The Magical Wiritings of Thomas Vaughan (Eugenius Philalethes): A Verbatim Reprint of His First Four Treatises: Anthroposophia Theomagica, Anima Magica Abscondita, Magia Adamica, and the True Coelum Terrae
- SIGNED Hardcover
- London: George Redway, 1888
London: George Redway, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. xxxi(1), 164pp. Original tan bookcloth printed in red. The cloth is well worn, mostly along the edges and spine,else this is a very good copy with the textblock in near fine condition.
Vaughan was a disciple of Cornelius Agrippa, His works were first published in the mid-seventeenth century. After the Restoration, he enjoyed the patronage of Sir Robert Moray, first president of the Royal Society. He accompanied the court to Oxford to flee the plague in 1665, but died possibly of mercury poisoning.
Scarce in first edition and in original, though soiled, binding.
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Vaughan was a disciple of Cornelius Agrippa, His works were first published in the mid-seventeenth century. After the Restoration, he enjoyed the patronage of Sir Robert Moray, first president of the Royal Society. He accompanied the court to Oxford to flee the plague in 1665, but died possibly of mercury poisoning.
Scarce in first edition and in original, though soiled, binding.
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