Babylonian Magic and Sorcery; The Cuneiform Texts of a Group of Babylonian and Assyrian Incantations and Magical Formulae edited with Transliterations, Translations, and Full Vocabulary from Tablets of the Kuyunjik Collections Preserved in the British Museum.
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser Inc., 2000. New Edition - Later Printing. Hardcover. Large octavo. xl + 202 pp (+ 76pp plates of cuneiform texts). Glossy pictorial boards. Illustrated. A new edition of King's classic work, with a new Foreword by R. A. Gilbert. Although not stated, this edition is actually a reprint of the Weiser 2000 edition - it has glossy pictorial boards rather than cloth covered boards. The book was first published in 1896. It reproduces the original cuneiform, as well as a transliteration and a translation, of a 'complete group of tablets inscribed with prayers and religious compositions of a devotional and somewhat magical character.' As New. Fine in Fine dustwrapper. Item #70483
ISBN: 0877289344
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