Sithron, the Star-Stricken. Translated (ala Bereket Allah) from the ancient Arabic Manuscript.
London: George Redway, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. vi + 132pp. Contermporary plain paper boads with later leather title-label and leather corners to tops of boards. A narrative apparently meant to satirize the traditional religious beliefs of Judaism, purportedly a translation of an ancient Arabic manuscript. The author is identified in the text as an Arabian Jew of the mid first century CE, and the work is supposed to have been translated into English by a man of similar race and religion named Salem Ben Uzair. However, it actually seems to have been the work of one Richard Henry Horne (1802-1884), a rather undistinguished English-born poet and journalist, who spent much of his life in Australia, and wrote on a wide variety of subjects. Curiously it appears to have been one of the first (indeed perhaps THE first) books published by George Redway who is now most famous for his occult publications. Spine largely chipped away, corners bumped, but boards still firmly attached. Some creasing to page corners, otherwise a tight,solid, internally clean G+ copy of this unusual edition. Item #73083
Price: $65.00