BARRETT FRANCIS The Magus or Celestial Intelligencer; being

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BARRETT, FRANCIS. The Magus or Celestial Intelligencer; being, A Complete System of Occult Philosophy. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author and 22 plates, including four hand-colored of demons. [iii]-xv, [1], 175, [1]; 198 pages; lacks the half-title and final ad leaf. 4to, contemporary 1/2 calf, worn, covers detached; some marginal fingersoiling, scattered minor stains, portrait dampstained and foxed with blank corner restored, repair in blank corner of title. London, 1801

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first edition. "The Magus was a farrago of Renaissance alchemy and natural and talismatic magic that fitted contemporary Gothic taste . . . The book's most startling feature was a set of gargoyle-like portraits of demons conjured up in ritual magic ceremonies" (ODNB). Caillet 707; Ferguson I, 75.