Gemma Gary (ed): THE LITTLE KEY OF SOLOMON
2023 173pp Troy. Illustrated. Black boards with designs and titling foiled in gold. NM.
Ltd. ed. 250 copies, this copy has a stamp marking it as having slight damage or production errors. Includes all five books of the seventeenth century work, itself arising from manuscripts of earlier centuries. The five books being: Ars Goetia, detailing the seventy-two Demons, their seals and conjuring for magical purposes. Ars Theurgia-Goetia, for the conjuring of the thirty-one chief spirits and their ministers to do the magician’s bidding. Ars Paulina, by which to call upon the Angels of the hours of the day and night and of the signs of the zodiac. Ars Almadel, which gives instruction for the creation and use of the waxen altar for the summoning of spirits. And Ars Notoria, giving oratations and prayers for Divine union and knowledge of the arts and sciences.