Item #74823 The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, Part 5 [ V ]. The Perfection and Key of the Cabala; The Rare Text Library. Francis BARRETT.
The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, Part 5 [ V ]. The Perfection and Key of the Cabala; The Rare Text Library.
The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, Part 5 [ V ]. The Perfection and Key of the Cabala; The Rare Text Library.
The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, Part 5 [ V ]. The Perfection and Key of the Cabala; The Rare Text Library.
The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, Part 5 [ V ]. The Perfection and Key of the Cabala; The Rare Text Library.
The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, Part 5 [ V ]. The Perfection and Key of the Cabala; The Rare Text Library.
The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, Part 5 [ V ]. The Perfection and Key of the Cabala; The Rare Text Library.
The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, Part 5 [ V ]. The Perfection and Key of the Cabala; The Rare Text Library.
The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, Part 5 [ V ]. The Perfection and Key of the Cabala; The Rare Text Library.
The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, Part 5 [ V ]. The Perfection and Key of the Cabala; The Rare Text Library.

The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, Part 5 [ V ]. The Perfection and Key of the Cabala; The Rare Text Library.

Gloucester, England: Rare Text Library / Helios, 1965. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Quarto. 65pp. Original beige cloth spine with patterned papered boards, printed title label on upper board, gilt lettering to spine, colour plates and black and white diagrams. The fifth volume in a series of nine, comprising the magical components of Francis Barrett's "The Magus." This volume includes the four colour plates depicting various demons etc. - as in the original all are hand-colourd. Edition limited to 200 numbered copies, this being No. 165. The seventh volume of the Rare Text Library of Philosophical Research published by Helios Book Services of Gloucester, England, one of the pioneers of occult publishing in the UK in the 1960s. "The Magus" was first published in 1801 and is now recognised as one of the most influential works of the "Occult Revival" and probably the best-known magical text produced in nineteenth century Britain. At the time of the publication of this series "The Magus" was long out of print, with early editions difficult to find and selling for a premium. The idea behind the new edition was to make the most important sections of the text - each complete within itself - available in a durable form at an affordable price. It was a monumental task, with the text having to be completely retyped, and the tables redone - only the original diagrams were copies as facsimiles. This volume reprints the second half of Part I of Book II of the original text which is devoted to Cabalistic Magic. The publisher described it as comprising "An outline of main Qabbalistic theory and an account of the subjective contacts it is possible to make with the various categories of disembodied intelligence and spirits. (7 plates, and 4 hand-coloured illustrations)." Publisher's printed prospectus for the series loosely inserted. A bit of light shelfwear, corners lightly bumped, small spot of browning on lower spine, owner name and date in pen on front blank & bookplate on front pastedown. There is some creasing to the pages with the colour plates, not surprising as the colouring was done in water-colour paints, Overall a tight unmarked VG+ copy of what is arguably the most desireable volume of the series on account of the colour plates. Item #74823

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