Ars Philtron. Concerning the Aqueous Cunning Of the Potion And Its Praxis in the Green Arte Magical. 'Compleat Edition'.
Chelmsford, UK & / San Francisco: Xoanon Publishing Ltd., 2001. First Edition Thus, Numbered and Signed. Hardcover. Quarto. 144 pp. Original brown cloth with gilt solar design on upper board and gilt titling to spine. Colour frontispiece. Edition limited to 144 numbered copies. The frontispiece is one of a series of '24 striking alchemical-sabbatic colour images,' and is 'backed' with one of six different 'prayers to Cain or Lilith as patrons of the Arte of the Philtre,' ( this copy having the "Prayer Unto the Demon of the Scourge.") Therefore no two copies have the same frontispiece and 'prayer,' and thus each copy of the book is unique. This copy is signed "Daniel Alvin Schulke" and has a large sigil drawn by the author in red and silver ink on the recto of the rear free endpaper. The author was a friend of the late Andrew Chumbley, as well as a fellow-member of his Cultus Sabbati, from which, in common with the Azoetia, this book draws its inspiration. After Chumbley's untimely death in 2004, Schulke took over as magister of the Cultus Sabbati. Covers very slightly bowed (as common) with just a hint of rubbing to extremities, and a moderate bump to the bottom corner of the boards. Otherwise Fine condition. Item #42887
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