The Book of Protection. Being a Collection of Charms. Now Edited for the First Time from Syraic Mss.
London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover, Octavo. 200pp. Original dark-red cloth titled in gilt on spine panel, with 27 illustrations; with translation, introduction and notes. Gives the original text and translations of a number of rare Syriac Manuscripts, which tackle everything from 'Binding False Dreams,' 'Binding the Sorcerers'. 'For the Man upon whom sorcery has been practiced,' 'On the Evil Eye' to 'Ban for the fold of cattle,' 'Concerning Lunacy,' etc. Cleverly produced with the English text starting at one end of the book, and the Syriac at the other, with both ending in the middle (thus following the Western tradition of writing from left to right, and the semitic of writing right to left). Cloth a bit rubbed with a few spots to rear board, lightly faded at spine and edges of boards, corners and spine ends lightly bumped and chafed with some light fraying to corners, pages lightly toned, most pages of the Syriac text "unopened". Overall a tight, and unmarked better than VG copy (no dust jacket). Item #63236
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