Item #69425 Libellus Veneri Nigro Sacer or, the Little Book Sacred to the Black Venus. [ Tuba Veneris, The Trumpet of Venus ]. John DEE, Attributed to, Translated and, a, Michael Putnam, biographical Philip Legard, Charles Mackay, Translated.
Libellus Veneri Nigro Sacer or, the Little Book Sacred to the Black Venus. [ Tuba Veneris, The Trumpet of Venus ].
Libellus Veneri Nigro Sacer or, the Little Book Sacred to the Black Venus. [ Tuba Veneris, The Trumpet of Venus ].

Libellus Veneri Nigro Sacer or, the Little Book Sacred to the Black Venus. [ Tuba Veneris, The Trumpet of Venus ].

Seatttle, WA: Trident Books, 2011. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. lxxiv + 120pp. Dark navy cloth with gilt titling to spine and upper board, b&w frontis portrait of John Dee, bibliography, endnotes, b&w illustrations. "Written in 1580, Tuba Veneris is a unique grimoire of ritual magic outlining a series of seven spirits which the operator may employ by making use of their sigillum or characters and invocations." Includes both the Latin text and an English translation as well as a preface by the translator, an introduction "The Magic of Tuba Veneris" by Philip Legard, and a biographical sketch of Dee by Charles Mackay. Just a hint of shelf rubbing, very light bump to lower corners, still a tight bright near Fine copy in very lightly rubbed near Fine dust jacket protected by a removable mylar sleeve. Item #69425
ISBN: 1879000229

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