Item #58857 [ Mysteriorum Libri Quinti ] The Five Books of Mystical Exercises of John Dee; ( Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks series ). Dr. John DEE, Edward Kelly, Elias Ashmole, series Joseph Peterson, Adam McLean.
[ Mysteriorum Libri Quinti ] The Five Books of Mystical Exercises of John Dee; ( Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks series )

[ Mysteriorum Libri Quinti ] The Five Books of Mystical Exercises of John Dee; ( Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks series )

Lampeter, Wales: Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks, 1985. Limited Edition. Transcribed from Ms. Sloane 3188 by permission of the British Library. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 294 pp. Hand-bound brown faux leather, gilt title to spine, illustrations, tables, index. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies. Signed by Adam McLean on the limitation page. Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks series No. 20. Transcribed from the Dee Ms. Sloane 3188. Says the series editor: "The "Mysteriorum Libri Quinti" manuscript has been much quoted from during the last few years, however esotericists and scholars have till now not had available the complete text in print. Joseph Peterson has diligently prepared this edition transcribing the difficult handwritten text, and provides an introduction, summarised contents of the Five Books, an Index Verborum to the Angelic words in the text, and an extremely useful Index to the text itself." A significant edition of this important text. First issue - printed on a yellowish paper, with "Five Books of Mystical Exercises" lettered down spine - although this copy has dark endpapers, which have only a very slight amount of discoloration caused by a chemical reaction between the endpapers and the binder's glue that is common in the earliest copies of this work. Boards lightly rubbed, page edges very slightly darkened, some rippling to pastedowns - otherwise a solid and bright near Fine copy. Quite scarce. Item #58857

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