Sale 21BP01 | Lot 1095

CROWLEY, ALEISTER 777 vel prolegomena symbolica ad systemam sceptico-mysticae viae explicandae, fundamentum hieroglyphicum sanctissimorum scientiae summae.

Catalogue: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
CROWLEY, ALEISTER  777 vel prolegomena symbolica ad systemam sceptico-mysticae viae explicandae, fundamentum hieroglyphicum sanctissimorum scientiae summae.

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Lot 1095
CROWLEY, ALEISTER 777 vel prolegomena symbolica ad systemam sceptico-mysticae viae explicandae, fundamentum hieroglyphicum sanctissimorum scientiae summae.
The Walter Scott Publishing Co., 1909. One of 500 copies of the first edition. Publisher's red cloth gilt, lettered 777 on the upper cover. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (22 x 14 cm); xii, 54, [4] pp.; with the additional errata slip laid in loose (with the diagram of the Cabbalistic tree of life). Binding somewhat rubbed, a couple of spots of foxing, slight fraying to the errata leaf. Magical bookplate of J.B. Findlay, author of various works on magic (more performance than ceremonial.
A rare and quite early work by Crowley propounding relationships between various occult systems. His forthcoming magazine The Equinox (a classic of the literature) is advertised on the final two leaves, including a subscription form.


Estimate: $400 - $600
Sold for $1,197 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $400 - $600
Sold for $1,197 (includes buyer's premium)

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