VOARCHADUMIA by Panteo, Giovanni Agostino - 2010

Paris: Vivant Gaultherot, 1550. leather_bound. Sehr gut. Mit Titelvignette, 14 ganzseitigen Abbildungen sowie vielen Initialen und Symbolen in Holzschnitt. Der zweite Teil mit separatem Titel: Voarchadumia contra Alchimia: ars distincta... Kl.-8vo. (ca. 15,5 x 10 cm). Hldr. des frühen 19. Jh. mit reicher Rückenvergoldung, fachmännisch alt restauriert, 34 Bll., 55 (recte 63) Bll., 1 n.n. Bl. Adams P-184. Caillet 8274. Ferguson II, 166. Pariser Nachdruck der Hauptwerke des venetianischen Priesters und Alchemisten. Die Erstausgaben erschienen 1519 bzw. 1530 in Venedig. Geburts- und Todesdatum von Pantheo sind unbekannt, seine aktive Zeit als Autor ist von 1517 bis 1535 nachweisbar. - "If Giovanni Pico della Mirandola can be called the Father of Christian Cabala, then a fellow Italian, the Venetian priest Giovanni Agostino Pantheo, assuredly deserves the title Father of Cabalistic Alchemy or Chymical Cabala, for he is without doubt the first Christian author to have attempted a… Read More

Nice tight copy; small bump to reverse. Old tape "ghost" to flyleaf, else internals clean. Terrific cover art; more campy than lurid, still the essentials remain.
Inv. # 63812 SD* bds 11/2023

Stein & Day, New York, 1974 (Third Impression-first published in the US in 1964); Medium 8vo., 300 p. quarter red cloth over black paper boards.
Binding is clean, straight, fresh & attractive. Internals are flawless. Unclipped wrapper has some age toning along edges, else Fine. A very tidy copy indeed.
Inv. # 63614 TMOTM* bds 7/2023

book is bumped on upper board by spine, else "Fine." Unclipped* wrapper has two short closed tears, gently faded spine and just a bit of wear at spine head. *a Nash inventory re-order form is still attached to rear jacket flap-something which is clearly unintended for the purchaser. So, this copy is unclipped x two!! An extremely fresh, attractive book and what great campy art on the wrapper!
Inv. # 63762 GGW* bds 10/2023

Aquarian Press, 1970, in soft wraps. Terrific lurid. A veritable time capsule which can serve as a bona fide research tool for those with an interest of the heady days of late 1960s London. No website to hide behind; here were REAL names of both adepts & quacks and where to find them! An interesting artifact- though don't expect to trace many of these street addresses now. Uncommon vintage paperback. Exceptional condition save for spotting on all edges. Very tight binding, extremely clean. Almost "As New". Inv. # 62542 bds 2023

Binding is square, tight and clean save for a stray mark on reverse. Red top stain. Internals clean except for faint marginal spotting/staining on pp.136-37. Old Weiser booklabel on front pastedown. Unclipped wrapper has minor wrinkling/ small creases (it is a very thin gold foil paper jacket) plus some edgewear; else Fine. Fifty-seven illustrations on b/w plates interspersed throughout text; again, as mentioned elsewhere on this space; images perhaps those not commonly seen re-printed ad nauseum.
Inv. # TMA* bds 9/2023

book is "Fine." red top stain. (just a hint of foxing to fore edge but not enough to knock it down to Near Fine.) Unclipped wrapper has moderate soiling to front and heavier darkening to spine. one miniscule tear to the upper edge of the face; there are no other tears, chips or creases. Several b/w plates interspersed throughout(eight pages of prints).
Inv. # 63758 HOW* bds 10/2023

binding is very clean- just a touch of edgewear/shelfwear. They used a two tone quarter green cloth over gray cloth and the green portion still is glossy. Internals very clean ( not even any pricing marks in pencil) though there is a paper clip indentation at the lower edge affecting the title, onwards for 20 pages. Unclipped wrapper has only some rubbing but I detect no tears, creases or chips. The paper is wonderful; it strikes me as feeling and looking like "linen" (not your business/office grade) but I am by no means an expert on paper. This US Stackpole Edition omits 8 plates which are in the UK Allen & Unwin volume. Well-preserved, excellent copy.
Inv. # 63672 NOAB* bds 9/2023

8.25 x 11.25 (Oversize format) Fine/Fine; book is fresh and the pages are white, white! Straight, tight, square- not a hint of foxing, not even on the top edge. Binding is beautiful. Clipped(err..!) still glossy wrapper is the same- perhaps just a hint of rubbing/dust-dulling but so minor- hey, let's not ruin the fun, eh? This is The One.
Inv. # 63773 MS* bds 10/2023

Very lightly edgeworn; else "Fine". Internals very clean. Unclipped wrapper has minor wear at spine caps. Rubbing to reverse; to a lesser degree on the front. No tears, chips or creases; nice jacket! Uncommon in hardcover
11/2023

First Edition Thus; this volume re-issues two of Steiner's works: The Way of Initiation and Initiation and Its Results. Some shelfwear and soiling to edges, but the binding is generally clean & straight; internals are also in good order.
Inv. # 63648 TWOIAIR* bds 9/2023