Occult & Esoterica
[CROWLEY, Aleister] The Holy Books of Thelema (5 Deluxe Volumes in Sapphire Kid Morocco, Limited to 156 Copies)
[CROWLEY, Aleister] The Holy Books of Thelema (5 Deluxe Volumes in Sapphire Kid Morocco, Limited to 156 Copies)
[UK]: Hell Fire Club Books, 2016. First Edition thus. Octavo. Five volumes in slipcase. All volumes hand-bound in full dark sapphire kid Morocco with gilt Egyptian 'Thelema' border design to front and gilt volume numbers and titles to spine. Limited to 156 hand-numbered copies. Text printed in black and red inks throughout onto high quality Rives Tradition 120gsm cream paper, with french marbled endpapers. All five volumes contained in a blue cloth slipcase with marbled paper panels. A fantastic production. Fine all around.
The first three volumes are based upon Aleister Crowleys own first edition issued in 1909, the fourth volume contains other Holy Books not issued in the first edition, whilst volume five is a complete text of the Book of the Law suitable for both private and Temple use. Originally the volumes of ‘THELEMA’ were issued one at a time as the aspirant progressed through the successive grades of the Outer College of the Order. The publishers have kept much of the presentation and layout of the original 1909 edition of ‘THELEMA’, adding those further Class A documents in uniform bindings. Volume 5 includes Liber XXXI (The Book of the Law) which has the printed text displayed side by side with its own transcription, the line arrangement of the type closely resembling the original manuscript. Complete contents are as follows: Volume I: Liber vel Causae, Liber Cordis Serpente. Volume II: Liber Liberivel Lapidis Lazuli. Volume III: Liber L vel Legis, Liber Trigrammaton, Liber vel Ararita. Volume IV: Liber B vel Magi, Liber Porta Lucis, Liber Stellae Rubae, Liber Tzaddivel Hamus Hermeticus, Liber Chethvel Abiegni, Liber Arcanorumτων ATU τον TAHUTI QUAS VIDIT ASAR IN AMENNTI, Liber A’ASH vel Capricorni Pneumatici, Liber Tau vel Kabbalae Trium Literarum. Volume V: Liber AL vel Legis.












