Key to the Latin of Dr. John Dee's Spiritual Diaries (1583 - 1608).
London: Golden Hoard Press, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 308pp. Black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover, b&w frontispiece, index. Text in red and black. The Golden Hoard Press first edition of this companion to Golden Hoard Press' "Dr. John Dee’s Spiritual Diaries". From the publishers: "The famous journals of Dr. John Dee Hermetic scholar, royal astrologer, and Renaissance luminary document his conferences with angels and spirits, the development of the Enochian language, experiments in alchemy, and more. The Key to the Latin of Dr. John Dee’s Spiritual Diaries translates more than 50,000 Latin words from Dee’s diaries. Latin passages and their English equivalent are featured side-by-side on facing pages. This book is an ideal companion to Dr. John Dee’s Spiritual Diaries, the first reader-friendly, revamped, and corrected edition of A True & Faithful Relation of what passed for Many Years between Dr. John Dee . . . and Some Spirits . . . Together, they provide full access to Dee’s spiritual diaries from 1583 to 1608." The first edition, dated 2012. A tight clean about Fine copy in lightly rubbed near Fine dust jacket. (Now in protective mylar cover). Item #63615
ISBN: 9780956828552
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