Ars Notoria Trident Books First Edition

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Scarce first Trident edition of the Ars Notoria or Notary Art of Solomon, reprinting the 1657 English translation by Robert Turner. 

 

Turner, Robert, Trans. The Notary Art of Solomon. Seattle: Trident Books. 1987. First Trident Books Edition.

 

 

The Ars Notoria also known as the Notary Art of Solomon, one of several grimoires typically included in the Lemegeton along with the more famous Ars Goetia, is an unusual magical text first seen in the 13th century. Passed around between monks at the universities of Paris, Toledo, and elsewhere, the prayers, meditations, and invocations contained in the work are supposed to improve the practitioner’s memory and teach mastery of theology, the liberal arts, mathematics, and other subjects.  Also called the Golden Flowers of Asclepius, the Ars Notoria was effectively the forbidden “student’s helper”, like modern study drugs, of the medieval scholar. Of continued interest to occult practitioners, collectors, and publishers, Trident has since issued two further editions of the Ars Notoria all derived from Robert Turner’s 1657 English translation.

 

8vo, 76pp, tan cloth boards with title in red. Maroon leatherette spine. Small scratch to back board. Pages clean, binding tight. In original dust jacket. Near Fine.

 

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