Title: BIOGRAPHIA ANTIGUA: OR, AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIVES AND WRITINGS OF THE ANCIENT AND MODERN MAGI, CABALISTS, AND PHILOSOPHERS, DISCOVERING THE PRINCIPLES AND TENETS OF THE FIRST FOUNDERS OF THE MAGICAL AND OCCULT SCIENCES: WHEREIN THE MYSTERIES OF THE PYTHAGORIANS, GYMNOSOPHISTS, EGYPTIANS, BRAGMANNI, BABYLONIANS, PERSIANS, ETHIOPIANS, CHALDEANS, &C ARE DISCOVERED: INCLUDING A PARTICULAR AND INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF ZOROASTER, THE SON OF OROMASIUS, THE FIRST INSTITUTOR OF PHILOSOPHY BY FIRE, AND MAGIC; LIKEWISE OF HERMES TRISMEGISTUS, THE EGYPTIAN, AND OTHER PHILOSOPHERS, FAMOUS FOR THEIR LEARNING, PIETY, AND WISDOM. TO WHICH IS ADDED, A SHORT ESSAY, PROVING THAT THE FIRST CHRISTIANS WERE MAGICIANS, WHO FORETOLD, ACKNOWLEDGES, AND WORSHIPPED THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD, AND FIRST FOUNDER OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.
Publisher: Helios Book Service
City: Gloucester, EnglandYear: 1966 (First Edition)Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 94Illustrated: No
Book Details + Condition: Very scarce 11th volume of the Rare Text Library of Philosophical Research, comprising the magical components of Francis Barrett's "The Magus." The series includes topics on Natural Magic, Talismanic Magic, The Cabala, and more. Hardcover quatro. First edition thus, 1966. Original beige cloth with patterned papered boards, printed title label on upper board, gilt lettering to spine. Limited and numbered edition; this is #200 of 200 copies. Full title: BIOGRAPHIA ANTIGUA: OR, AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIVES AND WRITINGS OF THE ANCIENT AND MODERN MAGI, CABALISTS, AND PHILOSOPHERS, DISCOVERING THE PRINCIPLES AND TENETS OF THE FIRST FOUNDERS OF THE MAGICAL AND OCCULT SCIENCES: WHEREIN THE MYSTERIES OF THE PYTHAGORIANS, GYMNOSOPHISTS, EGYPTIANS, BRAGMANNI, BABYLONIANS, PERSIANS, ETHIOPIANS, CHALDEANS, &C ARE DISCOVERED: INCLUDING A PARTICULAR AND INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF ZOROASTER, THE SON OF OROMASIUS, THE FIRST INSTITUTOR OF PHILOSOPHY BY FIRE, AND MAGIC; LIKEWISE OF HERMES TRISMEGISTUS, THE EGYPTIAN, AND OTHER PHILOSOPHERS, FAMOUS FOR THEIR LEARNING, PIETY, AND WISDOM. TO WHICH IS ADDED, A SHORT ESSAY, PROVING THAT THE FIRST CHRISTIANS WERE MAGICIANS, WHO FORETOLD, ACKNOWLEDGES, AND WORSHIPPED THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD, AND FIRST FOUNDER OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. Please see picture for a complete Table of Contents.
