing tear on leaf Pp sealed and practically invisible. Some small binder's tears in the gutter of signature G are also carefully sealed. Bottom corner tip of the title page restored (10 x 14 mm). Original full vellum binding (rubbed, usual age-toning) with later gilt title on spine. Upper hinges near the head cap strengthened. Marco Auelio Severino (1580-1656) was a distinguished Italian anatomist and surgeon. In 1610 he was made Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at Naples. His work "Vipera pythia" discusses poisonous snakes, snake anatomy, snake venom, and the medicinal properties and virtues of snakes. Much information is given concerning the… Leer más

Paris: George Steinheil, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to. 4to. Contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, red morocco labels on spines. Three volumes bound in two. This is a limited edition of 150 copies, this being No. 11. Volume 1: xxvjii, 284 p.p.; Volume 2: 458 p.p., Volume 3: x, 477 p.p. Illustrations throughout text of alchemtical symbols. Light rubbing to spine labels and extremities to boards. Slightly bumped edges. Light foxing throughout. Top edge gilt. A nice set in fine condition. Marcellin Berthelot (1827-1907) was a French scientist and professor at College de France in Paris. Berthelot believed that all chemical reactions depend on the physical forces that can be measured. He proved that organic compounds can be formed by ordinary methods of chemical manipulation and obey the same principles as inorganic substances. He was the recipient of the Davey Medal (1883) and the Copley Medal (1900) for his scientific achievements. Berthelot was interested in and… Leer más

Santa Fe: Bocaccio Press, 1975. First edition thus. Case edges are worn; External paper surfaces somewhat soiled; Otherwise excellent condition.. Presentation copy inscribed by the illustrator(s) as 'M Taylor McCall' and parenthetically signed 'Love Mick', in addition to standard copy inscription; ('Taylor McCall' is the artist couple Mick Taylor and Sheena McCall, they are friends of the singer Donovan Leitch who provided illustrations for his albums Sunshine Superman and Mellow Yellow and illustrated his 1970 collection of writings, Behind Us, also published by Boccaccio Press); Number 15 of 150 copies, illustrated edition of Ouspensky's original of 1913, with 23 multi-colour silk-screen prints and letterpress in loose gatherings, heightened in gold and silver, pages measure 23 3/4" X 16 1/4"; Printed on special order hemp paper made by Luigi Amatruda in Amalfi, Italy, untrimmed with deckled-edges; Includes an introduction booklet, likely the prospectus, untrimmed; In original half calf portfolio… Leer más

The Woman In White (1860 Harper & Brothers 1st Edition) BY WILKIE COLLINS. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1860.[2], 260, [4, ads] pp. States 1860 on the title page. In-text illustrations by John McLenan. Publisher's dk. brown stamped heavy cardboard boards with elaborate blind-stamped Harper and Brothers cartouche on front and back boards. Ads state B. Miss Mulock spelled correctly. Ads list eleven titles, and verso advertising The Mill on the Floss [Gasson p. 160.]Used. Good- Condition: Our copy lacks its spine, otherwise in good condition and a good candidate for rebinding. Chocolate brown endpapers are in good shape. Please see our photos. YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!

Amsterdam: Daniel van den Dalen, 1691-1693. Four books and one pamphlet in two volumes. Quarto. [4],[4],[16],138,[2];[8],262,[2];11; [8],32,188,[2];[6],277,[3] pp., including portrait frontipiece and facing description leaf in first volume and in-text illustration of the Oldenburg Horn on p. 141 of fourth book. Contemporary parchment, manuscript spine titles. Autograph signature of the author on half-title verso of first book, title-page verso of second book, and following the introductions of third and fourth books. Matching contemporary ownership inscriptions of C. V. D. Hell on title pages of first and third books; early ownership inscription of "[?]. [?]. v. d. Bosch" on front free endpaper of both volumes; 1961 gift inscription on front free title page of first volume; occasional contemporary underlining and marginalia throughout; booksellers' pencil notations in front and rear endpapers of both volumes. Boards bowed, parchment moderately soiled and, in first volume, turn-ins separating from… Leer más

1792. Venice: Excudebant Fratres Coletii, 1792. Venice: Excudebant Fratres Coletii, 1792. Decriminalizing Witchcraft and Magic in Italy Renazzi, Filippo Maria [1745-1808]. De Sortilegio et Magia. Liber Singularis. Venice: Excudebant Fratres Coletii, 1792. [ii], 44 pp. Quarto (9" x 6-1/4"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over paper-covered boards, gilt ornaments and lettering piece to spine, speckled edges. Light rubbing to boards, some rubbing to spine ends and corners. Light toning to text, slightly heavier at rear of text, light foxing to a few leaves. A well-preserved copy of a scarce title. $2,500. * First edition as an independent work. Renazzi was a Roman Jurist who, like Beccaria, tried to apply the principles of Enlightenment thinking to criminal law. Drawn from Renazzi's four-volume Elementa Juris Criminalis (first edition 1773-1786), De Sortilegio et Magico calls for the decriminalization of witchcraft and magic. Later editions were published in 1793, 1803 and 1821. All are scarce. OCLC… Leer más

Los Angeles, CA: Philosophical Research Society Press, 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, green clapboards with gilt to spine. Exterior shows minor handling wear corner bumps, the worst issue being several small spots near the spine edges. Interior biting is good, no hinge issues. Pages are faintly tone due to age and some minor spotting is present. Generically inscribed signed by the author on the front end page: "Best wishes of Manly P. Hall". Front end page also has residue from pencil pricing along the top edge and corner. Stated first edition on the title page. A scarce book and extremely rare to have signed by the author.

Small 8vo. Bound in contemporary vellum. Printed by Jean Antoine Huguetan, Lyons 1638. (Colophon at end dated 1627; printing privilege dated 1626.) Second Edition of this comprehensive treatise on geomancy.Illustrated with numerous diagrams, schematic woodcuts and tables in text, as well as 10 plates, 1 of which is an engraved single-page plate, while the other 9 are fold-out woodcut diagrams or letterpress tables, some bound to face each other; plus large engraved printer's device with an armillary sphere on title-page; a few decorative woodcut head-pieces and initials.The Opus Geomantiae Completum "is divided into three parts devoted respectively to the theory, practice and questions taken from previous authors. The theory is largely astrological. Instead of jotting down four rows of dots at random, a wheel with sixteen projections is spun or whirled in order to obtain one of the sixteen geomantic figures. Fludd is cited more than once, also Arabic authors like Geber and Aomar, medieval Latins like… Leer más

NY: Pageant Press, Inc., 1959. Second Edition. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published NY: Pageant Press, Inc., 1959. Thick 8vo., ix+799pp., illustrated with drawings, tables, fold-out plate. Black cloth with gilt titles. Minor rub points to the tips, few small spots on edge of page block, otherwise near fine, clean, crisp, tight, unmarked in very good dust jacket with some chips and longish tears along the folds. From the Preface: "CAN "THE RIDDLE OF THE UNIVERSE" BE SOLVED? SINCE THE DAWN OF recorded history men have tried, but "the riddle" still remains. They failed, and all because they lacked the one essential--the key to Causation. This is the master key that unlocks all mysteries, but that key was lost in the spiritual night of the past 6,000 years. In that mythopoeic age that preceded this, men knew vastly more about Causation and Creation than he does today, but knowing also that an age of darkness was coming upon the world, the wise Initiates hid… Leer más

NY: The Metaphysical Publishing Company, 1895. Broken run of bound volumes as originally published of the first five years publication of The Metaphysical Magazine. Includes 8 volumes from January, 1895 through December 1899: Includes Volumes 1,2,4,6,7,8,9,10, containing 49 issues of the magazine. (Volumes 3 and 5 lacking.) Volume 1: Jan-June 1895, vi+568pp. Six issues printed on laid paper; Volume 2: July-Dec, 1895, vi+512pp., +Announcement and 1pp. ad. Six issues printed on laid paper; Volume 4: July-Dec, 1896, 480pp. Six issues on laid paper; (page 235-236 lacking. Supplied in facsimile); Volume 6: Published as "Intelligence", June-Nov, 1897, 480pp. Six issues on laid paper, illustrated with plates and reproductions; Volume 7: Published as "Intelligence", Dec, 1897-Mar, 1898, 352pp. Four issues on wove, illustrated with plates and reproductions. Lacking the title page. (supplied in facsimile); Volume 8: Resumes publishing as "The Metaphysical Magazine". Apr-Dec, 1898,… Leer más

London: William Charlton Wright, 1835. Third edition. Modest soil to title page and plates with old tear on frontis plate at fold neatly closed on verso; Binding and slipcase very good except for small bump to corner of the case.. by the author of the Prophetic Messenger, with coloured designs on copper by R. Cruikshank & the author, and a piece of music by Blewitt";12mo, 7" x 4"; pp. 148, 4 (music by Blewitt), 149-198, [2] (ads); Inserted engraved hand-colored folding frontispiece (10.5" x 10.75") and hand-colored vignette title page, additional hand-colored engraved folding plate (10.75" x 11"), other tables and diagrams in the text; 20th-century half brown morocco over brown cloth covered boards, maroon morocco label on spine; and contained in a brown cloth slipcase.

London: R.W., 1653. Book. Good+. Full-Leather. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Full-leather hardcover in good plus condition: the original calf binding has been repaired in the past with new spine and corners; spine is very nice condition; original boards are stained and crackled with a fwq small chips to edges; straight; hinges strong; a little toning and rippling to pages; to backside of title page is stamped: "Sion College Library. Sold by order of the President and Governors 1938." The title page and frontispiece for the book are missing and the text begins with the title page to the first book. Title page; blank; dedication page in Latin; blank; four pages of dedication to William Seymour; to the reader; blank; 2-page contents; 1-29: to the Judicious Reader; 2 pages of accolades to the author; one page contents; 1-38 A Vindication of Astrology; blank leaf; next page is numbered 49 but it does not appear that any pages have been removed; 49-112 : Judgment of the Stars; then begins:… Leer más

Edinburgh: Waugh and Innes, 1834. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, green cloth boards with gilt tiles on spine. Library rebound with name in gilt on front cover. Scarce first edition of this treatise on superstitions, their origins and the customs associated with them. Contents include chapters on Evil Eye, Invocations, and Maledictions; Occult Infection and Cure of Maladies; Miscellaneous Remedies, or Antidotes to Disease; Amulets; Analogies to Propitiatory Sacrifice; Propitiatory Charms; Faculties Ascribed to Sorcerers; Superstitions Relative to Marriage; Doctrine of Sympathy; Ingredients and Instruments Superstition and Sorcery; Mystical Plants; Mystical Animals; Mystical Mankind; Prognostication, Divination; Imaginary Beings; Spectral Illusions; The Tongues; Tests, Trial, Conviction and Punishment of Sorcery. With errata, Addenda and index. A fascinating book. Ex reference library with minimal markings, pictorial bookplate on front pastedown, handwritten library number to reserve of… Leer más

First Edition, First Printing
Edward Arnold, London 1911
Very good plus copy in publisher's original binding. It is author's second collection of ghost stories consisting of: A School Story, The Rose Garden, The Tractate Middoth, Casting The Runes, The Stalls Of Barchester Cathedral, Martin's Close and Mr. Humphreys And His Inheritance.
Book is very good plus at least. Rarely does one encounter a copy in such condition. There is a small mark (ink?) on front board. Some light soiling on a small portion of rear board. Book has a very slight forward lean.
Inernally, remarkably clean. The leaves are remarkably bright, free of foxing and not age toned.
Fore and lower edges are untrimmed. Endpapers (front and rear) are browned. First blank has discreet signature of previous owner and date of Christmas 1911 in ink on first blank.Provenance: Book is from the private library of A.G. Bewley (previous owner), a member of a well known Dublin Merchant Quaker family and and brother of Charles Bewley Irish Envoy in… Leer más

Hercules, CA: Xoanon Publishing, 2015. Deluxe Third Edition, 108/111. Deluxe Edition beautifully bound in half crimson goat over marbled boards. Gilt hands stamped to front and back leather. Gilt titles to spine. Black book ribbon. Illustrated, sharp corners, 408 pages. Slipcase. fine/very good shelf wear on bottom. The Third edition presents the complete text of the 'Sethos Edition' of 2002, being the definitive recension of the work. Original images have been digitally conserved and the text has been freshly typeset. Design and Materials are of the highest standard, for which Xoanon is well known. As the incepting text of Xoanon Limited, Andrew D. Chumbley's visionary book 'The Azoëtia: A Grimoire of the Sabbatic Craft' was first published in 1992 and is regarded as the foundation text of the Sabbatic Craft Tradition. The grimoire 'Azoëtia' is comprised of three main parts: an exposition of preliminary magico-aesthetic formulae with detailed descriptions of working instruments, the full text of… Leer más