Bibliography of Astrology Page 166:
Sabak – Salmasii
Sabak, Serena ‘Your Astrological Guide to Dreams’ MicroMags, Lantana, FL, 1999
Sachs, A. J., ed., with the co-operation of Schaumberger, J. ‘[Brown University Studies, Volume XVIII:] Late Babylonian Astronomical and Related Texts – copied by T. G. Pinches and J. N. Strassmaier[0]‘ Brown University Press, Providence, Rhode Island, 1955. Occasional former owner’s hand-written notes on smaller notepaper laid in. Original eccentrically wide-format cloth (light wear to extremities of spine) with (somewhat faded) gilt titling to spine, in dj (light wear to extremities of spine, top edge of front cover, and tops of flap-folds). (Two vertical creases to ffep.) [2 leaves] + [pp. v-lvi] + [pp. 1-271 of illustrations]
Sachs, A. J. – see also under Aaboe above
Sachs, Fr. [untitled cut and paste-based custom book-form compilation of narrow-column astrological magazine article clippings] No publisher stated, undated[1]. Custom tall, narrow paper-covered boards. Most contents in gothic script. (Some internal inked underlinings.) [Approx. 56 single-sided leaves]
Sachs, Gunter; tr. Varea, Isabel ‘The Astrology File: Scientific Proof of the Link Between Star Signs and Human Behaviour’ Orion Books Ltd., Orion House, 5 Upper St. Martin’s Lane, London W2CH 9EA, 1998[2]. Cloth in dj (light wear to extremities of flap-folds). Contents comprising pp. [215]-335 printed in blue ink. [1 leaf] + [3] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 9-15] + [pp. 17-61] + [pp. 63-179] + [pp. 181-7] + [1] + [pp. 190-201] + [pp. 203-5] + [pp. 207-213] + [1] + [pp. 216-7] + [pp. 219-1] + [pp. 223-259] + [pp. 261-273] + [pp. 275-335]
Sachs, Robert; intr. Kushi, Michio and Esko, Ed ‘Nine Star Ki: Feng Shui Astrology for Deepening Self-Knowledge and Enhancing Relationships, Health, and Prosperity’ Authors Choice Press, an imprint of iUniverse, Inc., New York / Bloomington, 2008[2a]. Medium-format outwardly glossy card covers. Contents printed in dual columns. [4] + [pp. v-ix] + [1] + [pp. xi-xvi] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 3-53] + [pp. 54-8 of tables] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 61-195] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 199-289] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 293-4 of tables] + [pp. 295-316] + [pp. 317-9 of tables] + [pp. 321-7 of tables] + [pp. 328-336] + [imprimatur]
Sacrobosco, Johannes de – see under Giuntini, Francisco, above; and Thorndike, Lynn, below
Sadan; tr. and ed. Vescovini, Graziella Federici ‘I Segreti Astrologici di Albumasar’ Nina Aragno Editore, 2000
Sadoul, Jacques ‘L’Énigme du Zodiaque’ E. P. / Denoël, Paris 7e, 1971
Sadoul, Jacques – see also under Gauquelin, Michel, above
Saenger, Emil, Studienrat ‘Goethe und das Weltbild der Astrologie’ R. v. Decker’s Verlag, G. Schenck, Berlin W9, 1932. Original card covers integrated with pictorial paper dj (1 inch separation to foot of dj front hinge; light chipping to top of dj front hinge and upper outer corner of dj front cover; several short tears to dj top edges and one to each of bottom edges of dj covers, with heavier tear to top edge of dj rear cover), which is glued down over spine and inside edges of covers but not over outsides of covers[3]. [2] + [2 leaves] + [pp. 5-48] + [4-panel fold-out table] + [pp. 49-64] + [chart] + [pp. 65-77] + [2 pages of advertisements]
Sahl, ed. / tr. Dykes, Benjamin N., PhD ‘The Astrology of Sahl B. Bishr Volume I: Principles, Elections, Questions, Nativities’[3a] The Cazimi Press, 515 5th St. SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2019. Card covers (slight bump to top of spine). [3] + [4 pages of advertisements] + xii + 765 + [pp. 766-770 of tables] + [pp. 771-812]
Sahl Ibn Bishr; tr. Holden, James Herschel, M.A., Fellow of the American Federation of Astrologers ‘The Introduction to the Science of the Judgments of the Stars: Translated from the Twelfth Century Latin Version’ First Printing – American Federation of Astrologers, Inc., 6535 S. Rural Road, Tempe, AZ 85283, 2008. Card covers. [1] + [pp. ii-ix] + [pp. xi-xxi] + [1 leaf ] + [pp. 3-39] + [pp. 41-147] + [pp. 149-185] + [pp. 187-203] + [pp. 205-7] + [pp. 209-213] + [Imprimatur]
Sahl – see also under Crofts, C. M., above; and under Stegemann, Viktor, below
[Sahl], Hermes, Bethen and Almanzor; tr. Santos Santos, Demetrio ‘Textos Astrologicos’ Ediciones Teorema, Barcelona, 1985
[Sahl bin Bishr and Masha’allah bin Athari]; tr. Dykes, Benjamin N. ‘Works of Sahl & Masha’Allah[4]’ Cazimi Press, 25 Lawn Terrace, Golden Valley, MN, 2008. Edition limited to 500 hand-numbered copies, of which this appears to be no. 076 but the first digit is unclear. Cloth. [3] + v + [pp. vii-lxxxii] + 241 + [pp. 243-323] + [pp. 325-415] + [pp. 417-423] + [pp. 425-497] + [pp. 499-513] + [pp. 515-521] + [pp. 523-532]
Said, Hakim Mohammed and Khan, Dr. Ansar Zahid ‘Al-Biruni: his Times, Life and Works’ Renaissance Publishing House, C-69 Jitar Nagar, Parwana Road, Delhi, 1990. Cloth (light wear to extremities of spine hinges) in dj. (Small hole to lower margin of leaf comprising pp. 51-2.) [2] + [pp. iii-vii] + [pp. ix-xi] + 96 + [p. 00] + [pp. 98-104] + [1 leaf of illustration] + [pp. 105-110] + [2 leaves of illustrations] + [pp. 111-207] + [pp. 209-244]. [Dj rear cover with advertisement.]
Saif, Liana, St. Cross College, University of Oxford ‘[Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic:[4a]] The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult Philosophy[4b]‘ Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG 21 / St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, 2015. Paper-covered boards (light wear to outer corners of front board). [2 pages of advertisements] + [2] + [pp. v-vi] + 277 + [imprimatur]
Saif, Liana; Leoni, Francesca; Melvin-Koushki, Matthew; Yahya, Farouk, eds. ’[Handbook of Oriental Studies / Handbuch der Orientalistik, Section One: The Near and Middle East[4c], Volume 140:] Islamicate Occult Sciences in Theory and Practice’[4d] Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, the Netherlands, 2020. Matt printed paper-covered boards. Some colour illustrations in text. [4] + [pp. v-xvi] + [1 leaf] + 40 + [1 leaf] + [pp. 43-313] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 317-354] + [pp. 356-703]
Saint Germain – see under De Saint Germain, above
Saint-Benoit, Eve et Nicola, Jean-Pierre ‘Les Signes du Destin: Bélier’ Éditions du Rocher / Radio Monte-Carlo, 1981
Saint-Leu, Nathalie et Nicola, Jean-Pierre ‘Les Signes du Destin: Taureau’ Éditions du Rocher / Radio Monte-Carlo, Monaco, 1982
Saint-Martial, Dr. R. Gaubert ‘De L’Homoeopathie à l’Astrologie Médicale’ Fernand Sorlot, 7, rue Servandoni, [Paris] 6e, 1937. This copy signed by author on ffep to a recipient whose name is difficult to decipher. Card covers (slight tearing to foot of front hinge; light general edgewear to front cover). [3] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 11-26] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 29-77] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 81-122] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 125-167] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 171-3] + [1]
Saint-Martial, Dr. R. Gaubert ‘Règles de la Médecine Astrologique: les Principes – les Elements – la Pratique’ Mercure de France, XXVI, Rue de Condé, Paris, 1942. Paper covers (lower outer corner of rear cover clipped). (Light separation between pp. 32-3.) [5] + [pp. 9-33] + [pp. 35-47] + [pp. 49-85] + [pp. 87-105] + [pp. 107-125] + [pp. 127-163] + [pp. 165-171] + [1] + [Imprimatur] + [rear cover featuring 1 page of advertisements]
Saintyves, P.[5] ‘L’Astrologie Populaire étudiée spécialement dans les doctrines et les traditions relatives à l’Influence de la Lune – Essai sur la méthode dans l’étude du Folklore des opinions et des croyances’ Librairie Émile Nourry, J. Thiébaud, Succr, 62, rue des Écoles, Paris, 1937. Card covers. (All gatherings of pages from pp. 95-110; pp. 119-408; and pp. 415 to the end of the volume still joined at top edges, and many also at outer edges; need separating.) [1 page of advertisements] + [2 leaves] + [pp. 5-396] + [2] + [pp. 399-461] + [2] + [p. 464] + [6 pages of advertisements] + [rear cover featuring 1 page of advertisements]
Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis ‘The Astrologer’s Handbook’ Stated First Edition – Harper & Row, Publishers, 10 East 53rd St., New York, N.Y., 1973. Publisher’s slip laid in indicating the supply of a review copy to ‘the Literary Editor’, with a publication date of May 3rd, 1973 given for the book. Cloth in dj. [1 leaf] + [2] + [pp. v-ix] + [pp. xi-xiv] + [1 leaf] + [3] + [pp. 6-7] + [2 pages of figures] + [p. 10] + [4 pages of figures] + [p. 15] + [3 pages of figures] + [pp. 19-250] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 253-439] + [pp. 441-461] + [2 leaves of forms]
Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis ‘The Astrology of Human Relationships’ [6th Impression] – Harper & Row, Publishers, 10 East 53rd St., New York, N.Y., 1985[6]. Cloth (light wear to feet of spine hinges, parts of bottom edges of boards, and lower outer corners of boards) in dj (moderate wear to extremities of spine; light wear to extremities of flap-folds). [4] + [pp. v-vii] + [pp. ix-xi] + [pp. xiii-xvi] + [1 leaf] + [p. 3] + [2] + [pp. 6-7] + [2] + [p. 10] + [4] + [p. 15] + [3] + [pp. 19-32] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 35-58] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 61-363] + [pp. 365-395] + [4 pages of forms]
Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis ‘The Importance of Mercury in the Horoscope’ Third Printing – Frances Sakoian[6a], 1973[6b]. Thin card covers (scuffing to inner margins and to top of spine). Staplebound pamphlet . (Former owner’s blue name stamp to both sides of front cover and to title page and inside of rear cover; her hand-inked signature additionally to insides of both covers.) [2] + 41
Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis ‘The Ladder of the Planets’ Frances Sakoian, unclearly dated[7]. Thin card covers. Staplebound pamphlet . [3] + [pp. 5-27]
Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis ‘Major and Minor Approaching and Departing Aspects’ American Federation of Astrologers, Inc., 6535 South Rural Road, Tempe, Arizona, unclearly dated[8]. Card covers. Staplebund pamphlet. [2] + [1 page of advertisements] + [2] + 38 pp
Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis ‘The Minor Aspects’ Frances Sakoian, no place stated, 1978. Card covers (scuffing to spine). Staplebound pamphlet. [3] + [pp. 4-27]
Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis ‘Predictive Astrology: Understanding Transits as the Key to the Future’ [4th Impression] – Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, N.Y., 1982[9]. Cloth. [4] + [pp. v-vii] + [pp. ix-x] + [2 leaves] + [pp. 3-125] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 129-453] + [pp. 455-7] + [pp. 459-465]
Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis ‘Predictive Astrology: Understanding Transits as the Key to the Future’ [6th Impression] – Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, N.Y., 1984[9a]. Quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, with turquoise gilt-stamped illustration to front board and titling to spine, in dj (light wear to extremities of spine). (Former owner’s heavy coloured highlighting to pp. 4-5.) [4] + [pp. v-vii] + [pp. ix-x] + [2 leaves] + [pp. 3-125] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 129-453] + [pp. 455-7] + [pp. 459-465] + [1 leaf of advertisements]. [Advertisements to rear dj cover.]
Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis S. ‘That Inconjunct–Quincunx – the Not So Minor Aspect’ [Self-Published], Printed by Copple House Books, Inc., Lakemont, GA, unclearly dated[10]. Card covers. Staplebound pamphlet. [1] + [1 page of advertisements] + [2] + 57 pp
Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis ‘Those Inconjunct Quincunx Transits’ [Self-Published], 1978
Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis ‘Transits of Jupiter’ Stated First Printing – [Self-Published], no place stated, 1974. Card covers (small hole in upper inner margin of front cover; light wear to spine). [2] + [pp. 3-72]
Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis ‘Transits of Mars’ [Self-Published], no place stated, copyrighted 1974. Card covers. Staplebound pamphlet. [2] + [pp. 3-55]
Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis ‘Transits of Mercury’ Stated First Printing – [Self-Published], no place stated, 1975. Card covers (light wear to extremities of spine). Staplebound pamphlet. [1 page of advertisements] + [3] + [1 page of advertisements] + [pp. 5-80] + [1 page of advertisements]
Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis ‘Transits of The Moon’ [Self-Published], no place stated, copyrighted 1975. Card covers (light wear to extremities of spine). Staplebound pamphlet. [3] + [1 page of advertisements] + 60 pp
Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis ‘Transits of Neptune’ Stated First Printing – New England School of Astrology, One Monadnock Road, Arlington, Massachusetts, 1972. Card covers (light wear to extremities of spine). Staplebound pamphlet. [1] + [1 page of advertisements] + 78 pp
Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis ‘Transits of Pluto’ Stated First Printing – New England School of Astrology, One Monadnock Road, Arlington, Massachusetts, 1972. Card covers (moderate wear to extremities of spine; light wear along spine). Staplebound pamphlet. [1 page of advertisements] + [1] + 64
Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis ‘Transits of Saturn’ Stated First Printing – New England School of Astrology, One Monadnock Road, Arlington, Massachusetts 02174, 1973. Card covers (light wear to extremities of spine). Staplebound pamphlet. [1 leaf] + [3] + [1 page of advertisements] + [pp. 5-75]
Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis ‘Transits of The Sun’ [Self-Published], no place stated, copyrighted 1975. Card covers (light wear to extremities and surface of spine, and to part of upper edge of rear cover). Staplebound pamphlet. [3] + [1 page of advertisements] + [pp. 5-67]
Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis ‘Transits of Uranus’ Stated First Printing – [Self-Published], no place stated, 1973. Card covers (light wear to extremities of spine). Staplebound pamphlet. [1] + [1 page of advertisements] + 78 pp
Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis ‘Transits of Venus’ Stated First Printing – [Self-Published], no place stated, 1975. Card covers (light wear to extremities of spine). Staplebound pamphlet. [Front cover backed with advertisements] + [1 page of advertisements] + [3] + [1 page of advertisements] + [pp. 5-72] + [1 page of advertisements]
Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis ‘The Zodiac Within Each Sign: Interpreting the Horoscope With Decanates and Duads’ Frances Sakoian, unclearly dated[11]. Card covers. [1] + [1 page of advertisements] + [1 leaf] + [p. 5] + [table] + [pp. 7-8] + [1 leaf] + [2] + [pp. 13-19] + [2] + [pp. 23-8] + [2] + [pp. 31-8] + [2] + [pp. 41-50] + [2] + [pp. 53-61] + [2] + [pp. 65-72] + [2] + [pp. 75-83] + [2] + [pp. 87-96] + [2] + [pp. 99-107] + [2] + [pp. 111-9] + [2] + [pp. 123-130] + [2] + [pp. 133-142]
Sakoian, Frances and Caulfield, Betty ‘Astrological Patterns: the Key to Self-Discovery’ Stated First Edition – Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, N.Y., 1980. Cloth (light wear to foot of spine and lower outer corners of boards) in dj (moderate wear to extremities of spine-hinges and of front-flap-fold; light wear to extremities of rear flap-fold). (Previous owner’s inked underlining to pp. 145-6; 148; 172; 177-180; 183; 185-6; 188-190; 232-3; 235; 284; and 292.) [5] + [1 leaf] + [pp. ix-xi] + [1 leaf] + [pp. xv-xvii] + [pp. xix-xx] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 3-10] + [2] + [pp. 13-31] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 35-43] + [pp. 44-67 of tables] + [pp. 68-296] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 299-315]
Saksena, K. C. ‘Venus in Astrology’ Reprinted – Sagar Publications, New Delhi, 2005
Salerno, B. D. ’Exploring Forensic Astrology: the Secrets Behind Famous Family Murders’ iUniverse, 1663 Liberty Drive, Bloomington, IN, 2016. Cloth with gilt titling to spine, in dj. [1 leaf] + [2] + [1 leaf] + [2] + [p. ix] + [p. xi] + [pp. xiii-xv] + 9 + [pp. 10-12 of charts] + [pp. 13-16] + [pp. 17-19 of charts] + [pp. 20-9] + [pp. 30-1 of charts] + [pp. 32-8] + [pp. 39-41 of charts] + [pp. 42-9] + [pp. 50-3 of charts of charts] + [pp. 54-9] + [pp. 60-1 of charts] + [pp. 62-6] + [pp. 67-8 of charts] + [pp. 69-76] + [pp. 77-8 of charts] + [pp. 79-82] + [pp. 83-4 of charts] + [pp. 85-9] + [pp. 90-1 of charts] + [pp. 92-104] + [pp. 105-6 of charts] + [p. 107] + [pp. 109-114] + [pp. 115-6 of charts] + [pp. 117-122] + [pp. 123-5 of charts] + [pp. 126-131] + [pp. 132-3 of charts] + [pp. 134-9] + [pp. 140-1 of charts] + [pp. 142-5] + [pp. 146-7 of charts] + [pp. 148-153] + [pp. 154-5 of charts] + [pp. 156-162] + [pp. 163-4 of charts] + [pp. 165-174] + [pp. 175-6 of charts] + [pp. 177-181] + [pp. 182-4 of charts] + [pp. 185-217] + [pp. 219-224] + [imprimatur]
Salerno, B. D. ’Forensics by the Stars: Astrology Investigates’ iUniverse Inc., 1663 Liberty Drive, Bloomington, IN, 2012. Textured paper-covered boards in dj. [2] + [1 leaf] + [leaf vii] + [leaves ix-xii] + 9 + [pp. 11-59] + [pp. 61-85] + [pp. 87-101] + [p. 103] + [p. 105] + [p. 107] + [p. 109] + [pp. 111-3] + [imprimatur]
Saliba, George[12] ‘Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance’ [3rd Impression] – Massachusetts Institute of Technology / The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts / London, unclearly dated[13]. Cloth in dj (6mm nick to front side of spine). [5] + [pp. vii-xi] + 25 + [pp. 27-129] + [pp. 131-191] + [pp. 193-255] + [pp. 257-305] + [pp. 307-315]
Salley, Michael Bernard ‘Catechism of the Planets’ No publisher or place stated in print[14], 1938. Original textured thin card covers. Staplebound pamphlet. Contents printed on glossy paper throughout. [12 unnumbered single-sided leaves]
Salmasii, C;. ‘De Annis Climactericis et Antigua Astrologia Diatribae’ Ex Officina Elzeviriorum, Lugd. Batavor, 1648. Vellum. (Occasional early brown ink underlining and annotations to early part of preface.) [1 leaf] + [126] + 136 + [p. 337 (1)] + [pp. 138-194] + [p. 165 (2)] + [pp. 196-219] + [pp. 120 (2) – 121 (2)] + [p. 222] + [p. 123 (2)] + [pp. 224-340] + [p. 241 (2)] + [pp. 342-430] + [p. 331 (2)] + [pp. 432-706] + [p. 607 (2)] + [pp. 708-722] + [p. 623 (2)] + [pp. 724-844] + [18]
[0] The main pagination of this volume comprises a compendium of meticulous drawings of 1648 mostly fragmentary cuneiform tablets found at Babylon in the 1870s and 1880s and at Uruk in the 1910s and held at the British Museum. The drawings made by the scholars Pinches and Strassmaier in the following decades are reproduced together in print here. The tablets feature chiefly astronomical and astrological texts, but a few other divinatory texts and mathematical tables also included. The volume commences with a triple-columned descriptive catalogue identifying the numbered fragments and cross-referencing the earlier ones with their appearance in the then-recently-published volume edited by Otto Neugebauer Astronomical Cuneiform Texts, q. v.. The greater part of the material consists of astronomical diaries, while almanacs, goal-year texts, planetary and lunar observations, horoscopes, the Enuma anu Enlil, and part of MUL-APIN are also included. Most of these texts have since been edited, transcribed and translated in dedicated volumes by later scholars.
[1] A date around 1932 is strongly indicated by internal evidence. One of the articles, about the film star Ery Bos (born 3 October 1908), and featuring a picture of her as a young woman, indicates a date in the early-to-mid 1930s. Her films were released in the narrow period of 1932 to 1934. Another refers to Marlene Dietrich’s film “Die blonde Venus”, released in 1932. Another features a letter to Sachs dated December 12, 1932
[2] Said to have been translated from the German edition published in 1997 by Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, München
[2a] After the original edition published by Vega of London in 2001
[3] A strange device, but apparently designed that way. The card covers themselves are without print and presumably were not designed to be seen
[3a] A compilation of Dykes’ translations from the Arabic of ‘The Introduction’, ‘The Fifty Aphorisms’, ‘On Questions’, ‘The Book of Choices’, ‘On Times’, ‘On Nativities’, and ‘The 66 Sections’, together with a short anonymous work called ‘The Connections of the Lord of the Ascendant’ said to have been annexed to manuscripts of ‘On Nativities’, and suspected by Dykes as having been authored by Māshā’allāh
[4] A compendium of translations by Dykes, consisting of Sahl’s “The Introduction”, “The Fifty Judgments”, “On Questions”, “On Elections” and “On Times”; and Masha’Allah’s “On the Knowledge of the Motion of the Orb”; “On the Roots of Revolutions”; “Chapter of the Rains of the Year”; “On Rains”; “On the Revolution of the Years of the World”; “On the Significations of the Planets in a Nativity”; “On Nativities”; “On the Interpretation of Cognition”; “On Hidden Things”; “Book on Reception”; and “What the Planets Signify in the Twelve Domiciles of the Circle”
[4a] A series of publications edited at this time by Jonathan Barry, Willem de Blécourt and Owen Davies
[4b] Despite the lack of its mention in the title, astrology is central to the focus of this volume, which comprises eight studies by the author, nearly all of which are directly concerned with astrology. Subjects include the work and thoughts of Abu Ma’Shar, Al-Kindi, the Picatrix, Marsilio Ficino, Pico della Mirandola, John Dee, and (in a combined study) Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas and Roger Bacon.
[4c] A subseries collectively edited at this time by Maribel Fierro, M. Şükrü Hanioğlu, Renata Holod and Florian Schwarz
[4d] A collection of thirteen mostly substantial essays by different scholars, divided into two main themes: Occult Theories and Occult Technologies. They are preceded by a lengthy introduction by Saif and Leoni. Included are a 12-page essay by Charles Burnett entitled ‘The Three Divisions of Arabic Magic’, and a 55-page study by Saif on the longer version of the Epistle on Magic (52b) by the Brethren of Purity
[5] Pseud. of Émile-Dominique Nourry (1870-1935). His surname is misrepresented by De Herbais de Thun as ‘Nourrit’. This work was posthumously published through his publishing house, presumably by his successor J. Thiébaud, to judge from the printed legend
[6] The date of the original printing is given as 1976
[6a] A note is added: ’Printed in the United States of America by CSA Printing and Bindery, Inc.’
[6b] Copyrighted 1970
[7] It is dated 1974 but in suspiciously immaculate condition with glossy covers, and therefore suspected of being a much later undeclared AFA reprint in common with other pamphlets by these authors
[8]Falsely dated 1974, but clearly a later printing as the AFA had not moved to this address before 1975
[9] The date of the original printing is given as 1977
[9a] The date of the original printing is given as 1977. The present impression is printed on notably thinner paper than the fourth shown above, resulting in a narrower spine profile; the previous typesetting of the lettering to the spine is retained, but no longer comfortably fits on the spine, spilling over to the boards
[10] Copyrighted 1972, but this is unbelievable in application to this copy in new, glossy condition; it is therefore suspected of being an undeclared recent AFA reprint
[11] Copyrighted 1975. This copy, however, is suspected to be a much later undeclared monochrome facsimile reprint, perhaps by the AFA
[12] Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Department of Middle East and Asian Studies, Columbia University
[13] The copyright date of 2007 presumably relates to the original printing
[14] But stamped to upper margin of final blank: M. B. Salley, 546 West 147th Street, New York, N. Y..
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