[DEFOE, Daniel].
A Compleat System of Magick: or, the History of the Black-Art.
First edition of Daniel Defoe's A Compleat System of Magick, or the History of the Black-Art
London: Printed for J. Clarke, A. Millar, H. Noorthouck, T. Green, J. Pen, J. Jackson and Mrs. Graves, and J. Brindley, 1729.
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First edition of this complete history of the magical arts, attributed to Daniel Defoe. Octavo, bound in full straight-grain morocco by Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt armorial inlay to the front panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, green silk endleaves and doublures decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, with the additional engraved frontispiece after Vandergucht. In very good condition. First editions are rare, with only three appearing at auction in the last 80 years.
Attributed to 18th-century author Daniel Defoe, A Compleat System of Magick offers a complete history of the magical arts, from the ancient Magi to the most famous 17th and 18th century magicians with a focus on the black and demonic arts. The history describes the original magicians and how many of them were made Kinds, the ancient Magi who studied philosophy and astronomy and were induced to turn Wizards and Sorcerers and deal with the Devil, the different shapes assumed by the Devil in his appearances to Magicians, those who practices magic as a diabolical art, the manner and practice of the Black-Art in various parts of the world, the Magick-Art, and how far the Devil may be raised by Magical Operations and whether it is by the Magicians own power of by mutual concert with the Devil that he may be raised.
A Compleat System of Magick: or, the History of the Black-Art.
$8,200.00
Out of Stock