Item #67824 The Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy. Henry Cornelius - Attributed to. Translated into AGRIPPA, Robert Turner. New, Stephen Skinner.
The Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy.

The Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy.

London: Askin Publishers, 1978. Limited edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + (xvi +) 218pp. Quarter leather with green cloth boards, gold design on upper board, gilt stamped leather title label on spine, marbled endpapers, b&w illustrations & diagrams. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. A facsimile printing of the First English edition of Agrippa's Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy: translated by Robert Turner and published in 1665. One of the most famous Grimoires of Western ritual magic practice. It is actually made up of six separate works, "Of Geomancy" by Agrippa; "Of Occult Philosophy or Of Magical Ceremonies," also by Agrippa (a work renowned as one of the most straight forward guides to evocation published); "The Heptameron or Magical Elements" by Peter de Abano, a set of rituals of conjuration, mapped out by day; "Isagoge: An introductory Discourse" by Villinganus which deals with the nature and attributes of various spirits, and "Of Astronomical Geomancy" by Cremonensis. The final of the six works is the celebrated grimoire, "Of the Magick of the Ancients" by Arbatel. This edition includes a new introduction by Stephen Skinner and was Volume 4 of the "Source Works of Mediaeval And Renaissance Magic" series. From the collection of Clive Harper with his small ownership stamp on the verso of the front free endpaper. Harper is well- known as the bibliographer of Austin Osman Spare, for updating the Aleister Crowley bibliography in the 2011 Teitan Press collection of Gerald Yorke's writings, and as someone who has lent his expertise to numerous other publications. Covers lightly splayed, a few tiny faded spots to upper cover, very light rubbing to upper spine, else a bright, fresh VG+ copy. (no dust jacket issued). Scarce. Item #67824
ISBN: 0950387673

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