THE GOETIA OF DR RUDD, Angels and Demons of Liber Malorum Spirituum seu Goetia Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis. With a study of the techniques of evocation in the context of the angel magic tradition of the seventeenth century; being a transcription of Dr Rudd's 'Liber Malorum Spirituum seu Goetia' from Harley MS 6483, with other pertinent extracts from manuscripts Harley MS 6482, Sloane MS 3824 and Wellcome MS 3203.

Limited edition. Signed by the author. Quarto. Publisher's full burgundy leather with titles in gilt to the upper board and spine. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated throughout. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's marks.

Issued in a limited edition of 250 copies, this example hand-numbered 29 and signed by Stephen Skinner on the limitation page. Published as volume III in the Sourceworks of Ceremonial Magic series. The Goetia is the most famous grimoire after the Key of Solomon. The owner of this handbook of sorcery was Dr. Thomas Rudd, the most important scholar-magician of the early seventeenth century, and a magical successor to Dr. John Dee. The Goetia of Dr. Rudd explains how the 72 angels of the Shemhamphorash are used to evoke and safely bind demons, material that has not been made available in any previous edition. This rare volume contains the complete text of a hitherto unpublished manuscript of the Lemegeton, or Lesser Key of Solomon and includes illustrations drawn from the manuscripts held in the British Library.