Occult & Esoterica
[HAMILTON-GILES, Peter] Book of the Black Dragon Vol 1. Et Nigrum Draconicum: Being the Theory of the Black Dragon (Deluxe Edition of 34 Copies, with Icon Cards and Incense)
[HAMILTON-GILES, Peter] Book of the Black Dragon Vol 1. Et Nigrum Draconicum: Being the Theory of the Black Dragon (Deluxe Edition of 34 Copies, with Icon Cards and Incense)
Illustrations by Carolyn Hamilton-Giles
[UK]: Atramentous Press, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover in solander box. Quarto. Deluxe Edition of 34 copies only, this being No. 3, signed by Peter Hamilton-Giles. Book is bound in full black goat with elaborate red and gold foil blocking to front and rear, spine with raised bands with a uniform gilt design in each panel. All edges gilt, red and black head and tail bands, black book ribbon. The solander box is bound in quarter black goat meeting nonpareil marbled paper with vertical gilt decorations along edges of leather. Spine of box has seven raised bands with title and gilt devices to panels. Edges and inside of box are in black velvet with a blind embossed insignia inside on the left hand side. Also included are a sigillic piece of artwork (by Carolyn Hamilton-Giles) which has been drawn from one of the points mentioned in the book, a set of The Icons of the Black Dragon - 72 A5 Telesmatic cards, and a specially concocted glass vial of Black Dragon incense. Printed on 120 gsm Munken Rough. 415 pages. Full page illustrations by Carolyn Hamilton-Giles, plus additional seals and sigils. An exceptional example of esoteric book art. All components are in fine condition.
The first volume of a proposed three volume work on the Black Dragon which addresses the sorcery associated with the dirt track road, which must forever be adumbrated by the outer precinct of the crooked path, for this inner sanctum presents the dirt ridden yet adamantine road which leads to the Black Dragon and the great mystery of telluric sorcery. It began as a realisation of a work that was formed by the Dragon’s Column, this being the working group that went on to contribute towards Andrew Chumbley writing The Dragon Book of Essex. The Icons of the Black Dragon (cards), in an act of pure cartomancy, have been made to enhance practices concerned with the sorcerous work that lies ahead. Each card depicts a daemon, djinn, or sigil relating to those who follow the Black Dragon. Each set has accordingly been designed so that one can open the Gateway to the Beyond and enter the Lair of the Black Dragon, and as such each card shall act as a cypher. Drawing directly from the The Book of the Black Dragon, each image is accompanied by a title and thus the adept will be able to find the corresponding text for each card.