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WHEN the worthy quintessencer and most respectable traveller in the subterranean Heaven, Master Beroalde, of fragrant and delectable memory, had reduced into elemental powder and sopho-spagyrick dust all his worldly goods and found himself so sophisti- cated, metallurgised, suffused, salivated, and petro- bolised that he had not a crown in his pouch, he cried out without caring who heard him, Accursed be my furnace, and proceeded to drive his servant away, which was wrong, for he was a canon, and as such should not have endeavoured to be better than his neighbours, who were all canons, and who all kept serving-maids. Hence we may conclude that he was extremely annoyed and desperately despairing, which indeed was the case, for he had passed the following articles through the furnace without any result : —

Item. — Twelve meadows by the river.

Item. — A house, by the same.

Item. — Three orchards.

Item. — A vineyard. ,

Item. — A medlar tree, bearing one hundred

sacks of medlars every year. Item. — Three cows, whose tails had been

docked as a sign of mortification,

to show that they were theological

animals. Item. — A house with a garden in the best street

of Tours (where can one find in these

days such a house and such a garden

as this was ?). Item. — Three thousand crowns ; and there re-

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mained not a farthing or an apple, or a wine-flask, or a blade of grass, or a medlar. — Amen.

The devil take those who endeavour to lead us the wrong way and make us meddle with metals, or medals ; persons whose throats are dry with smoke so that they cannot taste good wine ! Let tis leave such men and their devices and search for the delectable quintessence of the true Alchemy and the first matter of the world, which cannot thus be obtained, since it is mystagorical and resides in the mountains of the Moon. Be silent ! This is the true path, and it was opened to the Canon Beroaldus that very night in which he cursed his furnace ; and for seven days he was not to be found in his stall, nor anywhere else. At this much popular indignation was aroused, for his disappearance was connected, with his sending away his poor girl, who had served him well and theologically, and had done her best. But people said that the produce of his own country was not good enough for Beroaldus, and he was gone to Paris to see what he could find. There were some in the chapter who said he had thereby offended ecclesiastically, and should be ad- monished to be content with what came to his hand, like the countryman of whom it is said that on whatever, or whomsoever, he put his hand, he did it with all his might. Some of the canons, however, thought differently, and a dispute arose concerning warming-pans. (I make no apology for using theological terms, for the story is a theological one.)

Stay ! Let us argue no more, but search for the cause of things, which is to be found in certain circular vessels well known to cenologists, and the brethren of the Holy Jar. This treatise teaches the true way of the Spagyrick Quest, and is the most opuscular of all opusculums, opus-coleorum, as an

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old canon used to call it, but he lived in the old scholastic days, when ecclesiastics could dispute in mode and figure.

Beroaldus then having foresworn his furnace, became in a state to receive grace ex congruo ;■ which is a theological mystery not to be disputed, though some persons have not been able to under- stand how he could receive anything ex congruo after sending away his maid. Peace ! do not tamper with the faith, or your fate will be like that of the student who undertook to see a girl named Faith home from the fair, and was afterwards burnt alive for heresy : he had tampered with Faith. Let this be a lesson to you.

The canon sat alone in his room, which smelt like the Bottomless Pit smells on melting-day when there is a heavy consignment of fat heretics, smug water-drinkers, and blasphemers of joyous diver- sions to be boiled down. His furnace was empty; the room was dark, and the books sat still on the shelves, looking about as lively as an (Ecumenical Council, a row of empty bottles, or the Three Bar- bels on the sign. Thus dark and drear sat Beroalde in his room, when, as he gazed before him, expecting I do not know what, there rose a light at the window, which grew brighter and brighter, fumes of sweet-scented vapour, smelling like the incense at the Introit, gathered below and above and all around the light so glorious, and in the midst and inmost brightness Beroalde saw written these high and famous sentences, which are the essence, groundwork, foundation ante scecula, interior mean- ing, full commentary, perspicuous gloss, hypo- thetical symbol, cabalistic import, and gnostic mystigorification of all tomes of true science and registers of ancient wisdom. It is certain that on the Tomb of the Scarab, on the Gate of the Abyss of Demiourgos, on the tables of the Sephiroth, near to the Ayin-Soph, in the lightened places of the Subterranean Heaven, and in the Authentic For-

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mula of the first matter of the world, this magistral breviate is inscribed. For it means — Hush ! let us have it first, and the meaning will become apparent. On the outer circle was written : — ALGAR-f ALGASTNA+ + + AMRTET + . On the inner circle was written : — TE + DAGIRAM »J<ADAM>J<. And on the inmost circle was written the four letters R T N T. There ! you who have been working at the bellows and calling on Baal, you who have ridden post through wet and dry, up hill and down dale in Valentine's Triumphal Chariot, and have never reached the Mons Magorum Invisibilis, you who have taken Our Sulphur, Our Salt, Our Earth, and Our Mer- cury, you who live on Cabalistic Sauces and drink the juices of the Green Dragon, you know now how to philosophise to some purpose, and byphilosophise I mean, the obtaining of the Philosophal Stone ; the source of which is contained in the letters of the above juicy inscription or conscription, as the Penitentiarius, who was noted for beginning every- thing with con, would have called it. You ask why I call the above inscription or conscription juicy ? I bid you who ask go and search in that rich treasure-house of conceptions, interludes, fur- naces, fountains, sauces, records, mirrors, high tomes of weighty meaning, and lamps for sages to lanternise withal, where our Great Master dispenses wisdom in eternal paraphrases, while the great golden clouds cease their flight to listen to him. There are stored in golden vessels those juices which alone avail to the completion of the Spa- gyrick Quest, which are called in good lingo the Sum of the Stars. Wait ! let us come to our pur- pose. The Canon got up from his chair and gazed at the appearance like dogs gaze at the full moon, and then he saw a hand pointing to a wheel of fire at one side of the circle, and then another hand beside it, and strange to say he saw two arms which appeared to pertain to the two 6

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hands. " Good," said he to himself, " now we are getting at it ; they will bring you strong wine if you drink all day." When he had gazed till the words of light were deeply printed in the hollows of his skull, all of a sudden the whole blaze vanished out of sight, and instead of it there was the sun shining in at the window, though it was an hour after sunset. Beroalde, the Spagyrist, stared long enough at this marvel, as he thought some- body must have been saying mass backwards over him ; but his wonder was much increased when he heard a mellow voice saying " Shall we set out now ? " He looked at the place where the voice came from, and there he saw a short thick-set man, yellow-skinned and black-haired, with a mouth as large as a cow's, and eyes of fire. He wore a square cap and scholar's gown, and stood just under the window where the vision had ap- peared. "Who are you, and where should we go ? " said the Canon, in whose body butter was flowing. " I am sent," said the short man, " to lead you to the place where what is below is that which is above, where the earth is sepa- rated from the fire, where the brood of the crow change their feathers and are made like unto doves, where is performed the engender- ing of the sun from the Philosophal Egg. For know that of your own wit you can never attain to this work, but in a manner you are found worthy. Follow me." Forthwith he touched the window and the glass melted away, and Beroalde followed him, and saw that from the window was built a very great flight of steps of white marble, that descended and went down, and was pro- longed, extended, pursued, multiplied, and re- duplicated, till it became black and invisible, and (as it was revealed) it consists only of seven steps added to one another in a certain mystic manner. And the guide said again, "Follow me, but look not to the right or to the left where is the Abyss,

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but only beyond and above." And Beroalde, looking beyond, saw only the stairs, and above he saw how the heaven was divided, and half of it was night with the moon and stars, and half of it was light with the sun shining. "This is the mystery of the heaven above the earth called celestial, we seek the mystery of the heaven below the earth called subterranean," said the guide; and forthwith he began to descend the stairs, Beroalde following closely behind him. Verily, it seemed as if they would never reach the deepest depth, as the king once observed on a notorious occasion, which cost some persons who had pushed the matter on their share of the royal favour. Well, but all things come to an end at last ; wedding-nights, the generating of fools and of quintessencers, the dreams of dreamers, organ- sounds and singers' voices ; the pinnacles of the Cloud Castle of Rohalgo and the old Canon's Easter sermon, and the journey across the Waste, do they not all cease ? Truly they do, and, in one way or another, sleep. Amen. So then it came to pass that Beroalde and his guide came at last to the lowest stair, and the man in the scholar's gown told the Canon to look round, and there he saw far off as far could be the top of the stair leading into his house, and the city of Tours with clouds all around it. This was a marvel, but the guide led him on through a narrow passage, which was quite dark, but short enough, and then he knocked at a door five times, and it was opened. And as it was being opened the guide whispered to Beroalde, " Enter into the Four-square Garden, where all things are lawful, and here you shall learn what you desire." " Here comes the Spagy- rist," cried out the porter, whom Beroalde knew very well, for he kept the Three Puddings in Tours ; "come in, come in, most worthy sir, there are puddings enough here, and chitterlings, and sauces, and enough mustard for the Great Master

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himself, and a puncheonful of grape-guts. What the devil ! Ora pro nobis in omnia saecula saecu- lorum, amen, alleluia, alleluia ; there are girls, too, Deo Gratias, the fields are ready for the harvest, ut bos locutus est in populo barbaro, O Domine feliposophidexterandorum." Beroalde made no answer to this intelligible discourse, for he was looking before him, and turning to his guide said to him, "Tell me, most admirable leader, what these things mean." " Call me Liripipiastor," answered he ; " and come forward, and I will show everything to you, as you have indeed much to learn, and many doctrines where- with to be indoctrinated. But tell me, before we go. farther, can you answer me this : In quo sit bonum vinum continendum ? " " In botehis, et flaccis, et barillis, et tonnis," answered Beroalde, who was a learned metaphysician and jurist, and had taken a great part in the trial before the Cathedral Penitentiary of the woman accused of offending with a wine-skin. This great case, be it added, was tried before the Penitentiary Raoul de Fermeboise, lasted for two years, and resulted in the condemnation of the ac- cused, whereby great tumults were excited among the Tourainian women, who considered the sen- tence as an unjust abbreviature of their liberties. The Canon therefore answered firmly, and looked the scholar in the face, but Master Liripipiastor said, " 'Tis answered carnally and according to the wisdom of the flesh, which, as the Apostle teacheth, is accursed, such answers will not pass here. Come with me and hear how the matter stands." And Beroalde followed him, but what was it that he saw the meaning of which he craved to know? He saw the four-square garden. What is that? It is a garden of pleasure, of high discourse, of wisdom, of sages, of good wine, of philosophising, lanternising, symbolising, spagyrising, the garden of the old concoction and the new juice, of songs

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and melodies, where there are hundreds piping and hundreds playing on viols ; it is a garden to look for maidens in. Did I say to find them ? No ; then do not interrupt me. It is a garden of games and pastimes and joyous diversions, where they play and extract fifth essence, and toss balls, and drink all day ; in fine, it is a garden whence all good books proceed. What books are good ? Why those which teach us in a thousand ways to laugh, and therefore contain all wisdom ; books of concubines, multiplication, entrances into secret places, books full of merry demons who dance and twine about every page. It is a garden full of sun and shade, of groves and lawns, and hedgerows and rivulets, and pools, and wells ; of marble seats and carven stalls, of rich stuffs, of halls, sculptures, towers, bells, chimes, pinnacles, galleries, courts, cupboards ; a garden where they make green sauce all night. All these circumstances and pursuits made the Canon Beroalde wish to know about things, and the scholar Liripipiastor drew him through the throng who were amusing themselves to a well where the Great Master sat on a marble seat, and was discoursing to a few apart. And what a man was he, of what a noble presence, with long white beard and a cassock flowing royally about him like a king's robe. He made Beroalde look down, since the Canon had never met such a gaze before, and he asked, " Who is this, Liripipi- astor? Is he dogmatised sufficiently to come here ? *' " He is the alchemist Beroalde, whom I led down the stairs to-night as he desires to attain the spagyrick quest." " Ha ! ha ! he comes from Tours, I swear, his father sold onions in the Rue Chaude ; well, son, do you know in what good wine should be contained, or, in other words, what is the temple of good wine?" "He lacks right knowledge on that point," said Liripipiastor, "for he says it is contained in boteliis, et flaccis, et barillis, et tonnis ; wherefore I have brought him

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to you to be instructed." " Listen, then, Beroalde, and you Liripipiastor, Grobiscornus, Ratifuntulus, and Patuloformus, and you other wenches. What, there are no wenches; well, bottles then, and let us see ' whether they are not ejusdem substantia. Sic probatur ! What would be the use of bottles without openings? The wine would have to be drunk inclusive; that is to say, it would be included in the bottles and secluded from you, therefore it would not be drunk at all ; or, better still, it would be drunk and not drunk, ut probatum est, which is a contradiction, ergo non esse Deum. What do you say to this, philosophasters and lanternisers ? But let us return to our potage, or rather our potus. Bottles must have openings, ut probatum est, and so must girls, for if they had not openings they could not eat ; therefore bottles and wenches are of the same substance, ut probatum est. Listen to that, you doggrelisers of good logic, and learn what it is to conclude in prima figura, modo Bacchi. As I was saying, listen, you other bottles, and learn what is the temple of good wine. What is wine ? It is the true primum mobile which turns the spheres. You will see that proved in Raymond Lully and Ber- nard of Trevisan, and Arnold de Villa Nova and Aristotle De Glue, chapter three. Wine therefore contains the universe, and makes the planets dance and engender stars ; and how can anything contain that which contains all things ? Listen : this is a great mystery, not to be revealed to the vulgar, but only to the true tosspots of true pecu- lations, who live vivified and permeated with right doctrine. Matter is contained in space, but the soul contains space, the clouds, the sun and the stars, the oceans, and the heavens. Ergo, the soul contains bonum vinum, and by soul I mean the belly ; therefore the sage's belly is the temple of good wine, ut probatum est. And the corollary of this fundamental dogma is that the soul must be

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purged and prepared, cleansed, sanctified, mysta- gorified, and enlightened by the mystagorical preparation, which is mustard. Now you have heard the reason of these things ; and we will now sanctify our souls, I mean drink good wine, or rather make that which is above descend to that which is below, or perform the transmutation of juice into laughter, or what you please." " Master," said Liripipiastor, " I heard a bottle chink from the well." " Hush, it is an oracle, a globular omen, a regurgitation, an influence from the spheres. Stoop down, Rotifuntulus, and listen to the voice from the well of science." The young man, Rotifuntulus, who looked to Beroalde an angel of beauty, stooped down and put his ear to the bubbling well, and listened, but not a sound did Beroalde hear except the noise of the water. But the listener presently got up and said, " The holy and omniscient oracle has been delivered in my ear of the word Algarum, and from inspection of the well I foresee that a transmutation is at hand." '' Son," said the Master to the alchemist, " this is a word for you, and you are now about to learn the First Matter of the work. (Give me some more wine, for I am dry. Ah, ha! that smacks well, nota bene) Know that the interpretation of the mystical and regenerating symbol and allegorised paraphrase Algarum (a word well known to the magicians, who make children with it ; ask again how it is done) is as follows : In the

FRUIT OF THE TREE OF THE SECOND JUICE, which

indeed is evident, as in the word there are seven letters, and in the interpretation there are five times seven letters, which render these para- phrases so mystagorical that mixed with water they turn it into wine. Let him listen to me if any sophister or spagyrist desire to know how to turn water into wine by the addition of para- phrases, since the method is contained in these discourses. But I have spoken enough : go, son, 12

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and seek for that which is in the fruit of the tree of the second juice." "Who will show me how this is to be performed ? " said the Canon. " Go, go, get into the midst of the garden and ask for the tree and it will be shown to you and everything else. Pax vobiscum amen, venite compotemus" At this Beroalde was compelled to depart, and, as it is related, he turned now to the right and now to the left and became entangled in a Labyrinth (for he was now without a guide) which would have put Daedalus to shame ; it turned and re- turned a thousand times upon itself, and was so dark and vast a place that the Canon grew near to despair. But at last he came to a place where lamps were set, each lamp hanging by a golden chain, as it seemed, from empty space, and the light they gave him showed what was painted on the wall. And there was delineated in the most admirable colours and the most glorious gold the whole Operation of the Sons of Wisdom, or the Heavenly Marriage ; proceeding from the First Concoction, the Birth of the Eagle, the En- gendring of the Crow, the Balneum Solis, the Great Procession, the Torchbearers, the Storm at Night, the White Woman in the Purple Field, and the Son blessed of the Fire, so that Beroalde was utterly amazed, but yet without understanding, since he knew not the First Matter of the Work, nor how the White Woman could have copulation with the Red Man. So he wandered around and around in this Labyrinth, passing from Light to Dark and from Dark to Light, seeing now and again Pictures at the lasciviousness of which he was astonished, for he did not understand the spirit but only the letter. At last, weary and sick of all, he cried out, " O Domine Deus, if I could have a seat in the sun and a flask of wine I should be content, for this labyrinth is toil without know- ledge." No sooner had he said this than he beheld a little door in the wall, and over it was

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written SOLUS INTROITUS IN V.S.D.M., and Beroalde lifted up the latch and passed through, and from black his garments had turned to white, and his hand feeling in the air closed upon a wine flask. Now, indeed, he had attained through the Labyrinth to the place called the Magician's Heavenly Chaos, where the subterranean sun shines eternally, bringing the magic fruit to per- fection. It was surrounded with a wall of trees, thick, high, and dark ; it was a green meadow of the softest grass, with banks whereon to lie in the sunlight. In the midst Beroalde beheld the so famous Seven Fountains which are set about the Tree of the Second Juice, and are as follows, according to the description of the best authors.

The first is the fountain of the Spiritual Sol ; it is a golden bowl, having carven on it the thousand names, the Process, the Multiplication, the Colour, the Immensity, the Depth, the Sound, the Voice, in short what is whispered at the Door. You understand what I mean ; silence ! This bowl is immeasurable, no one can say how broad it is ; it is, in fact, a golden sea, welling up with an eternal spring ; in the depths of its waters are all things reflected, the water is magical, a fluid in which to bathe most of the volumes that have been written.

The Second is the fountain of the Spiritual Luna, and contains the liquid from which beautiful girls with , enticing shapes are produced by a quintessential process. In shape it is a spire of light, continually ascending, pointed like a spear, and having its base in the floods and waters. With a drop of this liquid of Luna a philosopher once anointed his flagon, and ever after it was full of wine.

The Third is the fountain of the Spiritual Venus, in shape a sphere, abounding and glowing with ruddy light. In the liquid of this sphere the Great Master beheld his Voyages and discovered

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the Way to Attain, for it contains all philosophies : in it may be seen the flights of all the Stars and the most precious secret of the Generation of Fools ; a mystic matter ; in it is delivered the sense of the words Koy£ bfnra£.

The Fourth is the fountain of the Spiritual Mercurius, the Argent Vive, full of a thick viscid and spermatic fluid which runs a race round a Bowl of Earth, and from it doves rise up con- tinually and fly away into the heaven. I read in an ancient book that this liquor is the seed of the world and makes everything fertile ; it was sym- bolised in those mysteries of Priapus, the Father of the Chitterlings, now counted obscene.

The Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh, are not, as might be thought, Fountains of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, but are Mirrors in which each man sees what he desires ; " in them are cities, maidens, dances, clouds, stars, spires, phrases, allegories, treatises, breviates, tomes, songs and chanting, hieroglyphics, visions, and tennis-balls. Look in them for facetious sayings, you whose brains run dry ; look for sunlight in the dark days, when a fine rain falls continually, these mirrors are magistral and enigmatical, fit only for sages.

While Beroalde was busily engaged in sucking in all these mysteries, without lifting an eye to what stood in the midst, he heard a voice saying, "First drink,^ and then demand what you will," and Beroalde saw an old man standing beside him, in a robe of ash-grey. "What shall I drink ? " asked the Canon. " Drink the volume of delectation in your hand ; it is the true wine, the comfortable potation, the orthodox com- mentary ; it is full of reasons of everything, it warms the skull, and fills its dark places with the sun." So Beroalde drank and became full of .boldness, and said with great courage, " I come here in search of Algarum; otherwise what is contained in the fruit of the tree of the Second

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Juice." "Where do you come from?" "The World." "What is the World?" "Listen; for I am drunk and full of reasons. Once there was a true world, a holy, spiritual city; but long ago, before the secrets of hot sauces were discovered, the Arch Concocter of Bad Productions dreamt an ill dream which we now call the world." "Well answered. How came you ? " " By the Seven Stairs, and through the Four-square Garden, to the presence of the Master and to the Oracular Well. Hence I came through the Labyrinth, fortified with the word of Algarum, a paraphrase which turns water into wine." " Then behold, son of regeneration, the Tree of the Second Juice, and the fruit thereof." And Beroalde lifted up his face, and beheld in the midst of the fountains the mightiest tree he had ever seen, so lofty that the clouds swam across its top, and in breadth a day's journey, covered with dark green leaves from which is prepared the Green Sauce of the Philosophers, and with the golden fruit, somewhat like an apple, which the world desires in vain. And amidst the branches were cities, and castles, and golden spires, inhabited by the Homunculi ; and Beroalde was bidden to climb this tree if he would gain the fruit. He therefore took of the Spiritual Mercurius and the Spiritual Sol from the fountains, and anointing himself, was carried on high into the tree, where he underwent the seven transmutations. He became a volume, a cloud, a star, a pinnacle, a faun, a song, a dream ; he ate the fruit and drank the mixed draught, and was wedded to the Queen Soteris in the mystical marriage. And when he returned to the ground, he carried with him a book containing one leaf, and in it written : " In the sixth hour of the

NIGHT SEARCH NOTHING BUT THYSELF, AND THOU SHALT FIND THE FIRST MATTER OF THE STONE, AND IN NO OTHER PLACE IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD SHALT THOU FIND IT." 16

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ELIAS ASHMOLE.

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This work (one of the utmost importance to Alchemists) consists of brief but pregnant chapters attributed to Hermes, and a lengthy commentary explaining the mysterious sen- tences of the great adept. Thus Hermes says, " Guard therefore that living silver which is in the inmost chambers where it was congealed." The commentator begins : " It is agreed amongst philosophers that living silver is the first matter of all the metals. But it is by no means common silver or common mercury ; for the common mercury is dead and in no wise fitted for the work, but this is living and philosophical : this is duly prepared with the help of nature and art," &c, &c. A curious passage is that in which Hermes bids his son " take up his shadow from the light " ; on which the scholium runs, " as one walking in the sun is followed by his shadow like a companion, so our Hermaphro- dite, the child of Adam, though he have the form of a man, yet ever bears about him in his body Eve, his wife."

O. CROLLIUS.

BASILICA CHYMICA, Osualdi Crollii, con- o. Croiiius. tinens descriptionem et usum Remediorum Chymicorum, additus est Tractatus DE SIGNATURIS Rerum Internis. With ex- tremely curious emblematical frontispiece, containing cabalistic diagrams and the portraits of Paracelsus, Geber, Lully, Morien. and others ; also tables of the characters used by the B 2 19

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o. CroiHus. Alchemists to denote the Metals, Elements, &*c.

\to., vellum, Francofurti, 1609. Rare. jQi. " All herbs, flowers, trees, and all the fruits of the earth," says the author in his treatise on Signatures, "are books and magic signs given us by the mercy of God." This is the text on which he preaches the sermon that the whole universe is Magical, a chain of symbols mounting from the herb of the field to the splendour of the Ayin Soph ; everything is shown to be permeated with magic force and meaning. The first part of the work, the Basilica Chymica is a system of Mystic Medicine, for which the writer is evidently a good deal indebted to Paracelsus. "No one, who is not an alchemist, can know anything either of theoretical or practical medicine,'"' says Crollius. Many a strange sublime fancy will be found in the no pages of the " Praefatio Admonitoria " : that precious stones are elementary stars, for instance ; that Man contains in himself the whole universe, Material and Spiritual ; that the grain of wheat sown in the ground hath in itself the soul of a star ; much, in fact, that anticipates the teaching of the Rosicrucians.

G. DORNEUS.

CDomeus. TREVISANUS de Chymico Miraculo, quod Lapidem Philosophise appellent, DIONYS. ZACHARIUS de eodem (The OPUS- CULUM), Annotata qusdam ex NICOLAO FLAMELLO, illustrati per G. Dorneum. Sm. Svo., sheep, Basil, 1600. Fine copy, very rare. ^4. 4s.

A volume of the utmost rarity and interest. It comprises Four Books on Alchemy by the celebrated Bernard of Trevisan ; the famous Opusculum of Denis Zachaire, at once an autobiography and a treatise on Alchemy by

98, Great Russell Street, London, W.C.

an adept ; and the Annotations of Nicolas G. Domcus. Flam el, the fortunate possessor of the Book of Abraham the Jew, who founded and en- dowed several churches and hospitals in Paris, with the gold he obtained by his art. To these are added annotations from various authors, among them being Arnold de Villanova, Avicenna, Lully, and Geber, and more lengthy extracts from other ancient writers. A work like this should afford an answer to the much-debated question — What was the aim and object of those searchers after the Hermetic Mystery, commonly called Alchemists ?

NICHOLAS FLAMEL, ARTEPHLUS, &c.

PHILOSOPHIE NATURELLE DE TROIS ANCIENS PHILOSOPHES, ARTE- PHIUS, FLAMEL, ET SYNESIUS, aug- mented d'un petit Traite de la Pierre des Philosophes de G. Ripleus. With large folding plate, and 8 cuts of the Hieroglyphical Figures of Flamel 4to., calf, gilt, Paris, 1682. 40s. The visitor to Paris would do well to seek at the " Cemetery of the Innocents, on the fourth arch on the right hand as you go in from the Rue St. Denis," for the mystical figures placed there by Nicholas Flamel, the famous alchemist. In appearance, as deli- neated in the above work, they are singularly fine examples of mediaeval art, showing forth the Secrets of Transmutation in a mystical, but beautiful allegory. Subjoined to these illustrations is FlamePs explanation, also his account of his life, that strange chapter in alchemy, wherein the reader will see how Flamel became possessed of the " Book of Abraham, the Jew " ; how he toiled over its leaves, experimenting, trying one intrepreta- tion after another with no success; how he

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Nicholas painted the figures of the fourth and fifth

Arteph'ius. leaves on his house walls, and brought great

&c- clerks to see them all in vain ; how he made

a pilgrimage to Spain, and there met a man who explained the riddle, and at last Flamel knew the secret of the First Principle or Matter.

/ R. GLAUBER.

J. R. DESCRIPTION OF NEW PHILOSOPHICAL Glauber. FURNACES, whereunto is added a Descrip-

tion of the Tincture of Gold, or the true Aurum Potabile, by J. R. Glauber. With numerous cuts, sm. 4to., half calf gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf 1651, title and first few leaves neatly mended. 25 s.

/ F. HELVETIUS.

j. f. GOLDEN CALF (THE), which the world

Heivenus. adores and desires ; in which is handled the

most rare and incomparable wonder of nature in transmuting metals, written in Latin, by John Frederick Helvetius, and faithfully Englished. i2mo., calf 1670. jQi. 10s. Very rare.

Showing "how the entire substance of lead was in one moment translated into Gold- Obrizon, with an exceeding small particle of the true Philosophick Stone. At the Hague. In the year 1666."

HORTOLANUS, JUN.

Hortoianus, GOLDEN AGE; or, the Reign of Saturn Reviewed, tending to set forth a way to pre- pare and fix our common mercury into silver and gold : with a discourse vindicating and explaining the Philosopher's Stone, by Hortoianus, Jun. 8vo., old calf 1698. 30s. A series of valuable extracts from and com- ments on " ^Eirenseus Philalethes," whom the writer calls " my master, a true Adeptist, and 22

98, Great Russell Street, London, IV. C.

the last and best Interpreter of all the Ancient Hortoianus. Philosophers." A portion of the work is cast Jun' in the form of a dialogue between Eirenseus and Hortoianus.

J. F. HOUPREGHT.

AURIFONT1NA CHEMICA; or, a Collection of Jj.£nht fourteen small Treatises concerning the first oupreg matter of Philosophers. i2mo., sheep, 1680. . ,

40s. Very rare.

Among the treatises are : " Sir George Ripley's Treatise of Mercury and the Philo- sopher's Stone"; "Nic. Flammell his Sum- mary of Philosophy, or Short Treatise of the Philosopher's Stone " ; " Bern. Trevisan's Epistle concerning the Secret Workings of Nature " ; the " Privy Seal of Secrets plainly discovering the First Matter of the Philo- sophers " ; " Colours to be observed in the Operation of the Great Work," etc., etc.

G. L. HUME.

CHEMICAL ATTRACTION, with an Historical G. l. Hume. Introduction, and illustrative Tables, by Gilbert Langdon Hume. Svo., half cloth, Cambridge, 1835. 5 s.

The Introduction contains a history of alchemy, with notices of and extracts from the works of the principal alchemists ; and also an account of Sir Kenelm Digby, Van Helmont, and the chemists of the 17th century.

PARACELSUS.

PARACELSUS HIS ARCHIDOXIS, Comprised Paracelsus,

in Ten Books disclosing the Genuine Way of making Quintessences, Arcanums, Elixirs, &>c, together with his books of Renovation and Restauration ; of the Tincture of the Philosophers ; of the Manual of the Philo-

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Paracelsus. sophical Medicinal Stone ; of the Virtues of

the Members ; of the Three Principles ; and finally, his seven books of the degrees and compositions of Receipts and Natural Things,

Englished by J. H . Oxon. i2mo., calf,

1660. Very rare. £2. 2s.

EIRENjEUS PHILALETHES.

Eirensus INTROITUS APERTUS IN OCCLUSUM s- REGIS PALATIUM, autore Anonymo

Philaletha Philosopho, in gratiam Artis Chy- micse nunc primum publicatus. Sm. Bvo., half morocco, top edges gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, Amstel., with the Sphere, 1667. The rare first

EDITION, FINE COPY. 5 OS.

This is absolutely the original edition of the famous " Open Entrance to the Shut Palace of the King," translated from the English manuscript of the mysterious author, so often confounded with another adept, Thomas Vaughan, Eugenius Philalethes, who by a curious coincidence seems to have been born in the same year.

INTROITUS APERTUS ad Occlusum Regis Palatium, novis animadversionibus illustratus, by Eiren^eus Philalethes. \zmo., half- calf gilt, Francofurti, 1706. 15 s. Rare.

Students will find in this excellent edition an attempt at unravelling the impenetrable mystery which even then surrounded the author of the " Introitus Apertus." The writer refers to his connection with Starkey, and seems unce'tain whether he were the " famulus" or " socius et amicus " of Eirenseus, and points to the bookseller, William Cooper, as the likeliest person to know who Eirenaeus really was. We must note also the list of 1 5 books and 13 manuscripts by Eirenaeus ad- . joined by the editor. 24

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RIPLEY REVIV'D ; or, an Exposition upon Sir gS5g£ George Ripley's HERMETICO-POETICAL Works. Containing the plainest and most excellent discoveries of the most hidden secrets of the Ancient Philosophers that were ever yet published. Written by Eiren^us Philalethes. Sm. 2>vo., polished calf, extra, marbled edges, 1678. £2 2s.

Contains : An Exposition upon Sir George Ripley's Epistle ; An Exposition upon Sir George Ripley's Preface ; An Exposition upon the First Six Gates of Sir George Ripley's Com- pound of Alchymie ; Experiments for the Preparation of the Sophick Mercury by Eirenseus Philalethes ; Breviary of Alchemy ; and An Exposition of Sir George Ripley's Vision. The bookseller's catalogues of the works of Eirenasus Philalethes are note- worthy. The list comprises 33 works in all ; 15 of which were printed and 18 "he wrote, but we cannot as yet find where the Copies are."

WM. SALMON.

MEDICINA PRACTICA ; or, Practical Physick w. Saimo* with the Preparation of the Universal Medi- cine of Paracelsus, &c, to which is added the philosophical works of HERMES TRISMEGISTUS, KALID, GEBER, ARTEFIUS, FLAMMEL, BACHON, and RIPLEY, translated with a Singular Com- ment on the First Book of Hermes, by William Salmon. With plates of Geber's Furnaces and FlammePs Hieroglyphics . 8vo. old calf , 1692, 50s. Very rare.

POLYGRAPHICE : Containing ... of Alchy- ' mie, and the grand elixir of philosophers ; of the 112 chymical arcana of Peter Faber ; of chiromantical signatures, &c, &c. 25 copper plates. 2 vols., &vo., panelled calf, 17 01. 25s.

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w. Salmon. ^phe part of this work treating on Alchemy

professes to be a comment and an explanation of the writings of Basil Valentine, Ripley, Paracelsus, and other of the old alchemists. Here and there we get a hint of an allegory; as, for instance, " The variety of several Furnaces intimates the variety of Labours and diversity of Matters," and when the author distinguishes between dead common gold and the "living Spiritual Gold." There are many riddles here for students of Alchemy to solve, and such dark sayings as " there is but one thing in all the world out of which our Art is made," "There is one mineral in the bowels of the earth which in the outside is marked with the figure of the Microcosme, and is in the beginning the Tree of Gold" and " if we will Pveap Sol or Luna we must use their Form or Soul and not the Matter."

THOMAS VAUGHAN.

Thomas MAGIA AD AMICA ; or, the Antiquity of Magic : Vaughan. whereunto is added a perfect and full Discoverie

of the true Coelum Terrae, or the Magician's Heavenly Chaos, by Eugenius Phila- lethes. — The Man Mouse taken- in a Trap, and tortured to death for gnawing the margins of Eugenius Philalethes. i vol. 12 mo., calf extra, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf, 1650. Tine copy, very rare. 50s.

BREIF NATURAL HISTORY intermixed with Variety of Philosophical Discourses ; and Observations upon the Burnings of Mount yEtna, with Refutations of such Vulgar Errours as our Modern Authours have omitted, by Eugenius Philalethes. 121110., old calf 1669. 25s.

LUMEN DE LUMINE ; or, a new magicall Light discovered, and communicated to the world 26

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Thomas an.

by Eugenius Philalethes, with the plate vaugb of the Enchanted Treasure, . . . THE SECOND WASH; or, the Moore Scour'd once more, &c., by Eugenius Philalethes, in one vol., \21no., calf, 165 1. Very rare 60s.

BASIL VALENTINE.

THEODORI KERCKRINGII COMMENTA- RIUS IN CURRUM TRIUMPHALEM ANTIMONII BASILII VALENTINI, with symbolical copper-plate frontispiece by Romyn de Hooghe, and plates, \2n10., calf. Amstel, 1671. \2S. 6d.

The famous " Triumphal Chariot of Anti- mony," by Basil Valentine, with notes and ex- planations of the text. This is one of the works relied on by those who regard Alchemy as a profound and extraordinary allegory, teaching the quest of something far higher than the Transmuting Stone.

Basil

Valentine.

J. H. WEIDENFELD.

FOUR BOOKS OF JOHANNES SEGERUS WEIDENFELD concerning the Secrets of the Adepts, collected out of the Ancient and Modern Fathers of Adept Philosophy. 4/0-., old calf , 1685, rare. 30J.

" All the Secrets of Chymy," according to the author, " depend upon the Spirit of Philo- sophical Wine. He that takes the Philoso- phers' sayings according to their common sense and signification has already lost the clew of Ariadnes, and wanders up and down the labyrinth." The philosophical wine con- sists of two Spirits, the Father and Son, " The first doth in its preparation require Laborem Sophiae, the most secret, difficult, and dan- gerous work of all true Chemistry." This most curious work consists of excerpts from

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Weidenfeld.

Thomas Marvell,

Wwdeufcid. an(^ comments on the writings of Paracelsus,

Ripley, Lully, Basil Valentine, and other Adepts.

/. BLA GRAVE.

j. Biagrave. ASTROLOGICAL PRACTICE OF PHYSICK, discovering the true Way to Cure all Dis- eases, also a Discovery of some notable Philosophical Secrets, by Joseph Biagrave, Student in Astrology. Sm. 8vo., mottled calf gilt, 1689, title mounted. 12s. 6d.

HIRAM E. BUTLER.

Hiram e. SOLAR BIOLOGY : a new Scientific, exact and easy Method of delineating character: diagnosing disease ; determing mental, physi- cal, and business qualifications, conjugal adaptability, &c, from date to birth, by Hiram E. Butler. Seven plate diagrams and tables of the moon and planets from 1820 to 1900. 500 pages large 8vo., bevelled doth, with symbolical designs in gold. Boston. 2 is.

C. COOKE.

c. Cooke. CURIOSITIES OF OCCULT LITERATURE, by C. Cooke, author of "Astrology in a Nutshell," with frontispiece, also two coloured plates inserted, interleaved and annotated

THROUGHOUT BY THE AUTHOR, with MS.

horoscopes and phrenological heads, many oj the blank names in the text filled up in MS. Svo., cloth, uncut, 15s. A unique copy.

The work itself contains many curious par- ticulars relating to the first " Zadkiel," — Lieut. Morrison, — and of an extraordinary scheme for a Public Telescope. 28

98, Great Russell Street, London, W.C.

C. HEYDON.

NEW ASTROLOGY; or, the Art of Foretelling c. Heydon. future Events by the Aspects, Positions, and Influences of the Heavenly Bodies. By C. • Heydon, j un. With folding frontispiece. 1 2 mo. sheep, 1786. 12s. 6d.

WILLIAM LLLLY,

INTRODUCTION TO ASTROLOGY, by gjg™ William Lilly, edited by Zadkiel. Portrait of Lilly. 8vo., orig. boards, uncut, 1835. 10s. 6d. Nice clean and fresh copy of this esteemed work.

MONARCHY OR NO MONARCHY IN ENG- LAND, Grebner's Prophecy, the English, Latin, and Welsh Prophecies, &c, by William Lilly, with the nineteen very curious

HIEROGLYPHICAL PLATES. \t0., half Calf, gilt,

1 65 1, fine copy, very rare.

DECLARATION OF THE SEVERAL TREA- SONS, BLASPHEMIES, AND MIS- DEMEANOURS by that Grand Wizard and Impostor William Lilly, otherwise called Merlinus Anglicus. \to., half doth, 1660, fine tall copy, the lower edges being all uncut, pp. 7, very rare. The two vols, for 50s.

These extraordinary hieroglyphics afford some idea of Lilly's skill in prediction, the Plague and Fire of London being unquestion- ably foretold in a work which was published fourteen years before the first event.

A. J. PEARCE.

TEXT-BOOK OF ASTROLOGY, vol. 1, a. j. Genethlialogy (all published), by A. J. Pe;uce- Pearce. 8vo., cloth, 1879. 10s.

Mr. Pearce is the present " Zadkiel."

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A.j.Pearce. SCIENCE QF THE STARS, by the Author of " The Text-Book of Astrology." iSmo., cloth.

,Horary Astrology, Marriage, Destiny, Nativities, On casting the Horoscope, Astro- , Meteorology, Mundane Astrology, &c.

Raphael.

J. Wilson.

Zadkiel.

RAPHAEL. .

RAPHAEL'S SANCTUARY OF THE ASTRAL ART ; or, Elysium of Astrology. Svo., doth, 1834. 6s.

/ WILSON.

LOST SOLAR SYSTEM OF THE ANCIENTS DISCOVERED, by John Wilson. 2 vols., demy Svo., boards, a few leaves opened, 1856. 10s. 6d.

A work of vast research, seeking by a series of elaborate calculations to find the " hidden wisdom of the ancients" in pyramids, obelisks, towers, and Druidical monuments.

ZADKIEL.

GRAMMAR OF ASTROLOGY, containing all things necessary for calculating a nativity, with tables for London and Liverpool, by Zadkiel. Small Svo., cloth, 1849. 7s. 6d.

THE GRAMMAR OF ASTROLOGY, con- taining all things necessary for calculating a nativity, by Zadkiel. \2mo., cloth, 1840. 7s. 6d.

One of the scarcest of Captain Morrison's celebrated astrological works.

gnttqutttesu

M. L. BARRE.

m.l. Barr^ HERCULANUM ET POMPEI: Recueil General des Peintures, Bronzes,

3°

98, Great Russell Street, London, W.C.

Mosaiques, &c. Par M. L. Barre. With M> L\Barr"- upwards of 800 plates exquisitely engraved on copper by H. Roux Aine, 8 vols, (including the famous MUSEE SECRET, containing 60 erotic plates), royal Svo., original paper boards, uncut, Paris, 1872. Spotless copy, £& 8s.

DUPUIS.

ORIGTNE DE TOUS LES C'ULTES ; ou, Reli- Dlipt gion Universelle. Par Dupuis, citoyen Francois. 12 vols., 8vo., wrapper, uncut, Paris, Tan III. (1794). Fine copy, many of the leaves unopened. 15 s.

To give any idea of the scope of this im- mense work would be merely to write down all the forms of worship and religion which have obtained any notoriety, or are repre- sented in any literature from the earliest period of the world's history. The index alone extends to 283 pages, and with its aid the " Origine " is of the utmost service as a book of reference on any and all points at all connected with the subject of Ancient Wor- ships. The worship of Abraxas, of Adonis, " the father of Priapus " (in which by the way are some theories that would delight Mr. Gerald Massey, e.g. the identification of the Christian Eucharist with the mysteries of Adonis) ; of the Phallus ; the Serpent ; the meaning of the Apocalypse (it turns out to be merely a Book of Initiation in some obscure mysteries) ; the origin of Christianity (an off- shoot of Mithraism); the teaching of the Chal- dees ; the Mysteries ; the Gnostics : these are a few of the subjects treated of in this work.

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ARTHUR LILLIE.

AnhurLiiiie. BUDDHISM IN CHRISTENDOM ; or, Jesus the Essene. By Arthur Lillie. 8vo., cloth, 1887. 15s.

GTfrm're ®aleg antr Eomancesu

HONORE DE BALZAC.

Honors de DROLL STORIES COLLECTED FROM THE

Balzac. ABBEYS OF TOURAINE. By H. de

Balzac. Translated into English, complete and

unabridged, with the 425 designs by Gustave

Dore. 8vo., cloth, 1874. 10s. 6d.

" Pour l'esbattement des Pantagruelistes et non aultres."

W. A. CLOUS TON.

w: a. BOOK OF SINDIBAD ; or, the Story of the

uouston. Kingj his Sonj the Damsel, anci the Seven

Vazlrs. From the Persian and Arabic, with Introduction, Notes, and Appendix. By W. A. Clouston. Svo., original wrapper, uncut. Privately printed, 1834. 21s.

Edition limited to 300 copies.

The author is widely known as one of the most accomplished of modern Orientalists and students of Folk-Lore and Folk-Tales. Mr. Clouston collaborated with Sir Richard Burton in the production of his splendid edition of the Arabian Nights. The present work might serve as a model to those whose labours lie in the same direction, for its faithful and spirited renderings, but above all for the rich store of parallel tales and vari- ants collected from the most remote sources. 32

98, Great Russell Street, London, W.C.

E. J. W. GIBB.

THE HISTORY OF THE FORTY VEZIRS ; g^j. w. or, the Story of the Forty Morns and Eves. Written in Turkish by Sheykh-Zada, done into .English by E. J. W. Gibb, M.R.A.S. Crown 8vo., cloth. 9s. 6d.

ANDRE W LANG.

AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE, done into Andrew English by Andrew Lang. Etched frontispiece ang* on vellum, head-pieces, and culs-de-lampe by Jacomb Hood. Leap. Svo., choicely printed in red and black on Japanese paper, uncut, 1887.

I5S-

Edition limited to 550 copies.

" There is nothing in artistic poetry quite akin to ' Aucassin and Nicolette.' " — Andrew Lang.

ARTHUR MA CHEN.

HEPTAMERON ; or, Tales and Novels of jgfo» Marguerite, Queen of Navarre, now first completely done into English prose and verse, from the original French, by Arthur Machen. With the superb etchings of Leopold Flameng, fine impressions. Demy Svo., antique boards, privately printed, 1886. 25s.

" Mr. Machen has done his task very well, giving sufficient, but not excessive, colour of archaism to the style, and avoiding, so far as we have noticed, those unlucky stumblings into modernity which some archaizing trans- lators do not avoid." — Athentzum.

" Mr. Machen's work seems admirable." — Mr. John Payne, translator of the Villon Society's " Decameron " and " Arabian Nights."

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Machen.

CHRONICLE OF CLEMENDY (THE) ; or, the History of the IX Joyous Journeys. In which are contained the Amorous Inventions and Facetious Tales of Master Gervase Perrot, Gent., now for the first time done into English, by Arthur Machen, translator of the Heptameron of Margaret of Navarre. With frontispiece and 3 vignettes. Svo., in half vellum and antique boards, choicely printed on a special make of antique laid paper, Carbonnek, 1888. £* is.

This work was " privately printed for the Society of Pantagruelists," and was strictly limited to an edition of 250 copies. The price will shortly be raised.

Extract from the " Chronicle of Clemendy" : — " From Ville des Pensees to Chasteau de Par Amours was a brave road, through a delicious country abounding in sunlit meadows, shady groves, and rippling brooks, thrilling with the song of nightingales. Imagine then, I pray you, my beautiful Con- 34

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stance (who assuredly must have carried in Arthur her bosom a wonderful spell against Sirius, for that malefic star could not hurt her nor scorch her red and white), and the little dark man with hungry eyes, in his dingy scholar's vestment, walking hand in hand (ah ! how fiercely pressed together) down the long road, and halting now and again lor a little while in the arbours by the way. In short, they reached the valley together, and mounted up into the wonderful castle of Par Amours, where, certes, there is choice entertainment and soft lodging ; musick, too, from horns, harps, and vyalls to pierce the heart ; and deambulatories in rose-gardens, and along incredible galleries hanging from the summits of pinnacled tower and of stony wall. What shall I say of their over-shadowed parliaments in the woods, their countersigns and secret signals to one another, and of the times when Constance, full of shame, yet fuller of love, went stealthily in the dead of night along the dark passages, by the savage warriors of the arras, and up the long weary winding stair to Luigi's chamber ? " — From " The Chronicle of Clemently" Journey the First, Tale VIII.

LE ROUX DE IINCY AND A. DE MONTAIGLON.

L'HEPTAMERON DES NOUVELLES de ^°^dde Marguerite d'Angouleme, Reine de Navarre, AmdJan publiee sur les Manuscrits par les soins et avec M°ntaigion. les notes de MM. Le Roux de Lincy et Anatole de Montaiglon, choicely printed by Jouaust on papier verge, with portrait, fac- simile of a letter in Margaret 's writing, re- production in gold and colours of Margaret's arms and emblems, and the exquisite series of 76 plates and 150 head-pieces and culs-de-lampe c 2 35

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Le Roux de Lincy and A. de Montaiglon.

designed by Freudenberg and Dunker for the Berne edition of ly 80-81. Brilliant impres- sions. 4 vols. 8vo., crimso?i Levant morocco extra, uncut, top edges gilt, Paris, 1880, very

SCARCE. £l I OS.

It will only be necessary to point out to lovers of beautiful books that the above edition of the Heptameron unites the ad- vantages of an absolutely correct text, copious and valuable notes, and a most exquisite series of illustrations ; the tail-pieces especially are marvels of delicate fancy and suggestive- ness. It may safely be said that no more beautiful, correct, or useful edition of the Heptameron has been published.

OSCAR WILDE.

OscarWiide. HAP.PY PRINCE (THE), and other Tales, by Oscar Wilde. Large paper, with 3 etchings on India paper by Walter Crane, in two states and head-pieces {on India paper) and culs-de- lampe by Jacomb Hood. Brilliant first impressions, impl. 8vo., vellum, choicely printed on Whatman's hand-made paper, 1888. Seventy-five copies printed on large paper, only sixty-five of which were offered for sale, each copy signed by the author and publisher. Price on application to the Publisher of this Catalogue.

Arthur Machen.

Curious*

ARTHUR MACHEN.

ANATOMY OF TOBACCO; or, Smoking Methodised, Divided, and Considered after a new fashion, by Leolinus Siluriensis (Arthur Machen, translator of the Heptameron and Chronicle of Clemendy). Cr. 8vo., vellum, 1884, unopened leaves. 3s. 6d. 36

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OBSERVATIONS SUE. L'HISTOIRE NATURELLE ; with curious coloured

ANATOMICAL FOLDING PLATES. \tO.,old mottled

calf gilt, Paris, 1752. 15 s.

€t\tit OTorstfrip*

MONUMENS CELTIQUES ; ou, Recherches m. Cambry. sur le Culte des Pierres, avec une Notice sur les Celtes et sur les Druides, par M. Cambry. With seven very large folding plates illus- trating Carnac and other Celtic remains. 8vo., tree calf gilt, Paris, 1805. 10s.

A most suggestive inquiry into the history of stone worship, as exemplified by the re- mains in France, England, Greece, Italy, and the various countries of the East. It is a contribution to one of the most debated of questions, by whom, at what time, and for what end were the various megalithic monu- ments erected ?

J-S.F. DEMONOLOGIA ; or, Natural Knowledge Re- J. s. f. vealed, an Expose of Ancient and Modern Superstitions in connection with Amulets, Demonology, Divination, Ghosts, Incanta- tions, Magic, Spells, Witchcraft, &c, &c, by J. S. F. With folding frontispiece. 2>vo., boards, uncut, 1831. 12s. 6d.

/ M. LANGIUS.

DE CORPORALI OBSESSIONE, Altdorfi, J. m. 1700. — De Fascino per Usum et Vocem, by Langlus- M. J. Paschius, Wittenbergce, 1684, pp. 42. 4s.

Two curious treatises on Obsession and ' Fascination.

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H. KIRCHENHOFFER.

h. Kirchen- THE BOOK OF FATE, formerly in the posses- hofirer- sion of Napoleon, and now first rendered into

English from an ancient Egyptian manuscript by H. Kirchenhoffer. With the scarce folding plate. 8vo., half calf gilt, 1828. Rare. 12 s. 6d. The editor thinks that the " oracle should not be consulted but when the Moon is at the full." The influence of the Moon is certainly very evident throughout the entire work.

MDME. LE NORMAND.

Mdme. le THE ORACLE OF HUMAN DESTINY ; or, Normand. the Tjnerrmg Foreteller of Future Events, and

Interpreter of mystical Signs and Influences : through the medium of Common Cards, by Madame le Normand. The rare original with large folding coloured plate, boards, uncut, 1825. 7s. 6d.

. THOS. WELTON.

Thos. MENTAL MAGIC: a Rationale of Thought

weiton. Reading and its attendant Phenomena, and

their Application to .... all secret and hidden things, &c, by Thos. Weiton. Frontis- piece, Post 410., cloth, 1884. 7 s. 6 d.

Breams*

RAPHAEL.

Raphael. ROYAL BOOK OF DREAMS, from an ancient manuscript, containing one thousand and twenty-four oracles, by Raphael. Symbolical folding plate. 8vo., bds., 1830. 10s. 6d. 38

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EDWARD W. LANE.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE MANNERS AND £j£,rdW- CUSTOMS OF THE MODERN EGYPT- IANS,by E. W. Lane. Numerous cuts. 2 vols., sm. Svo., cloth gilt, 1846. 5s.

With a most curious description of Egyptian charms, magic, and incantations. Lane con- fesses himself satisfied as to the good faith of the magician he consulted, and thoroughly puzzled by what was done in his presence.

Jflagellatfom

HISTORIA FLAGELLANTIUM. De secto et perverso Flagrorum usu apud Christianos. 1 2 mo., orig. calf, gilt, sprinkled edges. Parisiisy 1700. Fine Copy. Rare. 15s.

An interesting contribution to the history of the practice of Flagellation, which, origin- ating in asceticism, ended, as the reader of this treatise will find, in serving quite another purpose.

TUSCAN FAIRY TALES (taken down from the mouths of the people). 16 illustrations by J. Stanley, engraved by Edmund Evans. Post 4to, cloth, gilt, n. d. 2s. 6d.

C. W. KING, M.A. ANTIQUE GEMS : their Origin, Uses, and Value c. w. King. as Interpreters of ancient History, and as illustrative of ancient Art ; with Hints to

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c. w. King. Gem Collectors. By Rev. C. W. King, M.A.

Exquisite steel plates and numerous woodcuts. Svo., orig. cloth, uncut, i860. First edition. A splendid copy. 40s.

The works of the late Rev. C. W. King on Gems are highly valuable not only on account of their archaeological and artistic interest, and the profuse and beautiful illustrations which accompany the text, but also as throw- ing much light on a peculiarly attractive byway of Occult Science, — the study of Talis- mans, Amulets, the Mystic Virtues of certain Stones, and, most curious of all, the Gems engraved by the various sects of the Gnostics. We would refer those interested in such subjects to the sections on Astrological In- tagli, Mithraic Intagli, Serapic Intagli, Gnostic Gems, Gnostic Amulets, Isiac Symbols and Grylli, which will be found in the " Antique Gems " and the " Handbook."

THE HANDBOOK OF ENGRAVED GEMS, by C. W. King, M.A. With numerous illus- trations. 8vo. orig. cloth, gilt, uncut, 1866. Fine clean copy. 20s.

Mrs. CROWE. Mrs. Crowe. THE SEERESS OF PREVORST, being reve- lations concerning the inner-life of man, and the inter-diffusion of a world of spirits in the one we inhabit : from the German of Justinus Kerner, by Mrs. Crowe. With the scarce folding plate. Sm. Svo., orig. cloth, 1845. 12s. 6d.

The large folding plate of the " Sunsphere " and the " Spirit World " is worthy of Robert Fludd or Trithemius. This work, the extraordinary picture of a mysterious "mag- netic life," in which seeing, hearing, and feeling were superseded by the clear sight of 40

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the seer, is too well known to need any Mrs. Crowe. description.

SECRETS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD laid open ; or, an universal HISTORY OF APPARITIONS, sacred and prophane, whether angelical, diabolical, or departed souls, &c, &c. 6 curious engraved copper plates. \21no., calf, 1700. Rare. 12s.

6tto0tir&m.

/. MATTER. HISTOIRE CRITIQUE DU GNOSTICISME, J. Matter, et de son Influence sur les Sectes religieuses et philosophiques des six premiers Siecles de l'Ere chretienne, par Jacques Matter, with 18 plates, two of them being very large folding ones, illustrating Gnostic Gems, Inscriptions, Diagrams, Kabbalah, &c. 3 vols. 8vo., wrapper, uncut, Paris, 1828. 25s.

This invaluable work on Gnosticism (com- prising upwards of 900 pages) points out the various sources from which the Gnostics drew the articles of their faith : Pythagoreanism, Platonism, the teachings of Philo-Judaeus, Eastern Religions especially Zoroastrianism and Kabbalism ; summarises the teachings of the Gnostic teachers, Euphrates, Simon Magus, Cerinthus, Cerdion, &c, and gives a full and minute history of the various Gnostic sects of Syria, Egypt, and Italy. The plates, besides illustrating the Gems engraved by the Gnostics, contain diagrams of the Sephiroth and of the Gnostic system of "^Eons," beginning with " Bythos " and "Sige," and terminating with Jesus, an Ophite diagram, and a facsimile of a most curious inscription headed by a winged chariot drawn by two serpents. It is an open secret that the Rev. C. W. King's work on the subject is chiefly

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j. Matter. valuable as an excellent catalogue raisonne of

Gnostic Gems ; while the " Histoire Critique " is an exhaustive account of all the mysteries of Gnostic teaching.

GODFRE Y JUGGINS.

HiggTnl HOR.E SABB ATICE ; or, an Attempt to correct certain Superstitions and vulgar Errors respecting the Sabbath, by GODFREY HIGGINS. 8vo., wrapper, uncut, 1833. 7s. 6d.

Sermettr*

HARGRA VE JENNINGS. {See also Phallicism.)

Hargrave DIVINE PYMANDER of Hermes Mercurius jenmngs. Trismegistus in XVII books, translated from

the Arabic by Dr. Everard (1650); with Introduction and Preliminary Essay, by Har- grave J ennings . With emblematical frontispiece. 4to., vellum, uncut, 1884, fine copy, scarce. 20s.

Edition limited to 200 copies. This choice reprint has long been exhausted, and is now very scarce.

Habala*

S. L. MACGREGOR MATHERS.

s. L.Mac THE KABBALAH UNVEILED, containing Makers. tne following books of the Zohar: — 1. The

Book of Concealed Mystery. 2. The Greater Holy Assembly. 3. The Lesser Holy As- sembly. Translated from the Latin of Von Rosenroth, and collated with the original Chaldee and Hebrew text, by S. L. MacGregor Mathers. Plates. 8vo., cloth. 9s. 6d. 42

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BARON KNORR VON ROSENROTH.

KABBALA DENUDATA seu Doctrina Heb- Baron raeorum Transcendentalis et Metaphysica, &c. roth. With symbolical frontispiece and folding plate. 2 vols., 4to., vellum, sprinkled edges, Sulzbaci, 1677. Fine copy, very rare. 63s.

Amongst the contents of this very scarce volume may be noted the famous "Sohar," or, Book of Splendour, and the treatise on Alchemy known as "^Esch Mezareph," or Purifying Fire.

M.J. TRITHEMIUS. POLYGRAPHIE et Universale Escriture caba- "-. J- .

.. , . . Trithemius.

hstique de M. J. Trithemius : avec les tables et figures concernants Peffaict et Intelligence de Focculte escriture, &c. Curious movable plates and magical alphabets. /\to., vellum, Amstel, 1626. 20s.

Naudaeus, though defending Trithemius from the suspicion of being a magician, con- fesses that his Steganographie is " a treatise stuffed with the names of devils and full of invocations." And the reader of the Poly- graphie, when he finds Trithemius giving the names and functions of the " Intelligences " of the Planets, and certain strange alphabets, one of " Hichus, an ancient diviner " ; another by which " Honorius secretly described the rules and ordinances of magic " ; and a third in use among the Alchemists, will conclude that if Trithemius was not a magician he had certainly an extensive knowledge of the sub- ject. It seems, indeed, possible that under the pretence of giving instructions for secret writing, — not a very mysterious subject, — Trithemius has concealed some most interesting and singular matter, which may possibly yield its key to the patient investi- , gator. Witness what he himself says : " I

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~-.7- have determined to hide it and conceal it

Trithemius. .

mystically under unknown signes, and figures and numbers, since the storms of night are more terrible than those at day." And again, he says, he was compelled to use concealment, " lest my meaning should be known and understood by any one."

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HENRY CORNELIUS AGRTPPA.

Cornelius THE VA]^ITY 0F ARTS AND SCIENCES,

AgHppa. by Henry Cornelius Agrippa. Fine portrait.

8vo., calf, gilt, 1694. Nice clean copy. 20s. Here are some of his chapters : Of Chiro- mancy, Of Judicial Astrology, Of Witchcraft, Of the Cabalists, Of Necromancy, Of Al- chemy ; in which we find the greatest magician of his age, and one of the greatest magicians of any age, arraigning ^the sciences which won him fame with some and infamy with others, and dismissing them with a Vanitas vanitatum, omnia sunt vanitas. Beyond the curious information it gives us concerning all the occult systems and methods, and the wit and bitterness of those essays, De Lenonia, De Matrimonio, and the like, the book has its own specific interest as something altogether unique in literature, and the reflection of a most unique and wonderful man.

EMMA HARDINGE BRITTEN Emma ART MAGIC ; or, Mundane, Sub-mundane, and

BrTtten26 Super-mundane Spiritism. Plates. Large 8vo.,

cloth, gilt, New York, 1876. Very rare. 63s.

" Descriptive of Art Magic, Spiritism, the different Orders of Spirits, with Directions for invoking, controlling, and discharging Spirits, and the Uses and Abuses, Dangers and Possi- bilities of Magical Art." 44

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F T. CAMPANELLA.

DE SENSU RERUM ET MAGIA, Libri £JpanelIa quatuor, pars mirabilis occultae philosophise, &c, Francofurti, 1620. CI VITAS SOLIS, Francofurti. 1623. In one vol., 4/0., calf. 15s.

Campanella's aim was to explain the nature , of the Universe according to the views of the NeoplatonistsandCabalists: hence more than ordinary interest attaches to this work, which he devoted to the subject of magic. He appears to have been a firm believer in astrology and in occult qualities of all kinds ; witness his chapters on the " Gestures and Signs which have a magic power." " De Magia Diaboli," the Appendix on the Spirits of the Dead, and the singular discourse on " Magia ad Generationem."

THE CONJUROR'S MAGAZINE ; or, Magical and Physiognomical Mirror, including a superb edition of Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, .... Astrologer's Maga- zine, and Philosophical Miscellany, &c. 3 plates and numerous cuts, illustrative of palm- istry, astrology, 6°<r. 3 vols, in 2, tree calf gilt, yellow edges, nice clean copy, very rare. 1792-

94- 35S- m

Containing the three frontispieces which are usually missing. The reader of these volumes will not fail to be struck with the admirable manner in which the design of the magazine was carried out. The subjects treated of include Astrology, Palmistry, Lives of Magicians, Apparitions and Dreams, Witch- craft, Divination, Magic, Rosicrucianism, the Divining Rod, the Sympathetic Powder, Alchemy, Demonology, &c, &c, with trans- lations and selections from Albertus's " Secrets of Nature," and other works on various branches of Occult Science. It is a matter of

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Camp'aneiia. surprise that something of the same kind is

not attempted at the present day ; the want is certainly not supplied by the harmless theosophical futilities of " Lucifer."

DANIEL DE FOE.

geFoe. SYSTEM OF MAGIC ;_ or, a History of the Black Art, being an Historical Account of Mankind's Dealings with the Devil. With curious frontis- piece. 8vo., panelled calf, gilt, blind tooling on sides, yellow edges, 1728, very fine copy. 18s.

/ GAFFARELL. j.Gaffareii. CURIOSITATES INAUDIT^E DE FIGURIS PERSARUM TALISMANICIS, Horoscopo Patriarcharum et Characteribus Coelestibus, Jacobi Gaffarelli. With engraved title and 14 very curious folding plates, two very large,

ILLUSTRATING THE " CELESTIAL CHAR- ACTERS " of the Northern and Southern Heavens. Sm. 8vo., vellum, Hamburgi, 1676.

J5S-

On the various kinds of talismans, celestial

figures, the mode of their preparation, their virtues and efficacy ; on the diabolical talis- mans, the primitive Eastern astrologers, the manner of divination by the shapes of the clouds, the philosopher's stone, the signatures of the planets, &c, &c. It would be im- possible in a short space to give any just idea of the extraordinary multiplicity of subjects treated by the author and his commentator ; it will be sufficient to call the reader's atten- tion to the notes on Alchemy, which contain some most curious quotations from Hermetic writers, bearing on the various names given to the Philosopher's Stone, the various accounts of the First Matter, and the various ways of setting about the Work. For example, one writer says, " This stone (which is no stone) 46

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has a soul and blood, and is called Rebis ; j. Gaffareii, that is, one thing made of two, of soul and body, of Sol and Luna, of wet and cold, and dry and hot." Among the plates are figured the Syrian Teraphim, Isis, Apis, and " Succoth Benoth seu Venus Babylonia," symbolised curiously enough by a hen and chickens.

/ G. GODELMANN.

TRACTATUS DE MAGIS VENEFICIS ET Jo£elmann LAMIIS, de que his recte cognoscendis et puniendis, propter varias hominum sententias, &c, &c, a Joanne G. Godelmanno. a^to., calf, gilt, Francoforti, 1591. 15 s.

Contains some wonderful and awful his- tories of " pacts " with demons and their result, of Fascination, Incantations, Necro- mancy, " execranda Magiae species," the ritual of which the author is at pains to describe, of the Arioli " who take counsel of the devil in a crystal or a glass," with the story of the citizen of Nuremberg and his Magic Ring, Catoptro- mancy, Hydromancy ; of the Lapps, who know by magic arts what is happening afar off; the Cabala, that peculiar magic " ligare ligulam," Magic Consecrations, the Magical Cure of Disease by Amulets and by the methods of Paracelsus, and the teaching of that Occultist on the Unspeakable Name ; in fact, the work is a compendium of the Black Art and almost as great a store-house of weird and old-world tales as Burton.

WILLIAM GODWIN.

LIVES OF THE NECROMANCERS ; or, an Account of the most eminent Persons who have claimed, or to whom has been imputed,

the EXERCISE OF MAGICAL POWER. Zvo., half

morocco, 1834. 15 s.

On Chiromancy, Astrology, Sorcery, Necro-

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Godwi?. mancy, Talismans, Alchemy, Rosicrucians,

&c, with accounts of Albertus Magnus, Peter of Apono, Raymond Lully, Arnold of Villa- nova, Cornelius Agrippa, Paracelsus, Cardan, Nostradamus, Dr. Dee, &c, &c.

W. HO WITT.

w.Hcwitt. HISTORY OF MAGIC, translated from the German of J. Ennemoser by William Howitt ; to which is added an appendix of the most remarkable and most authentic stories of Apparitions, Dreams, Second Sight, Somnambulism, Predictions, Vampires, Witch- craft, &c, &c. 2 vols., post Svo., cloth, 1854. 9s.

ELIPHAS LEVI.

Eiiphas CLEF DES GRANDS MYSTERES : La Science des Esprits, Revelation du Dogme Secret des Kabbalistes — Histoire de la Magie — Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie, par Eiiphas Levi. With numerous plates. 5 vols, in all, Svo., wrapper, unopened leaves, 1860-65. £l> ios.

HENR Y MO RLE Y.

Henry THE Life OF HENRY CORNELIUS

Money. AGRIPPA VON NETTESHEIM. By Hy.

Morley. Cuts, 2 vols, in 1, half-calf gilt, red edges. 1856. 12s. 6d.

-Those who are not inclined to read through the works of Agrippa in the original Latin will find in the above an excellent and minute account of the strange life and stranger theories of this central figure among the ma- gicians. Agrippa was a Cabalist, and an admirable summary of the Cabalistic system is given ; as also of astrology, talismans, invo- cations of spirits, the occult powers of the numbers, the seals of the stars, the use of suffumigations, alchemy, magical arithmetic, geometrical characters, and all that world of 48

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wonders in which Agrippa lived and of which Henry he taught. " Morley-

G. NAUD&US.

THE HISTORY OF MAGICK, by way of G.Naudxus. apology for all the wise men who have been unjustly reputed magicians. Englished by J. Davies. Small Svo., calf, gilt. 1657. 12s. 6d.

The author, after first dividing Magic into Divine, Theurgic, or White, and Black, or Diabolical, explaining the distinctions between these three branches, and denouncing the last, or Black Magic, as " occulta non minus quam tetra et horribilis," proceeds to give the reasons which make persons suspected of being magicians, and then to the most im- portant portion of his task, — a most useful and curious series of lives of magicians. Among these great men are Zoroaster, Or- pheus (whose life gives us some strange glimpses of the weird magic of the Greek), which lingered on in later times in Thraces, Pythagoras, Empedocles, Jamblichus, Geber, Artephius, Peter d'Apono, Paracelsus, Agrip- pa, &c, &c. A wonderful list !

P. POMPONATIUS.

PETRI POMPONATII DE NATURALIUM p. P°mPo- EFFECTUUM CAUSIS, sive de Incanta- natms> tionibus, Opus Abstrusioris Philosophise plenum, \21no. Original limp vellum, Basil. 1556. Rare. 15s.

The most important work of one of the most profound thinkers of the revival of phi- losophy in the fifteenth century. The book is an inquiry into the grounds on which all magic arts, incantations, " Maleficia " {quibus impeditur carnalis copula), geomancy, chiro- mancy, divination in the crystal, rest; the

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p. Pompo- author seeming to be doubtful whether to

assign the source of magic to the influence of spirits or to the constellations.

/. B. PORTA. j. b. Porta. MAGLE NATURALIS, LIBRI VIGINTI. By John Baptist Porta. Engraved frontispiece and numerous cuts, \2n10., vellum, Amstel. with the Sphere. 1664. 670 pp. 10s.

The fifth book is on the " Transmutation of Metals," and the seventh on the " Wonders of the Magnet."

A. T. THOMSON.

Thomson. PHILOSOPHY OF MAGIC, Prodigies, and Apparent Miracles, from the French of Eusebe Salverte, with notes, by A. T. Thom- son, M.D. 2 vols., 8vo., half calf, 1846. 12s. 6d.

ARTHUR ED WARD WA1TE. Arthu^ THE MYSTERIES OF MAGIC : a Digest of Wake! the Writings of Eliphas Levi. With bio-

graphical and critical essay by Arthur E. Waite. Cuts, Svo. cloth. 9s. 6d.

JACOB BEHME.

Jacob AURORA : that is, the Day-Spring, or Dawning

Behme. Qf ^e y_)ay jn ^e Qrient, or Morning Redness

in the Rising of the Sun, &c, by Jacob

Behme. Sm. 4I0., roan gilt, title neatly mounted,

1656. Rare. 42s.

Autograph of Fred. Hockley.

THE EPISTLES OF JACOB BEHMEN, aliter,

Teutonicus Philosophus, very useful and

necessary for those that read his writings,

translated out of the German language. Sm.

5°

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4to., old calf gilt, 1649. A few marginal Jacob notes. The very rare first English Edition. 42s.

"This knowledge," writes the editor, "this precious Pearle of Light, this Garland and Crowne of Virgin Sophia, which surpasseth all . the beauty and treasure of this World ; this Universal Touchstone, to try and finde out the qualities and virtues of all things, this Heavenly Tincture, this true Philosophers' Stone .... is only obtained in the new birth." Are we, then, to look upon Jacob Behmen as an alchemist, and to search in his Epistles, his Threefold Life, and Clavis for those mysterious teachings which some have said are contained in the strange allegories of the mediaeval alchemists, which may prove to be the teachings of an even stranger and more wonderful science than that of the transmutation of metals ?

THE WORKS OF TACOB BEHMEN, THE TEUTONIC THEOSOPHER : containing, 1, The Threefold Life of Man ; 2, Answers to forty questions concerning the Soul ; 3, treatise of the Incarnation ; 4, the Clavis : or an explanation of some principal points and expressions in his writings. With figures, illustrating his principles, left by the Rev. William Law, M.A. afo., old calf, 1 763.

NICE CLEAN COPY WITH LARGE MARGIN. 30S.

E. N. DENNYS.

ALPHA (THE) : a Revelation, but no Mystery, by Edward N. Dennys. %vo., cloth, uncut, 1868. Name on title-page, otherwise

CLEAN COPY. 7s. 6d.

A work written with the laudable object of discovering " the true basis of a Positive Philosophy and a Real Religion."

E. N. Denny

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DR. ANNA KINGSFORD AND ED WARD MAITLAND.

Kin Iford THE PERFECT WAY ; or, the Finding of Christ. and Edward With illustrative diagrams. By Dr. Anna

Maitknd. Kingsford and Ed. Maitland/ Sm. tfo.

Syinbolical designs on cover, doth. New edition.

12s. 6d.

JOHN NORRIS, M.A. johnNorris, COLLECTION OF MISCELLANIES : con- sisting of Poems, Essays, Discourses, and Letters, by John Norris, M.A. 8vo., calf, gilt. Oxford, 1687. 7s. 6d.

By the well-known John Norris of Bemerton, a mystic who wrote in opposition to Locke, and whose poems remind one strangely of Madame Guyon's.

THEOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS, by the

Philadelphian Society, consisting of Memoirs, Conferences, Dissertations, &c, for the advancement of piety and divine philosophy. Curious folding plate, 4to., calf, gilt, 1697. Rare. 30s.

These Transactions of a body of English Illuminati, apparently followers of Jacob Boehmen, contain many most interesting papers, chiefly on the Mystic Interpretation of Genesis, Theologia Mystica, the Cabbala, &c. We would direct the attention of the curious to the " Relation of the Apparition of a Spirit keeping the Treasures of the Earth;" the numerous extracts from the works of Jane Lead, the " Conference between Philochrysus andPhiladelphus" (treating of the true invisible gold, and proving that this world is a Dream and a Shadow) ; and the " Heavenly Jeru- salem," by Johanna Petersen. It is not too much to say that this volume represents a most singular phase in the history of English occultism. 52

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R. A. VAUGHAN HOURS WITH THE MYSTICS, by Robt. Alfred Vaughan. New Edition, 2 vols, 8vo., cloth, gilt. 1 6s.

On early Oriental Mysticism, the Mysticism of the Neo-Platonists, German Mysticism in the 14th Century, Persian Mysticism in the Middle Ages, Theosophy in the Age of the Reformation, Paracelsus, Behmen, the Rosi- crucians, &c,

R. A.

Vaughan.

Robert Howard.

ROBERT HOWARD. REVELATIONS OF EGYPTIAN MYS- TERIES and Allegories of the Greek Lyric Poets, clearly interpreted by Robt. Howard. 8vo. cloth, gilt, unopened leaves, 1850. 153.

BARON DE SACK RECHERCHES SUR LES MYSTERES du Barcn Paganisme, par le Baron de Sainte-Croix, deSacy- revue et corrigee par le Baron de Sacy. Folding plates, 2 vols., Svo., half-calf, gilt. Paris, 1817. 21s.

Briefly, the aim of the writer of this work has been to trace the source, development, teaching, ceremonies, and inner meaning of those peculiar institutions known as mysteries. Among those of which an account is given are the Mysteries of the Cabeiri at Samoth- race, the Eleusinian Mysteries, the Bacchic and Sabazian Mysteries, and the rites in honour of Mithras, Isis, and Cotytto.

J. NEUHAEUSER. CADMILUS, sive de Cabirorum Cultu ac Mys- JaNeu; teriis, scripsit Josephus Neuhaeuser. &vo.} wrapper. Lipsia, 1857. 3s.

An enquiry into the nature of the Mysteries of the Cabeiri and of the three Cabeiric divinities, Axieros, Axiokersa, Axiokersos.

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Baron Ouvaroff.

BARON OUVAROFF. ESSAY ON THE MYSTERIES OF ELEUSIS, by M. Ouvaroff, translated by J. D. Price ; with Observations by J. Christie. With folding plate and two vignettes. 8vo., half- calf, 1817. 1 8s.

W. GREGORY. w.Gregory. RESEARCHES ON MAGNETISM, ELEC- TRICITY, &c, in their Relation to the Vital Force, translated from the German of Karl Baron von Reichenbach, by W. Gregory. With 3 plates and 23 woodcuts. Demy 8vo., original cloth, uncut, 1850. 20s.

ROBERT HUNT. THE POETRY OF SCIENCE; or, Studies of the Phenomena of Nature, by Robert Hunt. 8vo., cloth. First edition, 1848. 3s. 6d.

Has much interesting matter respecting the history of, and various theories concerning magnetism.

W. SPENCE. w.spence. ESSAYS IN DIVINITY AND PHYSIC, with an Exposition of Animal Magnetism and Magic, by Wm. Spence, M.D. 8vo., bds., 1792. 5s. With the author's autograph.

Robert Hunt.

B. Connor.

My#tit &natomp*

~B. CONNOR. EVANGELIUM MEDICI, seu Medicina Mystica ; de Suspensis Naturae Legibus, &c, by Bernard Connor, M.D. Sm. 8vo., old calf , gilt, 1697. 15 s. Rare.

A most extraordinary book, dealing with the mysteries of Generation and other recondite subjects. 54

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F. BARRETT.

F. Barrett.

Cardan.

MAGUS (The), or Celestial Intelligencer ; being a Complete System of Occult Philosophy, con- taining the Cabalistic Art, Natural and Celestial Magic, Alchymy, Talismanic Magic, Ceremonial Magic, &c, &c, by Francis Barrett, F.R.C. With portrait and 23 coloured engravings, plates, magical diagrams, &c. 4/0. half-calf, top edges gilt, by Zaehnsdorf 1 80 1. The rare first edition, fine copy. 50s.

Also a Reprint of the above, half-calf. 30s.

JEROME CARDAN.

HIERONYMI CARDANI Mediolanensis Opera J - Omnia, cura Caroli Sponii. With fine portrait, 10 vols, folio, old mottled calf, gilt. Lugduni,

1663. A SPLENDID COPY. £4 4S.

An occult library can scarcely be said to be complete without the writings of the great Jerome Cardan, a man of superior acquire- ments to Paracelsus, who cast the glamour of his own peculiar and original turn of thought over almost every science then known to the learned. Cardan has been selected by Mr. Henry Morley with Cornelius Agrippa as one of the greatest men of his time ; he was pro- foundly learned, and a great occultist. The whole of one of these volumes is devoted to the subject of Astrology, in which Cardan was more especially skilful.

HENRY CHRISTMAS. CRADLE of the Twin Giants, Science and History, by Henry Christmas. 2 vols., 8vo., cloth, 1849. 12s. 6d.

Valuable for its bibliography of the occult sciences and excellent accounts of Magic, Astrology, Cheiromancy, &c.

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Friswell.

/. BAIN FRISWELL.

j. Rain VARIA : Readings from Rare Books, by T. Kain Friswell . With fine vignette portraits of Para- celsus and Sir Thomas Browne. Original cloth, gilt, uncut, 1866. Fine copy. 7s. 6d.

A remarkable series of studies containing much information, which it would be difficult for the reader to find elsewhere without going to the original authorities. Among the sub- jects of these biographies are Paracelsus, Nostradamus, Madame Guion, Michael Scot, and Thomas Aquinas. There is also an essay on "The Spirit World and its Literature."

/. B. VAN BELMONT.

J. B^yan TERNARY OF PARADOXES. The Magnetick cure of wounds, the nativity of , tartar in wine, the image of God in Man, written by J. B. Van Helmont, and translated by W. Charleton. 4/0., half-calf, gilt, 1650. Rare. 21s.

Helmont.

J. F. GAIL. j.F.Gaii. RECHERCHES SUR LA NATURE DU CULTE DE BACCHUS EN GRECE, et sur l'Origine de la Diversite de ses Rites, par J. F. Gail. 2>vo., half-calf gilt, Paris, 1821. 10s. 6d.

Explains the connexion between the wor- ship of Bacchus and the Phallic Rites, the Mysteries of Eleusis and the teachings of Pythagoras. It is well known that the wor- ship of the divinities Zagreus and Sabazios, identified with Bacchus, was of a highly mystical nature ; there seems, indeed, reason to suspect that the popular worship of Bacchus as a beneficent wine-god was a mere veil to a mysterious doctrine, not thought fit for the vulgar. 56

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HARGRA VE JENNINGS.

(See also Rosicrucians.) OBELISK (The) : Notices of the Origin, Pur- Hargrave pose, and History of Obelisks, by Hargrave J6"1111188, Jennings, author of " The Rosicrucians," &c. Cuts, Svo., 62pp., wrapper, 1877. Scarce.

5s-

Those familiar with the " Rosicrucians "

and " Phallicism " of the author will not need

to be informed of the meaning which he

attaches to the mysterious obelisk.

PHALLICISM, Celestial and Terrestrial, Heathen and Christian, its connexion with the Rosi- crucians and the Gnostics, and its Founda- tion in Buddhism. With an Essay on Mystic Anatomy, by Hargrave Jennings. Large Svo., orig. cloth, unopened leaves, 1884. Rare. 42s.

With the series of plates, illustrating the subject, which were presented, on application, by the publisher. The edition of this work was limited to 400 copies, and it has now been for some time out of print. As it will not be reprinted, it will probably command a high price in the course of the next few years. The intrinsic interest and curious nature of the work are too well known to need any comment.

R. PA YNE KNIGHT. DISCOURSE ON THE WORSHIP OF R??y»e PRIAPUS, and its Connexion with the st' Mystic Theology of the' Ancients, by Richard Payne Knight ; to which is added an Essay on the Worship of the Generative Powers during the Middle Ages of Western Europe. With the 40 plates. Large paper. 4to., half -morocco, uncut, top edges gilt. Privately printed, 1865. A splendid copy. Very rare. ^10.

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P. N ROLLE. p.N.Roiie. RECHERCHES sur le Culte de Bacchus, symbole de la Force Reproductive de la Nature, considere sous ses rapports gen£raux dans les Mysteres d'Eleusis, par P. N. Rolle. 3 vols., Svo., half-calf, uncut, top edges gilt, by Zaehnsdorf Paris, 1824. 63s.

G Sch G- .SCH0PPIUS-

Pius.c °P PRIAPEIA, sive diversorum Poetarum in Priapum Lusus illustrati commentariis Gasparis Schoppii et aliorum. Sm. 8vo., mottled calf, gilt, Patavii, 1664. 10s. 6d.

A collection of very unsavoury poems, of interest as bearing on the subject of Phallic Worship among the Romans, but almost as " unspeakable " as the humour of the Turk.

JOHN SYDENHAM.

John • BAAL DUROTRIGENSIS : A Dissertation

ydenham. Qn ^ ancient coiossai figure at Cerne, with

observations on the Worship of the Serpent

and that of the sun. Frontispiece. Svo.,orig.

cloth bd. 7 s. 6d.

An interesting study on a difficult yet most engrossing subject. At the close of his remarks the author says, " The observant visitor to this memorial will discover indica- tions of the Phallic corruptions to which the worship of the all-vivifying sun invariably led ;

FOR THOSE CORRUPTIONS UNQUESTIONABLY

extended to this island." The interesting theory that Abury and Stonehenge were dracontiums or temples of serpent-worship, is fully discussed.

$ortrafts>*

A COLLECTION of 20 finely-engraved

copper-plate PORTRAITS, containing

among others The Indian Bacchus, A

Priest of Bacchus, Poppcsa, wife of Nero,

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Maecenas, Ptolemy, brother of Cleopatra, &c. Sm. \to., half-calf. ios. '

JULIAN THE APOSTATE. SELECT WORKS OF THE EMPEROR JULIAN, and some pieces of the Sophist Libanius, &c, translated by J. Duncombe, M.A. 2 vols., 8vo., tree-calf gilt, 1784. 5s.

Illustrates an interesting epoch in the history of religions ; the attempt of Julian at the head of the old Philosophy and the old Faith to thrust back the already victorious Christians to the position of an obscure sect.

W. &> E. DENTON. SOUL OF THINGS; or, Psychometric Re- searches and Discoveries, by Wm. and Eliz. Denton. Numerous Illustrations. 3 vols. 8vo., cloth. Boston, 1870, 1873, and 1874. 21s.

" The air is one vast library, on whose pages are for ever written all that man has ever said, orvwoman whispered."

Julian the Apostate.

W. & E. Denton.

HARGRA VE JENNLNGS. THE ROSICRUCIANS : Their Rites and Hargrave Mysteries ; with chapters on the ancient Jennm«s- Fire and Serpent Worshippers, and Explana- tions of the Mystic Symbols represented in the Monuments and Talismans of the Pri- meval Philosophers. Plates and cuts. Crown 8vo., cloth, 1879. ios. 6d.

The misguided author of this well-known and certainly very curious book is under the impression that it is a comment on the writings of the Rosicrucian, Robert Fludd ;

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whereas, if anything, it is a treatise on Phallic Worship.

"LORENZO." "Lorenzo." MAID OF RENMORE ; or, Platonic Love, by Lorenzo. Small 8vo., half cloth, uncut, 1810. 7s. 6d.

Almost all the valuable matter in this book is contained in the voluminous appendix of notes, which give a good deal of interesting information about the Rosicrucians, Neo- Platonists, Paracelsists, Pythagoreans, Appo- lonius of Tyana, the Cabala, &c, &c.

ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE.

Edward THE REAL HISTORY of The Rosicrucians,

waited founded on their own Manifestoes, and on Facts

and Documents collected from the writings of

initiated Members, by Arthur E. Waite. Cuts,

crown &vo., emblazoned cloth. 7 s. 6d.

Serpent Morsfttp*

W. L. BARLES. j£ ^ DISSERTATION ON THE CELTIC DEITY

TEUTATES, in proof of the Origin of the great Temple at Abury, by Rev. W. L. Barles. Cuts. Svo., boards, uncut, 1828. 10s. Presentation copy, with Author's autograph. The writer endeavours to prove that the Celts worshipped Thoth or Hermes Trisme- gistus ; that their mystic doctrines concerning the soul were derived from the same source as the teaching of Pythagoras ; that the Ser- pent of Avebury symbolised Eternal Life as taught by Thoth ; and quotes the following extraordinary confession of Celtic belief: " Zws is a mighty sphere producing a circle ; in it the earth revolves. The mighty sphere bhows the course of the self-puissant one ; the nature of his inherent wisdom illuminates the seat of animation, thence made prolific," &c. 60

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£>pfritualfenu

CHARLES MAURLCE DAVLES, D.D. MYSTIC LONDON ; or, Phases of Occult Life Charles in the Metropolis, by C. M. Davies. Large Dane's06 8vo., doth, 1875. 7s. 6d.

A very interesting record of the state of Spiritualism in London in the early part of the seventies. Among the phases are, " Interviewing an Astrologer," " Psychological Ladies," "A Psychopathic Institution," " An Evening's Diablerie," " An Evening with the Higher Spirits," " A Seance for Sceptics," &c, &c. The reader will note that the Spirits have their fashions ; the procedure described by Dr. Davies differs considerably from the tricks now exhibited.

ROBERT DALE OWEN. FOOTFALLS ON THE BOUNDARY OF Robert Dak ANOTHER WORLD, with Narrative Illus- °wen- trations, by Robert D. Owen. 8vo., cloth, uncut. Trubner, i860. 7s. 6d.

Calfemans.

TEN. ALCOTT. NATIVITY : its Facts and Fancies, Legends and Ten. Aicott. Lore. An Almanac and Perpetual Calendar of Cabalistic Texts, Gems, Talismans, and Guardians, by Ten. Aicott. Coloured frontis- piece. Oblongfolio,cloth, New York, 1887. 7s. 6d.

P. F. ARTE. DE PRODIGIOSIS NATURE et Artis Operi- p. f. ArPe. bus, Talismanes et Amuleta, by P. F. Arpe. Sni. &vo., half-calf, red edges, by Zaehnsdorf Hamburgi, 17 17. 15s.

A dissertation on the various kinds of talismans, with anecdotes of their use, and notices of the authors who have written on the subject. The author gives the mysterious words in use at Ephesus : Aski, Cataski Hex,

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Tetrax Damnameneus, ^Esion, which will interest students of " mystery- languages." C. F MENESTRIER. MeLtrier LA PHILOSOPHIE DES IMAGES ENIG- MATIQUES, ou il est traite des Hiero- glyphiques, Oracles, Prophecies, Divinations, Talismans, Songes, de la Baguette, &c, par CI. F. Menestrier. Folding plate of talismans. Sm. 8vo. half -calf, gilt, Lyons, 1694. 15s.

Contains some very curious information on that curious branch of occultism, the pre- paration and use of planetary talismans amongst the Gnostics, the worshippers of Mithras, and the Egyptians. The treatise on the use of the Divining-Rod is also note- worthy, the author evidently believing that this means of bringing to light the things of darkness is diabolical in its origin.

Raptor tfje ipiatmtfet

t. Taylor. THE CRATYLUS, PHAEDO, PARMENIDES, and TIM^EUS of PLATO, translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor, with notes and introduction. Svo., yellow, calf, gilt. 1793. 15s.

TRANSLATIONS from the Greek of PLO- TINUS, ON SUICIDE, &c. With additional notes from Porphyry and Proclus, by Thomas Taylor. \2mo., original boards, uncut, spotless copy. 1834. 12s. 6d. Only 250 printed.

FIVE BOOKS OF PLOTINUS, viz. : on Felicity; the Nature and Origin of Evil ; Providence ; Nature, Contemplation, and the One ; the Descent of the Soul ; translated from the Greek, with introduction, by Thomas Taylor. Svo.. tree calf, gilt. 1794. 7s. 6 d.

TWO TREATISES OF PROCLUS, the Platonic Successor, &c, translated by Thomas Taylor. i2»io., orig. boards, wicut, unopened leaves, spot- less copy. 1833. 12s. 6d. Only 250 printed. 62

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THE .FRAGMENTS that remain of the lost T- Taylor- WRITINGS of PROCLUS, surnamed the Platonic Successor, translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor. \2n10., orig. boards, uncut, spotless copy. 1825. 12s. 6d.

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* Only 250 printed.

SALLUST ON THE GODS and the World ; and the PYTHAGORIC SENTENCES of Demo- philus, &c, translated from the Greek (by Thomas Taylor). Large paper, Svo. calf, gilt. 1793. 10s. 6d.

TRANSLATIONS from the Greek, Golden Sentences of Democrates, Pythagoric Symbols, Explanations of Jamblichus, &c, to which are added the Pythagoric Sentences, by Mr. Thomas Taylor. 8vo.,bds., 1804. 12s. 6d.

A DISSERTATION ON THE ELEUSINIAN AND BACCHIC MYSTERIES. 8vo.,

Cambridge, calf extra, gilt, yellow top, uncut, Amsterdam, n. d. The scarce first edition.

35s-

We would direct the attention of students to the above collection of works by that extraordinary man, Thomas Taylor, a Neoplatonist philosopher in the eighteenth century. His works, little appreciated at their publication, were mostly issued in extremely limited editions : hence their scarcity at the present time, when the extra- ordinary character and great interest of Taylor's researches are generally recognised among occultists. Those who have read his works, translations, and comments know that the schools of Alexandria and the secret recesses of Eleusis contain as great or greater wonders and as strange teachings as ever the brand-new " Ancient- Wisdom-Religion " im- ported from Thibet and New York.

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HENRY S. OLCOTT.

Henrys. THEOSOPHY, RELIGION, AND OCCULT SCIENCE, by Henry S. Olcott. With glossary of Eastern Words. Cr. 8vo., cloth, 1885. 5s. G. WYLD.

G.wyid THEOSOPHY AND THE HIGHER LIFE; or, Spiritual Dynamics and the Divine and

Miraculous Man, G. W %vo.,

original cloth, 1880. 7s. 6d.

An interesting work, as showing the amaz- ing difference between the teaching of the " Ancient- Wisdom-Religion " in 1880 and 1888. The author has for some time ceased to be a member of the society, its teachings having become, to use a popular phrase, " too steep •" for him. The present copy has the book-plate of the late Mr. W. R. Wynch, of North Mymms, Hertfordshire.

JOSEPH GL ANVIL, gseph SADDUCISMUS TRIUMPHATUS ; or, full and

plain Evidence touching Witches and Appari- tions ; in two parts : the first treating of their possibility, the second of their real existence, by Joseph Glanvil, with a continuation by Henry More (the Platonist). With frontis- piece. 8vo. , old panelled calf rebacked, 1700. 17 s.

Hama ^fjastra ^nrietp*

SIR RICHARD F. BURTON ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS:

a plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments; with explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem Men. Complete in 16 vols. jQz°-

1,000 copies were printed by the Kama Shastra Society for private subscribers only. 64