The catalogue comprises a number of rare and unusual works on Alchemy and Hermetica, including a selection of interesting works relating to the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
![Item #61896 Egyptian Magic; [ Collectanea Hermetica, Vol. VIII ]. Florence FARR, William Wynn...](https://weiserantiquarian.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/61896.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1547734268)
London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 88 pp. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine, b&w illustrations. The eighth volume of the "Collectanea Hermetica" series, of which W. Wynn Westcott (1848 – 1925) was the series editor. 'S. S. D. D.' - the initials under which..... More
Seattle, WA: Ouroboros Press, 2014. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Small octavo. 128pp. Maroon cloth gilt-lettered on spine. B&w frontisportrait and illustrations. This edition limited to 679 copies. A recent hardcover edition of Nicholas Flamel’s "Hieroglyphical Key" along with two additional texts; "Summary of Philosophy" and his "Testament". Nicholas [Nicolas] Flamel..... More
London: Aquarian Press, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 270pp, b&w illustrations, biblio and index. A collection of the writings of Robert Fludd (1574 - 1637), prominent English physician, and a Rosicrucian with an interest in astrology, natural magic and mysticism, who was greatly influenced by the teachings of Paracelsus. Very..... More
York Beach, Maine USA: Samuel Weiser Publishing, Inc., 1993. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. viii + 306pp [ iv pp plates ]. b/w illustrations. A reprint edition of Dion Fortune's popular study of the Tree of Life and the Qabalah, one of the more straightforward and accessible studies of the subject. Covers..... More
London: The Search Publishing Company, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 120pp. Original black cloth with copper titling to spine and copper device to upper board, b&w frontis & illustrations, index. Edward John Langford Garstin was a prominent member of the Alpha and Omega (A.:O.:), the offshoot of the Hermetic Order..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1900. Third Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 324pp. Navy cloth gilt-lettered on spine, blind stamped angel wing design on upper board, endnotes. Fiona Macleod was the pen name of William Sharp (1855 – 1905), a Scottish writer of poetry and literary biography. Sharp went to great..... More
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Crucible, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 208pp. b&w illustrations, index. A collection of the writings of "Paracelsus" (Phillipus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim: 1493 - 1541) one of the first of the European alchemical writers to underline the link between chemical experiment and spiritual development, and is renowned..... More
Grand Rapids, MI: Phanes Press, 1988. Reprint. Softcover. Large octavo. 362pp, frontis. "This anthology is the largest collection of Pythagorean writings ever to appear in the English language. It contains the four ancient biographies of Pythagoras and over 25 Pythagorean and Neopythagorean writings from the Classical and Hellenistic periods." Covers..... More
Los Angeles, CA: The Philosophical Research Society, 1957. Reprint. Softcover. Booklet. 36pp. Stapled printed wrappers. A study of the occult aspects of human physiology by Manly Palmer Hall (1901 - 1990), a Canadian-born occultist, mystic and author best known for his "The Secret Teaching of All Ages." Hall gathered together..... More
![Item #61730 Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians [Full title:] Cosmology, Or Universal Science,...](https://weiserantiquarian.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/61730.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1547734174)
Mokelumne Hill, CA: Health Research, 1969. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Folio (17 x 11 inches). 104pp (variously paginated) Custom bound in black cloth with gilt titling to spine and front board. Original black-printed red paper wrappers bound in. 25 pages with colored plates and diagrams (some taking up much of the..... More
UK: Scarlet Imprint, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. 208pp. Subtly bound in grey batiste cloth stamped in gold, with illustrated sunken panel, embossed green endpapers. Bibliography. Illustrated with over 80 colour photographs of the work; original iconography of The Plant Phoenix and The Homunculus by Oliver Liebeskind. The standard..... More
Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, xxiv + 170 pp. + 6pp adverts. Original blind stamped maroon cloth, gilt titling to spine. An early critical study of texts from the Corpus Hermeticum, translated from the original Greek, with Preface, Notes and Indices. Corners and spine ends..... More
London: William Rider & Son, 1920. First Edition. Softcover. Small octavo. 60pp. + ivpp. ads. Cloth covered limp paper boards, black lettering to spine and upper cover. A volume from Rider's 'Mystics and Occultists' series published in the early 1920s. The first edition of this scarce biographical sketch of Mesmer..... More
Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiii + 283 pp, black cloth with silver title etc to spine, silver decorated boards. Drawing from the psychological theories of Jung and the postulates of alchemy, the author argues (after Artaud) that there is a fundamental analogy between the..... More
London: Askin Publishers, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. 272 pp. Original gilt decorated black cloth, gilt titling to spine. The First Edition of this important study, drawn from the works of Dee and Kelly: comprises an Angelic to English dictionary and an English to Angelic dictionary, and an Appendix..... More
Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions International, 1999. Softcover. Large octavo. xiv + 460pp. b&w illustrations, notes, bibliography and index. From publisher: "Leet reveals that the Kabbalah was the product of a sophisticated, though largely forgotten, Hebraic sacred science that was the rival of any in Egypt or Greece. Not only does..... More
London: Percival & Co., 1892. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 272pp. Brown cloth with printed paper title label to spine, frontis w/ tissue guard, with b&w illustrations by the author. The author, an architect, sets forth the esoteric principles behind structure and form in architecture. Cloth darkened and..... More
Minneapolis, MN: Wizards Bookshelf, 1973. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Small oblong octavo. Navy blue cloth with silver lettering to upper board and spine, b&w frontis, notes and index. B&w illustrations. A facsimile reprint of the 1822 first edition including the moveable illustration: a two sided volvelle (a diagram with rotating..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1974. First Paperback edition. Softcover. Small octavo. xlviii + 128pp. B/w frontis & illustrations. A work attributed to the noted alchemist 'Albertus Magnus,' but most likely compiled by one of his followers from a variety of earlier sources. Like other "books of secrets" it deals..... More
York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1999. First Weiser Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. xlviii + 128pp. Black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, gilt illustration on front cover. Illustrated. A very eccentric mixture of folk-remedies (some of which sound quite deadly) for everything from curing consumptive lungs and the..... More
London: John Murray, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxxii + 288pp + 20pp publisher's catalogue. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine, blind borders to upper board, index. An early study of Gnosticism in the form of 13 lectures by Henry Longueville Mansel, (1820 – 1871) an English philosopher..... More
York Beach, ME: Nicolas-Hays, 1984. First Paperback edition. Softcover. Large octavo. x + 192pp. The first paperback edition of this systematic musical study of the mathematical allegories: "Republic", "Timaeus", "Critias", "Statesman", and "Laws". Light ripple to book, spine and cover edges faded, light rubbing to edges. Still a tight, clean..... More
Oxford: The Hermetic Journal, 1990. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo 170pp. Glossy white stiff card covers with black titling and illustration to upper cover, b&w illustrations. The 1990 issue of this important alchemical journal. Contents include: Editorial, illustrations, and articles: The Impact of Freemasonry on Elizabethan Literature - Ron Heisler..... More
London and Benares: The Theosophical Publishing Co, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Small Octavo. 70pp. Original olive publisher's cloth with white lettering to spine. The first volume in the Echoes from the Gnosis series of eleven volumes edited by Mead and published by the Theosophical Publishing Co. The series of small..... More
London and Benares: The Theosophical Publishing Co, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Small Octavo. 84pp. Original olive publisher's cloth with white lettering to spine. The sixth volume in the Echoes from the Gnosis series of eleven volumes edited by Mead and published by the Theosophical Publishing Co. The series of small..... More
