The Clavis or Key to the Magic of Solomon. From an Original Talismanic Grimoire in Full Color by Ebenezer Sibley and Frederick Hockley.
Lake Worth, FL: Ibis Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xxvi + 428pp. Scarlet cloth with gilt lettering to spine, upper board ruled and decorated in blind, 282 page colour facsimile of the original manuscript with one fold-out plate, extensive notes, bibliography and index. This copy SIGNED by Peterson on a bookplate affixed to the front blank. The Clavis or Key to the Magic of Solomon is a fifteenth or sixteenth century Grimoire that gives instruction on the creation of magic tools and talismans, the performance of rituals etc. It exists in a variety of different manuscript and published editions. The text in this edition is taken from a French manuscript translated by the eighteenth century polymath Ebenezer Sibley. After Sibley's death, a number of manuscript copies of his translation were made by different copyists. The manuscript reproduced in this book is a complete copy of the Sibley translation, and includes the supplementary magical texts that are usually found with it: The Mysterious Ring, Experiments of the Spirits, Birto, Vassago, Agares, Bealpharos, and The Wheel of Wisdom. It also includes a separate work by Frederick Hockley, 'The Complete Book of Magic Science.' The editor suggests that the unknown copyist was a student of Hockley's. Whoever he was, he made a fine job of it, and manuscript is carefully prepared, and is complete with extraordinary hand-colored seals and illuminated text. It is complimented by Joseph Peterson's authoritative text. Unused copy - Fine in fine dust jacket. Oversized & heavy book, shipping at cost. Item #66338
ISBN: 9780892541591
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