CI. F. Menestrier. Folding plate of talismans.

Sm. 8vo. half -calf, gilt, Lyons, 1694. 15s.
Contains some very curious information on that curious branch of occultism, the pre- paration and use of planetary talismans amongst the Gnostics, the worshippers of Mithras, and the Egyptians. The treatise on the use of the Divining-Rod is also note- worthy, the author evidently believing that this means of bringing to light the things of darkness is diabolical in its origin.
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t. Taylor. THE CRATYLUS, PHAEDO, PARMENIDES, and TIM^EUS of PLATO, translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor, with notes and introduction. Svo., yellow, calf, gilt. 1793. 15s.
TRANSLATIONS from the Greek of PLO- TINUS, ON SUICIDE, &c. With additional notes from Porphyry and Proclus, by Thomas Taylor. \2mo., original boards, uncut, spotless copy. 1834. 12s. 6d. Only 250 printed.
FIVE BOOKS OF PLOTINUS, viz. : on Felicity; the Nature and Origin of Evil ; Providence ; Nature, Contemplation, and the One ; the Descent of the Soul ; translated from the Greek, with introduction, by Thomas Taylor. Svo.. tree calf, gilt. 1794. 7s. 6 d.
TWO TREATISES OF PROCLUS, the Platonic Successor, &c, translated by Thomas Taylor. i2»io., orig. boards, wicut, unopened leaves, spot- less copy. 1833. 12s. 6d. Only 250 printed. 62
98, Great Russell Street, London, W.C.
THE .FRAGMENTS that remain of the lost T- Taylor- WRITINGS of PROCLUS, surnamed the Platonic Successor, translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor. \2n10., orig. boards, uncut, spotless copy. 1825. 12s. 6d.
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* Only 250 printed.
SALLUST ON THE GODS and the World ; and the PYTHAGORIC SENTENCES of Demo- philus, &c, translated from the Greek (by Thomas Taylor). Large paper, Svo. calf, gilt. 1793. 10s. 6d.
TRANSLATIONS from the Greek, Golden Sentences of Democrates, Pythagoric Symbols, Explanations of Jamblichus, &c, to which are added the Pythagoric Sentences, by Mr. Thomas Taylor. 8vo.,bds., 1804. 12s. 6d.
A DISSERTATION ON THE ELEUSINIAN AND BACCHIC MYSTERIES. 8vo.,
Cambridge, calf extra, gilt, yellow top, uncut, Amsterdam, n. d. The scarce first edition.
35s-
We would direct the attention of students to the above collection of works by that extraordinary man, Thomas Taylor, a Neoplatonist philosopher in the eighteenth century. His works, little appreciated at their publication, were mostly issued in extremely limited editions : hence their scarcity at the present time, when the extra- ordinary character and great interest of Taylor's researches are generally recognised among occultists. Those who have read his works, translations, and comments know that the schools of Alexandria and the secret recesses of Eleusis contain as great or greater wonders and as strange teachings as ever the brand-new " Ancient- Wisdom-Religion " im- ported from Thibet and New York.
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HENRY S. OLCOTT.
Henrys. THEOSOPHY, RELIGION, AND OCCULT SCIENCE, by Henry S. Olcott. With glossary of Eastern Words. Cr. 8vo., cloth, 1885. 5s. G. WYLD.
G.wyid THEOSOPHY AND THE HIGHER LIFE; or, Spiritual Dynamics and the Divine and
Miraculous Man, G. W %vo.,
original cloth, 1880. 7s. 6d.
An interesting work, as showing the amaz- ing difference between the teaching of the " Ancient- Wisdom-Religion " in 1880 and 1888. The author has for some time ceased to be a member of the society, its teachings having become, to use a popular phrase, " too steep •" for him. The present copy has the book-plate of the late Mr. W. R. Wynch, of North Mymms, Hertfordshire.
JOSEPH GL ANVIL, gseph SADDUCISMUS TRIUMPHATUS ; or, full and
plain Evidence touching Witches and Appari- tions ; in two parts : the first treating of their possibility, the second of their real existence, by Joseph Glanvil, with a continuation by Henry More (the Platonist). With frontis- piece. 8vo. , old panelled calf rebacked, 1700. 17 s.
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SIR RICHARD F. BURTON ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS:
a plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments; with explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem Men. Complete in 16 vols. jQz°-
1,000 copies were printed by the Kama Shastra Society for private subscribers only. 64