The Goetia of Dr. Rudd; The Angels of Liber Malorum Spirituum seu Goetia Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis ....
London & Singapore: Golden Hoard Press, 2007. Leather Bound Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 448pp. Full maroon leather with gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover, marbled endpapers. Numerous sigils, diagrams, etc. This leather bound first edition limited to 250 numbered copies, signed by Stephen Skinner - this copy being no. 119. Vol. III of the Sourceworks of Ceremonial Magic series. This book contains the complete text, with diagrams, sigils, etc., of a previously unpublished manuscript version of the Lemegeton, or Lesser Key of Solomon, one of the most famous of the magical grimoires. This manuscript from which it was drawn was owned by Dr. Thomas Rudd, a seventeenth century scholar, and practitioner of the magical arts, and is now housed in the British Library. It comprises four complete grimoires, Liber Malorum Spituum seu Goetia, Theurgia-Goetia, Ars Paulina (Books 1 & 2), and Ars Almadel: rare examples of magical texts that were used by working magicians, who were still imbued with a practical knowledge of the magic they used. Appears unused, thus in near-Fine Condition (issued without dust jacket). Item #68686
Sold