Item #65942 The Mysteries of Magic: A Digest of the Writings of Éliphas Lévi. Eliphas LEVI, Edited etc. by Arthur Edward Waite.
The Mysteries of Magic: A Digest of the Writings of Éliphas Lévi.
The Mysteries of Magic: A Digest of the Writings of Éliphas Lévi.

The Mysteries of Magic: A Digest of the Writings of Éliphas Lévi.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1897. Second Edition, Revised and enlarged. Hardcover. Octavo. xliv + 524pp. Original gilt decorated royal blue cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine, red rules, beveled edges, notes and index. Black endpapers. Waite's pioneering collection of Levi's works in translation. The book was first published in 1886, for this second edition "Waite altered the plan of his 'Digest', revised it extensively and added new material from the minor works of Levi, including extracts from Paradoxes of the Highest Science .." Gilbert B1(b). Spine very slightly darkened, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, a little bruising to the edges. A few light signs of handling and a very small amount of pale foxing to the first and last half-a-dozen leaves, otherwise a lovely clean VG+ copy. Item #65942

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