Collectanea Hermetica.
York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1998. First Edition Thus, Limited edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xiv + 772pp. Original navy cloth with gilt title etc to spine in gilt, blind stamped. Edition limited to 999 hand numbered copies. This copy from the library of Aleister Crowley scholar, Martin P. Starr, with a personalised "post it note" with his printed name on it inserted for use as a book mark. The "Collectanea Hermetica" was a series of hermetic tracts that were either edited by (or in some cases the work of) members of the Golden Dawn. It was first published in ten separate volumes between 1893-1896 by W. Wynn Wescott, the main editor and one of the founders of that Order. Contents are: Vol. I: Hermetic Arcanum of Penes Nos Unda Tagi, with a preface and notes by Sapere Aude (William Wynn Westcott), Vol. II: The Pymander of Hermes, with a preface by the editor. Vol. III: A Short Enquiry Concerning the Hermetic Art by A Lover of Philalethes, Preface by Non Omnis Moriar (William Wynn Westcott), An Introduction to Alchemy and Notes by S.S.D.D. (Florence Farr), Vol. IV: Æsch Mezareph or Purifying Fire, A Chymico-Kabalistic Treatise Collected from the Kabala Denudata or Knorr Von Rosenroth. Translated by a Lover of Philalethes, 1714, Preface, notes and explanations by Sapere Aude (William Wynn Westcott). Vol. V: Somnium Scipionis, Translated into English with an Essay "The Vision of Scipio Considered as a Fragment of the Mysteries" by L.O. (Percy Bullock), The Golden Verses of Pythagoras, by A.E.A. (E W. Coleman), The Symbols of Pythagoras, by S.A. (William Wynn Westcott), Vol. VI: The Chaldæan Oracles of Zoroaster, edited and revised by Sapere Aude, with an introduction by L.O. Vol. VII: Euphrates or the Waters of the East by Eugenius Philalethes 1655, with a commentary by S.S.D.D. (Florence Farr), Vol. VIII: Egyptian Magic by S.S.D.D. (Florence Farr), Vol. IX: Numbers and their Occult Power and Mystic Virtues by Wm. Wynn Westcott, Vol. X: Sepher Yetzirah, the Book of Formation with the Fifty Gates of Intelligence and the Thirty-two Paths of Wisdom, translated from the Hebrew by Wm. Wynn Westcott. This is the first complete edition with all ten parts, as one volume, with an Introduction by Golden Dawn scholar Dr. R. A. Gilbert. A few tiny flecks to fore-edge, otherwise a lovely bright Fine copy in near Fine dust jacket (Dust jacket very lightly rubbed, not clipped. Dust jacket now protected by removable mylar sleeve.). Item #68081
ISBN: 0877289212
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