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Au Midi: De lÕimprimerie de la verite, 1790. FIRST EDITION. Softcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Au Midi: De lÕimprimerie de la verite, 1790. FIRST EDITION. 115 pp. Text in French. Softcover. Small 8vo size. Marbled stiff wrappers. In new, marbled, stiff wrappers; internally crisp and clean. Touzay-Duchanteau has been called a professor of theosophy, professor of algebra and professor of good magic. He was also [self and otherwise] labeled as an hermeticist, esotericist, heterodoxist, occultist and illuminist. Hermeticism or the Western Hermetic Tradition is a set of philosophical and religious beliefs based primarily upon the Hellenistic Egyptian pseudepigraphical writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus who is the representation of the congruence of the Egyptian god Thoth and the Greek Hermes. These beliefs have heavily influenced the Western Esoteric Tradition and were considered to be of great importance during the Renaissance. Illuminism is a belief system whereby a… Read More

Columbus, Ohio: Nelson Enterprises, 1946. THIRD PRINTING. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. Dedicated to Magicians for the Betterment of Magic and the Truth of Psychic Phenomena. Columbus, Ohio: Nelson Enterprises, 1946. THIRD PRINTING. Numerous b/w illustrations. 168 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and front board. Spine lightly faded; head, heel, and corners lightly bumped and rubbed; boards lightly soiled; former bookshopÕs name and address stamped to front free endpaper at bottom. Interior very clean. Very good/No dust jacket.

Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1855. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1855. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 466 pp. Hardcover. 12mo. Professionally rebound in blue cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Boards lightly soiled. Interior clean; binding remains tight. A nice copy with handsome shelf presence. Very good+/No jacket issued. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1973. First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1973. Foreword by Jeanne de Salzmann. First printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Beige cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Owner signature on front endpage. Pencil underlining found throughout, but pages are otherwise clean. Dust jacket is in very good condition, but shows light edge wear and discoloration to back cover. Very good/Very good.