Lucas Jennis; Arthur Edward Waite (translator)

The Hermetic Museum (Two Volume Complete Set in Slipcase)

Hardcover, Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2020. Fine. The Hermetic Museum was first published in 1625 in German and then expanded with new material added for the 1678 Latin edition. The alchemical writings that make up the book were collected by Lucas Jennis, they were a collection of work by various authors. In 1893 the British author and occultist Arthur Edward Waite translated the 1678 edition into English. This is the Easton Press two volume facsimile reprint of Waite's 1893 English language edition. Waite was a Freemason, member of Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia, and a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. He wrote several famous occult texts of his own. Waite was the first author to attempt a systematic study of the history of Western occultism. Both volumes bound in full genuine dark green leather with gilded page edges and marbled endpapers. Easton limited this set to 1500 copies, this is number 157. As New and unread. Comes with the slipcase. Ships very well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. [Item #82773]

Price: $500.00