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HOUDINI - IAMBLICHUS. Egyptian Mysticism, 1549

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HOUDINI - IAMBLICHUS. Egyptian Mysticism, 1549

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Harry HOUDINI (owner). - IAMBLICHUS. [Egyptian Mysticism] De Mysteriis Aegyptiorum, Chaldaeorum, Assyriorum. Lyons: Jean de Torunes, 1549. 16mo. Woodcut device to title and verso of final leaf. (Section cut from upper blank margin of title, some worming ti inner blank margins, some soiling). Contemporary calf over pasteboards, covers panelled in blind (worn, spine defective). Provenance: Early ownership stamp, annotation dated 1713; Harry Houdini (signature to title); Rex Townsend (inscription noting that the book came "from the Harry Houdini Collection"); King Lawrence Parker (bookplate).

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Name: HOUDINI - IAMBLICHUS. Egyptian Mysticism, 1549
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Price: 2100 USD
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