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THE HISTORY OF MAGIC, INCLUDING A CLEAR AND PRECISE EXPOSITION OF ITS PROCEDURE, ITS RITES AND ITS MYSTERIES by Eliphas Levi (Alphonse Louis Constant)
London: William Rider & Son, Limited, 1913
8vo, xxxvi + 535pp. Original dark blue hardcover binding, with gilt lettering to spine and front board, and gilt inlays to front board. Top edge gilt. With frontispiece, and 19 monochrome plates, collated and complete.
Éliphas Lévi Zahed, born Alphonse Louis Constant (8 February 1810 – 31 May 1875), was a French esotericist, poet, and author of more than twenty books about magic, Kabbalah, alchemical studies, and occultism. He pursued an ecclesiastical career in the Catholic Church until, after great personal struggle, at the age of 26, he abandoned the Roman Catholic priesthood. At the age of 40 he started to profess a knowledge of the occult, also becoming a reputed ceremonial magician. (wikipedia.com)
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Condition: Good. Light rubbing and small stains to the boards and spine. Minor bumps to the corners of the boards, and light shelfwear to top and tail of spine. Previous owner’s signature to the front free endpaper. Light browning to the free endpapers. Splits to the gutters between a few pages, and small tears to gutter between rear free endpaper and rear pastedown. Light foxing throughout, and to the edges of the textblock. A well bound copy.
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