Azoth, or The Star in the East. A New Light of Mysticism; Embracing the First Matter of the Magnum Opus, the Evolution of Aphrodite-Urania, the Supernatural Generation of the Son of the Sun, and the Alchemical Transfiguration of Humanity.
London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1893. First edition. Hardcover, Quarto, xvi + 240pp. Original publisher's olive green cloth boards with bevelled edges and with black lettering on front board and spine and black stamped design by Evelyn Stuart-Menteath of a rising sun on front board. Charcoal-coloured endpapers. Appendices, index. Described by Waite as a "guide to spiritual alchemy," AZOTH "was to be James Elliott's first publication, distributed by subscription. Lack of funds forced him, reluctantly, to transfer the book to The Theosophical Publishing Society, who had already approached Waite with a view to taking it over when their manager, Countess Wachmeister, received the prospectus. Why they wanted it remains a mystery, for it was unsympathetic to theosophical ideas ..." [R. A. Gilbert A11]. This volume has the secondary binding - with titling etc. in black only (see Gilbert A11 - p. 31). Cloth a little rubbed with some faint marks, corners and spine ends very lightly bruised and chafed, a bump to spine at upper edge where it meets the rear board . First leaf (advertisements) somewhat darkened, other pages more lightly, evenly toned. Rear endpaper hinge cracking, but board still firmly attached, two short tears to margins of rear endpaper. Overall a nice clean VG or better copy in a solid original binding. Item #73001
Price: $250.00