Item #70010 Libellus Veneri Nigro Sacer or, the Little Book Sacred to the Black Venus. [ Cover title: Tuba Veneris ]. John . Translated and DEE, a, John . Translated DEE, Michael Putnam, biographical Philip Legard, Charles Mackay, Attributed to.
Libellus Veneri Nigro Sacer or, the Little Book Sacred to the Black Venus. [ Cover title: Tuba Veneris ].

Libellus Veneri Nigro Sacer or, the Little Book Sacred to the Black Venus. [ Cover title: Tuba Veneris ].

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. Stated First Edition - limited to 500 copies. "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. Appears unread. Thus a tight bright Fine copy in very lightly rubbed near Fine dust jacket (dust jacket now protected by a removable mylar sleeve). Item #70010
ISBN: 1879000229

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