Svartkonst-Böcker: a Compendium of the Swedish Black Art Book Tradition; Folk Necromancy in Transmission - Volume 4
Seattle WA: Revelore Press, 2019. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto. 662pp, iipp series overview. Black glossy covers, titled in white, b&w illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. English language (with a few passages in Swedish). The 4th volume of the Folk Necromancy in Transmission series. Described by the publisher: "Svartkonstböcker is a fully revised edition of Dr Johnson's 2010 PhD thesis, "Tidebast och Vändelrot: Magical Representations in the Swedish Black Art Book Tradition, " featuring a thorough, path-breaking study of the black art book tradition in Sweden, as well as English translations of 35 Swedish black art books ranging from the 1690s to the 1940s, including over 1900 spells and a robust index. The late Dr. Johnson always wished that his work would see print publication in its entirety. Other publishers have offered to produce this work in two volumes, prioritizing the spells in the black art books over the scholarly apparatus that contextualizes them. Here Revelore Press presents the work in full, comprising over 650 pages of material. Minor errors from the PhD manuscript have been rectified, and archival images of the characters, sigils, and illustrations have been restored in high fidelity. This is the definitive source work for the Swedish magical corpus of black art books." Just a hint of light shelf wear and light creasing to the covers. Obviously unread, so otherwise a tight bright near Fine copy of this massive work. Item #69423
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