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120 - OCCULTISM and miscellaneous. — A set of about 30 volumes, most of them bound; some flaws and missing pages.

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€500 - 600

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30%

OCCULTISM and miscellaneous. — A set of about 30 volumes, most of them bound; some flaws and missing pages. — CLAVEL (François-Timoléon Bègue). A Picturesque History of the Religions, Doctrines, Ceremonies, and Religious Customs of All the Peoples of the Ancient and Modern World. Paris, Pagnerre, 1844–1845. 2 large 8vo volumes, half-percale Bradel binding (original binding). First edition. Separate copperplate engravings. — [COLLIN DE PLANCY (Jacques-Albin-Simon)]. Dictionary of the Occult Sciences. Paris, printed and sold by J.-P. Migne, at the Ateliers catholiques [...] in Petit-Montrouge, 1846–1860. 2 large 8vo volumes, half-shagreen; foxing (contemporary binding). A composite copy of two reprints. Provenance: Mr. H. Hocquette (ex-libris vignette). — [GOEHRUNG (Joseph-Friedrich) and Johann-Christoph von WÖLLNER]. Die Pflichten der G[old] und R[osen] C[reuzer] alten Sistems. No place, no publisher, 1782. Small 8vo, braided sheepskin (contemporary binding). First edition of this important work on the Golden Rosicrucians of the old system. [Bound with:] DIE MYSTERIEN DER CERES VON ELEUSIS. Defended against the mockery of the author of *Horus* [Christian-Ernst Wünsch] and, with regard to the ultimate purpose of the foundation, compared to the ultimate purpose of the foundation of the Freemasonry Society. Printed in the Valley of Josaphat, 1785. Small 8vo. [Bound with:] SCHRÖDER (Nikolaus). An Impartial Assessment of *Horus*, with Regard to the Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus. Vienna, with writings by Ignaz Grundisch. 1784. Small 8vo. Provenance: “I C D F” (ex-libris with heraldic vignette). — [GROLMANN (Ludwig Adolf Christian von)]. The Latest Works of Spartacus and Philo in the Order of the Illuminati. n.p., n.d., 1794. 2 parts in one 8vo volume, half-calf, with a label and traces of a private library label. Edition published the year following the original. Spartacus and Philo were the names used, respectively, by Adam Weishaupt and Adolph von Knigge in the Bavarian Order of the Illuminati. — LEVI (Adolphe-Louis Constant, known as Éliphas). The Great Arcane, or Occultism Unveiled. Paris, Chamuel, 1898. 8vo, half-shagreen (original binding). First edition. — SAINT-YVES D’ALVEYDRE (Joseph-Alexandre Saint-Yves, known as Alexandre). The True France. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1887. 2 volumes, in-18, half-chagrin with floral decoration (bound by Henry Mériot in Rochefort). First edition. — Etc.

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Books & Manuscripts
Tuesday, November 24
02:00 PM
66, avenue de Breteuil
75007 Paris, France

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