LA CHIROMANCE, LA PHYSIONOMIE, ET LA GEOMANCE, avec la Signification des Nombres et l'Usage de la Roue de Pytagore, par Le Sieur de Peruchio.

(Chiromancy (Palmistry), Physiognomy (Face Reading), and Geomancy (Telling the Future Based on the Throwing of Soil, Sticks, or other natural objects), with the Meaning of Numbers (Numerology) and the Use of the Pythagoras Wheel (Pythagoreanism), by Le Sieur de Peruchio.)

PARIS: Guillaume de Luyne, 1663. Second edition, as stated at the end of the "Privilege du Roi" prelim pages: "Achevé d'imprimer pour la Seconde fois le 27 Octobre 1663" (Printed for the Second time on 27 October 1663). The first edition was published in 1657.

Vellum covers, 6.5x8.5 inches (16.5x22 cm). Pagination: [16] 343 pages. Text in French.

ILLUSTRATED with a title page vignette, 2 folding engraved plates, 20 full-page engravings in text, a few other small engravings, 6 engraved tables in text, woodcut diagrams, and quite intricate engraved head-pieces, tail-pieces and initial letters.

Previously owned by a Fitz-Patrick who was apparently a Lord, Earl, or Baron of Upper Ossory. His bookplate is on the inside front cover, loosely mounted with a One Penny King George V Postage Revenue stamp. I do not know which FitzPatrick this is, but you can find the long genealogy of the Lords and Earls of Fitzpatrick on the Internet.

Condition: The vellum covers have yellowed and are splitting a bit at the spine folds, the rear cover has spotting, water damage and wrinkling; still these full vellum covers are solid and attractive in a Harry Potter Hogwarts Library way. Internally, the front inner hinge has split but is holding on by several cords, the pages have toned with age but are fully and easily legible, the blank front free endpaper has worming, some small paper repairs, and is coming loose from the binding, the title page and the next few pages have a bit of worming, the title page is trimmed for 3/4 inch at the top (perhaps to remove a previous owner's name) and an old water stain, there is some waterstaining / shorelining to the upper gutter area of some of the pages, the latter pages (especially 325-340 and the endpapers) have water staining / shorelining to their upper area (about 1/3 of the page), the rear blank endpaper has some paper repairs and a few lines written in Latin; otherwise the pages are tight, bright, clear, clean, and fully legible. A presentable copy that is complete including all plates and illustrations. I would consider this over 350 year old book to certainly be in GOOD condition for its age.

Occult truth straight from the 17th century to you.

ABHANDLUNG VON DEN FINGERN, deren Verrichtungen und symbolishe Bedeutung, in so serne sie de deutschen Sprache Zusatche geliesect aus aller Art Alterthumer erwogen... by Friedrich GROSCHUFF [sometimes also attributed to Michael Gottlieb Griessbach.]

Rare study of the aspects of the hand, finger by finger, with historical, literary, scientific, and occult references to our digits.

LEIPZIG & EISENACH (Germany): Michael Gottlieb Griessbach, 1757. GERMAN TEXT.

Later Plain Paper Wrappers, 5x7.25 inches. Pagination: [14] prelim pages (title page and introductory pages), 312 numbered pages, [24] Register and Errata. Illustrated with Engraved Printer's Device on the title-page and on the last page of Errata, and with a few head and tail pieces.

Condition: The pages are toned / lightly browned with age, there is some foxing throughout (heavy on only a few pages), overall the pages are bright and the printing is clear and fully legible. A nicely maintained vintage book.

About FRIEDRICH GROSCHUFF (from a German Internet site):

****** Groschuff (1700-1784), German philologist. He studied theology and law at Konigsburg and Leipzig and then tutored several noble families. He was the secretary of Prince Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippstahl, governor of Breda. He afterwards served as a lawyer and counselor. He published a number of works on various subjects, including two on hands and fingers******

CAGLIOSTRO (Joseph BALSAMO) : La Franc-Maçonnerie et l'Occultisme au XVIIIe siècle (Freemasonry and Occultism of the 18th century). D'Apres des Documents Inedits (From Unpublished Documents). By Henri d'ALMERAS.

PARIS : Société Française d'Imprimerie et de Librairie, 1904. First Edition. TEXT IN FRENCH.

Hardcovers, leather covered spine and paper covered boards, top page edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Pagination: [2] blank prelim leaf, [1] first title page with small engraving of Cagliostro, [1] blank verso, [1] half title page, [1] Du Meme Auteur / List of Author's Previous Works, [1] Frontispiece leaf with tissue guard, [1] title page, [1] blank verso, 386 pages.

Condition: The front cover is disbound but present, the rear cover's spine fold is worn and tender but holding, the spine covering is chipped and peeling, the boards are worn at their edges and have some scratches and rubs. Internally, the pages are toned along their edges, there is a previous owner's signature on the first blank page, otherwise the pages are tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

A complete copy of this SCARCE 1904 work on the Freemason and Occultist, Cagliostro, by the noted historian Henri d'Almeras.

About CAGLIOSTRO (from Wikipedia):

******Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, b.1743 d.1795, was the alias of the occultist Giuseppe Balsamo (Joseph Balsamo).

Cagliostro was an Italian adventurer and self-styled magician. He became a glamorous figure associated with the royal courts of Europe where he pursued various occult arts, including psychic healing, alchemy and scrying. His reputation lingered for many decades after his death, but continued to deteriorate, as he came to be regarded as a charlatan and impostor, this view fortified by the savage attack of Thomas Carlyle in 1833, who pronounced him the Quack of Quacks. W.R.H. Trowbridge in his Cagliostro: the Splendour and Misery of a Master of Magic (1910), attempted a rehabilitation.

Portuguese author Camilo Castelo Branco credits to Balsamo the creation of the Egyptian Rite of the Freemasons and intensive work in the diffusion of Freemasonry, by opening lodges all over Europe and by introducing the acceptance of women into the community. Occult historian Lewis Spence comments in his entry on Cagliostro that the swindler put his finagled wealth to good use by starting and funding a chain of maternity hospitals and orphanages around the continent. Occultist Aleister Crowley believed Cagliostro was one of his previous incarnations.******

Scarce First editions of the First two volumes of this pioneering metaphysical Vedantic publication, the first Vedanta periodical published in America.

VEDANTA MONTHLY: The Message Of The East. 1912 & 1913. With contributions from Sister Devamata, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Paramananda, Swami Ramakrishnananda and others.

An unused Manly Palmer Hall Philosophical Research Society Library Post Card is laid in volume one.

Published by The Vedanta Centre, Boston, Massachusetts. Edited by Swami Paramananda. 1912 & 1913 First editions both with 12 monthly issues, January thru December, two full years. 1912 Volume I, Number's 1-12. 1913 Volume II, Number's 1-12. Hardbound in original publisher's brick-red cloth with gilt printing on the spine, 7.5" x 5", paginated separately 196, 196, original paper wrapper from January 1912 bound into volume I, and each with Index. GOOD CONDITION: wear to the edges, corners and covers, internally signs of age and use, volume I with darker page edges, penned former ownership on ffep, some penciled notations/marginalia, and November is bound in out of order (this affected the run of 1912), both volumes complete as issued, overall respectable copies of these elusive first editions. Scarce, no copies held in OCLC collections worldwide.

THE VEDANTA Centre of Boston was founded in 1909 by Swami Vivekananda's youngest disciple, Swami Paramananda (1884-1940), who was a Ramakrishna monk, cutting edge Hindu Mystic, Poet, Guru and Spiritual Innovator. In 1912 he founded the "Message of the East" the first Vedanta periodical published in the United States. He established a monastic community for American women and his first disciple was Sister Devamata (Laura Glenn (1867-1942)). She became his assistant in 1910, and is known for her literary works, her editing of both Swami Vivekananda's and Swami Paramananda's lectures, and as Chief Editor of the Message of the East. In 1915, Swami Paramananda opened a Vedanta Centre in Los Angeles, dividing his time between Boston and L.A.

Four Issues of CRYPTOZOOLOGY - INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL of the INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF CRYPTOZOOLOGISTS.

The International Society of Cryptozoologists investigated reports of UNKNOWN ANIMALS that may or may not exist, and into sightings of FABULOUS BEASTS including Sasquatch, the Loch Ness Monster, etc.

This lot consists of Volume 9, 1990; Volume 10, 1991; Volume 11, 1992; and Volume 12, 1993-1994.

Four volumes (9, 10, 11 & 12), paper covers, 6x9 inches, approximately 140 pages per volume. Illustrated with some tables, charts and illustrations.

The issues are all in GOOD condition, some previous owners marks and notes here and there, otherwise tight, bright, clean and clear. Solid, nice copies.

Like Sasquatch and the Loch Ness Monster, original volumes of the Cryptozoology Journal are rarely seen. The cfz press reprinted volumes one to four in 2012-2016, but no further volumes of the Journal were reprinted. The volumes offered here have become nearly impossible to find.

About the INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF CRYPTOZOOLOGY (from Wikipedia):

******The International Society of Cryptozoology was an organization dedicated to the field of cryptozoology founded in 1982 in Washington, D.C. It ceased to exist in 1998.

It was founded to serve as a center for documenting and evaluating topics of interest to cryptozoologists. The study of such animals is known as cryptozoology, and Cryptozoology was also the title of its journal. The President was Bernard Heuvelmans, and the Vice-President Roy Mackal. Loren Coleman, John Willison Green, and several other prominent cryptozoologists were either Life Members, Honorary Members, or Board Members.

The official emblem of the society was the okapi, which was chosen because, although it was well known to the inhabitants of its region, it was unknown to the European scientific community until the English explorer Harry Johnston sent to London an okapi skin which received international attention in 1901.

The journal Cryptozoology was published from 1982 to 1996.

The ISC ended its activities in 1998 due to financial problems.

According to the journal Cryptozoology, the ISC served as a focal point for the investigation, analysis, publication, and discussion of all matters related to animals of unexpected form or size, or unexpected occurrence in time or space.******

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THE NEW PEARL OF GREAT PRICE: A Treatise Concerning the Treasure and Most Precious Stone of the Philosophers. Or the Method and Procedure of this Divine Art; With Observations Drawn From the Works of Arnoldus, Raymondus, Rhasis, Albertus, and Michael Scotus. First Published by Janus Lacinus, the Calabrian, with a Copious Index. By [Petrus Bonus of Ferrar]. Translated into English by the noted occultist Alfred Edward Waite.

Published by James Elliott and Co., London, 1894. First English Edition.

Hardcovers, original brown cloth covered boards with red framing and corner designs on the front and rear boards, a red center design on the front board, and gilt titles and red lining to the spine; 7.5x5 inches (12.5x19cm). Pagination: xi, [1], 441, [1] pages + [2] pages of ads at the rear.

First printing in the English language of this alchemical classic, translated from the Aldine Press Latin edition.

GOOD condition. The cover's cloth covering has some small tears and chips to the spine ends, and there is a bit of wear to the corner tips, otherwise the covers are sturdy, bright and doing their job well. Internally, the inner hinge is split at several places where the book was over-opened, but holding well with the sewn binding; otherwise the pages are just lightly used and still bright, clean and unmarked. A solid, nice, presentable copy.

SCARCE, especially in its original cloth covered covers.

About PETRUS BONUS (from Wikipedia):

******Petrus Bonus was a late medieval alchemist. He is best known for his Precious Pearl (Latin: Margarita Preciosa) or Precious New Pearl (Margarita Preciosa Novella), an influential alchemical text composed sometime between 1330 and 1339. He was said to have been a physician at Ferrara in Italy, causing him to sometimes be known as Petrus Bonus of Ferrara or as Petrus Bonus the Lombard (Petrus Bonus Lombardus). An Introduction to the Divine Art (Introductio in Divinam Chemicae Artem) is also attributed to him. In contrast to other alchemical texts of the same period, Petrus Bonus's alchemy describes an art that is in part natural and in part divine or supernatural.******

About ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE, the Translator and Preface Author:

******Arthur Edward Waite, b.1857 d.1942. Author, mystic, magician, alchemist, and occultist, Arthur Edward Waite is probably best remembered as the co-creator of the popular Rider-Waite TAROT card deck. He was a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and was active in both Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry.

Waite joined the Runnymede Lodge of Freemasonry on September 19, 1901, becoming exalted to the degree of Holy Royal Arch on May 1, 1902. That same year he joined the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. Joining the Masons and the Rosicrucians was a canny move, as many of his new fraternal brothers had been former critics of his books and positions, and despite the internal haggling and splinter groups within Golden Dawn, Waite assumed the mantle of Grand Master in 1903. Waite's first act as Grand Master was to change the group's name to the Order of the Independent and Rectified Rite.

Waite had been attracted to Theosophical philosophy early on but mistrusted the movement's founder, Madame Helena P. Blavatsky.

Waite is best remembered for the publication of the Rider-Waite deck of the Tarot. It was the first deck to have illustrations for all 78 cards, including the Minor Arcana and the Major Arcana, and for using the drawings to suggest the Divination meanings of the cards. Occultists embraced the deck when it appeared in 1910, and it remains a favorite Tarot deck today. Waite also popularized the 10 card Tarot divination spread entitled Celtic Cross.

Waite died on May 19, 1942. He is buried in the churchyard at Bishopsbourne, where his grave is covered in a tangled growth of the deadly nightshade plant.******

BOGEY BEASTS. By Sidney H. Sime. Music by Josef Holbrooke.

A collection of Sime's imaginary and fantastic creatures, each accompanied by a short song written by the well known but controversial composer Josef Holbrooke. Holbrooke wrote numerous symphonies and orchestral works based on the macabre writings of Edgar Allan Poe. A perfect accompaniment for this book filled with eccentric beasts.

Published by Purple Mouth Press in a LIMITED EDITION of only 500 copies. A facsimile of the 1923 edition published in London by Goodwin & Tabb.

Illustrated wrappers, 8.5x11 inches, 62 pages. Illustrated throughout with Sime's beasts and odd creatures.

FINE condition, looks and feels unused.

SIDNEY HERBERT SIME (S.H. Sime), b.1865 d.1941, was an English artist in the late Victorian and succeeding periods, mostly remembered for his fantastic and satirical artwork, especially his story illustrations for Irish author Lord Dunsany. - Wikipedia

JOSEPH CHARLES HOLBROOKE, b.1878 d.1958, was an English composer, conductor, and pianist...Holbrooke was fascinated by the writings of Edgar Allan Poe which deal with the supernatural and the macabre, eventually producing over thirty compositions which he referred to as his Poeana. These included orchestral works (The Raven, Ulalume, The Sleeper, Amontillado, and The Pit and the Pendulum), a double concerto for clarinet and bassoon (Tamerlane), choral works (a choral symphony Homage to E.A. Poe, and a poem for chorus and orchestra The Bells), a ballet (The Masque of the Red Death), a multitude of chamber works (such as the Clarinet Quintet Ligeia, the Trio Fairyland, and the Nonet Irene) and several piano pieces. - Wikipedia

FOUNDATIONS OF HYPNOSIS : From MESMER to FREUD, by Maurice M. Tinterow. Published by Charles C. Thomas Publisher, Springfield, Illinois, 1970. First Edition, First Printing, with the date 1970 on the copyright page with no indication of additional printings. Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, 6x9", 606 pages. Condition: VERY GOOD book, the covers are bumped at their bottom corner tips, the inner pages are toned at their margins as is normal for this book, and are lightly creased at their bottom corner; overall the book is tight, bright, clean and unmarked. In a VERY GOOD dustjacket that has a bit of creasing to its spine ends and edges. A solid, very nice copy of this book and dj. The four sections of the book are: The Era of Animal Magnetism 1780-1834; The Era of Cerebral Physiology and Mesmerism 1843-1851; The Age of Braidism 1843-1860; and Hypnotism in the Late Nineteenth Century. An important work on the early history of hypnosis. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavy book that will require additional shipping charges. After placing your order you will be notified of the additional charges and be able to accept or reject them. Thanks.

THE MENTAL MYSTERIES AND OTHER WRITINGS OF WILLIAM W LARSEN, SR. By William W. Larsen, Jr.

Published by The Genii Publishing Co., 1977. First Edition, as stated on the title page.

SIGNED, INSCRIBED and DATED by the author Bill Larsen (William Larsen, Jr.), co-founder of the Magic Castle:

"To Ed Hunter / with very best wishes. / Genii-ally, / Bill Larsen / 10-25-78".

Hardcover book, embossed gilt titling to the front cover and spine, no dustjacket as issued, 6x9 inches, vii + 221 pages.

VERY GOOD condition, slight rubbing to the spine ends, a bit of ink staining to the top and front edge of some pages here and there, otherwise tight, bright, clean and clear. A solid, nice, very presentable copy.

About William W. Larsen, Sr. (from MagicPedia):

******William W. Larsen Sr. was a Criminal Attorney from Pasadena California. But he was also an avid magician and gave up law to pursue his passion. He founded Genii, the Conjurer's Magazine. He bought the Thayer Magic Company and operated the Thayer Studio of Magic in Los Angeles. He founded the Academy of Magic Arts and Sciences. Bill Larsen Sr. died at the early age of only 48 in 1955.******

About the author Bill Larsen (from Wikipedia):

******William Larsen Jr., b.1928 d.1993, was co-founder and president of the Academy of Magical Arts, better known as Hollywood's Magic Castle, with his brother Milt Larsen and wife Irene Larsen. Larsen began his career in television at CBS, working his way up to associate producer of "Playhouse 90" and the Danny Kaye and Jonathan Winters variety shows. In 1953, after the death of his father, attorney and magician William W. Larsen Sr., he became editor and eventually publisher of Genii, The Conjurors Magazine, a publication for magicians founded by his parents in 1936. Larsen and his brother, Milt Larsen, realizing a dream of their father's, founded the Magic Castle in 1963, a private dining and performance club for magicians that now has more than 5,000 members. Bill Larson, along with his brother Milt, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.******

THE TAROT OF LEONORA CARRINGTON, by Leonora Carrington, Susan Aberth, Tere Arcq, Gabriel Weisz Carrington.

Published by FULGUR PRESS.

Hardcover Book, 9.5x12 inches, 120 pages, no dustjacket as issued. ILLUSTRATED with 60 color reproductions of Carrington's surrealistic TAROT art.

NEW, unopened in original shrinkwrap. (Photos are from a personal copy.)

PLUS -

MAJOR ARCANA: LEONORA CARRINGTON. Introduced by Rachel Pollack.

Includes: 22 Major Arcana cards; a 16 page booklet with introductory essay by Rachel Pollack.

NEW, unopened in original shrinkwrap. (Photos are from the Internet.)

About LEONORA CARRINGTON and TAROT (from the Publisher):

******The British born artist Leonora Carrington is one of the more fascinating figures to emerge from the Surrealist movement. As both a writer and painter, she was championed early by André Breton and joined the exiled Surrealists in New York, before settling in Mexico in 1943. The magical themes of Carrington's otherworldly paintings are well known, but the recent discovery of a suite of tarot designs she created for the Major Arcana was a revelation for scholars and fans of Carrington alike. This tantalizing discovery, made by the curator Tere Arcq and scholar Susan Aberth, has placed greater emphasis upon the role of the tarot in Carrington's creative life and has led to fresh research in this area.

MAJOR ARCANA is executed on thick board, brightly colored and squarish in format, shining with gold and silver leaf. Carrington draws inspiration from the Tarot of Marseille and the popular Waite-Smith deck, bringing to both her own approach and style, creating a series of iconic images.

The Tarot of Leonora Carrington is the first book dedicated to this important aspect of the artist's work. It includes a full-size facsimile of her newly discovered Major Arcana; an introduction from her son, Gabriel Weisz Carrington; and a richly illustrated essay from Tere Arcq and Susan Aberth that offers new insights, exploring the significance of tarot imagery within Carrington's wider work, her many inspirations and mysterious occult sources.******

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