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ESOTERISM. – A set of five works.
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90
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ESOTERISM. – A set of five works.
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
ESOTERISM. – A set of five works.
BOIS (Jules). *Les Noces de Sathan*. An esoteric drama. Paris, Chamuel, 1892. In-8, 36 pp., paperback. First edition of this ‘study on Symbolism, the initiatory teachings of Satan, which is of interest to all demonologists’ (Caillet). The booklet is illustrated with a frontispiece reproducing a drawing by Henry Colas, who designed the sets and costumes for this one-act drama in verse. A copy sent by the author to Camille Chaigneau ‘to the poet inspired by the invisible’. Spine broken, foxing, upper cap missing (restored), trace of water damage on the cover. Caillet, no. 1341.
POTET (Baron du). *La Magie dévoilée ou principes de science occulte*. Paris, Librairie Paul Vigot, 1893. 8vo, grey half-cloth, cover. Third edition. Portrait of the author on the frontispiece, illustrations in the text. This work, the first edition of which was not for general sale—printed in a run of 100 copies in 1852—was originally reserved for initiates. Du Potet sold it for the substantial sum of 100 gold francs, along with a written oath not to circulate it or reveal the secrets it contains. ‘Magical operations, mirrors, attractions, sympathies and antipathies, arrows, magical harmonies, magical intoxication, principles and secrets, spiritual creations, methods of operation, preparation of the mirror, visions, visible and occult circles and mirrors… ” (Stanislas de Guaita). Guaita, no. 1332 – Caillet, no. 3405.
[RAYNOUARD (François-Just-Marie)]. *Les Templiers*, a tragedy. Paris, Giguet and Michaud, 1805. 8vo, plain cardboard binding (contemporary binding). First edition, adorned with a frontispiece engraved by Baquoy, here enhanced with watercolour. From the library and archives of the National Grand Lodge of Denmark, with distinguished Masonic provenance, including an ex-libris. Covers covered in grey-blue marbled paper, now rubbed; spines and headbands worn; water-stain on the corners of the first 50 pages.
[VINTRAS (Pierre-Michel)]. Caen Criminal Court. The Prophet Pierre-Michel Vintras and related matters: Charges of Fraud and Breach of Trust. Caen, Printed by Félix Poisson, 1842. In-8°, 61 pp., paperback, plain blue paper cover. A rare publication reporting on the hearings of the Caen Criminal Court, which convicted Vintras of fraud, breach of trust and embezzlement. He was also sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for claiming to have received divine revelations and for inciting people to join his movement under false pretences. Pierre-Michel-Eugène Vintras, known as Pierre-Michel-Élie, born in Bayeux on 7 April 1807 and died in Lyon on 7 December 1875, a cardboard worker from Tilly-sur-Seulles, claimed to be the reincarnation of the prophet Elijah and founded a sect. Paper missing from the edges of the covers, water stains and marks throughout the volume, tears with no loss of text, wormholes.
FABRE D’OLIVET (Antoine). *Le Sage de l’Indostan*. Paris, Dorbon, 1894.
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Antique books – Alchemy & the occult sciences
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11/04/2026 at 2:00 PM
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