STANISLAS DE GUAITA (1861-1897) 3 VOLUMES. IN FRENCH. “LE SERPENT DE LA GENÈSE” [The Serpent of the Genesis] 2 VOL. “AU SEUIL DU MYSTÈRE” [On the threshold of the Mystery] 1 VOL.

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1) “LE SERPENT DE LA GENÈSE” [The Serpent of the Genesis] Essays on cursed sciences. II. The Serpent of Genesis by Stanislas de Guaita. Book I First Septaine - Le Temple de Satan [The Temple of Satan] Paris, Hector & Henri Durville, 1915 Book illustrated with many engravings on full page In French. 1 vol. Bound. 573pp. 22,4 x 15 cm Book II Seconde septaine - La Clef de la Magie Noire [The Key of Black Magic] Paris, Henri Durville, 1920 Book decorated with numerous engravings out of text In French. Bound. 1 vol. 843pp. 22,4 x 15 cm 2) “AU SEUIL DU MYSTÈRE” [On the threshold of the Mystery] Essays on the cursed sciences. Fifth corrected edition with two beautiful magical figures after Khunrath and an appendix entirely revised by Stanislas de Guaita. Preface by Maurice Barrès of the Académie Française. Paris, Hector & Henri Durville, 1915. In French. Bound. 1 vol. 223pp. 23,5 x 15 cm A worthy successor of Eliphas Levi, Stanislas de Guaïta is a French occultist and poet, co-founder with Joséphin Peladan of the Kabbalistic Order of the Rose-Croix.