THE DIARIES OF JOHN DEE
Book Details + Condition: Day Books (Oxfordshire, UK). First Edition, 1998. Hardcover with dust jacket. 343 pages with Bibliography, Key to Symbols, Glossary and Index. Illustrated. Edward Fenton brings together the Elizabethan alchemist, astrologer, mystic and mathematician's private journals and angelic "spirit diaries" for the first time, compiled from original manuscripts from the British Museum and the Bodleian Library. Chapters include:
- The Philosopher at Mortlake
- The Timely Help of Some Wise Man
- Welcome to the Good Creature
- Magic of the Fifth Type
- The Danish Treasure
- New Words Shall Spring From These
- Liber Peregrinationis Primae
- A Doctrine For You Only
- To Salute a Stranger King
- Sacrifice and Survival
- The Baiting of a Trap
- A Communion of Wives
- Kelly Ascendant
- Master of a Full Poor Cell
- Adieu to the Court and Courting
- The Final Journey
- And more.
In very good condition, with firm binding; minor shelf wear; interior is clean and free of markings. Dust jacket also remains in very good condition, and has been protected with a mylar cover. All books are carefully packed, and shipped in boxes.
