Magic Plants; Being a translation of a curious tract entitled De Vegetalibus Magicis
Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1886. Very Good. Item #48234
Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1886. Limited Edition, One of 275 small-paper copies. Slim octavo (23.5cm); publisher's blue cloth, printed paper spine label; 39pp. Small early 20th century library bookplate of Watkinson Library, Trinity College, to front pastedown with Withdrawn rubberstamp, moderate wear to cloth margins, brief exposure at corners, chipping and toning to spine label. Still an About Very Good, sound copy.
Contemporary owner's neat but extensive manuscript notes to front flyleaf and limitation page, including what appear to be incantations with their English translations followed by related notes: "The sacred tree is a type of the Universe and represents the whole system of created things also as a Tree of life, whose fruit nourishes the votaries of the Gods with divine strength..."
Price: $500.00