LA MAGIE ET L'ASTROLOGIE - 1877 MAGICK PAGANISM ANCIENT OCCULTISM OCCULT

Book Details + Condition: Didier et Co. (Paris). Fourth edition, 1877. 481 pages. Hardcover. In the original French language. Written by French scholar and librarian Alfred Maury, this volume is a history of magic and occult philosophy from antiquity, including ancient Greece, Rome, and Persia, to the time of the book's writing. The influence of Christianity is investigated, as well as scientific explanations for paranormal phenomena, including dreams, drugs, and the human imagination. Subtitled (in English) "the study of the pagan superstitions that perpetuate to this day." An overall firm and clean copy (appearing rebound), with tight binding; periodic foxing; interior is otherwise clean and free of markings.