GRIMOIRES: A HISTORY OF MAGIC BOOKS - Davies, 1st 2009, WITCHCRAFT MAGICK SPELLS

Title: GRIMOIRES: A HISTORY OF MAGIC BOOKS Author: Owen Davies Publisher: Oxford University Press City: OxfordYear: 2009 (First Edition)Binding Style: HardcoverPagination: 368Illustrated: Yes Book Details + Condition: First edition, 2009. In overall excellent condition; binding is solid and tight, no interior markings, and dust jacket remains unclipped, with the original price still present. Protected with a mylar plastic cover. The first ever history of magic books - or grimoires - from the ancient Middle East through to the modern day, from harmless charms and remedies to sinister pacts with the Devil. No books have been more feared than grimoires, and no books have been more valued and revered. In Grimoires: A History of Magic Books, Owen Davies illuminates the many fascinating forms these recondite books have taken and exactly what these books held. At their most benign, these repositories of forbidden knowledge revealed how to make powerful talismans and protective amulets, and