The Book of Sacred Magic (of Abramelin the Mage) by S.L. MacGregor Mathers (trans)
Description
Antiquarian / Second hand
Second edition published by John M. Watkins, London, 1956. Limited to 500 copies. First edition was published by Watkins in 1898.
Hardbound in black cloth with gilt lettered spine and magical square decoration to front panel. 9 3/4" x 7 1/4"; xlviii + 268 pages
Condition: Clean, unmarked text pages; firm binding; minimal slant to binding; mild fading of gilt lettering of spine; slight foxing to edges of text block, endpapers and first and last few text pages; no dust jacket. In all a very good copy of this scarce limited edition of this seminal grimoire.
Translated from the Original Hebrew into the French, and now rendered into English. From a unique and valuable MS in the Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal at Paris; with special and copious Introduction and Explanatory Notes by the Translator and Numerous Magical Squares of Letters.
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