Die Grundlagen der okkulten Wissenschaft; Autorisierte Übersetzung aus dem Französischen. Von Fr. Adolf Weiss.
Leipzig: Stein, 1926. First German Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Xiv + 534pp. Original Cloth. GERMAN text. Ribbon marker. The first German edition of Papus' 'Traite Elementaire de Science Occulte' (Paris 1888). Papus (1865 - 1916) was a well known occultist, and founder of the gnostic / esoteric Order of Martinists. Amongst those who received Martinist charters from Papus was Theodur Reuss, co-founder of the O.T.O. (Ordo Templi Orientis) who was designated "Sonderinspektor des Martinisten Ordens für Deutschland" . Cloth slightly darkened at lower edges, corners and spine ends bumped, light rubbing to edges, otherwise a tight clean VG+ copy in Good dust jacket. (Dust jacket rubbed at all edges with some light chipping at spine ends and corners, a few short tears). Item #34693
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