A fine copy in a fine mylar protected DJ. Reprint of 1948 edition with no statement of printing. DJ has some minor general wear. Extensively illustrated with 255 images. 8vo; ~ 504 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The History of Magic

Publisher

BooK Of the Month Club

Publication Date

1997

Language

English

ISBN 10

0965084639

ISBN 13

9780965084635

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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A Catalogue of Sorcery, Wichcraft, and the Occult. This is a reprint of the Pantheon Books 1948 original. This reprint (1997) is by the Book-of-the-Month Club. ISBN: 0-965-084631 (Amazon's system will not accept this number but it's correct, from the book cover. Shading green dust jacket cover, blue and gray boards, 504 pp, 255 illustrations. Book is magnificently illustrated by renowned surrealist painter Kurt Seligmann, recounting the whole fascinating story of magical ideas and manifestations in the Western world and reveals the aesthetic value and influence of magic on man's creative imagination. This book crystallizes the most significant and interesting aspects of the subject since antiquity. Delving into the works of hundreds of scholars and specialists who have written on the inexhaustible subject, seligmann presents a vivid picture of the most typical religio-magical beliefs of ancient, medieval, and modern times. The 255 illustrations, selected by Seligmann with a true artist's eye, came from his own library of old books on magic and witchcraft, and from the archives of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Yale University Art Gallery, and other authoritative sources. Embodied int he text as an integral part of the narrative, they mirror the magical world view throughout the ages as no other presentation has ever done before.

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